At The End of the Day...

I started this Blog with the purpose of writing daily, obviously that hasn't occurred. However, the past few days have been packed with a necessary amount of task's.


First, I have to show off my new headboard. I saw a beautiful upholstered headboard for almost $600 and said, false! I started to put my design-star on and decided that Philip and I could easily create an awesome headboard for under $100. Guess what? We did it for under $50!


I used a few sites for reference, helping me to the estimate the amount of materials needed to create the headboard. I googled "Upholstered Headboards" to get some ideas then I just started! I know my style and the atmosphere I like to melt into when I get to my room at the end of the day, so that helped determine the fabric texture, color and the roping. The fabric is a linen, almost as thick as canvas - very durrable. It reminded me of the beach because it has the beige undertone and flecks of dark spots that resemble tiny pieces of shells broken amongst the sand. I lined the entire headboard in a goldish/beige/green rope - used Tacky Glue and pins to hold it in place. Here are the pictures, it turned out exactly how I wanted!

My Coastal Retreat

The full Head Board