How to Make a Bed Canopy
"Log Home Bedroom Ideas"

How to make a bed canopy to compliment your log cabin bedroom....

A crown canopy makes a dramatic statement in log cabin bedroom, this is one way of decorating a cabin bedroom if you don't have much space.

Make your bed canopy become the focal point of your bedroom and then add your cabin decor to match your bed canopy to create a specific log cabin bedroom theme.

The photos below show two variations of the crown canopy bed styles.

The first photo shows the plain fabric on the outside of the panel while the patterned fabric forms an eye-catching lining.

Home sewers may be able to find ready-made crown canopy bed units in a home sewing store. Mount the crown-shaped canopy unit on the wall and hang fabric from it according to the package directions.

Richly patterned red and cocoa fabrics have been shaped into a stunning crown to make this bed canopy.

Here the hardware has been attached to the wall slightly under the bedroom trim so it does not interfere with your bedroom crown molding.

The lower photo shows hangings that place the colored fabric on the outside and the more neutral cream fabric as the liner.

In this case the area of cream fabric has been made more interesting by hanging a mirror right over it.

Taupe taffeta bed hangings are shaped into a unique crown canopy.

A round mirror adds interest to the cream colored lining seen over the headboard.

Crown Canopy Instructions

Attach panels of fabric around the outer edge of a half-circle of 3/4" plywood.

This half-circle can be attached directly to the ceiling or floated just off the ceiling with L-brackets attached to the wall.

Don't forget to hang a curtain rod underneath before installation of half- circle.

Make sure your curtain rod is short enough to take out so you can wash or change curtains!!

See how simple it is to make a bed canopy!

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