Several years ago, I decided to paint my bed.
I was scared. This was not cheap furniture. It was gifted to us from my husband's parents.
What if I messed it up...
Will I have regrets?
I took a deep breath and made up a batch of homemade chalk paint.
And I did it! I've never looked back.
Well... until today.
I decided to paint my bed black. I really like the wrought iron black beds you see everywhere, but I really don't want a new bed.
I like my bed.
I wanted the headboard to be nice and smooth, so I scraped and sanded and scraped and sanded some more, until I had this.
I love the chippy white paint with the wood showing through, and I almost went in that direction.
I get distracted easily.
But, I stayed on task and painted the bed black.
The color is called Black Magic. I picked up a gallon on clearance at Lowe's for $5.00. The brand is Olympic.
I love when the clearance paint happens to be a good color. It's a semi gloss. I primed first and then painted.
Notice we changed out the narrow side boards with these wider ones.
This is how we attached them to the bed frame.
I really like that the box springs are now covered. That always bothered me. Problem solved.
I found this rug on clearance at Walmart. It reminds me of Jute or burlap, and the price was great for a large rug. It actually feels good underfoot too.
I used these $5 sheets for curtains. Sheets are a good choice if you don't want to spend a lot and you need longer curtains.
And here is what I have so far...
It's still a work in progress, and I can't wait to show you the rest of the room. Have a great day!
Thank you for stopping by.
Sherry
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Today I'm sharing my bedroom makeover.
And how many times have I said that...
Many times!
But this time, we ripped out the carpet and put down hardwood floors!
First, let us look back and reminisce...
Wow.
Just wow! Remember the red bathroom with the brown accents?
Well, here's the red bedspread. And the brown curtains. And the brown furniture.
And a futon at the end of the bed. I have no idea!
Clearly, I was trying.
And then the whole beach thing...
This was good. I should have stayed with this. All the neutrals that I love!
Why didn't I stay with that?
But I had the great idea to paint everything blue, and I painted all the furniture hardware silver and added pops of green.
Again, trying to lighten things up.
And trying to like color.
And then there was gray.
As I type this, I realize how understanding my husband is. I won't mention the one day I painted the living room and put everything back before he got home from work, and he didn't notice until several weeks later.
We won't mention that.
These are recent BEFORE pics of the bedroom.
I do love the white walls. So many people say it's clean looking... and yes, it is, even when it's not.
Speaking of not...
Here's the real deal of makeovers.
I'm slowly getting the mess cleaned up and things put back. Now that you've seen the befores, I'll show you one project at the time as I get them done.
Fast forward to new hardwood floors.
I have a clean slate here.
So much left to do but I'm really excited!
Thank you for stopping by and remind yourself that you're doing great! At least you haven't painted your bedroom 10 times only to come back to the color white.
Have a Blessed day!
Sherry
