Choosing A Defining Canopy Bed Frame

By Christopher Edison

Nothing is more striking than a canopy bed frame chosen with care to fit the atmosphere of the room and the tastes of the occupant. A pink plastic princess bed will thrill a toddler just as much as a traditional 'So and So slept here' heirloom will thrill a homeowner. The whole character of a room will be defined by the canopy bed that it contains.

Canopies are available in everything from genuine Colonial antiques to the latest word in modern airiness. No matter how traditional your home, how exotic, how iconoclastic, or how futuristic, you can find a design to fit. If all else fails to capture your inner vision, you are free to design your own.

The internet, furniture catalogs, decorating books and magazines, and shopping sites are all full of canopy bed frame ideas. No one should forgo the opportunity to look at what has been and is being done in this area. Every framing material, every style, every sort of fabric, and every sort of look is out there and it is fun just looking and getting inspired.

Traditional beds were carved in wood and had sumptuous hangings, made to echo the homeowner's wealth and status and to shield sleepers from night drafts. Later scrolled metal in airy designs of curves, with knots and leaves and flowers, became popular as well. Today beds are made from everything from oriental fruit wood, marble, glass, and pink and white plastic, and there are people out out there who like each and every design.

Size has imposed very few limits, since canopy beds are made for dolls and for kings (or those who want to sleep like kings). Youth and day beds have their own frames, and custom orders are no problem in this industry. You can even make your own canopy frame, since the basic concept is simple. Almost anything will do, from unfinished wood that can be draped in fabric to metal rods, tree trunks, or PVC pipe.

Once you know what effect you want to make and what others have done or created, you will then be able to choose a style, modify a style, combine one or more to achieve the precise look you want, or take only the seeds of ideas and come up with a design unique to your very own room. How cool is that? Canopy bed frames are not hard to find, whether you order off the internet, find a local outlet, or make your own. These designs have never gone out of style and show no signs of stopping now.

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You can choose a unique canopy bed frame that will give your room the interest and luxury that you want! When you have the best canopy bed frame, you will be able to create a stunning display in any bedroom!