How to Assemble Together a Canopy

Assemble a canopy to dress up your bedroom.

You don't have to have a four-poster bed to have a canopy. Although four-poster beds come equipped with the canopy frame, you can learn how to assemble your own. The best part of making and assembling your own canopy is that the canopy will work with and fit over any bed. Whether you have a sleigh bed, day bed, cannonball bed, etc. the canopy will certainly work (and it works with any sized bed to). This canopy bed is great for children and adults alike.

Things You'll Need

• Measuring tape
• Large embroidery hoop
• 1 foot inch long fishing line
• Screw-in hook

Instructions

1. Measure the height of your room, from the floor to the ceiling, using the measuring tape.

2. Purchase a large embroidery hoop (about 17- to 20-inches in diameter) as the frame. Purchase the fabric that you'd like to assemble on your canopy frame. Buy the fabric in twice the height of the room, plus two extra feet.

3. Take out the inner circle of the embroidery hoop and set it aside.

4. Lay your fabric flat onto a clean surface. Put the inner circle under the fabric, and center it in the middle. Place the outer, larger circle gently on top of the inner circle--the fabric will be between the hoops. Pull two feet of fabric through the outer circle; then push the outer circle down to fit over the inner circle, holding the fabric in place.

5. Thread fishing line through the top of the fabric. Tie the fishing line in a knot.

6. Determine where above your bed you'd like the assembled canopy to hang. Keep in mind, the canopy should be centered over the bed. Also, make sure that the canopy is not too close to the wall; if it is, the canopy will tip. Screw the screw hook into the ceiling at the spot where you'd like it to hang.

7. Bring the assembled canopy up to the hook. Tie the attached fishing line to the hook in the ceiling. Tie the line in a double knot to secure the canopy. Adjust the canopy so the opening of the fabric is at the foot of the bed.

References

• Meta Cafe: How to Make a Canopy Bed