DIY:How to do an upholstered headboard

Hope everyone had a great weekend :) Mine was filled with packing and DIY projects!

I move in on August 10th and I know packing already sounds crazy, but doing it in spurts is better than two days before trying to pack EVERYTHING and wearing myself out. 

One simple little craft I did was paint the trim of a cork board I have

Also I FINALLY upholstered my headboard!!

It is so easy and simple to do, here is how I did it:

Step 1: 

I bought this ready to upholster headboard from target

This made the process really easy. It was on sale when I bought it (and on sale again now) so it was like maybe $130.00. 

It comes with a frame so you don't have to attach it to the wall. This was key for me because I am in an apartment and I don't want to put massive nail holes in the wall so when I move out I have patch them. But if you were doing it in a bedroom at your home and you don't mine the holes in the wall, I am sure you can attach it that way as well.

Step 2:

Iron the fabric. You don't want any creases or wrinkles when applying the fabric

Step 3:

Because I wanted the back to look finished and not have excess fabric, I took the backing off so I could put the fabric under and re-back it at the end.

So we had to take the nails out but be careful not to rip and pull fabric because we have to re-apply it!

Step 4:

Use a nail gun to staple the fabric in place. Make sure the fabric is pulled tightly!! The edges are the toughest part, but the easiest way to explain how to fold them to wrap them like the ends of a present

Step 5:

Once all the edges are stapled it is time to reapply the backing to finish the back so it doesn't look half done or tacky (even though it will be flush against the wall and no one can actually see it)

Simply just nail gun the backing just like the fabric. When it's done it should look like the picture above, which is a more polished look than just leaving the fabric showing with it nailed down.

And ta-da! It's done!!

It's not the best image because of the lighting, but once I move in you'll see it in my room with bedding so you'll get a better idea of what it looks like with a bed!

If anyone has any questions just let me know! But because I bought this slipcover ready headboard, if I do decide at any point to change my bedding and the fabric on the headboard doesn't match, I can simply remove the fabric by pulling the staples out. So it would be like a new headboard all over again!

Xoxo

M

DIY chevron striped painting & head board fabric

Hope everyone had a great weekend! The weather here was kind of icky so I got crafty :)

I feel like my blog is taking a whole new direction..going more towards DIY projects and home decorating haha. But I am so stuck on this apartment thing so bear with me!

On Saturday I went to Savannah to Joann's Fabric to find what I want to use for my headboard and throw pillows I am going to make 

Here is what I came up with:

The paisley one is the head board, the solids will be pillows. I still have to get another printed fabric to match for other pillows because I had one picked out, however when got to the register and it was over $50 a yard, I changed my mine! I will buy a $50 pillow before I make one..obviously quality would be a tad nicer ;)

 So Sunday I decided our apartment will need some chevron striped paintings. I already had all the supplies (canvas, paints and brushes) so I just laid down some newspaper and started at it. At first I was going to free hand the stripes, but I knew that there had to be a technique of some sort so here is how to do it!!

It was hard for me to find a tutorial so I just winged it and it worked!

(I forgot to take pictures as I was going so I will do it on a piece of paper!!)

Step 1: Get supplies to draw the stripes. Canvas (paper), pencil and ruler

Step 2: Draw horizontal lines, mine are about 2 inches wide since you can barley see them

Step 3: Draw vertical lines to make a "checker board" pattern

Step 4: Start to draw the vertical lines.

Each row needs to start the same way as you can see below.  So if you start from the top left to bottom right, do the same on the second, third, etc rows.

This is what it should look like when you are done

Step 5: Erase all horizontal and vertical lines. Leave only the diagonal lines.

After erasing all lines except the diagonal ones, your chevron stripes are left! 

Here's what my actual paintings looked like!

Ta-da! So simply chic! :D (hehehe) 

Is anyone as obsessed with chevron stripes?

Xoxo

M

Bedding Confusion

Hope everyone is having a great week so far, it is just flying by for me. Today the weather is going to be so nice, too bad I will be stuck in an office and class all day, but hey..I will not complain :)

Well today is so exciting because I am putting a deposit down on a cute two bedroom apartment with my best friend, Lanie in Clemson for next semester!! I am so excited because everything is falling together so perfectly and I feel transferring is my next best step.

This apartment stuff has me wanting to skip class to go shopping for home goods! Thank gosh for Pintrest, I have got so many ideas that I want to try. Such as a DIY headboard!! Here are a few pictures I found that I want to steal different ideas from each and maybe throw it all together to make my room!

 Chevron stripes are a must. I think making the headboard in the material will be too much, so I like adding it to a throw pillow! Also I love the pink, orange, gray and white all together!

 

 Definitely getting two shams monogrammed!

 I love the blues and grays. Very relaxing and soothing which is just what I was looking to do. But somehow I do want to add some color that way it's not borderline depressing.

 I love the shape of this headboard! The mustard yellow is a tad on the bold side for a smaller room.

 I love the look of this room too. Once again chevron stripes, but shams AND a comforter are a bit much and I think I would be dizzy/get tired of seeing that many stripes. I love the end table and lamp! Too cute!

So now I am in a rut because I can't buy the fabric for the headboard until I buy a comforter to match it to. And I can't decide on a comforter because I am so indecisive and I don't know the color scheme I want to use for the room. 

I know the bedroom is a tad small so I don't want anything too bold to make it feel claustrophobic, so I am thinking more lighter and soothing colors. This weekend I might try to find a comforter just to get the ball rolling even though I have over 6 months till I move in :)

So in 6 months I will post pictures of my new room! I sure y'all are just dying and cannot wait! (hehe)

So off to do some comforter online research! If anyone knows of a super cute comforter let me know :)

Xoxo

M