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Customizing a headboard
September 27th, 2007
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Full question:
When I married my husband I agreed to take on his bedroom set, which came with a big bulky, “maybe Swedish”, style headboard with mirrors and two both sides cabinets and drawers. It seems to me to be more on the masculine side, being that I am a hopeless romantic with this style, can you please advice on how to add a little more feminine influence in particular to the headboard.
Thanks so much,
Sabre
My answer:
Well, you and I are similar in that “hopeless romantic” style, so I feel your pain. Here are a couple things you might try:
1. Is the headboard high enough that you could hang a floral spray or drape a garland over the top, without it falling on your head while you sleep?
2. If not, you can create the illusion of the headboard being higher by adding that same floral spray or garland just above the headboard on the wall.
3. Will he allow you (and would it not hurt the value of your furniture)to decopauge something to your headboard? Your options here run the gamment - anything paper can be considered an option - sheet music, book pages, old ads, pictures of flowers, seed packs, travel brochures, cards…you get the idea.
4. You can always cover over the headboard with something else. And I’m not thinking that you should ATTACH anything to it. I’m thinking you can put something IN FRONT of it - like maybe an old door could be stood between the headboard and the matress - or shutters. Or fabric could be hung from the ceiling off a curtain rod that will drape down and cover the headboard.
Hopefully something here will feed that romantic spirit you have lurking inside!
Your Frugal Decorating Diva,
Nancy
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