Source: housetweaking.com via Carrie on Pinterest
I stumbled upon this headboard on one of my favorite blog - since that first day it was posted, it has quickly become quite talked/pinned/blogged about.
I was terribly smitten but hesitant about doing something similar or actually doing the same thing.
as a social type I like to share everything - where, how, what I am doing ....
as a creative type I do NOT like being copied - i prefer to be original or inspired but different.
In this case I was TERRIBLY conflicted. Do I just do something similar or do i try to twist the concept for
the sake of not being the same.
After pulling together a few different interpretations I headed to my dads house to beg him for some
old fence panels and jumped in.
First of all, this is not as easy as it might seem. I tried to have my own spin but I always felt like I had
something that was just "alright". It would be one of those items in your house that you always feel
the need to explain how "this item is just ok, but you should have seen the awesome original"
and I DO NOT want to feel the need to explain...
So I went back tot he original post and just stared at it. then I realized something very important.
The post was a tutorial. TUTORIAL. They imply the expectation of people making their own.
I put on my big girl panties, swallowed my creative pride and made myself a headboard.
It's not exactly the same but it's obvious that it was made to look like the original. and I LOVE it.
Absolutely love it.
Here are a few iphone snapshots from the actual project day - Hopefully after a few more bedroom projects I will grab some serious photos of this baby.
In my dads garage where I had to paint due to the rain.
The headboard right after my mom and I showed off our muscles and heaved it up the stairs and into the apartment. I figured I should do it all before Brad got home from class....this way he would be more inclined to love it or at least live with it!
