This past weekend we celebrated my SIL’s birthday! Happy Birthday Jenn! Jenn recently moved into the city and has a cute bedroom that was pretty much a blank slate. We decided it needed a little bit of color so part of the projects we tackled this weekend was her birthday gifts.
Like many newbie renters Jen’s bed was without a headboard of any sort. Since space is a luxury in NYC apartments I knew we needed something on the small size that didn’t take up a huge amount of space.
DIY instructions for the project are available here.
I went through my fabric stash and found some complementary fabric for a toss pillow:
Then I went through my furniture stash aka the garage and found a cute octagon shaped nightstand and gave it some new life with two shades of purple spraypaint:
{I need to take a picture of the inside as well. We decided to have a little fun and paint the inside the same light lilac that we used on the hardware. Love.}
Lastly we needed a little bit of artwork to finish this mini re-vamp and I knew just the person to make me something. Jon!
We didn’t go matchy/matchy with the artwork, but we did play with some brights colors that we knew would work with our fabric.
{Many have emailed me asking me about Jon’s artwork. Don’t fret we are setting up an etsy shop. We currently have 25 pieces in different colors/sizes waiting to be listed. Should be up next week.}
Jenn loved her gifts and we were able to let our creative juices flow and not break the bank. Sometimes you just need to think outside of the box. Hope I gave you some good gift ideas.
I will make sure to take some new pictures of everything in the daylight once they are in place.
*Big thanks to my FIL who snapped all of these pictures for me when this bad blogger forgot to take pictures during the reveal.
You are killing me with that headboard. That fabric is from JoAnn’s???! That’s an incredible find! Making an upholstered headboard is inching up my to do list… and this one is fabulous inspiration, Camila!
Wow – you definitely have a different JoAnn’s Fabrics then we do here – I could look all day and never find anything as wonderful as that. Or perhaps you have that ability to always find the needle in the haystack – either way – your SIL is one lucky girl!
You can easily find pieces at Home Depot, which there is now a location in the city. They have 2 x 4 pieces of yucca board or peg board in the lumbar section. Depending on the size of your bed you may need them to cut one of the boards down for you. They do rough cuts at Home Depot so just get them to do it.
I guess you could try hanging them with the 3M stripes, but I normally just use one small nail for each board and it normally doesn’t cause any problems for renters.
You are the best SIL ever!!! Amazing…love your colors and fabrics. Will she share the room with everything in place? And I think I missed the final reveal of your sister’s apartment you were doing awhile back?!?!?!
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You are killing me with that headboard. That fabric is from JoAnn’s???! That’s an incredible find! Making an upholstered headboard is inching up my to do list… and this one is fabulous inspiration, Camila!
What a great project I love everything, the headboard and bolster fabrics are perfect!
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I love everything, I can’t wait to see it in the room 🙂
Wow, love them all! The artwork is stunning. Will you be shipping int’l?
Wow! What a fabulous birthday surprise that any girl (including me) would love to have! Keep us updated with the Esty store!
Wow – you definitely have a different JoAnn’s Fabrics then we do here – I could look all day and never find anything as wonderful as that. Or perhaps you have that ability to always find the needle in the haystack – either way – your SIL is one lucky girl!
So cute and colorful!
This looks awesome! I hope we get to see photos of the whole room… completed! 😀
Thank you for my beautiful gifts! I love them, I’ll send you a picture when everything is hung and it’s all put together. Love youu
I love the color on the nightstand! Looking forward to the etsy shop!
Camila,
LOVE the headboard that has been on my to-do list for a while!! Two questions though…
1. As someone living in NYC, where could I easily buy MDF?
2. How did you hang it up, esp in a renter’s apt?
Thanks 🙂
You can easily find pieces at Home Depot, which there is now a location in the city. They have 2 x 4 pieces of yucca board or peg board in the lumbar section. Depending on the size of your bed you may need them to cut one of the boards down for you. They do rough cuts at Home Depot so just get them to do it.
I guess you could try hanging them with the 3M stripes, but I normally just use one small nail for each board and it normally doesn’t cause any problems for renters.
Hope that helps!
You are the best SIL ever!!! Amazing…love your colors and fabrics. Will she share the room with everything in place? And I think I missed the final reveal of your sister’s apartment you were doing awhile back?!?!?!