Now that we are on our fourth apartment in five years, Matt and I are finally starting to take note of all of the house-y things we weren’t “adult” enough for beforehand. (aka financially stable enough for.) You know, things like Pyrex dishes, matted, framed photos and furniture that doesn’t come with picture assembly.
We’ve done a good job at slowly picking up quality pieces here and there, but there are a few (read: a lot) of things we’d like to figure out in order to make our place feel more like a home. On the top of the list? A headboard/bed frame.
However, since we are inevitable apartment dwellers for another year, we know it isn’t the smartest purchase we could make right now. Because what if our next place doesn’t quite mesh with it? What if it doesn’t fit into our future bedroom? What if our style randomly changes and we want a lush, velvet Victorian-style canopy bed? (Oh god please don’t let our style change.) What if we decide to sell all of our possessions and get off of the grid somewhere in Thailand and live out of a food truck? A headboard would just not work well.
Therefore, I am on a mission to headboard our bed without a headboard. I accomplished this before in our Virginia apartment using fabric tassel garland, which I still adore, but with all of our moves since then it has become a bit unravelled. Plus, I am ready for something new, and since I received a dismal “you’re not hanging that up again are you?” response when I took it out of a moving box…apparently Matt is too.
Here are some of my favorite ideas from around the web – which one would you choose?
one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight
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Ahhh… headboards are such a grown-up luxury. All of these are so pretty. I think 1, 2,5 and 8 are my faves. Oh, and 4 – I love the picture headboard. Hmm.. that doesn’t narrow it down much for you. For anything re-purposed, just be careful with any chemicals the wood might be treated with, chipping lead paint, yada yada.
I can’t wait to see more pictures of your place as you’re getting settled in!
Maggie I have never thought about the chemical toxicity of old materials…thank you for bringing that up! I will keep in mind from now on. And as far as our new place, so far we’ve decorated everything BUT the bedroom – but I will post some pictures soon!
Oh! We need a non-headboard headboard, too!
1, 2, and 8 are my favorites because I love their rustic look. But, the string lights or fabric hanging would be so much more portable, and still very pretty. Hmmmm…. Decisions, decisions.
Robin, now you know why I can’t make a decision! Haha I love all of them equally…guess I just need to buy an eight-bedroom house someday. :)
I am inspired by the one against the white washed bricks. Now I don’t feel bad that we don’t have a bed per se. Our mattress is also just on the floor. Hehehe!
I love that one too, Didi! And honestly – I think we just have our priorities straight. :) Better to spend the time and money outside of the house, living life and not laying in a fancy bed, right?