A bed makeover

So I got this headboard from my sister in law when she heard that we were moving and we were looking at a rattan headboard for the guest room. I had come up with a design that I wanted to go in with the guest room so I started to notice head or footboards for the existing bed. These are ones that got me started looking I liked these.

So I was just looking at headboards so when my sister in law said she had a head and foot board in storage if we wanted it. It had wood and rattan so I was said sure. It just so happened to be from Pier 1 Imports. 

It needed a little TLC and so it sat in the garage for a few months until I figured out what I wanted to do with it, what color to paint it.

 I found the Cece Caldwell paints in one of m favorite local shops here that has great stuff to decorate with or for gifts. I really liked three colors and I had been toying with the idea of painting something charcoal or black. I also wanted to use the color to paint a piece of furniture in the nursery to help update the piece. So one night we stopped by and I showed my hubby the colors I was thinking he agreed the charcoal like black was a nice color and would look good. I grabbed a can of paint and took pics of the other two I wanted to use on the inside of the piece in the nursery, since I was waiting to find out the gender still. Either way I want to use those two colors on something in my house since they will coordinate with most rooms.
My hubby has been hinting not so subtly that I need to paint this and get it done but I had no motivation and lacked energy. He brought in the pieces and put them in the kitchen since it was too cold to paint in the garage. I cleaned them off since they had been sitting in storage for awhile. Then he took them back to the nursery since I finally had plenty of space in there once another bed was removed.

I opened the Cece Caldwell paint after shaking it, the packaging I already liked better and the prices were lower too. This chalk clay paint is thicker and richer to me and I just couldn't wait to start. I stirred vigorously per instructions and could see the swirls of color in the paint. I decided to do a test patch on the back of the headboard first to see if I wanted one coat or two and to see what the color would look like. It dries pretty quickly and has that chalky appearance that was not glossy black but a pretty rich flatter charcoal color, I asked the hubby what he thought he said looks good. Off I went to start taping off the headboard. It took more time to tape than to paint it well maybe not since getting up and down is a tad more effort or strategical these days with the growing bump. I put one coat all over and let it dry I planned on just one coat and some of the wood shows through in places but not all over but I wanted to make sure in case I wanted two coats.

do not let this scare you, it dries like this some places dry faster and the strokes fade away

partially dried

you can see the strokes disappear in the dry places

just finished the footboard 

               the finished headboard, the rattan pops now

TADA that's the finished product, it looks good with all the brown and blue, plus when the light hits it can look different colors more blue or black. It looks so much better painted and it helps hide all the imperfections, scratches and places with chipped wood.

The bedding is from Restoration Hardware and is discontinued but I could not bring myself to get rid of it. It is the first luxurious bedding I ever had and I liked the simpleness and colors, plus the hubby liked it. It went from our master to our guest room since we upgraded to a king. I have to get a bed skirt since I had a bed frame that didn't need one and I had a brown one that I seem to have lost in all the moves. So this room is about done just a few accents like a mirror on the wall.

** I will post the changing area for Mini Wheat once I paint it, still deciding on the theme/color scheme I know the outside will be charcoal just need to pick inside color that will coordinate.