Master Bedroom Progress

I mentioned in my New Years goals post that I was wanting to rid our master bedroom of yellow. I still like the color combo, but I have seen it so much, I wanted to try something new. And besides, I have a lot of yellow going on around the rest of our house. 

Since our room is neutral, switching out pops of colors is so easy. I just replaced our yellow pillow with a fun red/hot pinkish envelope pillow cover that I made. I'm working on some art to bring in the color more and possibly other colors as well. We are not planning on painting our next rental in Minnesota so I'm thinking eventually a new headboard and more color will be needed in a room with all white walls.

Anyway, here is where we are at now:

Have you grown a little tired of certain color combos? What colors did you switch it up with?

DIY Headboard

I had been planning on making a headboard for our master bedroom for about a year and finally got around to doing it. Thanks to my mother-in-laws step by step how to, it was actually pretty easy.

I started with a huge piece of plywood.

Drew half of the shape I wanted on a huge piece of paper.

Folded paper in half.

Cut my desired shape out of paper.

Traced the shape onto my plywood.

My husband sawed the shape for me.

I tightly stapled two layers of batting (found at Hobby Lobby) to the plywood.

I super tightly stapled my fabric (found at fabric.com-7 oz duck) to the plywood.

Hammered my nailhead trim kit (found at Beacon Fabric) around the headboard twice.

My husband and I love it so much! We are planning on hanging a sweet rhino head like this one over the headboard.

I also made the grey/white pillows with fabric from fabric.com.

You can see the dresser I refinished and the sunburst mirror I made hangs above it. My sister-in-law made me that awesome grey/white striped blanket at the bottom of the bed. It is even prettier in person.

Here is some art I made near the bottom of the bed, hanging next to another window. The typography canvas idea was totally stolen from someone else. I made it before pinterest so for the life of me, I cannot remember who I got that idea from. Anyone know so I can credit them?

Is anyone else working on their master bedroom? What projects are you working on?

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Dresser Revamp

Sunburst Mirror Tutorial

Isn't this sunburst mirror so pretty? I am in love with it. I have wanted to own it for a long time. The only problem is that I can think of about 100 other things I should spend $160 on. Yeah, that's right. The mirror above is $160. I'm not saying it wouldn't be worth it, I am just saying there is no way I could afford it. So...I attempted to make my own. On a much larger scale just because I could.

Sunburst Mirror:

Mirror with flat edges

Bundle of sticks

Hot glue

Silver spray paint

Scissors

Total: About $8 ($12 if you count the spray paint)

I found my mirror with flat edges at Bed Bath & Beyond for $4. I have heard people using a mirror candle holder at craft stores for about $3 so whatever you can find with a flat surface will work. I found the bundle of sticks at a dollar store for $3.

Step 1: Divide your mirror into 6 parts. You may want to use tape or mark it in some way.

Step 2: Cut your sticks to desired lengths. I used six different lengths.

Step 3: Lay out your pattern around your mirror.

Step 4: Once you are satisfied with your design, use just a dot of hot glue to glue the sticks to the mirror.

P.S: After I glued my sticks on, I thought some of the longer ones looked pretty crazy so I trimmed them down.

Step 5: Cover your mirror with painter's tape and lightly spray paint. I put my mirror on a box so I could paint the back of the sticks, too.

(I know I need to clean the mirror. Yikes!)

It definitely is not close to being perfect, but it wasn't $160 so I really like it. I haven't found a permanent home for it yet. I can't decide if I want it in our bedroom or if I want to leave it downstairs. I'm thinking I might have to make more with different styles. Then, I can have them all over my house :)

What do you think?

Here are a few other Sunburst Tutorials that I checked out for inspiration:

Under The Table And Dreaming By Stephanie Lynn

Ten June

HGTV