MY NEW HEADBOARD!
Am I the only one that goes through pinterest, magazines, HGTV, and just sits and dreams " Oh I wish I could have that" or " One day when I am rich I will do that"... Well! My mother in law, she can make poop look beautiful. Seriously, she goes and gets items that haven't been shown a lot of love and she makes them look like a MILLION bucks ( haha get it .. Million?) Okay.. Back to what I was saying. Every time I go to her house I see things and I get so excited, because I know that some one is going to buy it and place it in their home. Then its going to look like something off a magazine, when I know its origin! The trash or someones old this and that...... Ive always thought my mother in law is so smart, she can make such a profit off these project.. All it takes is TIME and EFFORT. The woman doesn't sit! Always working on something.. Showing something love so that someone else can buy it and give it a whole new life!
Well here lately from watching her for about a year. I've decided if I want to make my house look how I want it to. I am going to have to come up with a very CHEAP way to do it. The only place where I have a Million, is in my last name... not in the bank where it should be... Therefore this mom must make things look cute. Without spending a fortune.
The headboard...
I had been looking for EVER for a headboard with shelves, I've just always like the idea and how convenient it is to have somewhere to put your things. When you have a smaller room, having two nightstands just takes up too much space. I looked at IKEA, Walmart, Target. And they were all so freaking expensive! Well this one day on craigslist ( mind you I keep craigslist open and refresh it carious times a day. I also have the app for it) I saw the white headboard for 35$ IT WAS PERFECT. My mother in law picked it up and the girl ended up taking 30 for it!$$$$$$ ***DING DING DIG JACKPOT*****$$$$$
I kept it white for a while until we moved to a new place and I had a slightly bigger room. So I then became obsessed with the color citron! Its a green/yellow color and I love it. Its bright and cheerful. I ended up painting my room walls ( actually painters did it, but you get the point) a VERY dark grey.... So I needed bright! I consulted my friend Kate because I knew she would stop me if painting my headboard Citron was a crazy idea.... well she approved and TAH-DAH! My headboard was created. I had a hobby lobby gift card and they were having a sale. So I picked up random things I thought would match. The MR. & MRS letters were only 1$ ea so I had to have those... It turned out better than I thought. And the headboard, paint, and decor cost me all 60$ and 20 $ of that was in a gift card!
The joy I got once I put my headboard in, it was done! And Trevor and I did it! Our little family project. It started raining yesterday when we did the first coat of paint. But we were able to finish it today! I never really got why my mother in law does it. Why she spends what seems like SO much time working on these " things"... But now I see why. Its an art, and when people love your things that YOU made, fixed, came up with, and worked hard on.. Its a reward on its own! I will be doing more little projects around the house now, next is my window, going over the headboard. That I only spend 2.37$ that's including fabric! Cant wait to share that with everyone!!!
<3 ZOE MILLION
