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Make Your Own Headboard
By Country Living, on Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:55am PDT
An upholstered headboard turns a ho-hum bed into a properly padded comfort zone. Just pad a piece of plywood with foam, cover with the upholstery-grade fabric of your choice, and bolt the finished headboard to an ordinary metal bed frame. Simply said, it's as easy as putting a (padded plywood) letter into a (fabric) envelope. Sewing is minimal, and spray adhesive and fusible iron-on tape make gluing and hemming a snap. Once your project's complete, position the padded board behind the bed, lean back, and relax in a bedroom that's sure to turn heads. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (6) | Blog
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Cheap Trick #10: Add pizazz to a plain room with a large suzani
By Domino Magazine, on Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:33am PDTDomino readers have come up with stunningly clever ideas for dressing up blank walls, customizing plain furniture, and camouflaging ugly appliances. Over the next 3 weeks we're going to give you one amazing (yet affordable) trick after another. You can check out the rest of the readers' tips over at Domino!
There is an awkward window over this bed which I detest. Additionally, I haven't been able to commit to a headboard or bed, so I hung up this suzani that I already owned. No more ugly window and this architecturally plain room now has pizazz. The bright colors of the suzani are always beautiful to my eyes and welcoming.—Mary Margaret from Winter Park, FL
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Cheap Trick #7: Use framed artwork instead of an expensive headboard
By Domino Magazine, on Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:04am PDTDomino readers have come up with stunningly clever ideas for dressing up blank walls, customizing plain furniture, and camouflaging ugly appliances. Over the next 3 weeks we're going to give you one amazing (yet affordable) trick after another. You can check out the rest of the readers' tips over at Domino!
Instead of investing in a headboard or bed for a children's room, hang artwork from school or framed photographs in a triangular pattern above mattress, box spring and frame. This creates the illusion of height and weightiness without spending the money on a piece of furniture.—Kerrie from Folsom, CA
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Chinoiserie dreams
By Jan, Poppytalk, on Thu Jul 3, 2008 7:38am PDT
My heart actually fluttered, does that happen to you, when you see things like this? It fluttered and flipped when I saw this Chinoiserie Bed in Anthropologie's new July catalogue today. Aluminum frame (also comes in white) juxtaposed with lines and floral-like curves. Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (2) | Blog
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