A canopy adds a luxurious touch to any bedroom.
Canopy beds provide a sense of mystery and comfort to a bedroom. There are canopy bed kits available in stores, but the process of making one is simple enough that a trip to the fabric store is all you need. Choose fabrics that compliment your home decor and personal style for a luxurious bed canopy that can be left open or closed for privacy.
Instructions
1. Screw a decorative hook into the ceiling over each corner of your bed.
2. Tie a decorative rope to one hook, then stretch it tightly to the next hook and tie it in place. Continue this with the other hooks, creating a rectangle of rope suspended over the bed.
3. Measure the distance from the floor at the foot of the bed up to the rope, across to the opposite rope and down to the floor at the head of the bed. Repeat this process for the sides of the bed.
4. Cut two pieces of decorative fabric to match your longer foot-to-head measurement, and two more to fit the shorter side-to-side measurement.
5. Feed one of the longer pieces of fabric over the rope at the foot of the bed, then over the rope at the head of the bed. Position the fabric so that the ends touch the ground, then slide it over to one side.
6. process with the other longer piece of fabric, extending it from the foot of the bed to the head.
7. Extend the two shorter pieces across the side ropes, draping them down to the floor on the sides of the bed.
8. Spread the fabric out evenly on the ropes. Slide each piece away from the center of the rope to create a gap in the middle of each side of the bed.
9. Cut four 2-foot pieces of the decorative rope.
10. Gather the pieces of fabric at each corner and tie them with a piece of rope. The ropes should be level with the top of the mattress.
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