Last week I started the process of redoing one of the bedrooms at our river house. I had previously done this Olioboard for the room for my inspiration
So I took advantage of some down time, drove the three hours out there to start to tackling this room. Usually when I go out there by myself, I take advantage of the quietness and the mild weather and just relax. Even though I had this beautiful view tempting me, I stayed focused on the work to be done
The before started like this
The first thing I wanted to do, is make the wood board I brought out into a headboard. Let me tell you, the wood on this board is dense and hard. I think it must of weighed 80 pounds at least. Moving it around by myself was not an easy task.
I was pretty proud on how I was able to pull this off. It is what I came up with while browsing HomeDept. I used the wonderful cutting service at HomeDepot and had them cut a 2×4 to three 15″ pieces. Then I bought these metal brackets, which I have no idea what they are called, and screwed them to the wood plank board and the cut 2 x 4. I did this on both sides for extra stability.
Did I mention how heavy and large this board was? It was 60″ long and 35″ wide and really hard for just one person to move around.
I then drilled holes through the 2×4 and used a bolt and a nut to secure it to the bed frame. My method worked out perfect, the headboard was very stable and sturdy {patting myself on the back on this one!}
Once I took out all the floral bedding and striped valances, then I started taping off the walls. The taping for me is probably the worst. I actually did pretty good this time, which surprised me! Our house is on the outskirts of town, and running to Home Depot takes an hour round trip, so I just used what ever brushes I had out there, which was really limited. The painting began and man, I forgot how hard it is to paint walls! I can’t say I was in love with the light grey color, it has a lavender tone to it, but I wasn’t going to drive all the way to town and get new paint, so I just went with it
I was trying to achieve a lacquered look with the dark grey, so I used a high gloss Martha Stewart paint. It turned out ok, not as shiny as I was hoping for. I might even go back and paint a high gloss sealer over the top to give it more shine and depth.
The grey duvet from Westelm that was on my Oliobard was not working, so luckily I had brought this mustard duvet as a back up. It is from Westelm as well, but was on clearance for $40.
I was on the fence on the lighting and the nightstands. Now that I don’t have the valances and the wreaths on the wall, I can for sure go for a longer and wider hanging light. The 3 light chandeliers are seeming wimpy now {I know the ceiling fan isn’t attractive, but it has to stay due to how hot it gets out there in the summer, it is a necessity}
I would love to use these from Restoration Hardware, it brings in the glam but also the rustic. But they are pretty pricey. I am hoping I can find something similar
The nightstands are too visually heavy and need to be replaced with an open curvy leg. I am thinking these from Home Decorators Collection could work
But I would paint them high gloss white. The bed needs to be lowered so that you can see more of the headboard, so now I am going to get a low profile box spring. Then I have to address how to cover the box spring. Since I don’t want a bed skirt, I think I will use a grey fitted sheet to cover the box spring. But the rug and bench are perfect!
The last thing I did was hang some fun letters on the wall. And I mean that literately
Aren’t those fun? lol They are vintage marquee letters that I found here locally at Urban Barn. I am going to keep them the blue. I was originally thinking I might want to paint them white or plum to match the room. But to me they are a piece of artwork, and having them blue makes them feel more like artwork than just an accessory to the room.
I still have the other side of the room to do which I haven’t shown you. But I am happy with the progress I have gotten done so far. It will take me awhile since it isn’t convient for me to just pop over there and work. This part of the room was the hardest and I am glad I got it done. But the next time I go out there I am for sure going to take more time to relax, oh and sit in the room and marvel at my headboard.
