New Headboard Details

THANK YOU for your comments on our new headboard - I was 'wowed!' I love doing projects like this at minimal cost and The Hunt is almost as fun as the actuality! This dream began when I came across The Old Painted Cottage blog (sorry, I wasn't able to do a link), showed it to Hubs who gave a manly 'nice' and began The Hunt for a fireplace mantle.

I found the mantle shelf at a yard sale in the raw.

We bought two 8x10 pine boards and trim at HD for the 'legs,' penciling a pattern and using liquid nails to fasten the trim to the boards. 

I wanted to use these tins for the back but only had four of them. Sigh! - the were a perfect fit.

Instead, I used beadboard left over from another project. The garage is one of my CREATIVE PLACES.

I glued the wooden scrollwork on but couldn't forget my dream of the dainty roses found  HERE.

So...I got my hammer, screwdriver and sander out and removed it - it wasn't easy! But I wanted it to look decades old so the dents didn't matter.

They come like this and are easy to glue and paint on.

Happiness! I kind of slapped the paint on as I wanted it to look like it was painted many times.

Completed!

How was it I didn't notice the pillows weren't centered? Oh well, minor detail! :) The bedspread came from Target but the fabric flowers were added - if interested how it was done, you can read about it HERE.
Now on to the next project - it will involve wallpaper.

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