I did our bedroom this week. I chose the colors of brown and blue back at Christmas time. I have been doing little projects for it and now its all put together (minus some more art work I need to put up). First I did this little table. Then I put this art work up over it. I did the random tea tray for some inspiration which is now Daniel's stuff I need for work thing. Next I found these lamps which were ugly once but I made them to our taste. Then I found these tables which I didn't blog.
One was $5 and the other $7 at a garage sale (The first one I bought for the projector but it is now safely on the sealing). They are similar styles so I figured a can of spray paint would work. Then I made the throw pillows. Then came the 'not a head board but acts like one' project. All over the land of blogs, I saw people make curtains, pieces of wood, doors, metal you name it they made it head boards so I figured I would try one. I had the back piece to my book case which I hated (I hate those fake cardboard things they have you put at the back of fake furniture) so I used it for my new head board experiment. I mixed two different blues of paint and used a roller. I wanted a silhouette of a tree on there in brown so I googled around and found the perfect little banzai tree (apparently its not perfect and after I hand painted it on Daniel used his expertise and advised me to prune it umm yeah too bad) Then I used my projector and some taped together wax paper and traced the tree.
Well I had a very difficult time getting it to trace back onto the board so it got quite a bit of free hand. I used expensive water color brushes from Daniel's college days that looked brand new (and not used) in acrylic (I know cringe) but I love using water color brushes with acrylic the paint just looks better. Then I let it dry and Daniel suggested a brown frame which I thought was a great idea so I got some 1 1/2 inch satin ribbon and stuck it on. Then we put it up and our room is complete (well sort of until I get motivated to do more) and there you have it.
Click the picture to see it larger(its small because its a panoramic view
and blogger wont let me make it bigger)
Yes thats Eva on the bed. The kids love our bedroom, especially when its clean.
I am participating in
and
