DIY all up in this piece...

Okay, so I totally just remembered I had a blog. Whoops. I just want you to know that I LOVE PINTEREST!!!!!!!!! I am addicted. I am inspired everyday with something new. It's the best! Okay so Chris and I recently bought a California King bed.

It's a great bed and we now have room for everyone. Yes, we sleep with our furry children (I don't want to hear it). We got this great new bed with only a frame. Our previous bed had a beautiful headboard (very shabby chic). We had to get rid of it because it wouldn't fit our new Cali King frame. So, we just slept without a headboard, which really didn't bother me much. UNTIL I found this website. I just wanted to gander at the different types of headboards see if any tickled my fancy. Lo and behold I saw #8. It was totally doable and such a great idea!

Just so y'all understand how impulsive I am, I saw this yesterday and made Chris go with me today to get everything. Not only was it cheap, it was pretty easy. The picture has shutter doors that are taller than what I found and I'm so okay with that (less time waiting for paint to dry). Chris and I went to the Habitat for Humanity Restore. I love this place! There is so much to look at and get ideas from! Okay so Chris and I found these smaller shutter doors that worked for me!

($12)

Next stop was Lowe's Home Improvement. Some of the items I needed for the project were already in our garage (free, yes please). So about $35 later we are headed home to Rite Aid. I was feeling tired and wanted to try an energy drink. I have never had an energy drink in my life. It seemed the fastest way to give me a jolt.



I settled on trying this baby.

I was so ready to get my energy on, I popped her open while Chris bought scratch off lotto tickets (no winners)at the front of the store.

Okay enough of that here's how this all went down.





First Second I primed the shutter with spray primer. Best stuff ever!

Actually FIRST I took off all the hinges.

Next I painted every other shutter.

Then using mending hinges put the shutters back together. (Check out Lucy's high speed tail.)

Finally I screwed in the headboard into the wall. I am pretty pleased with the final product! It's not the same width as the bed. I'm thinking about maybe finding some posts that I can screw onto the ends to make up the width. Did I mention I was impulsive? Right now, I'm cool with it. It's a nice upgrade and I'll take it!



In all it took about 4 hours. The longest part was waiting for the primer and paint to dry. I love it and it was super easy! YEAH PINTEREST! Also, that energy drink is DA BOMB.com! I love it! I totally felt the energy jolt without all the sugar and carbs of other energy drinks. I will be drinking more of those this coming school year!

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