How To Hang Fabric From Ceiling

Steel hammer tacks should work well to hold up lightweight draping fabric like satin.

How to hang fabric from ceiling. Locate the center of one of the lengths of fabric. Gather the fabric in your hand and tie with cord string or fishing line. Measure using the spacing of the ceiling joists usually 16 inch intervals to determine the locations for your hanging hardware.

Attach to the ceiling beam or fan at the center of the room allowing the fabric to drape and billow. If the ceiling has exposed beams you can easily tie the fabric around each beam or simply lay it across the beams attaching the fabric to the beams with self adhesive velcro staples or nails. Be sure the rope is thin enough to fit through the grommets.

Install suspended ceiling hooks along the part of the grid where you want to hang the fabric approximately 12 inches apart. Drill pilot holes in the ceiling joists at regular intervals near the tops of the walls and parallel to one another across the room as for hanging lightweight fabrics. Attach the fabric to the center of the ceiling working around the light fixture if necessary.

You might want to iron it in place. Fold the edge of one end of the cut fabric over itself so that the folded edge will face the ceiling. These hooks are available at office and plant supply merchandisers hardware stores and art supply retailers.

We used simple metal c shaped ceiling hooks to hang the canopy. A sturdy nautical rope works well to hang the fabric. Using a ladder to reach.

Consider the drape and the canopy s placement over the bed. Secure the drape to the wall or to the next ceiling fan or beam. Arrange the fabric into pleats as you staple and then glue gimp or ribbon along.