How to Decorate With Sheers on the Ceiling

Begin tacking your sheers at one corner of your room. Staple the corner of your first sheer to the corner of the room. Continue stapling the sheer to the wall, allowing for the swag drape as you go. Staple the side of the sheer to the edge of the perpendicular wall. Allow for the same drape effect as you did on the bottom of the sheer. Continue stapling across the top of the sheer, balancing the excess draping to match the excess in the sheer bottom. Finish the preliminary step by stapling the far side of the drape, matching it to the parallel side of drape running across the ceiling/wall juncture.

Adjust the fullness of your swag in this sheer if you plan to create a cloud effect. Move out 2 to 3 feet from the corner and staple the sheer to the ceiling, adjusting for fullness and draping. Choose random spots in the sheer to place staples in the ceiling, keeping your drapes fluid and smooth with a cloud-like effect.

Repeat the process on the opposite wall. Try to create a similar effect with the second sheer without identically matching the staple and drape pattern. Move around the room to the next corner and repeat the process, extending your sheer toward the corner on the opposite wall and overlapping the first sheers if you meet one or both as you move to the center of the room. Repeat with the fourth sheer coming from the last corner.

Fill in the gaps between sheers by placing new sheers with a similar process. Allow for overlapping if desired, or trim the sheers so each panel begins where the last one left off. If the sheers will be semi-permanent, cut the fabric to fit around the hardware for ceiling lights, ceiling fans and smoke alarms, or arrange your sheers so you can reach light bulbs and detector batteries. Extend the sheers across inset light fixtures if the sheer decorations are temporary. Avoid placing the sheers where they can impact fan blades or moving objects; keep the sheers in the space between the ceiling and the fixture.