Headboard Makeover

When Andrew and I first got married we did what most newly weds did for furniture, we looked all over Craigslist for something affordable.  We found a set of all black furniture,  that was mildly contemporary.  It was a full set and an awesome price,  I want to say $175?
 We were very happy with our little set for the first few years of marriage. After a while I realized I hated the black!  So what's a girl to do ?
Time for a trip to Home Depot.

   Guess what it's LAMINATE, and YES you can paint it.

First step:  Scuff it up using sandpaper.  You do NOT need to take off the entire finish,  just make it so it is not glossy!

Step two:  Use a decent primer. I used this.  I have no complaints.

Step three:  Top coat.


With this particular project I did more than just painting. ..
 I wanted to change the look of the bed completely,  I was going to change it from contemporary, to a clean cottage look.

 I  first measured the openings and cut out bead board  to fit the openings.

I used liquid nails to set the newly cut bead boards panels in place. 

 

Next Step:  I  used painters caulk, to  fill the edge seems.  There is a good tutorial here. 

I then added a piece of trim to the front as well as a 1x3  on the top. 

After  all of the edges had dried I was able to add a final coat of paint to hide the caulk lines.

  Ta- Da  Look at the difference it makes...  It's like "black and white"!  (I'm hilarious). 

 Now I understand the likely hood of  any of my readers having the exact same headboard is slim-to-none... but  you can take the same basic premise and apply it to any number of projects!