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Look!: Vintage Iron Folding Screen Headboard

7-7-headboard5.jpgWe 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.

 
 
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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.

7-7-headboard4.jpgAnyone else out there with untraditional headboards?

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Well done!

posted by HeatherAB on July 7th 2008 at 8:56am
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very nice. how did you attach the headboard?

posted by joann2 on July 7th 2008 at 9:00am
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Thanks! The perfect project for my guestroom!

posted by mistabelle on July 7th 2008 at 9:01am
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sweet

posted by plasticorange on July 7th 2008 at 9:03am
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Wow. Looks great. I love the bedspread, too...another flea market find, or is it something I could purchase at a store?

posted by wrzos21 on July 7th 2008 at 9:14am
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absolutely beautiful! the headboard and bedspread!

posted by sophisticatedsoul on July 7th 2008 at 9:23am
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I love that. Great job.

posted by Artichokesoup on July 7th 2008 at 9:48am
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love it!

posted by Doogle on July 7th 2008 at 10:20am
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love the bedspread/pillows/headboard/everything/you guys are amazing.

thanks! :)

posted by gingerpop on July 7th 2008 at 10:58am
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I've always thought that folding screens would make perfect headboards, glad to see someone tried it and it worked. Looks great btw!

posted by girlonthem00n on July 7th 2008 at 11:12am
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I also like the bedspread. where did you get it?

posted by lcg on July 7th 2008 at 11:41am
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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

posted by BuffaloDistrict on July 7th 2008 at 12:15pm
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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

posted by x4duros on July 7th 2008 at 12:41pm
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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.

posted by Elizabeth on July 7th 2008 at 1:05pm
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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?

posted by Seaside on July 7th 2008 at 2:01pm
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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

posted by TRUE BLUE on July 7th 2008 at 4:50pm
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That is gorgeous. The color made my day about 10% better all by itself!

posted by kuroneko on July 7th 2008 at 5:26pm
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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.

posted by verhext on July 7th 2008 at 6:36pm
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Oops, I did not know you can't post images! New here.


headboard here

posted by verhext on July 7th 2008 at 6:37pm
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I don't get this at all. It would make going to sleep a nightmare.

posted by right angle on July 7th 2008 at 7:48pm
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so pretty!

posted by Lizzykewl on July 7th 2008 at 8:12pm
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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

posted by mafan on July 7th 2008 at 10:30pm
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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

posted by Richard Norman on July 8th 2008 at 1:55am
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I love it!

The yellow is so cheery and soothing at the same time. Great job.

posted by Melissa82 on July 8th 2008 at 3:45am
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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!

posted by wanderlust on July 8th 2008 at 4:21am
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Juust lovely! Very creative. It gives me inspiration to continue thinking 'out of the box'.

posted by danze on July 8th 2008 at 6:35am
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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.

posted by K T G on July 8th 2008 at 8:10am
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Lovely. Makes me smile. Must be really nice to come home to such a beautiful bedroom.

posted by STYLeyes on July 8th 2008 at 10:07am
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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!

posted by grphcgurl on July 9th 2008 at 9:18am
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oh yes. and here is the picture. oops: http://thedailymax.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/02/05/bedroom_after.jpg

posted by grphcgurl on July 9th 2008 at 9:19am
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Lovely! very creative!

posted by Snugglitas on July 9th 2008 at 11:49am
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