Creative Headboard Ideas
A headboard is often one of the last things we put into place in our home. Yet it gives a finished touch to your room and a feeling of solid comfort where you lay your head at night.
You can transform a flea market headboard with just a little sandpaper, paint, and your imagination. Make a personal style statement and have fun trying out your restoration skills!
First off, sand the headboard so that the paint sticks better. Then roll on the paint and allow it to dry. If this is part of an entire bedroom makeover try the pre-mixed paints and tie the headboard into the chosen color scheme of your bedroom. Personalize your bed by finding a transfer script, say a Shakespearean quote, or something whimsical, like "Dare to Dream" and attach it with the help of painter's tape, higher than your pillows would reach. In less than a day you have spruced up your headboard! Now you're ready for a good night's sleep.
Two or three old doors attached to the wall behind your bed can give your bed a tall, dramatic look. Paint over the doors in a co-ordinating hue to your walls and bedding. Then, using over-the-door hooks, add photos which conjure up beautiful memories to send you off to slumberland smiling.
If you have sewing savvy, your old headboard can be covered with a slipcover!
If you need more storage space try placing a bookcase behind your bed. Use clip-lights for night-time reading. Place baskets in the bookshelves for storage.
Whether you find something in your own backyard, at a garage sale, or simply reuse what you have in place, the ideas are endless. Rest assured.
Sweet Dreams!
