This may sound weird to a non-DIYer...but this poster bed find made my year!
I consider myself lucky for two reasons. One, because yours truly actually stumbled across this. And two, I found this ON MY LUNCH BREAK!!! I know, I know...you're jealous :)~ I rarely leave the office on my lunch break so I consisder myself super special.
When I laid eyes on this bed I would have bet money that someone else had already bought it. I thought to myself, "There's NO WAY that bad boy hasn't been purchased yet. It's waaay to special!" It was sort of off to the side too- almost as if someone had intentionally tried to keep it out of eye sight. Well my friends, I scored this beauty for $54 buckaroos. I know, I know...you hate me!
Here's the bed when we got it home. I had to go back to the thrift store with Rob and pick it up several days after I purchased it because it wouldn't fit into my teeny car. |
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Rob and I sanded the poster bed with a medium coarse sandpaper until the surface was roughed up pretty well. Then, we used a finer sandpaper to smooth out the wood surfaces. Finally, I painted the poster bed with a black semi-gloss paint. I wanted the bed to really look nice and thought that by using a paint with some shine would do the trick.
When I bought this bed I was so excited I didn't realize that the bed frame was sold separately. I snagged a frame at the same thrift store for $10.00. All said and done, our guest poster bed only put us back $97 with materials. Actually, that's way ahead in my book- my budget loves me!!!
Not too shabby, right? I hope you like.
THIS DIY PROJECT WAS LINKED AT The DIY Showoff, HERE
8 comments:
You are one lucky girl - that bed is such an amazing find! The work you put into it makes it so awesome!
Oh I LOVE black bedroom furniture. Our masterbedroom is all balck right now too....although I am on the hunt for a new King size headboard and footboard since we will be upgrading soon :0)
ohhh I love the black!! Mitchell Gold furniture has a lovely 4 poster in black and this totally reminds me of it!! Nice work!!
What an awesome find! Congrats congrats! Love that I've chanced upon your blog---full of DIY goodness, I can tell already!
Love it. What brand of paint did you use?
I have been wanting to paint my bed and you are giving me the courage to do it!
Love how it turned out!
You did a fabulous job! I love the Audrey picture I spy on your wall, too!
Here I am...lazily scrolling through posts, getting inspiration to finish our 1/2 bath makeover (redoing our entire house within 5 months before we have to move), and I came across your bath reno on T&J. Love the bath.
So I check out before and after posts...your guest bedroom literally made me gasp! I am in LOVE! Audrey! Black furniture! Blue walls! White Bedding! Accent pillow! Stenciled window panels! You had me at Audrey, but mostly you may just be my new inspiration bff. ;)
Just became a follower. Excited to see what else you come up with!
Aloha,
charlie
http://attemptingaloha.blogspot.com
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