we were looking to create more space in our little bedroom. anything to enlarge the white shoebox ;)
i wondered if a platform bed might help visually create more space in the room by not taking up as much volume as our other bed. our other bed is a classic, iron frame, but our mattress height was well over 3' tall with the box spring and mattress sitting inside the frame. i had no idea if this brilliant idea would make a difference, but we thought we'd give it a go.
we bought our bed from, naturally, ikea. it's a platform bed with 4 drawers under the mattress.
i added some curtains to make it feel more lived in and less rented..
we lived with it like this for a few weeks (this meaning without a headboard - just with the wall of pillows as support)
after pinning ferociously ;), i knew i wanted just a plank of wood behind us as a headboard. the question was how?
the answer was my dad.
the bed is made of birch so i did a little research and talking with my dad and came up with using a piece of birch plywood and framing it out (to give a hint of dimension) with pine. after it was built, i coated it with three coats of polyurethane (and steel wool rubs in between coats). it's easily the best finish i've ever gotten on a piece of wood - it was very exciting! :)
isn't it gorgeous?!?! that's not stain, just polyurethane to seal it. i love this wood!
she's gorgeous!!
we love everything about it!
and yes, it opened up the whole room by visually not having the volume of the room filled with tall bed.
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