Hollywood Bed

Well, you see, I have a pretty high lifestyle. I have a lot of money being a teacher and my husband being in medical school. We actually have an entire room set aside of just $100 bills that we roll around in from time to time. It's a good thing my parents made me take swimming lessons as a kid because this money room and it's pile is deep.

I hope you know I'm kidding. We live frugally. One, because we have to. Two, because our bank tells us we have to. Three, because we do believe there are certain things that just are a wee bit ridiculous to purchase when they are children starving out there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're THOSE annoying people.

This DIY project I did when we moved into our current apartment. We have a Hollywood style bed frame.

If you don;t know, these are like the cheapest thing to put your bed on besides the floor. They prove obnoxious, they enhance your prayer life (please let this hold the bed), but most importantly, the fit in small spaces. We have had this current bed frame for 6 1/2 years and it was given to us before that. So I am not even sure how old it is. It is probably an antique and I am laying on millions.

Anywho, with a Hollywood bedframe, they don't provide you with a headboard. Rude I know! :) So, I decided, give me a staple gun and some fabric and I'll make something snazzy. I went to Home Depot (I go there a lot). Got a piece of cheap wood 1" longer than either side of my bed and as tall as I wanted the frame to be. I believe it was $9.00. I than went to Joann's (where I should actually work or be the Jared of Joann's) and went to the home decor fabrics on rolls. You do not want to go to the canvas' on the bolts as they are not big enough. I found one I liked for $19.99 a yard and I knew I needed about two. I don't even pay that for shoes.....BUT luckily because I am a Joann's member I get emailed coupons. I had a 50% off one item coupon. So, I bought my 2 yards, one thing of thin batting which was 40% off (the cheapest kind) and went to pay. Oh, but you see, I am a teacher (PERK) and I have a card that gives me 15% off my whole purchase. WIN. So in all I ended spending a total of $23.00.

I came home, laid my batting fabric on the ground print side on carpet, next laid down the batting. I than cut the fabric and batting around the wood to have about 1"-2" sticking out the side. I took one side, staple gunned it on to the back. I then went to the opposite side, pulled, tight, did it again, and again, and again. 4 times total. haha

I flip the piece of wood over, was happy with what I saw, leaned it against my wall, pushed my bed against it and TADA. Done.

As for the pillows, we'll talk about those another time.