Bed Canopies and Mosquito Netting

One of the most sacred, private rooms in a house is the bedroom. It’s where you sleep, where you dream and where you can just “get away from it all”. Bed canopies and mosquito netting are perfect for one another. Not only do they provide a functional use (repels insects if you sleep with windows open as well as offering privacy), a bed canopy and mosquito netting will add a certain level of charm and elegance to your bedroom.

What is a bed canopy, and what exactly is “mosquito netting”?

A canopy bed is a bed that has four posts—one at each corner. These posts can be made of stiff fabric, hollow wood and other materials. The netting is exactly what it sounds like. It’s a net with tiny holes that protects you from insects, but can also give your bedroom a shabby-chic look. The netting is suspended like an open parachute, or alternatively like a tent, from the bedposts and/or from a ceiling anchor (in the tent-style).

Bed canopies with mosquito netting have been around since the European Medieval period. Because roofs were often made of thatching, insects and other ‘creepy-crawlies’ occasionally dropped through. Canopy beds were also employed by royalty. In very early times—especially in Europe—kings, queens, nobility and servants all slept in a large room, called a hall. Canopy beds and mosquito netting thus afforded them privacy as well as protection from insects.

Why they’re ideal for any bedroom

Bed canopies with many forms of netting or curtains are still widely used today. However they way they are used among different regions of the world vary. Some countries have an actual need for netting around canopies because of a lack of proper air conditioning—thus people are forced to sleep with windows open. In other countries like the U.S. and Great Britain, canopy beds are prized much more for the aesthetic value. They can transform a room into a small sanctuary and provide a sophisticated look to practically any decor.

In the end, netted-canopies serve most peoples’ wants and needs. The selection online is vast, and include many different colors, styles, and measurements (custom-fit, too). Plus, they’re available in almost any material—from standard cotton to silky fabrics and beyond.

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