Are you tired of a spare bedroom's look and desire a new look without spending a fortune?
Well, then we may have a simple in-expensive solution for you.
We gave this room (pictured) a brand new look by applying new paint, utilizing a old closet door, styrafoam, cushion foam, fabric, hot glue gun, staple gun and a little sweat equity....and wala....a fresh new look for a real low price. Your friends and family will never believe you did this your self!
Head Board for queen size bed:
We found a used closet door and cut the length down to 64 inches long, glued on 2 inch foam on te front face, wrapped in fabric and stapled from the back. We used "J" style mirror clips to hang the head board to the wall.
Window Valance to match:
(measure window trim, outside edge to outside edge and make the inside opening of the valance to be approx 2 inches over size)
We cut and glued 3/4 inch strafoam (basement insulation) together forming a box (4 sides: top, front, rght side and left side....there is no back or bottom). After gluing the styrafoam together with a hot glue gun, we wrapped in fabric and glued to foam. We dressed the bottom edge with lace for a finished look. To install the valance over the window, we set it on the window trim...it is very light...sometimes you may have to nail it to the wall from the top side.
We chose a velvet olive and gold stripped fabric for a more elegant feel. This head board works great as a back rest for sitting in bed and reading or watching TV, because of the 2 inch thick foam.
Check with us in the future for more "trash to treasures" ideas, we are full of them :-)
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