Scandinavian Antique Bed revamp {Im in heaven}!

Finally! This project has been sitting in my garage for well over 3 yrs! This beauty is a bed that my mother brought from Denmark when we moved here 14 yrs ago. She bought it when I was just a little girl. It is over 100yrs old and used to be in a castle we are told. I have always loved it, and when my mother offered me and my sister one bed each {it used to be part of once large bed, that can be made into two}, I couldnt WAIT to paint it, and let my little Princess have it for her bedroom. {Now I can say that her PBkids Brook Bedroom "knock off" is done! At least for now....lol} p.s. scroll down to the bottom of this post for old links so you can see her bedroom transformation.

Well, the bed was first given to me when my daughter was still in a crib, and it seems like whenever I wanted to start working on it, it either was too hot, too cold or I was too pregnant to take on this task. 

And now....FINALLY I got it done! :-) And I am ecstatic! Here is what went down....

Here is the BEFORE. I think it is made out of Pine. Either way its made from the trees from "my DANMARK". And I LOVE that about it:-)

I started by wiping it down, getting all the dust off of it. Than it was off to Priming it. Kilz definitely is my favorite! It goes on real well, and this one was a Odorless paint too. Made a big difference. 

Here she is all Primed and ready to go!

I used Rust_Oleums Painters Touch Heirloom White {as suggested by my sister in law @Countrygirlhome.blogspot.com. And I L.O.V.E the color! It is a nice creamy white, not too stark, not too yellow. YUM!

A special paint can attachment made it less painful for my fingers. thanks for the tip Linds!

Here she is all done!

So pretty dont ya think?:-)

I just LOVE the hand carved flowers  at the top. 

Forgot to mention, I took a bit of sandpaper to her, to distress it....makes the detail stand out.

OK..

Eeeeeeee!!!!

 I simply LOOOoooOOOooOOOVE how it turned out!!

 Wish I was sleeping in THAT bed!

lol

GOODNESS girl! You are a spoiled child, you Red Headed Beauty,YOU! 

{Sigh}.... your Mama sure does love u!

NOW, once my boy grows out of HIS crib...what type of bed will HE get? 

Hmmmmmm.....

TO SEE OLD POSTS ON HOW I STARTED HER ROOM GO HERE:

http://catherinascreativecorner.blogspot.com/2010/08/isabellas-big-girl-room.html

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http://catherinascreativecorner.blogspot.com/2011/06/ruffle-curtain-pillow-diy.html

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http://catherinascreativecorner.blogspot.com/2010/08/more-sillouettes.html

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Antique Door Headboard {Yay, the black metal thingie is gone!!! }

For Mothers Day my hubby got me the BEST gift EVER! He knows how badly I hated the old headboard that we had on our bed. {Something he had purchased a few months before we met.} I had always talked about finding an old antique door and using that for our headboard, something inexpensive and cheap. Well, guess what he walks in with Mothersday Morning as I am eating a wonderful breakfast that he and my kiddies had prepared!? Yup, an ANTIQUE DOOR!!! YAY! I was so excited! I have the best husband ever:-) Well, we finally got it hung up. I originally wanted to paint it another color, but after much debate I decided on keeping it white, and old looking. Washed it down with a few rags and lots of soap, than took some sandpaper to the doorknob that was caked in white paint, to get the original oil rubbed bronze to shine thru.  Hung it up and TaDA!!!

I LOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVE it! Its so rustic, and lovely. :-)

 Now suddenly all my decor and pillows come more together, to soon create 

my Master bedroom 

Masterpiece:-) 

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AFter

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