Deluxe Dreams Guaranteed in my Beautiful Bespoke Boutique Boudoir :)

Finally I have my finished upholstered headboard in place and boy does it look glamorous!! I couldn't be happier :).
And so without further ado, let me show you my boutique style bed!
Ta Dah!

It compliments perfectly my re-styled vintage cabinet.

It was a tough project simply because of the delays for materials....and it took up space once it was put together but so very worth it in the end because wow, what an impact!
Price wise it cost less than £40 as the sari fabric was given to me years ago and stashed away for something special. All the wood was cut in store at my local B&Q for free, and believe me I think that was the biggest bonus as it made everything so much quicker. I even managed to mount it on the wall myself (although it would've been much quicker with another pair of hands I was able to prop the headboard on a chair to fix it in place!). I think if you were luckier than I was with supplies you would realistically be able to complete this project in around four days.

I left the headboard flat overnight to let the
adhesive dry

Amazingly they did all stick first time! I left 3 pads off on the sides
 and at the top for my fixings

These are the fixings, only a few quid.

Attached securely to wall and headboard, then glued the remaining three pads in place so no fixings are visible!

And here it is once again, bespoke and beautiful! 

so Sweet Dreams folks, until the next time,
take care,
S

P.s. the chevron cushions on the bed are from Dunelm Mill and the black cushion was a wee steal from Primark for £3!!
:)

The Hard Work that Went into The Assemblage, Tears and Stapled Fingers (the less said the better)

So Barry cut the boards and they were perfect, very professional! And I got them home and got stuck in, I was very excited at the start but there were a lot of squares and of course the issues stated in the previous post. You may be able to tell by this stage of things my initial enthusiasm has faded somewhat, and this is probably another cardinal blogging rule broken by moi, that you should always be 'up' and 'perky' in your blog style so that any unfortunates who happen to see it are happy when they read it rather than depressed. Easy peasy!

The squares 6 mm ply

The wadding before it ran out

The staple gun that hurt my fingers

ONE completed pad

More pads!

I started to stack em up! My fingers were SORE !

The Assemblage......stay posted for the full reveal where I show you the WHOLE THING ON A WALL!!! 

Unbelievable Progress Made on DIY Upholstered Headboard!!!!! I Could Not Be More Amazed......It was taking FOREVER!! featuring Barry from B&Q

Too many foodie posts folks so here's a sneaky peek at the Headboard I am working on for my bedroom. The delays have been ridiculous! I started, had to stop as I ran out of wadding, the haberdashery ran out, 10 day wait for more wadding. A creative pal Jo 'Drapes', who works behind the scenes on costumes and drapery for Game of Thrones on the Northern Irish side of things, I know that will impress you, POSTED me some of her leftover wadding, which I missed and had to arrange redelivery. Two weeks after all this waiting I got started again, then ran out of staples and I had bought 1000, thinking that would be plenty but no. Had to reorder staples on line as B&Q didn't stock them, another 5 day wait :(. (btw check out Jo Loves Midge on Facebook, my smart lady pal makes all sorts of lovely things for sale :)).

Eventually I was restocked and ready to go and as we speak I am waiting on the adhesive drying before I mount the massive thing I have created on the wall behind my bed. I then started doubting my blog....a huge confidence crisis after following an American blogger who lives in LA and has a glam job for one of the studios :(

I cheered up a little when I realised I am actually writing the Anti-Blog of Blogs. I am irregularly posting and this is a cardinal sin in the blogging world and my titles suck too. Basically everything not to do when

 blogging I appear to be doing. Anyway back to the headboard.....

Its huge!

It is small in its components but when assembled it has a BIG impact!

So here are a few wee pics of Barry from B&Q who did all the cutting and a few more of the stages it took to get the thing together.......expect a proper reveal when I get it on to the bedroom wall. Think of this as a teaser post......which is probably the WRONG way to blog it but I'm past caring now!! :)

Massive machine cutting tiny squares  280 mm x 280 mm

Smiling even as I asked his permission to post his pic, otherwise
I would have blurred his face like a Crimewatch person!

St Paddys Foodie Fix Belfast Style - Guinness and Black Treacle Loaf

Guinness and Black Treacle Loaf :)

Well its over for another year but I had to give the blog a touch of the Irish! So a bit late but here we are none the less with a lovely dark loaf from one of my favorite cookery books. We had it as a starter for a meal I planned over St Patricks with Trout Pots and it was delicious. I'm not going to post the recipe, I'll just suggest that you buy the cookbook, I can honestly say I have never had a bad show from any of the recipes I've tried from it and there are many favourites in there. It's easy to follow and very pretty just to browse through when you feel inspired! It's also a very lovely shop to find pretty things in though I'm afraid out of my minute budget range these days :( I can still enjoy the tasty grub though!  http://www.avoca.ie/home/