Well, we finally did it, people.
We built a bedframe. And a headboard. And slapped a mattress on it. Voila!
Houston, we have a real, genu-wine bed!
After upgrading from a queen mattress to a king – oh, you know…a year ago – we decided we wanted to build our frame. Or rather, I decided – due to the ridiculous amount of Pinterest inspiration surging through my veins – that we should build a bedframe.
See what I did there?
I decide. We do.
It should be publicly noted that my husband is a first class, circular-saw wielding rock star. He loves me enough to entertain my moments of pin-sanity, break out his power tools…and then still want to sleep in the same {beautiful King-sized} bed as me.
{swoon}
The only problem is…it takes us a l-o-n-g time to see these big projects through to completion. Part of the problem, no doubt, is that in the midst of the sawing and sanding and staining, I declare…”hey babe! We should build a shelving system for the mudroom we’re going to create…whaddya think?!?”. He pauses, his right eye twitches a little, and he sighs. And then keeps going. Because he knows me well.
Squirrel.
Remember when we I decided we should build our daughter a loft bed for her 5th birthday last July? And remember that it only took us seven months to complete it? “Here honey…we’re now going to paint your naked loft bed…in time for your 6th birthday”.
And because I strongly believe in consistency, you won’t be in the least bit surprised to hear we slept with our mattress on the floor for months…then on a naked bedframe for a few more months…and eventually stained it and built the headboard.
We’re working on that whole “finishing what we start in a timely fashion” thing. Because, evidently, we suck at it.
but then again, it took a good 41+ weeks to make each of our children, and they turned out quite marvelously, so maybe we’re onto something?
I digress.
Bedroom…started…finished. Hallelujah!
We didn’t follow any formal plan or design on this thing…we simply measured the mattress, checked out photos of what we liked and didn’t…and cut. Simple clean lines were the name of the game. Some call it boring…I call it “this sucker will be easy to stain” wisdom.
Then there’s the dresser makeover I did with homemade chalk paint…
And a peek at how the whole room came together…
I strongly believe in surrounding yourself with beautiful things that make you smile – whether it’s because you got a killer deal on it, or because it holds precious meaning and memories – and that’s just what we did in our bedroom.
I’m a bargain hunter who refuses to pay full price for anything {which drives my hubby nuts at times}, so I took great delight in gathering goodies for this makeover that didn’t cost much:
We took a premarital course {something we would highly recommend to any couple considering marriage} before we tied the knot, and were encouraged to find a bible verse we felt summed up our mission and purpose as a married couple.
As two people who are passionate about living out a transparent, raw faith and being Jesus to a broken world, we settled on Isaiah 61:1-3…
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me,
for the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted
and to proclaim that captives will be released
and prisoners will be freed.
He has sent me to tell those who mourn
that the time of the Lord’s favor has come,
and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.
To all who mourn in Israel,
he will give a crown of beauty for ashes,
a joyous blessing instead of mourning,
festive praise instead of despair.
In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks
that the Lord has planted for his own glory.”
I wanted to mount this on our wall – as a daily reminder of the heartbeat of our marriage – so decided to design a giant poster that I digitally chopped down into six 11×14 pieces. I printed those as photos and used spray adhesive to attach them to three 11×28 boards, which I had sanded and primed with white paint {I taped the seam where the two connect in the middle on the backside}.
And this was just the finishing touch I had been looking for.
Professional procrastinator that I may be, nothing quite beats the feeling of finally finishing something you’ve started.
And then climbing into it for a good night’s rest.
Over and out.
