Did you see that I'm making over our Master bedroom? If you missed the "before" picture, you can see it here.
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The next project I got excited about was a headboard. We've never had one. I used to think we were the only ones. But lately I've been in a few people's houses and I see I'm not the only one. So I didn't feel so bad. But I just love the crispness, the finishing touch, look that a headboard gives.
For years I've been brainstorming this. And could never decided on which one. I finally narrowed it down to a wooden one from Ana White {that I'd build myself} and an upholstered one {that I'd also do myself}.
My husband really doesn't care much about decor. When we got married, he had a poster of Darth Vader hanging in his living room. I don't normally go to him for decor advise. But since this was his room too, I decided to ask him.
He chose the wooden one from Ana White. Okie, Dokie. So it was.
From reading this post (and drooling over that gorgeous turquoise!), I figured I needed to budget $100 for this project. Not super cheap, but I couldn't find free wood anywhere.
I went to Lowe's, got a cart and handed a very nice man a piece of paper. It had all the dimensions and how many boards of each written out. I also said, "Since I'm just going to paint it, I want the cheapest wood possible."He said, "No problem" and "This is great! I've never had directions this organized before." Hey, It helps to be organized.
A little while, and only $50, later {score!!}, I was happily loading my car with wood. As an extra bonus, since I wanted cheap wood, the pieces were long. Which means there were lots of scraps for future projects. Double score.
The next morning I got to work. I pulled up Ana White's site, followed the directions and a short time later, it was done. {yes, our boys wanted in the picture too.}
I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF!!! (squeal!!)
I cannot say enough about Ana White's plans. They were perfect. So easy to follow. Exactly correct. I will make a million more things from her site, knowing how great it was.
The only change I made to the pattern was instead of using a few 1x6's, I just used 1x4's. I figured up how many inches the 1x6's were taking up and divided that by 4. I used that many 1x4's instead. The 1x6's were a lot more pricey, and I wanted to do this as cheaply as possible.
Once it was built, I reveled in my glory of "I did this!!" for a few days. Then I painted it.
When I bought the yellow for the desk, I also saw some dark/blue gray. I grabbed that too, knowing it would match my room colors perfectly.
And it did.
I bought some cheap white pillowcases and wanted to write something on them. I used the freezer paper technique and settled on the word "together."
I pulled the shams out of a drawer (we've never used them) and put them on extra pillows. I still have to recover the back pillows. But it's going to require taking apart the current ones, and I haven't done that yet.
So the bed is done. I love how it turned out. And wow- what a difference a headboard makes!
So little by little, things are getting done...
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The next project I got excited about was a headboard. We've never had one. I used to think we were the only ones. But lately I've been in a few people's houses and I see I'm not the only one. So I didn't feel so bad. But I just love the crispness, the finishing touch, look that a headboard gives.
For years I've been brainstorming this. And could never decided on which one. I finally narrowed it down to a wooden one from Ana White {that I'd build myself} and an upholstered one {that I'd also do myself}.
My husband really doesn't care much about decor. When we got married, he had a poster of Darth Vader hanging in his living room. I don't normally go to him for decor advise. But since this was his room too, I decided to ask him.
He chose the wooden one from Ana White. Okie, Dokie. So it was.
From reading this post (and drooling over that gorgeous turquoise!), I figured I needed to budget $100 for this project. Not super cheap, but I couldn't find free wood anywhere.
I went to Lowe's, got a cart and handed a very nice man a piece of paper. It had all the dimensions and how many boards of each written out. I also said, "Since I'm just going to paint it, I want the cheapest wood possible."He said, "No problem" and "This is great! I've never had directions this organized before." Hey, It helps to be organized.
A little while, and only $50, later {score!!}, I was happily loading my car with wood. As an extra bonus, since I wanted cheap wood, the pieces were long. Which means there were lots of scraps for future projects. Double score.
The next morning I got to work. I pulled up Ana White's site, followed the directions and a short time later, it was done. {yes, our boys wanted in the picture too.}
I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF!!! (squeal!!)
I cannot say enough about Ana White's plans. They were perfect. So easy to follow. Exactly correct. I will make a million more things from her site, knowing how great it was.
The only change I made to the pattern was instead of using a few 1x6's, I just used 1x4's. I figured up how many inches the 1x6's were taking up and divided that by 4. I used that many 1x4's instead. The 1x6's were a lot more pricey, and I wanted to do this as cheaply as possible.
Once it was built, I reveled in my glory of "I did this!!" for a few days. Then I painted it.
When I bought the yellow for the desk, I also saw some dark/blue gray. I grabbed that too, knowing it would match my room colors perfectly.
And it did.
I bought some cheap white pillowcases and wanted to write something on them. I used the freezer paper technique and settled on the word "together."
I pulled the shams out of a drawer (we've never used them) and put them on extra pillows. I still have to recover the back pillows. But it's going to require taking apart the current ones, and I haven't done that yet.
So the bed is done. I love how it turned out. And wow- what a difference a headboard makes!
So little by little, things are getting done...
- paint the nightstands and desk
build a headboardadd pillows onto bed- hang curtains
- make a "just us" photo wall
- hang other pictures around the room
- rearrange the room





