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!
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| Here's the poster bed at Impact Thrift Store at the time it caught my eyes. It's hard to tell from this picture but the bed was actually off to the side a ways- seperated from the other bedroom furniture. At first, I debated painting the bed becase the wood was in such great condition and had so much shine. |
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| 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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This is the bed after one coat of paint. I'd like to apologize for the awful cellphone picture quality. As I mentioned somewhere on my blog before, at the time I started alot of my DIY projects I didn't know I'd be blogging about them today- otherwise I'd have nicer pics to share :)  |
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
