We fell in love with the look of this bed but at $600 it was out of our budget. The heavens opened and the angels sung when we found Formufit furniture grade PVC. It even comes in different colors! We used 1" but I would recommend 11/4" to make it a bit more sturdy. We glued most of it together and chose to omit one section out of each of the headboard and footboard. Another note, because the PVC slips in the fitting about 1" you need to add 2" to each measurement. We did not and it turned out just fine but we were 2" shorter than the measurements. We also used four 3' sections, 2 four way in the center and added two more legs and caps as the formufit doesn't come in longer than 5' and we wanted more stability. The wood slats will be put on when our split ring hangers get here as we couldn't find them in out town. Total cost was about $150 because we used recycled pallet boards for the mattress platform.
