Changing a bed with paint

I had a client that wanted to redo her daughters bedroom with a pair of twin beds. Although this was for a college age young lady, she wanted to retain some of the childhood feel for her daughter while reworking the room into a second guest room. I looked all over for a nice pair of beds, but what I wanted didn't fit the bill of what she wanted until I found these on (wait for it...) ebay!

We needed to use a pair of beds that didn't have a big footboard, as there wasn't a lot of room at the end of the beds. I thought the shape of these would lend themselves to a pretty cottage effect if painted. When looking at a bed, make sure to take into account the height of the headboard, as the boxspring and mattress will take up a good 14 to 24 inches (depending on their indivigual thickness) and could cover the headboard's decorative detailing, leaving you with just a small part of the headboard showing. Since my client liked the idea of a painted bed, I wanted to find a pair with a really pretty sillouette.

I felt the carved accents and cutout detail would translate well in a painted bed.

 

I had a lot of fun accenting the details in a lighter paint color to add a little visual interest to the look.  




Here's the bed made up and placed in the room.

 



With both beds set up against a pretty floral wallpaper I chose to go with the old fashioned fabrics I used for the bedskirts and pillows, the room took on a cozy charm (if I do say so myself).

 







Even when girls go off to college, sometimes the Mom has to hold on to their Teddys.

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