Dan and I have been on a mission for a while- he needed a headboard for his king size bed and we didn't want to just get any old headboard from a store. So we of course started brainstorming ideas...old doors, decorative wrought iron pieces, shutters. We found plenty of all of that at our local antique spots but it was either overpriced or not quite right. On our second visit to our new favorite place The Queen of Hearts (where I found my perfect tea cup and saucer) we decided to dig through a dealer's "booth" that was basically a big pile of old wood and metal. We managed to find two windows that when put together would form the ideal headboard shape. The prices were unbelievable (long window $40, arch window $39). Then, Dan pulled out two unfinished wooden spindles ($7 a piece). We cleared a spot right in the middle of all of the junk and laid it out, thinking this would be perfect!
We took everything home and ordered some unique glass finials from ebay to attach to the spindles thinking they would be a nice finishing touch. After a painstaking session of chipping the old paint from the long window, we primed each piece. I decided to use spray paint for the initial coat out of ease (and I was nervous having never done spray paint for something like this before). Thank goodness it turned out! We chose a texturized indoor/outdoor Rustoleum paint in dark brown. After everything was covered and dried, we used two different acrylic paints to add some antique detail. Then came the fun part of roughing them up on the driveway and the side of the house.
Hanging these pieces was another issue. Luckily between Dan's dad and boss we found a way to safely secure each piece on the wall the way we wanted. But before we hung them we painted. Dan had the idea of an accent wall and I ran with it- choosing a color named "Sunburst" that took minimal convincing because he actually liked it! I think the color turned out looking great and the headboard a real masterpiece.
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