How do you restring a rope bed?

Two useful websites:

How to Rope a Bed

http://www.ohioantiques.com/rope.htm

Tips and information on rope bed issues

http://www.greydragon.org/furniture/beds/issues.html

Rope beds have holes through the side of the rails. Beds with pegs were designed for sacking bottoms, a piece of canvass with grommets laced to the pegs. For more information see http://countrybed.com/ancillary_pages/reference/Rope.shtml