DIY Friday!

Good Morning Y'all! How is everyone today? I've been working on a new project using shippping pallets and I thought I'd share the details. I've been trying to find a unique headboard for the bedroom, but didnt feel like shelling out big bucks for one in the store so I decided to make my own. First I measured out a pallet I got from my husbands business to match the same width as the bed. Next I washed it down and stained it with a dark stain. I only stained the very front of the boards, I wanted to mix the dark wood with the light. I let that sit for a few days outside because lets face it no one wants to sleep with their head in paint fumes right :)  So anyways.. a couple days later I brought it in and placed it behind the bed. I decided to go ahead and put it in it's spot before I put my finishing touches on it.

I wanted to make it personal and I wanted it to reflect our personalities. I purchased a few colors of acrylic paint for about 1.00 each in a few different colors. I also had some stencils which I used  for some of the lettering. I made my own sponge stamp from a peice of shipping sytrofoam I had lying around. This worked great and I'm already thinking of how else I can use these stamps.



My styrofoam stamp



headboard before I began painting it




I poured my paint onto foil and used it like a stamp pad. One thing I found out... less is more with the paint if you put it on too thick it will run. I recommend pressing it in the paint and then stamping the side of the foil to get off some of the excess paint.




I wanted to do a few triangle patterns along the top and bottom of the headboard.




After I finished the triangle patterns I picked out a few different colors of the acrylic paints and used the stencils along with some hand painting to do some lettering.





So this is it! I'm pretty freakin excited about the end result. The colors came out great and it really adds some personality to the room.





If anyone tries their own pallet headboard, I'd love to see their results! :)