DIY Upholstered Headboard!

I'm giddy! I've been dying to make an upholstered headboard for some time now, and today I finally did it. It was SO EASY. Seriously. Un.believ.ably easy.

Since we had to put our bed under the window in our room (it just cut the room up awkwardly anywhere else), I wasn't sure I could have a headboard. But then I decided, whatever, I'm doing it. And I dove in!

I picked out the fabric, with input from boyfriend, and went to town. The hardest part was buying the ENORMOUS piece of plywood, getting it cut to size, and getting it delivered by one of the many day laborers.

Once that was out of the way, it was easy peasey. Seriously, look:

Step 1: Use spray adhesive to attach 1 in. foam to the board (I had the foam cut at the fabric store. Yes, it added some cost, but it was WAY worth it to me)

Check out that fabric panel art in the background--did that today too.

Step 2: Lay out fabric on the floor (note: the fabric saleslady said I could skip the batting and I'm SO glad I listened to her. Definitely didn't need it and it would have added to the cost, obvi)

Step 3: Lay board on top of fabric, foam side down.

Step 4: Staple fabric to the board, pulling taut.

Step 5: Admire, jump up and down, put it in place.

So yeah, I'm happy. I didn't want it to be too tall because of the whole blocking the window thing and I think the height is just right. It looks modern and fun against the grey. Loves it.

Ignore the blurriness...sorry, must have been all the jumping up and down

I still need to figure out a way to attach it to the wall (the whole window thing throws a wrench in that...), but for now it seems sturdy enough just using the bed to hold it in place. Ha. We'll see...

Yep. Super proud.

ps--don't judge the rest of the room. It's obviously still coming together...

pps--look at my cute little chair waiting to be reupholstered!

The new apartment!

Well lots has happened since I last posted: I took the bar (no results until November 19th!), traveled to Europe, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Australia, and moved to LA!

We moved into our 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment almost a week ago and are finally getting settled. I'm not ready to show any after pictures (you know, to my fake blog reading audience who is quite judgey) but I figured I'd get started with one small before. Boxes galore, no furniture, but at least our tv made it!

I love our big, huge window and the hardwood floors!

And here's a couple "halfway there" shots:

We obviously have no couch yet--it's a slate grey sectional from Macy's. I love it! And I'm planning a sweet gallery wall around the TV to make it blend in more (well as much as it can--it is 50 in after all). I would love some curtains, but I think the air conditioner is too close to the window.

This is the corner of our living room opposite the photo above. I ordered a chair to go where the desk chair is now. I've been calling it the reading corner. We also need to hang art and get a rug.

I will (probably) post afters in a week-ish when it's more finished. Hopefully our couch will be here by then!

I have some VIPs coming in next week: mommy, my sister, and the ever adorable Zoe:

I know, she is so cute.

We will have tons of fun galavanting around town in this:

My new-to-me Acura!

Anyway, that's it for now :)