Crib to Headboard Transformation Complete

Finally, after I started this project forever ago, I’m done with my drop-side crib to headboard transformation! Here’s what our bedroom and bed looked like before: Nice college-style bedroom. Note the absolute lack of design elements. Here’s what it looks like now: Oh my…

The Headboard Is Almost Finished

Today was beautiful here, if a bit chilly for spring, and I took advantage of the nice weather to work on a few of my ongoing projects. I thinned the stand of bamboo some more and then stripped the pruned canes so that now…

Mindless Physical Labor Equals Mental Creativity

I had a lot of physical work to do today (steam cleaning the carpets) and it was the perfect kind of work for letting the mind wander, since it doesn’t take a whole lot of brains to push a steam-cleaner back and forth across…

Magazine Solution

I had a brainstorm today for our bedroom redo (still underway! Before and after pictures yet to come!). I propped the side rail of my daughter’s old (recalled) crib up against the wall to use for magazine and blanket storage. This picture doesn’t really…

Crib to Headboard Transformation: Part 1

When my daughter transitioned into her ‘big girl’ bed we were left with a white crib to store in the garage, and it turned out to have been a recalled crib, so we couldn’t sell it. To complete the recall we had to send…