This past week was the week of projects. Most of it done by my dad who helped us switch out a good part of the yucky, nasty, gross and disgusting gold light fixtures that plagued all homes built in 1997 (which ours was). Gross.
For example...this atrocity...
Turned into this...
Oh, so much better. But that's not really the big story of the day. The big story is what my mom and I did with a piece of 3/4 inch plywood, some fabric, buttons and a staple gun.
A short DIY Story...
One day, a girl and her mom were tired of a creaky, metal headboard on a bed that should probably just be donated to Goodwill, but it's owners continue to use as a guest bed. So they had an idea. It's starts with a big piece of 3/4 inch plywood:
They decided that plywood wasn't particularly cozy and it was hard to match with other surfaces, so it had to be covered. First...to work on the cozy part...they covered it with foam using a staple gun.
Next...they needed to cover the foam with something pretty. They decided red was a good choice.
Once it was covered...a little girl wandered over and thought it was a new play toy for her. So, work stopped and it was just that for a little while...
Next, the pretty red, soft board needed some "pizzazz"...something that made it special. Buttons!
Here's how you make your own fabric covered buttons...told in pictures...
From here, the buttons were placed evenly on the fabric and foam covered board, stapled and then hot glued on. The project was completed and it was as fabulous as they thought. Much better than a creaky old metal headboard. The two stepped back and admired their work...
Then stepped to the side and admired it some more...
A true happy ending. It was decided that this was the best DIY project they'd ever completed. A beautiful fabric headboard for about $50.
This headboard took about 45 minutes to complete with 2 people working on it. I think HGTV should hire me. Seriously. Let's go, people.
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