Another week without any hint of a spring cure...

But I really like the first photo ! I'd never have guessed what the frame was made of. Great idea !

Holy crap I love that fish bedding! Where is that from?

I've always loved the idea of hanging them under the top bunk bed.....

I had mini white paper lantern string lights hanging from my top bunk for years in high school. It looked amazing, and the atmosphere was awesome. I was always paranoid about them lighting on fire. Do you think that there is much fire risk with these? Obviously one wouldn't leave them on 24/7.

I have to second pikku.sukka's comment about the bedding. Adorable! Anyone know where it's from?

I wouldn't put them in my own bedroom, but two of my daughters have them and I love the way they look. My oldest has a metal headboard and we "wove" tiny white lights around it. My other daughter has a string of paper lanterns across her windows.

I worry about them being a fire hazard too, so I am kind of paranoid about the girls always turning them off when they leave the room.

And yes, what about the cure?

Two and five look like fiery death waiting to happen, but one and four are magic.

I love pictures 1 and 4. Exposed string lights, however, just remind me of a teenage girl's bedroom, or a dorm room.

i put up string lights around our french doors in the bedroom and we just love them.

it's another way to add some light to our small room, and they came with these great woven twine balls to put over them, so they're a favorite cat toy as well.

LOVE the use in the 2nd photo too.

If concerned about fire hazards you could use the led string lights. those don't heat up as much as normal lamps do.
I personally like number one the best, as my cat tends to play hangman with every bit of wire/or string she can find.

i agree with trwhite. but i think the better photos are just a case of good photography.

love this idea. i think the fish bedding is an old print from garnet hill. great stuff!

I love string lights as an ambient light source, but I was also concerned about the dorm room look. We currently have some LED 'rice' lights (the really tiny ones) around the inside door only, with a white cord, attached with cable clips so they're flat against the frame. I'd love to see more pics, especially of adult-looking bedrooms that have lights in them.

I use the LED string lights and LOVE the look my room has with them. I also leave them on 24/7 and they take up very little power and don't give off much heat at all.

The problem I have with them is finding a way to hide how they're plugged in without it looking messy.

I actually used led solar lights in the bathroom and have the panel at the window so when i go to the toilet at night the room is lit up and i can see what im doing but i don't have to worry about my eyes hurting from turning on the light

It's the best mod ive ever done

LOVE, love, love these.

Love these. Just a few weeks ago I hung some icicle style lights on an old bicycle wheel, and made a chandelier for my bedroom.

These are inspirational. Maybe I'll find some string lights at Target on my next visit. But the open candle next to the curtain or canopy in 4 does look like a major uh-oh.

It's funny how people "worry" about the fire hazard, but they happily every year load a resin filled natural tree with thousands of lights and don't even give a second of thought about it. And now add children and pets, and most surely leaving them lit during the entire holiday season....

Now, that's clever!!!!

Meh, I left my bedroom string lights behind me when I finished high school. Don't get me wrong, they're fun and look cute and all, I just associate it with being 16.

Where is Pic #4? I want to trade homes and move right in.

Yeah, I've used them as decor...piled in a tall glass hurricane shade or a few strands in a tall glass floor vase and I have to say, traditional lights DO get particularly HOT when they are in a confined space. Hanging on the wheel like a chandelier provides plenty of airflow (like putting them on a Christmas tree), but putting them inside something to make a light fixture seems like you could be playin' with FIRE! (sounds like: "FI-YAAAH"- screamed like a singer in an 80s hair band)

One Christmas my husband said, "Where did all these lights come from?" "I bought them on sale after last Christmas," I said. He wandered off and later I went looking to see where he was. Turns out, he strung the little white lights all around our bedroom! It was very romantic. On our anniversary, he bought me a circular netting (white) canopy for over our bed, so when we saw a string of lights (circular) to go inside a patio umbrella (along the ribs of the umbrella) at the hardware store, we both looked at each other and said, "Ohh, we have to have that!" :D We took down all the other lights, draped the circular string over the canopy and put it on a dimmer. It was soooo relaxing to go into the bedroom at night with this soft starlight glow over our bed. Have changed things up since then, but we may put that netting and light string up again ;) It was just too nice :D

Where can one find the LED string lights?

i have star shaped ones in a goldfish bowl. they rock my world!

how gorgeous is pic no. 2? and that small animal figurine?! i keep my goldfish bowl of star shaped lights nex to my two schleich dinosaurs. heaven.

Here's something like the first one:
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/organzaleds.html

The bed in photo #4 looks like a coffin to me. I like #1, but otherwise agree it looks like something from a dorm room.

I like 1 and 4. I thought the bed in 4 looked like a crib (not a coffin) but now that you mention it.... what a way to go!

We are trying to finish off the bedroom, and missing something above the bed....

I have string lights (they're called fairy lights in Australia). I have these
http://flowerglow.com/leaf-string-fairy-lights.html
and they're actually made from an organic leaf material that's all closed up. When you get the lights you're supposed to spray them with water (crazy I know, but it's safe) to open them up, let them dry and voila. I've strung up mine in the brackets holding up shelves attached to the wall. As I don't have a bedhead they're a perfect replacement. Absolute love.

Help! I can't find directions anywhere. Want to recreate the first photo with the frame and lights.

Wait, so how do we make this?

Does anybody have any idea what this is made of? Comment at top suggests somewhere there was once a explanation.

TheHealthGuru, I got my LED light strings here: http://www.christmaslightsetc.com/led-christmas-lights.htm

I just hung them with 3M clips that paste right onto your wall.

The original link to #1 doesn't work anymore but I was able to find it on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine:

http://web.archive.org/web/20101230174457/http://www.diyideas.com/roombyroom/Bedrooms/headboards_ss2.html

Bring romantic ambience to your bedroom with a headboard that glows. Build a simple wood frame from 2x4s, and add crossbeams to create as many light "frames" as you like. Drill small holes in the bottom of each opening. (Make sure the holes are large enough to feed the light cords through.) Paint your frame, then attach it to the wall, screwing it into the studs. Fill each space with lights, connecting the cords as you go. The translucent panels were cut from polycarbonate sheet and affixed to the frame with screws. If you don't want to cut the polycarbonate yourself, have it cut to size at your local home supply center.

I have a question:

The first photo (lights behind bed) and second photo (blue walls) would you guys say those are warm or cool lightbulbs? i'm looking to purchase lights and can't figure out which color to get.

would anyone have any idea how to create number four? because I would love love LOVE to use that idea in my bedroom

Does anyone have a link or more info about the safety of LED string lights? I'd like to use them, but I am afraid of fire. Also, do they come in cool and warm light?

Yes, LED Lights do come in warm and cool ... and they are very safe to use (fire hazard wise) which is why most xmas lights have changed from incandescent to LED - because LED is safer, longer-lasting, and more environmentally friendly (they use way less electricity). Personally, I can't stand the look of cool/regular LED lights. Only the most recent warm style LED's that have come out (and are usually kind of expensive - at least for the regular light bulbs) have impressed me with how close they look to incandescent lights.
Anyway, I think Christmas lights provide gorgeous ambient light and will have them in my house until the day that I die. I think they can look chic, sexy, cute, etc --- it all depends on how you use and style them. I think its unfortunate that there are some people who think they should be kept in dorm rooms or only for the holidays. There are some really lovely types of Christmas lights on the market now that look chic and sophisticated just because of the nature of their design - I have these great black and white striped circular lantern styles ones that are made out of fabric instead of paper and they are gorgeous and I also have a bunch of sets of the big round clear and frosted bulbs (both from Target - the b/w striped ones were for Halloween this past year and the circular bulbs are something they have year-round in the outdoor section). The typical smaller fairy-light styles can look a bit cheesy and juvenile if they are hung up haphazardly but it's all in what you do with them. They're definitely not inherently cheesy or juvenile and they are an inexpensive alternative that can be used in tons of DIY projects that end up looking like lighting designs that'd cost thousands of dollars.

PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO MAKE THE TWINKLE HEADBOARD PICTURE #9 IS THIS A PICTURE FRAME WITH THE LIGHTS UNDER THE GLASS (OR PLASTIC)