This is actually a funny story. When I married Dan in 2005, I became the co-owner of a night stand. This night stand was given to Dan, I believe, and did not match anything either of us owned (I believe it is a French Provincial style), but it was a night stand with drawers and was very sturdy, so I was reluctant to give it away. This night stand is now in storage and Dan has tried, unsuccessfully, to get me to sell it. I am determined that I will do something with this stand to be able to use it and have it fit into our rustic decor.
Fast forward to summer of 2010. I go to a garage sale and low and behold they have a full sized head board and foot board and a large dresser with a mirror for sale. Guess what????? It matches my night stand perfectly! Oh my - I just had to have it. It was fate. Not to mention that I got all these pieces for $25! What a deal, right???? Dan was not as enthusiastic about my purchase as I had hoped, and Tyler was even less so, as I put the headboard on his bed and found it out in the other room within the hour. I do recall some yelling from the basement about him not being a girl. . .
Fast forward again to present - what in the world am I going to do with this French provincial style bedroom suit in a rustic cabin decorated house??? Oh dear, impulse buying is not a good thing.
So, I am now facing the dilemma of what to do with this set. It is a white laminate with gold trim (does not go well with animal hides and fishing themes). Please, any and all advice will be appreciated. Things you should know:
1) I do have experience painting laminate and I know you must use a special primer.
2) I am not against using black
3) I am the mother of 4 boys and this will inevitably be in one of their bedrooms, so anything "feminine" is out of the question.
That being said. . . . . PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!! Will paint even solve the problem? I mean, there are a lot of curves and designs on it that paint won't cover - perhaps black leather on the headboard? I just don't know and I need some expert opinions.
Here are some photos:
Well, Christmas is over and the decorations have all been put away for another year. It is rather depressing to me. I mean, we spend so much time decorating, planning, baking, shopping, and wrapping. Then, in a heartbeat - it is over! I like the colorful decorations, and the house looks rather bland when they are all put away. Winter is so long with nothing to look forward to, so what's a girl to do?
One of my BFF, Dawnie, likes to decorate for Valentine's Day. So several years ago, I decided to start decorating for it too. I know it is not a big holiday, and if you are single, it can be downright depressing (I'm thinking back to my jr. high years when no one sent me a carnation in school-sniff sniff). Having a special occasion to plan for and to decorate for makes it a little brighter. We don't spend much money, but I do get all my boys something little, and I try to make cut out sugar cookies and have a special meal that day. Dan and I may go out if we get a sitter, but otherwise, that's about it.
I put up some decorations the last couple of days and the house looks happy. I brought this skinny pencil tree up from the basement. Dan does not like this tree, but he's gracious enough to tolerate it for my sake :-). I put some clear lights on it and it looks so nice and makes me so happy when I look at it.
I made this wreath this afternoon with some dollar tree stuff. I thought it turned out okay. And here are some more hearts and LOVE hanging from the pine garland (which I keep up all year) in the doorways. I cut these out on my Cricut machine and made hooks using floral wire. The window clings I made on the Cricut too with some scrap vinyl.
