Before and After: A Ralph Lauren Canopy Transforms a Basic Bed Frame in This Cozy Bedroom Makeover (It’s Very British)
Fabric headboards and canopies are a creative way to add a bit of drama and height to otherwise basic bed frames. Check out this delicate white one and this fun floral print one, for example.
In Hannah’s (@haninthecountryside) guest bedroom, a fabric backdrop was the perfect way to give a bed Hannah already owned a new lease on life. “I didn’t want to invest in a new bed,” she explains.
But first, paint.
Before any decorating began, though, Hannah and her husband, Harrison, stripped lead paint off the old bedroom’s doors and painted everything in Little Greene’s Ashes of Roses. “This is a southern exposure room, so it really pulls off this muted soft red pink,” Hannah says on Instagram.
The built-in drawers and trim in the bedroom are Little Greene’s Silent White – Mid.
The windows got an upgrade.
Speaking of trim, Hannah added a little more character to the windows by adding flexible PVC trim with an adhesive back to create “perfect cottage-worthy windows,” as she puts it on Instagram.
“I used a utility knife to cut the molding on its side at a 45-degree angle,” she says on Instagram. (Other DIYers have done similar with electrical tape, too.) Hannah also dressed the windows with relaxed Roman shades.
The curtain headboard helped set the tone for the bedroom.
The true fabric standout in the space, though, is the DIY project behind the bed. “I sourced some secondhand Ralph Lauren drapes on eBay and used them to frame the bed,” Hannah explains. And the fabric helped her moodboard the entire project and land on the color scheme!
She mixed and matched patterned fabrics throughout, with new striped lampshades, floral bedding, a blue floral chair cover she made herself, and a patterned rug from Etsy.
There are several vintage finds throughout.
“I had been on the lookout for a bamboo tortoise shell étagère and finally found one while working on this project,” Hannah adds. “It became the perfect piece to fit in one of the corners and display books and a few other mementos.” The bedside lamps are from Facebook Marketplace, and the vanity is a family heirloom (it used to be Hannah’s great-grandmother’s sewing machine, and she turned it into a vanity by adding an antique mirror).
The result is a quaint cottage-y setup that better fits the 1804 home. To see the rest of the home, check out Hannah’s house tour.
This post originally appeared on Apartment Therapy. See it there: A Ralph Lauren Canopy Transformed a Basic Bed Frame in This Cozy Bedroom Makeover