As a little girl, I always wanted a canopy bed. It was my ultimate dream piece of furniture. I also really wanted a balcony just like that massive one Princess Jasmine had in Disney’s Aladdin. (For those uninterested in the nostalgia, skip ahead to 1:44.) Seeing, however, that that was totally out of the question and would only ever exist in my fantasy home, I set my sights on a canopied bed.

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