I haven't been this excited to share a post in a loooong time. I finally made my headboard!! Are you as excited as I am?? I knew I would love it, but not this much.
Isn't that your most favorite feeling ever? Because it's mine! I can't describe the satisfaction of going to the hardware store, picking out a pile of lumber, and then working on it with your own two hands to create something beautiful.
There's nothing like it, I tell ya. Now I know not everybody has the money or the room for lots of tools, but I only used a miter saw, nail gun, drill and hand sander for this project. Four basic tools that I use on almost every project. If you have to buy basic tools, I'd start with those.
In case you forgot, here's what the room looked like when we first moved into the house. Pretty blah ... except for my lovely nightstands that I hacked. I still love them!
What a difference, right? This is one part of the house that feels finished, for now. I think I'll always be changing things in my home, but for now, this is what I've been dreaming of.
I recently bought a couple of new mirrors from Hobby Lobby ($12.50 each!! - on sale for 50% off) for my bedside tables. And the mercury lamps are new, too. My bedside tables now look like little blinged-out tables with all the shine, and I love it.
I bought the bed skirt at Target for around $30. It does the trick. It's so nice not to see the bed frame underneath.
You may remember that I had some photos above the bed before, but they were really too small for the space. I had this painting above our bed in our old house. I loved it, but it didn't look good with our old duvet cover, so it had been sitting in another bedroom. When I bought the new duvet cover, I realized it would look great with it. Don't you think it looks good?
The king-size bed, the headboard, larger lamps and artwork all give this large master bedroom some serious drama. The room doesn't dwarf the bed anymore, and I couldn't be happier.
Click HERE for my tutorial on how to build this headboard.
Have you made anything recently that you just love?
