Head Case

I got a hair-brained idea one day. And it all started because I was bored and went shopping downtown. Of course, I had to go in the fabulous fabric store to see if they had anything new. I was actually looking for fabric to make some pillows for the couch or curtains for the kitchen. Instead, I found this.

A beautiful silk plaid and a nice floral. (yes, I am grandma-y. Love me some plaid and florals. Get over it.) If you notice it is the pink version from this previous post. There is a method to my madness.

So my attention turned to my upholstered headboard.

This is the before. It has seen its better days after Joseph and I have been leaning up against it for two years. I don't think that I ever shared how I made this. Really simple. I simply went and got a piece of OSB from Lowes. Just plain old 7/16", Georgia-Pacific, Hosford, Florida made OSB. (I used to work at the plant were it is made, so I always look for our product, and I had to make sure it came from that plant before I bought it. I told you I was weird.) I think it might have set me back 3 or 4 bucks. Good for me, not good for GP's bottom line. Then I got some 2" foam from my local craft store, along with some batting. I cut the OSB to the width that I wanted and got to work. I took spray adhesive and glued the foam onto the board. Next, I wrapped it with batting and secured that in place with a staple gun. Then came the fabric. The damask in the picture above is really showing up against the camera flash, but it is much more subtle in normal light. After the fabric was stapled in place, I nailed on some cheap boards that I also picked up at Lowes that I cut to the correct height. Wah-lah. Instant headboard.

But I was ready for a change, so I got to work on changing things up. At first, I was going to make a slipcover for the headboard, since the legs were nailed into place and I didn't want to take the time to take them off. But I decided against that simply because I was too lazy to get my sewing machine out. So I just decided to work around the legs.

First, I laid the fabric out on the floor.

Then I placed the headboard on top and got to stapling.

That's it. All done. Pretty simple, yeah. And its great because you can instanty change your look with just a couple yards of fabric!

Here it is all finished.

My plan was to pick up a duvet in either white or a soft green or tan, but like most best laid plans, they change. Not long after I recovered this headboard, my husband and I decided to go get my king size mattress from my parents house. We hadn't done it before because my bedroom furniture that is still at my parents is extremely massive and our little room now just won't hold the bed, but it will hold the mattresses. I do believe that our new bed has saved our marriage. Really. We now have room to get away from each other while we sleep. The three dogs (I know) now have room to spread out on their blanket away from us. So I am no longer kicking my precious babies all night, waking me from a deep sleep. It is awesome. So there you have it, a little headboard change and bed hopping!

Dress My Nest

I have a new addiction. I love Dress My Nest on the Style channel. I think that it is really cool how Thom takes 3 style items and 3 personal items and incorporates it into the room's design. So ladies, do you have a favorite dress, earrings, etc? If so, it is super easy to add touches of your personal style into the style of your home. We are all divas about our clothes, why not vamp up our rooms? I decided to try my hand at this and see what I could come up with. I used J Crew clothes for inspiration and Pottery Barn for the interpretation. I did this solely for simplicity! So here is what I came up with!

See! Nothing too fancy about what I picked, but it was fun. So look to your closet for some inspiration and get to it!

Great Space-Saving Idea

I am always on the lookout for great, stylish ways for extra storage. While I was looking at Southern Living online, I came across this great idea. See if you can figure out where the great new storage is, and it's not under the bed!!

Have you figured it out?? Well, here it is:
What a great idea! Many people use a fabric covered end table such as this, but I had never thought to use a trash can and a plywood round to make one. Now you can use this to store seasonal items, like big, bulky sweaters to keep them out of your way until you need them again during the winter! Not to mention you get a great looking end table! Happy storing, ya'll!!