Good morning everyone !!!
When I last left you with this dresser I showed you the headboard that went with it
Often - more often than not actually - I have no idea where I'm going with a piece of furniture until I sit down in front of it - I know it sounds ridiculous but furniture speaks to me ( I'm a furniture whisperer didn't you know )
Sometimes the direction it takes me in is not a direction I would have considered at all - the brush has a will of it's own almost - and when it comes face to face with a petulant headboard all hell can break loose, I swear ( by the moon and the stars in the sky )
in this case it wanted to have a little fun
I argued with it
I told it it was being silly
I told it I had a reputation at stake
but it insisted
what the hell was it thinking?
this has to be the ugliest headboard makeover I've ever seen
stupid thing - and I'm even stupider for listening to it in the first place.
John says - I like it - I really like it
( well isn't that just typical ? )
Suzan says - I hate it - I really hate it
John says - Leave it a day - see how you feel tomorrow
Today is tomorrow - I hate it more
John says - Why don't you list it with the dresser and see what happens
Suzan says- I CAN'T do it - it makes me sick
John says - Why do you have to get so dramatic over everything? For God's sakes - just list it - if it doesn't sell - change it
Suzan says - Can we say YOU did it?
But I just couldn't live with it - I ended up changing it when he went to bed - it's blotchy because the paint is drying............not because I tried to make it look like brushed suede LOL
Ok the reason I'm showing you this fiasco is this.
It's OK to make mistakes - ( especially with chalk paint - because it's so easy to sand off )
It would be nothing to even bring it back down to the wood with this paint - so don't be afraid to try!
AND do not listen to furniture - listen to your gut - them's golden words friends :)
Here it is dried - and ready to stand with it's partner - the dresser ( you can see the dresser
HERE - who, by the way, was far more complacent..............)
Headboard says- Hey stop it - what are you doing?
Suzan says - Ah - shut up already...............
Sometimes a little tough love is in order.
Well not that tough I guess - I did add a little something something in the end.
And that's the story of Headboards Behaving Badly - stay tuned - the 2 spoiled little end tables are coming up next
Suzan says - OMG - I forgot to paint the finials for the top of the bed posts - where are they?
John says- WHAT the hell is a finial?
John says - WHERE do you come up with these words?
God love him
You can see this transformation
to this (
HERE ) still my favorite one
Have a great day all
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