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Beyond Windows: See How Drapery Can Enhance Your Bed
Floor-to-ceiling fabric creates a rich backdrop for slumber
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It’s no news that functionally speaking drapery is meant to filter outside light entering from the window. However, aesthetically speaking, their addition can do wonders for the design of the room as a whole. Take the bed for example: is the look of yours feeling incomplete? It’s possible that incorporating your bedroom’s drapery into the bed scheme is just what the décor doctor ordered, and it's possible all it will take is moving the bed, or hanging new drapes. Check out the following pictures to see how other Houzzers have incorporated drapery into their beds for the perfect finishing touch.
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| Of course, there is no actual need for a window to cover if you want to hang drapery. Drapery in itself lends an aesthetic value, so feel free to hang it behind your bed regardless of a window. It will work to ground your bed while adding loads of sensual texture. |
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| Drapery can provide a unique textural backdrop. Consider choosing drapery the same color as your bedding so the look feels truly cohesive. |
| A bed with a headboard placed in front of drapery creates an especially interesting effect when the width of the bed and window are similar. It's as if the window and its drapery were made to highlight this particular bed. A valance adds an elegant statement. |
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| Remember that drapery can be hung in all sorts of ways. Draperies tied back creates a showcase for this incredible antique bed. |
| Drapery hanging to the sides of windows provides the bed a strong sense of place without sacrificing light from outdoors. |
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| If you have twin beds, you might want to consider this setup. Allow the draperies to fall on the sides of the window, and place the beds in front of them. The drapes ground the individual beds, and the sunlight is uninterrupted. |
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| Expertly placed draperies in this bedroom accentuate both windows and the bed, creating a visual balance and connection between the elements of the space. |
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| Is there a window back there? Who knows, and quite frankly, it makes no difference. The effect of this drapery paired with the bed is what’s stealing the show. |
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| Do you want to add prominence to the bed and make your ceiling appear higher? Outfit the wall behind your bed with floor to ceiling, wall-to-wall fabric. The floor-to-ceiling application visually extends the ceiling, while the dramatic inclusion of wall-to-wall drapery will give your bed an aesthetic boost. |
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| You can always have a little fun with drapery. Hang them behind the bed like a canopy to create a fairy-tale escape. |
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Hang two separate pieces on either side of the bed from a dramatic valance. The bed will appear grounded, and the sleeper will feel extra cozy.
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Ideabook updated on Jan. 18, 2012.
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However, I think i might change those draperies from IKEA for something heavier, silk maybe.
Now as a grown-up (ahem), I'm thinking I'll need to take a bit of inspiration from this Ideabook, since the best position for my bed in my master bedroom is slotted into a bay window! I'm ashamed to admit that for about a year I've been using a drop sheet as a curtain for that window! Must get my act into gear!
http://www.pourameliorer.com/2011/10/where-we-sleep.html