We picked up this vintage iron folding screen at the Alameda Flea Market a few months ago, hoping it would work as a headboard but figuring if it didn't we'd use it in the garden. Luckily for us it fit the bed and space we had in mind perfectly, and has since become one of our all time favorite rehab projects.
When we first bought the screen it had the chipping white paint/rust shabby chic look that we would have loved oh-so-much five years ago, but some rust-killing primer and a few coats of satin spray paint (Rustoleum Painter's Touch in Summer Squash - the same color as
the mirror in the same room) made it much more current.
Anyone else out there with untraditional headboards?
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Well done!
view HeatherAB's profile
very nice. how did you attach the headboard?
view joann2's profile
Thanks! The perfect project for my guestroom!
view mistabelle's profile
sweet
view plasticorange's profile
Wow. Looks great. I love the bedspread, too...another flea market find, or is it something I could purchase at a store?
view wrzos21's profile
absolutely beautiful! the headboard and bedspread!
view sophisticatedsoul's profile
I love that. Great job.
view Artichokesoup's profile
love it!
view Doogle's profile
love the bedspread/pillows/headboard/everything/you guys are amazing.
thanks! :)
view gingerpop's profile
I've always thought that folding screens would make perfect headboards, glad to see someone tried it and it worked. Looks great btw!
view girlonthem00n's profile
I also like the bedspread. where did you get it?
view lcg's profile
I do not know if it is still available, but if anyone likes this project and is in the dc metro area, this would be perfect:
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/fur/744753260.html
view BuffaloDistrict's profile
Good idea!!! so i post it in my blog (http://x4durosdesing.blogspot.com/2008/07/un-biombo-como-cabecero.html )!!! thanks so much
tururu from x4duros
view x4duros's profile
thanks everyone! The duvet is from Pottery Barn, see the post about it here.
The screen is attached to the wall, not the bed - if people are interested I'll try and put a post together showing how we did it.
view Elizabeth's profile
Elizabeth, please stop taunting me with posts that include photos of this beautiful screen. If you are going to put together a "how to" post about assembling it, can you please substitute a hideous screen in lieu of this fantastically magical one?
view Seaside's profile
You can also hinge doors together, and you can get the doors at the stores like here:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/green-stores/salvaged-goods-in-kc-054588
view TRUE BLUE's profile
That is gorgeous. The color made my day about 10% better all by itself!
view kuroneko's profile
Mine:
Found gate, draped with a Turkish scarf from a street market in Berlin.
I just moved, though, and I'm rethinking the new space.
view verhext's profile
Oops, I did not know you can't post images! New here.
headboard here
view verhext's profile
I don't get this at all. It would make going to sleep a nightmare.
view right angle's profile
so pretty!
view Lizzykewl's profile
When I see that screenboard, all I can think of is hanging potential.
Hang book reading lights, toys, pictures, murals, mobile phones, speakers and even dried sausages and cabanna.
Mafan Green lasers rulz
view mafan's profile
Now that is an unusual headboard, so high, are their leaves missing from the frame?
I would have preferred to see an antique finish, maybe a little distressed.
http://www.gold-vault.com
view Richard Norman's profile
I love it!
The yellow is so cheery and soothing at the same time. Great job.
view Melissa82's profile
I think it looks adorable, but I could see hurting my head on it (restless sleeper) and it not being comfortable for reading in bed (though I guess if it were really well affixed to the wall and there were enough pillows it would be fine).
In any case, I would like to see the how-to. I could see it working for the guest room!
view wanderlust's profile
Juust lovely! Very creative. It gives me inspiration to continue thinking 'out of the box'.
view danze's profile
I don't have a headboard, I am looking for something creative and unusual like this. I considered making something for the wall above (haven't gotten around to it yet). It still wouldn't be a headboard, but it would give something to the wall where presently there is nothing.
view K T G's profile
Lovely. Makes me smile. Must be really nice to come home to such a beautiful bedroom.
view STYLeyes's profile
Oh yay! I did this with a screen that I wasn't willing to part with when we moved into a smaller space. It works perfectly as a headboard and gives height to the room. We love it!
view grphcgurl's profile
oh yes. and here is the picture. oops: http://thedailymax.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/05/bedroom_after.jpg
view grphcgurl's profile
Lovely! very creative!
view Snugglitas's profile