teenage bedrooms

[mollymandy]

hello does anyone have any cool ideas for a teenage girls bedroom i want to decorate it while she is on holiday as a surprise , she is going away with her school for five days any ideas ?

[redhead23]

star theme , or swirls , or her favourite color

[Cheekystar]

suppose it depends what she's in to.... flowers are very in at the moment, you could get some transfers, and plastic flowers very hip

[Champagne]

A draped canopy over the bed is really dramatic and a lot easier to do than you think!

You will need three poles the same width as the bed and fix them to the ceiling at equal distances along the length of the bed, leaving about 2" gap just shy of the ceiling for the fabric to be draped through. Then simply buy long lengths of fabric and fix one end to the first pole closest to the 'head' of the bed, and drape through the other two poles to give scalloped effect, leaving the end of the fabric draping after the last pole (or you can have the fabric draping at the head of the bed if you prefer!).

Here's some visuals of what you're trying to achieve:-

http://www.chiajenstudio.com/03Applications/im ages/installation_canopy1.jpg

http://www.belledejourinn.com/graphics/room_pi cs/lg/atelier1.jpg

http://www.averyhouse.com/images/keywest3.jpg