Guest Bedroom- A year of Difference

 

Here is the guest bedroom after finishing the drywall and putting in the new windows.  Still didn't have the new ceiling or floors.  This picture was taken almost a year ago exactly.

 

 

This is the guest bedroom today.  The window still needs to be trimmed out, and there are a few decorating things it lacks, but in general it looks pretty close to finished.

 

The guest bedroom a year ago.

 

The bed today, with new headboard hung.

 

This headboard was made using a 30"x80" hollow core door cut down to 30"x60".  I had a pillow that was weird and kind of gross that I tore open to find that it laid flat the same size as my headboard would be.  That may not make any sense.  Oh well.  My mother-in-law helped me with this project last weekend.  We glued down the stretched open pillow, then stretched and stapled batting over the whole thing.  We then took two $10 curtain panels from Fred's, tore them into 3 inch strips long ways and short ways, stapled the top, and wove the pieces.  Once woven, they were all secured on the back with my staple gun.  I may go back someday and add a ribbon detail around the edge... but who knows.  Well, this post goes out to my mom who always likes to see what new things we have done.  Thanks for the support.

Bedroom update

The headboard we used to have was one my husband bought on his own years and years ago.  There wasn't really anything wrong with it, except that it wasn't my style.  So I used the wife veto power and decided to upholster a headboard.  I took a 4x8 piece of plywood, drew off the shape, got Matty to cut out the shape with a jigsaw, then it was all up to me from there on...mostly.  I bought the foam at Joann's with a 50% off coupon because if you've ever bought foam you know it is absurdly expensive.  I had to cut it into three pieces, one that ran straight across the bottom half, then two small sections I pieced together for the top.  I traced the headboard on the foam then used a bread knife to cut it at an angle.  Next I glued the foam to the plywood using spray adhesive.  Attached batting over the whole thing using an electric staple gun and what felt like hundreds of staples.  I then laid the whole thing face down on the back of the fabric and stretched and stapled for hours until I felt like it was all on their good and tight.  Lastly I measured and drew dots where the nail heads where intended to go and Matt hammered them all in.  Added legs off our old headboard and attached it to our current bed frame.

This is the finished headboard, without any pillows in front of it.

Here is a close up of the nail heads.  I used a nickel colored head to match all the brushed nickel details in our house.

The pillow sitting in front is one I picked the fabric for, and my mom finished sewing for me.  It was actually inspired by this pillow from Cup of Jo.  Her room makeover was done by Jenny Komenda from Little Green Notebook, which is another one of my favorite blogs.

This is a close-up of the fabric.  I really love the colors, the pattern, and all the detail it has.  Next on my list for our room is new, fancy sheets, possibly changing the curtains, fixing up the side tables, husband finishing the dresser he started building me, and bookshelves in the corner of our room.  Oh, and some kind of art.