PADDING HER CURVES, THE FINAL CHAPTER

Remember this post, about my procrastination with upholstering our wooden headboard? 

For years, I spoke ugly things about her under my breath. 

Only every single time I propped up in bed to read or watch television, that is.

So, I covered her with cotton batting and thought, 

"Now what?" 

She looked more like a snow angel than a headboard. 

But after much trimming, fabric stretching, and stapling, her detailed curves were defined. 

A double strand of welt, or you might know it as cording, came next to cover the multitude of exposed staples.

Each covered button that I added for tufting, 

was attached with strong twine using a heavy duty, 

had to be at least a foot long, 

could stab you right through the kidney, 

borrowed upholstery needle. 

And I'm not even kidding about that last part! 

It was crazy sharp!

We stapled the double strands of twine multiple times into the backside of the wood, and cut off the excess.

And there she was, all padded up!

Not bad for a first timer! 

This is where you agree with me. 

And what's that, you say? 

You want to see the finished room, including our dog, Pixie, wearing a dress? 

Well, okay then, since we're friends and all.  

Just a few changes made a big difference in here.

I separated hinged louver doors and used them as tall interior windows shutters. I'm a sucker for louvers until it comes to cleaning every dust-catching edge of them. 

As for the fan, since I removed the original glass cover, I'd like to add this small capiz pendant from World Market as a chandelier to the bottom.

And I know, my bed skirt's wrinkled, but the world hasn't stopped spinning even once. Who would've thought!

Asher's fine with it. 

I snagged a couple of these chevron pillow covers at Hobby Lobby for half-off.

The side pillows were made using the same fabric as my short, sweet chair.

The damask drapes pictured here with the other fabrics, are true to color, though they look more green in the earlier shots. 

They're also from Hobby Lobby on clearance for $5.40 per 96" panel! I bought three, used two on the windows and made the third into a coverlet for the foot of the bed. 

And I end, with a reflection taken through one of my favorite bargain mirrors. 

I've had this one so long, that its warm gold finish has once again gained popularity. 

I did come close to painting it silver many times. 

So glad that I never got around to it.