Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Returning to the Actopus to Zelephant Room

As my little girl grew out of her crib, I started to search for the perfect bedroom set.  Last week I finally found a perfect antique set on craigslist.  The set included a head board, foot board, bedside table, and a dresser.  The set needed some work.  It had been painted with white spray paint and had several pieces that were loose on the bed boards.






  First I primed everything with an oil based primer to counteract the spray paint.  Then I painted all the pieces with the same caribbean blue that I had painted my easel months ago.  After this, I added the knobs I had previously put on another dresser and then decoupaged paper from the Actopus to Zelephant line at Michaels onto the tops of the dresser and night table.  After decoupaging, I added a tough polyurethane to protect the surface.  My husband was sweet enough to help me find some side rails for the older style bed at a local thrift store and I bought wood slats to go under the mattress from Home Depot.  After finishing all the furniture, I added some vintage Fisher Price items which seem to go well with the color scheme.  What do you think?



2 comments:

  1. adorable. love the color scheme

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  2. Seriously Meredith, when Emma needs her room done up (if we ever move her out of the closet!) I am calling you. You have more creative juices in your little finger than I have in my whole body!

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