I've Been Hanging Around - and Repurposing Things!

Wow, its been a while. My bad. In my defense, I've been busy doing projects and getting ready for the holidays- and I have been 'capturing' these moments - just not sitting down to post about them!

A few weeks ago, the hubby gave me a present: my very own tool set. I took this as a subtle hint that he was tired of me waiting for him to help me hang, hammer, and level things that need to be done. So I took that opportunity to cross off a few of my projects. The one I'm most proud of is hanging a headboard and bedside lamps. 

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AFTER

We've been long admiring headboards in magazines, store windows and on TV shows (hello Parenthood!) But we couldn't settle, and didn't want to shell out for a headboard. So after our recent bathroom demo, I took the salvaged tall closet door and saved it for our headboard. I was originally thinking of recovering it (and still may one day), but am loving the reclaimed modern look of it- which goes with our floating night stands.


The door was actually two seperate cabinet doors stacked one on top of the other and held together by a thick scrap piece of wood. That unfortunately stuck out too much and interfered with hanging the door flat on the wall. So I took the hinges (that had once held the door on the cabinet) and used them to hold the two cabinet doors together! And who doesn't love a free (and green) headboard?

We also needed some better lighting and more space on those tiny (but space-saving) night stands. Things were just not fitting between the cell phone, alarm clock, baby monitor and books. We picked up these two inexpensive plug-ins from Ikea.

Both the headboard and lights required drilling, anchors, hammering, screws, tape measure and a level. But it was so worth it!