I found some fabric I once had draped over a window - it's quite a lengthy piece and I haven't really know what to do with it since. But I'd been playing with the idea of changing up my bed since it has a finish I hate...and the style is...old. (I got it from a relative's estate sale). Here's what it looks like:
Now no derogatory comments about the state of my bed, I wanted you to be able to see the headboard so I pulled the covers back. And yes, the photo is dim. Seriously there is no natural light until summertime!
I would love to strip the wood and do something different there, but there is no way I'm standing out in the cold for a project like that so it will just have to wait. Instead I took the fabric I previously mentioned and wove it through.
Quite the rustic, natural fiber look. Of course, considering my next project I'm going to show you that is mild in comparison!
Years ago I bought a print of Ashley National Forest. It's got white and green, a little yellow; It's great! At the time I didn't have the means for a large enough frame so I got creative. And by creative I mean I left my brain somewhere else that day and let wild monkeys come up with a plan to get it on the wall. Not attractive. Not easy to hang.
I...I mean the monkeys...adhered it to some foamcore and then cut a piece of wood for each corner to "frame it" then I had to glue sticks around it to hide the nasty looking glue. Oh yeah, this keeps getting better and better.
Looking at it now I really didn't want those weird wooden corners at all and was trying to come up with a way to cover them. I thought about twigs or pebbles but that seemed too laborious. I wanted something that would go quickly and hide a lot of mess. And then I let the monkeys have control again. So I...I mean the monkeys...chose moss because I still had tons of it left over from this project.
Here's before:
You can see where my twigs to hide the glue had broken off and left little bits of themselves. Lovely.
5 comments:
What a great way to give your bed an update without breaking the bank! LOVE the print too! I have to agree with you about the moss though.
Neat!!
I just love coming to your blog. That ray o' sunshine is just what I need..
It's awesome that you are trying new stuff. It was a great idea to thread fabric in the headboard. Thanks for visiting my blog today. :)
I love that you posted a project even though you didn't like the results. You win some, you lose some ;p.
I love what you did tothe bed! I actually really really like it. How clever!
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