Master Bedroom ~ Part 1

How was your week-end?

mine was great ~ after cleaning up from the 

weather bomb that hit us on Friday

it was smooth sailing 

albeit bone chilling cold

the rest of the week-end

Our game night was fun ~ which we always have fun

and 

I ended up making

baked nacho dip ~ yummy yummy

to go along with our board game

and our beverages

Sunday I played around with my headboard project

this is what it looks like now

a la Trading Spaces

plywood, quilt batting and staples

I did not tuft this one as the fabric was too busy

but the new fabric I got has no pattern so I think it needs

a little kick

I looked around on the web to find the best way to affix my buttons

and there are many tutorials out there

but 

 since it is wood it seemed like an awful lot of trouble

to drill holes ~ affix something to the back

and then sew the buttons on insuring they are tight enough

to give the desired effect

I came up with an alternative option

I bought these last week-end on our Saturday excursion

and thought why can I not just

measure and nail these into the wood

 ta da

and since I am using these buttons

after they are covered with the same fabric

I can just use my trusty glue gun

to glue them over the nail

I cannot wait to try it ~ but first I need to paint!

and speaking of paint

I thought I knew which one I wanted

so I got the little sample pot

 

it's called Stony Creek

and I am not sure if it is too green and a bit too dark

then I asked Trev what he thought

we agreed that the butterscotch color was off the table

it's the one marked "out"

2 of them were too light ~ especially after I 

held the curtain fabric up to the swatches

so that leaves us with the dark one

and the top one which is a happy medium

so back to the store I go

to see if I can find the little sample pot in the top color

once we get them both on the wall

I think we can make a decision.

I am very excited about this project

because in April we will have been in this house for 9 years

and the only thing that we have done with our bedroom

is paint it the day before the furniture was moved in

we have some very dated pieces in it

and I promise to take before and after pics 

of the entire room.

Wishing you a marvelous Monday!

xo