Redecorating

Hi guys! As you know, I’m in California for a while. I haven’t been taking many pictures, so I thought I would share some projects I worked on a while ago. For the past two years, I was living in Los Angeles and going to school, but when I finished school I decided it was time for me to move home…BACK TO GOOD OLE MEMPHIS, TN. I knew I had some serious decorating to do when I moved home and I wasted no time getting to work. I made my own headboard, and I distressed my dresser to give it a cool vintage vibe.

Headboard:

I had been searching high and low (and everywhere in between) for the perfect headboard, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. That’s when I got a wild hair up my bum and took it upon myself to make my VERY OWN HEADBOARD! I found this blog that explained to me exactly how to do it (kind of…). http://www.centsationalgirl.com/2010/01/diy-simple-tufted-headboard/ I just wish she would have explain some things better, like how big to drill the holes in the plywood and a better description of sewing on the buttons. Had I known the holes could have been bigger it would have saved me a TON of time. I was going for a really tufted look, but I was afraid of tearing the thread to tie on the buttons. It didn’t turn out as good as I had hoped, but, hey, it was my first attempt at making something like this. I think it turned out pretty good!

All the supplies

Finally covered with foam and fabric (I used crushed velvet)

Made some covered buttons

The finished product!

Put up! How does it look?

Dresser:

I’ve had the same dresser for…. well ever since I can remember. It was cute when I was five, but I definitely needed something new. Again, I searched for the perfect dresser, but then I just figured I might as well distress it to make it look exactly how I wanted. This project was much easier since there was no jigsaw-ing involved! I searched online for days trying to find the right technique to use on my dresser, but then I just went for it, combining a few different methods I saw on different blogs and youtube videos. I sawed down my dresser (which was the most time consuming part), stained it with a dark cherry stain, spread some Vaseline in places I didn’t want the paint to stick, I painted it with some white paint, and changed the knobs.

Before: Spacing out the decals

Beginning to sand

All sandyyy

Stained. You can see where I didn’t sand enough, oops! I like it that way though.

I just put Vaseline on the spots where I didn’t want paint, and once it started to dry I wiped it off

The finished product equipped with the adorable knobs I found at Anthro!

What do you think???

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