Thursday, January 31, 2013

DIY Family

Even though we're in a brand new house, it doesn't stop my urge to be doing a "project"! Bob loves it! (insert sarcastic voice) Our last project was our bedroom. It's been a work in progress, but we've painted the walls, built a fabric bench for the foot of the bed, and built a headboard for cheap! (oh, and there's some artwork on the night stands by yours truly) ;) The headboard has been our favorite I think. We've been talking about doing this for some time, but didn't really know how it would turn out. We wanted a "weathered wood" look without the price. Here's what we did:

With chains, hammers, an axe, etc... we beat the wood.

Then we primed the wood, and painted it a light brown (something we had from the house)

Then Bob wiped stain on it with a rag (with a little helper watching)

and our other little helper

Once it dried, we hung it up in our room... TA-DA!

and a view up close :)

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