How to Make a Wrought Iron Headboard The Quick and Easy Way

Article by: Patricia Kirkcaldy

You'd like a nice wrought iron headboard for your newly remodeled bedroom or just to liven up a boring stale dÃƒÂ©cor theme. You've thought about buying an iron headboard but shelling out hundreds of dollars for a new one or even taking iron design , Plantation Shutters Bring Antebellum Elegance To Modern Homes classes doesn't fit into your budget right now. You'd love to know how to , Leak Detection: The Difference In Quality Matters build a headboard but don't think you really have the time. Instead of buying and making, start thinking "stenciling"Â!

If you're not knowledgeable about stenciling you can always go to the library or do a search online , Home Decorating Makes A House Your Home for the topic of stenciling. Once you've learned the basics it'll be easy to get the materials to design , Wallpaper Borders and make a stencil for your faux headboard. Another thing you'll want to do is to find a wrought iron design , Keeping Your Duvet New With A Duvet Cover Of Your Choice that will be a perfect match for your bedroom. Try searching online , Creating A Cozy Spot for sites that sell wrought iron headboards. You'll get a lot of good design , Discount Living Room Furniture ideas without spending a cent. Check out local , Mini Blinds: An Introduction neighborhoods and patio , Working With an Interior Designer and garden , Discount Living Room Furniture shops for real life examples of nicely designed wrought iron patterns. Use these to inspire you to come up with just the right design , Magic Carpet Ride? for your bedroom dÃƒÂ©cor theme.

Materials Needed for Making a Wrought Iron Headboard:

- Stencil (can be made out of heavy paper, plastic, , Ottomans cardboard or metal).
- Pencil, Tape (low tack tape might be best for walls, , Back Be Nimble - Mattresses some use spray adhesive).
- Measuring Tape, Paper Towels or Rags, Dropcloth.
- Stencil Brush (one or more), Small Artist's Brush.
- Latex Paint: Black and Medium Gray

Design the stencil on a large piece of paper or cardboard, whatever medium you've decided to use for the stencil. You may choose to make the stencil the entire size of your bed , Indoor Decorating According to Your Own Personal Style area or just make it half the size and flip it over to repeat and complete the design. , Add Summer To Your Home Tape the finished stencil to the wall , Create Your Own Custom Scented Candle – Made To Your Specifications right where you want the faux headboard to be. You may need to do some adjusting here to get it just right; you'll be applying paint , Bedrooms to your wall , Creating A Cozy Spot so make sure to position it correctly.

Often we see a shadow on the surface behind wrought iron and that's exactly what will set this project off is the faux shadow effect. Get your gray paint , Seven Home Décor Quick Make-Over Tips ready to use, dip the stencil brush into it and apply to entire stencil. Fill in the empty lines by swirling your paint , Add Summer To Your Home filled stencil brush. Remove the stencil and do any touch-ups that are needed with a small artist's brush such as filling in lines here and there. Also, clean up the stencil as you'll be using it again right away.

In order to make the shadow effect come alive we must reposition the stencil. Place , Window Coverings Guide - Decorate Your Home With Window Coverings and tape the stencil approximately one inch up and one inch to the left of the gray shadow lines. Next, ready your black latex paint , Decorating for Renters - Part 4: What to Buy for Your Apartment and dip the stencil brush into it. Fill in all the lines as you did when you applied the gray shadow paint. , Ideas for Kitchen Nooks As before, remove the stencil and with an artist's brush, fill in any missing , Home Decorating Makes A House Your Home or broken lines.

For a little more of a realistic effect, take the artist's brush and dip into the gray paint. , Seven Home Décor Quick Make-Over Tips Stipple or lightly apply a little gray paint , Silver Picture Frame to the top of the black lines as if light , Bathroom Tile Design - Material Types For Bathroom Tile Designs was being reflected off the tops of the faux iron.

Now stand back and congratulate yourself , Carlton Ware: A Colourful Collectible for creating a fun and surprisingly realistic looking faux wrought iron headboard!

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