DIY

This week, with all my time off, we decided to do a little redecorating of our bedroom. Our room started off with pristine all-white bedding...bedding we knew we would have to change once we had kids since it would no longer be white. Well, turns out little kitties have the same effect. So the re-do ensued. We ended up getting a new, bigger mattress (I am in love with this mattress and literally look forward to going to bed the second my feet hit the floor in the morning) so the new bedding was a must. Fortunately Pottery Barn was having a sale and I found bedding not only for cheap but also with a pattern to camouflage any ensuing stains or dirt! From there we decided to re-vamp the room with a new color scheme - but on a budget! Luckily all of the pillows I had previously worked even better with this new color scheme so all we needed was: a gallon of paint, new lamps ($24. 99 at TJ Maxx!), new curtains, and this nifty DIY headboard I saw online. Headboards are so expensive and the one we had previously was leftover from college, was not even the right size for our smaller bed, and had been leaning against the wall for the past year not even screwed in to anything. So we decided to go this route and I am so happy with the results! It was a very easy first DIY project together...

For this project all you need are four 1x6 boards, some sandpaper to sand the boards, a can of stain, a can of varnish (we already had some), and large 3M command velcro strips to hang the boards...no drilling, hammering, or other verbs you would do with tools needed!

Have Home Depot or Lowe's (or wherever you buy the boards) cut the wood to the right length. Prep the wood by lightly sanding before applying the stain. Let dry completely before applying a coat of clear varnish. Allow the varnish to dry overnight before applying a second coat. Place the velcro strips on the back of the boards and on the wall, leaving however much space you would like between each board (we hung them an inch apart). After we hung our new, cheap headboard, allowed ourselves a couple moments to bask in the pride that DIY projects bring about, and settled down for the first night of sleep in our new room, we soon heard a "clunk". It was a "clunk" that said so much. Apparently, one of the velcro strips did not adhere to the back of the board. Luckily with my tendency for slight paranoia over weird, random things (thanks for that one genetics *cough*mother*cough*), I placed the pillow sham under the headboard and my own pillow about a foot or two away from boards just in case one should slip. We took off all of the boards and the next day reinforced all of the velcro strips on the boards with super glue. I am proud to say they are still on the wall, holding like a champ! No pillow barrier needed now!

Not too bad for a couple days' work and a budget! I think the kitty approves...