Make an Inexpensive Bed Canopy

$17.00
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I've always wanted a canopy on my bed. When I did my bedroom makeover I decided to do one. My husband Roy helped come up with the idea and it turned out wonderful! Below are just the basics. For greater detail and a downloadable plan visit my site link at the bottom. TOTAL COST INCLUDING SHEERS: $17.00
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For our QUEEN sized bed we used the following:


3 ea. 8ft boards (1"x2"s)


3 ea. 8ft pieces of PVC pipe (1/2")


4 ea. 45 degree PVC connectors


8 ea. Mounting hooks (J Hooks) These need to be just large enough to hold your PVC pipe. Ours were 1" wide on the hook itself and approx. 3 " long from the bottom of the hook to the tip of the thread. Measure them to your PVC pipe to make sure they fit.


Toggle Bolts OPTIONAL but if you can't hit studs in the ceiling where you'd like to you can use these instead. Keeping in mind this is to hold very light sheers.


4 Sheers
We made the rods using pvc pipe that was spray painted silver.
Roy measuring the framework.
Hooks were placed in the Ceil frame to hold the rods.
Attaching the frame to the ceiling using screws. We made sure there was a screw on each side that went into a stud. Toggle bolts could also be used.
Feeding on the inexpensive sheers. We put on on each corner. For more photos and details click the link below.
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  • Shawna Farmer Shawna Farmer on Dec 10, 2020

    I love this , I want to do this for my daughters bedroom , she has a twin size bed , and I want to add lights with very sheer purple curtains to make it look like space , this will work , thxz for the idea

  • 2wandelen 2wandelen on Oct 08, 2021

    Love this. Have wanted to do it for a long time. Hopefully, with these directions my hubby can see how to make it happen for us.

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