Give Your Bedroom a Romantic, Elegant and Nostalgic Look
With a Canopy Bed Frame
Everyone spends at least a third of their life in the bedroom. This being the case, your bedroom is one of the most important decorating tasks. When you're looking to buy a new bed, take a good look at the many lovely styles of canopy bed frames before you make your final decision to buy. Let's take a quick look at the many ways a canopy bed can turn your bedroom from a ho-hum look to a spectacular retreat.
You'll find canopy bed frames made of a variety of materials, such as wrought iron, wood, brass and rattan. Each has its own special appeal, so it really depends on your taste. Visit various showrooms to take a look and see which style will provide the particular feel you want. Don't neglect online sources for easy viewing as well as some good discounts. Also, visit some antique shops and secondhand furniture stores. Thrift shops may occasionally get a canopy bed frame, but these go fast.
The canopy bed frame offers a multitude of decorating possibilities. You can purchase ready-made canopy covers, as well as coordinating bed skirts. If you're a seamstress, you can also opt for creating your own custom canopy of just the materials you desire. To achieve an ultra-romantic and airy look, check out the fabrics which are sheer and shimmery. Sheer, lightweight fabrics look heavenly on the ornate, leafy designs sometimes found on the wrought iron frames. Heavier weight fabrics in floral patterns produce a more traditional theme, which works well with wooden canopy bed frames. For a Renaissance feel, consider velvet, with long, trailing swaths tied around the posts with ribbon or gold tassels.
With a canopy bed frame, you also gain an extra dimension to other coordinating features of your bedroom dÈcor. For example, a plump pillow of the same fabric, placed on your favorite armchair, lends a luxury feel to the entire room. If you've chosen velvet for your canopy fabric, several velvet or damask pillows in coordinating colors, on the bed, intensifies the romance!
Another way to pull the look all together in a harmonious bedroom retreat is to match your window treatments to your canopy fabric or bedspread. You may also decide that your bedroom deserves a fresh coat of paint to do your new canopy bed justice.
Finally, here's a little secret: if you've got a teenage daughter with a birthday coming up, think about a canopy bed frame as a birthday gift that can last a lifetime as a cherished possession. Chairs and dressers come and go, but a canopy bed is not given up lightly!
