I celebrated my 50th birthday on Sunday--waking up to breakfast in bed and singing by Andrea and Dave. When Dave asked what I would like this year, I had a couple things in mind that required construction and installation. Besides the fact that it was my birthday, he had a 4-day holiday weekend to devote to projects I had in mind. :) It was great to shop with him for a chandelier-type light for our kitchen and have him install that the next day. He hung a heavy mirror for me and some other odd jobs.
The best project was our joint design/jointly constructed headboard. I had recently worked on a fabric headboard, but it needed some help. Dave brought up some old kitchen cabinet doors that we had saved for such a use. I painted the wood and constructed the fabric panels while Dave attached the appropriate boards to the panels and wall and voila! we have a new headboard. (While the design shows would have you think it just takes a few minutes to create furniture with power tools, it actually took most of Saturday.) Here's our finished creation:
By the way, (BTW as Julia says) the comforter and drapes were my Grandma Nita's and made probably 40 years ago. I just added a section for height.)
8 comments:
Happy Birthday! How nice to wake up to singing. That's the best birthday to get rooms redecorated. It looks so good!
I love it!! That headboard looks awesome.
Oh, Cheri! I love your room. Of course, you know I am a huge design show fan and I think you did a great job! I also love yellow and just think that your room is beautiful! Way to go.
Wow Cheri, you are an awesome DIYer!! Your room looks so pretty!! And happy birthday again!!:)
Happy Birthday! I love the way your room turned out! It looks like such sweet place to get away. Great work!
Happy Birthday Cheri. I really love your room. You are so very creative.
Thats a beautiful headboard! I love it. I have big boards covered in fabric with fabric-covered buttons that I made when I was being crafty for my headboard/window shutters, but not nearly as cute as this! People call mine dominoes. Ilove your matchy pillow!
I love the headboard! You did such a nice job. The whole effect is lovely.
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