Headboard Makeover

When we built our house almost 6 years ago we were not shy of color. Our kitchen was red, our master was orange with the bath a peach color, the hall bath was a grayish purple color, office had a striped wall accent and Hannah's room was pink and green and the living room a grayish teal color.

As the years have pasted we have slowly repainted almost every room. The master bed and bath got repainted a grey color, the kitchen to a nice taupe/tan color, the hall bath and the office (which turned into Colson's room) a dark taupe brown color. 

The only rooms that still have the same color as when we moved in are the living room and Hannah's old room.

Even more recently though, I have been on a lighten and brighten our home kick.

Brown curtained got replaced with white ones and tan ones. Colored shower curtains got replaced with white ones. Rugs got more neutral. Accent pillows got lighter and brighter. Some stained furniture has been replaced with white furniture.

I have just become overwhelmed with the dark in our home and I want thing more light and airy. When we are able to build again, I would love white/cream trim and doors and kitchen cabinets. No more dark stain.

But the latest project in my lighten and brighten kick, was to recover our black fabric covered headboard in the master with a lighter fabric.

After reading many great things on Pinterest about using a drop cloth, I finally just decided to give it a go! 

I must say, the $10 was awesome and so was the outcome!! I couldn't be more pleased with it and bonus! the hubs loves it too! :o)

Here is the bedroom transformation through the years:

When we moved in (yikes!):

After painting:

Adding a headboard:

And finally, with the recovered headboard:

I finally feel like we have an adult bedroom. It still needs some details though. We want to get nicer lamps for the side tables and new or recover the accent pillows. We'll need to change out the curtains. And one day we will get rid of my childhood dressers that we are currently using and replace the black end tables with something lighter. 

But I am happy now that the heavy and dark black headboard is gone. One day, I think I will add nail head trim around the edges of the headboard but for now, I love the result!! Best $10 ever!!!