diy furniture
Doors, mantels, dresser tops, book pages — when it comes to the bedroom, the sky’s the limit! Head boards 8 Ideas for
Curvy & Cute
I come across old, sad, unuseful dressers all the
and texture, I took some scrap fabric and a bird stencil and cut out a few to place along the bottom. I used Mod Podge to adhere and seal the birds in place. I then got some heavy duty hanging eyelets and placed them equi- distant on the back of the headboard for easy mounting to a wall. The beauty of this easy DIY headboard is that it can be placed at your desired height and when you’re sick of the painted finished, it can simply be sanded down and refinished! - Abbie Marshall, ecolectickc.com
time — ones that are in shambles with all the drawers missing, yet have somehow survived with their tops in one piece. So why not salvage that good, solid piece of wood and turn it into something beautiful again? That is exactly what I did to make this twin headboard. I simply pried the sucker off the dresser, gave it a good scrub- bing, painted it grey, distressed to my liking and then hand painted a whimsical "hello." To add some color
My husband and I made our headboard from an upcycled vin- tage door. The door was removed from a home in Brookside to be replaced with a new door. The door and window company was going to toss this one, so we rescued it. Molding was attached, and in the windows we've placed black and white photos from our travels. - Johnna Perry, InJohnnasKitchen.com Picture Perfect
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