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jess1808
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 Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:13 am Post subject: What type of fabric should I use in a low ceiling room for a |
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| I am getting married next year and am trying to get decorations around the holidays. Since I am using red, black, and white for my colors, I was hoping to find fabric and other accessories on sale after Christmas and Valentine's Day. However, I do not know what type of fabric to buy. I need a fabric to drape from the center of the ceiling to cover some ugly lights and then to drape the walls, which have scuff marks and other stains. Also, this fabric will have lights, probably Christmas lights, draped inside it. Could someone please send me some good ideas!!!! |
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lollypop1526
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:35 am Post subject: What type of fabric should I use in a low ceiling room for a |
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| Just go and get Organza fabric (organdy) in light medium colours will be fine.. good luck. |
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Lydia3219
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:57 am Post subject: What type of fabric should I use in a low ceiling room for a |
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| Tulle always works very nicely for weddings. |
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Jaylynn
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:19 am Post subject: What type of fabric should I use in a low ceiling room for a |
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| Try tulle. You can dye it any color you like or leave it white. If you want to light it up, use clear Christmas lights. Congrats! |
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Isu
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:40 am Post subject: What type of fabric should I use in a low ceiling room for a |
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| You need to skip the fabric on the cielings. If it is already low you are going to make it even lower and the room will appear very cramped and/or guests will have fabric brushing their heads all night. If you still want to go with this tented look you need to just rent. Buying enough fabric to cover a room isn't cost effective at all and considering your location has "ugly lights' and "scuff marks on the wall" you are probably a budget bride. |
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Ivy
Joined: 22 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:02 am Post subject: What type of fabric should I use in a low ceiling room for a |
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| Hi Amanda:Well you can always use tulle, which is available in white and is available year round. I am agreeing with pspoptart though....if the ceiling is already low and then you add fabric to it....hmmm...I'm not sure. Where I live there are people that do this type of decorating as their business. You might want to check on some type of wedding decorating business.Also....do you realize how much money is involved in buying fabric to cover walls? You will also need to secure the fabric somehow to the walls with Velcro? or something else, which will be an added expense. I am not sure if this is possible, but it would seem to me that it would be a whole lot cheaper to offer to PAINT the walls at your expense rather than trying to cover everything. A few gallons of paint will be much less expensive than covering everything with fabric, depending on how big the room is. Or....what about just a good scrubbing?? You and your fiance, mom, family, or bridesmaids go in, and again at your expense, see if you can clean the walls. You would be surprised how things can look after a good scubbing.Then you could add some touches around the room. I went to a wedding reception where they used large branches (minus the leaves), spay painted them white, put them in a large planter, and put some miniature white lights on them. You could place these all around the room. It was beautiful!My idea would be to try to clean the walls first. If they don't clean, then offer to paint. Then spend more money on making your tables look elegant by having beautiful centerpieces, etc.Good luck! |
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jeocribratiert
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| Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:24 am Post subject: What type of fabric should I use in a low ceiling room for a |
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| Tulle looks beautiful with lights behind it ! |
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