The reception hall has basketball goals that I am wanting to cover up....I am wanting to know where I can by draping for the ceiling and how to actually make a ceiling canopy.....thank you so much for your help!
2007-06-01 05:17:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Try local party rental places? They may have something. If not, you'll have to improvise.
2007-06-01 05:26:22 · answer #1 · answered by Dave C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wedding Ceiling Canopy
2016-12-16 19:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by goettle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to find a Fabric Store. You can either purchase online through a place like Hancock Fabrics or go to a store to see it first!
I prefer tulle for this purpose. It drapes and looks flowing and is somewhat see through, but would still accomplish your goal of disquising the basketball goals!
You could also use any other thin fabric, similar to a cheescloth or muslin. I would definately go with a low to moderately costing fabric, because it will take a lot of it to make it look right. Check out the clearance sections for fabric. You can generally find good prices there. Before you get your heart set, make sure they have enough.
Do you have the dimensions for the room. Length, Width, height? If you have that, you can figure up the amount of fabric needed. Alos, do not forget to average in the draping amount needed. Meaning, your fabric isn't going to be flush with the ceiling, so you will need at last a yard, per section to create a draping affect, depending on the size of the room.
Tulle can be bought at Michaels Craft Stores. A roll of 30 or 40 yards is like $50.00. Which isn't a bad price at all! Remember when measuring and figuring up how much you need, there are 3 feet in a yard!
Another option would be if you have 2 colors and you use them both. It sounds somewhat tacky, but it really looks great, especially if the colors aren't a large contrast. I have used a pale dusty rose and an off white tulle and alternated each panel. It looked amazing because it gave just enough color, but not an overpowering look!
Good luck! Email me if you would like to have some help in figuring your dimensions and amount of material needed. Or if you would like to see some pics! I would love to help if you need it!
2007-06-01 05:30:20 · answer #3 · answered by jen 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
okay....$50 bucks for 30 yrds of tuelle??? thats WAY to much...go on ebay and do a search for it by the bolt...there's a "store" there that sells 40yrd bolts of it in white for $15.95/bolt plus I think $7.25 shipping on first and $3.25 each addtl......even w/shipping your still not going to spend more than going to the craft store...plus you're actually getting 10 extra yards per bolt.
Once you DO get all of your measurements and figure out how much you're going to need to cover what you need to cover...you can't forget the most important part...how to anchor it from the ceiling. Here's an easy way that I found to do it...and it was easy...
A hula hoop...yes, that old hula hoop you played w/as a kid. You can get one from a dollar store...cheap!
Use some lightweight rope or whatever you choose (a very light link chain works best for linking together) and attach 3 maybe 4 pieces to it working INWARD of the circle, so that it looks like a 3 or 4 spoke wagon wheel.
Attach your loose ends in the center all together..this is why the light chain worked best....and then from the center attach your 'piece' to hang it by....basically so far you've got a "Hula Hoop Candelier" that should hang somewhat like what a hanging planter would.
I attached all my panels to the hula hoop going all the way around, to where when you'd pick it straight up, it resembled what a round showers curtain would be like, or the little round tents you change in at the beach.
Before the net is put on, your chain/rope won't hold its placement on the hoop, & they'll slide around and look like it won't hang balanced, but it will. When you're attaching you netting, keep that 'hanger' placement in mind so that it hangs evenly. Once you have all your netting on there bunched up inbetween where your chain/rope's attached, it will keep them from sliding around.
I took the whole assembled piece with me to the hall, found my center point of the room, hung my hoop by the hanger, made any height adjustments I needed and then-from the bottom of each panel- just pulled out/draped my netting where ever it needed to go and fastened it accordingly. Work from the center out.
It sounds like a lot....but trust me, once you're there and you're at crunch time, you'll appreciate the prep time you put into it ahead....instead of trying to wrestle w/all that netting,not knowing how/where to anchor/hang it....
2007-06-02 04:16:08 · answer #4 · answered by secret_oktober_girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think its very feasabile to do that in a affordable way... If you were to go cheap i would use Muslin you can get it in bulk for about .50 per yard but you are looking at roughly 4,641 yards of fabric if you want to drape the whole ceiling.
2016-03-19 01:51:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋