Bed Canopy

A bed canopy is an utterly lovely way to decorate your bed. Usually it is reserved for husband and wife, but I suppose it could be used in other situations. Anyway, we will explore this rare trinket of decoration throughout this article: touching on its history, its use in the present, and some stylistic points.

The original purpose of a bed canopy in history was probably as protection against insects, such as mosquitoes. I know this is not all that flattering but it’s the truth. This type of canopy is still in wide use today in some of the warmer parts of the world. But for our purposes we are thinking more about decorative bed canopies.

It is a very elegant way to sleep, with a bed canopy draped over oneself and one’s partner. Or in some cases you can get a girls bed canopy – little girls will be sure to appreciate such a magisterial show of love. The canopy surrounds and enhances the bed which it frames. It dances delicately and bows wildly. It really has the effect of squaring off the bed versus the non-bed territory just in case it wasn’t clear. In essence, it creates a room within your own master bedroom, and when done well this can be an exquisite thing to experience on a nightly basis when going to bed. It can really serve to sanctify those overnight hours that you spend asleep. It shows you that something worthwhile is happening in your “temple”: you are rejuvenating. When you emerge from the chrysalis of the bed canopy in the morning you will be renewed and ready to face the new day, fresh-faced and grateful. This is a very pleasant way to transition between one day and another if I may say so myself.

Butterfly Bed Canopy

You can even get a butterfly bed canopy for your little girl. This is a canopy in the shape of a butterfly, obviously, and it is a very welcoming and charming entrance to her bed. She will love it. Typical colors here are obviously purple and pink. Light yellows are good as well. The only way to really get a good feel for it is to look through some pictures or catalogs I suppose.

The main thing that you want to keep in mind about a bed canopy is in the first place if it is for you and your partner, then you have to consider whether he or she will be all right with it. We all know that messing with someone’s sleep habits can sometimes create dire situations, so that is not our goal here. But a lot of people just have a resistance to bed canopies for no other reason than that they have never slept under them before. With that logic, we would have never gotten anywhere! So you may need to coax your hubbie into going along with your plan on this one. It really does serve to create a different atmosphere in the bedroom. It is as if there was the bedroom, and then there was the bed. And they were two separate and distinct things. Business conducted in one of them did not manage to translate over into the other.

The basic thing I would always urge anyone to consider when buying a bed canopy is to just trust your gut. If you have never done something like this before then it will invariably feel weird at first. But let’s see what happens on the other side of that weird feeling. You may just find that you are naturally and effortlessly organizing your life as a whole in much more efficient terms, while getting the rest you deserve.