Canopy Bed Ideas

Nothing can be more relaxing than a bed after a long hard day. A cozily made up room with soothing wall colors is an ideal place for escape after a long hard day. A canopy bed can just be a perfect addition to the room for putting your worries aside and relaxing. Canopy beds are also an absolute escape for a romantic fantasy.

A canopy bed comes under the category of bedroom furniture and is a bed that has a frame with poles on each corner for supporting drapery that can be pulled down when sleeping. Its basic purpose was for hanging a mosquito net and preventing insect bites. But nowadays people are experimenting with canopy bed design and are using curtains made of lace, designer nets, or even silk for a royal look. See what suits your taste from the following canopy bed designs and canopy bed curtain ideas.

Canopy Bed Ideas

• Any piece of furniture should be convenient for shifting. So go for a knock-down canopy bed. It will give you a choice of converting your canopy bed into a normal bed whenever you want. You can also have adjustable beds instead of a normal one which can be converted into a canopy bed.
• Curtains are key in transforming the entire appearance of a canopy bed. Have a look at the various options available before zeroing down on one.
• If you do not want long drapes and wish to keep it simple, you can just have a short length fabric along the rods.
• The supporting rods can also be of various kinds, viz wooden, plastic, steel, wrought iron, etc. Bear in mind its load bearing capacity. Ideally, choose the rods after you have decided on the curtain fabric.
• Bamboo shades or blinds can be used also instead of fabric. To give it a beach kind of look you can go for palm tree bedding.
• What types of beds and bedding you are going for will help you visualize the outcome, e.g. a traditional poster bed, a simple bed, or a sofa cum bed, etc. Plain and simple or luxury bedding is something which you can decide depending on the budget.
• You can opt for various bedroom wall decor depending on what kind of appearance you want for your room as well as the bed.
• You can have a theme based canopy bed too if you plan to have a particular look for your room, e.g. underwater theme, nature theme, etc. A dark-colored bed with dusky colored curtains will create an earthy look, e.g. a dark woody brown colored bed with different hues of green will make it look very close-to-nature.
• A light-colored bed with bright drapery will give it a perky look. You can choose a basic color for both your bed and drapes for having a mono color tone, e.g. the bed could be magenta colored and a lighter hue of magenta in a sheer fabric curtain.
• A shelf can be installed just above the roof of the bed, and curtains can be folded and gathered in it and let down whenever you want. This is popularly known as a Crown canopy.
• Opting for shades of pink for an entire room can be ideal for girls. You can even have girlish pictures printed on the drapes, like Barbie dolls, flowers, etc.
• You can add embellishments to the curtains like tassels, strings of beads, rings etc. to make it look even more decorative.

The size of your bedroom is the foremost thing that you need to keep in your mind when you are thinking of getting a canopy bed. Your bedroom decor should be appropriate and make the canopy bed look inviting. Ensure the bedroom wall color ideas, or the color scheme you plan to have in your bedroom, matches either with the ideas you have chosen, or the other way round. Check if you can alter the canopy bed idea according to your wall colors and furniture. You can have different types of beds and can even make your own canopy bed out of a normal bed. You can even experiment with the canopies. You can use little twigs and tie them together to make a curtain. It will give the bed a look of a tree house.

If you do a bit of research on the net you will find more canopy bed decorating ideas for all kinds of budgets. Think well what you want in your bedroom and give some thought to whether you will be able to maintain your canopy bed properly once it has been set up. With the right canopy bed idea, every night could be a camping-like experience in the woods.