Reversible!
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Marcela Pena
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I will show you a project that could be a good idea for many moms. However, I didn´t take care of taking the step by step photos. But I am sure you can get the idea from what I have.
Somebody asked me for a set of headboard and nightstand for a little girl. This is the headboard I found...
... and the night stand, as they looked before I started to paint. I wanted something sweet, with a childish look. But I thought it was a pity it would be used for a short time, as kids get tired so soon of these fairy tale images and want something more appropriate for teens so soon.
But then I had this good idea: as the headboard looked exactly the same from both sides, I could paint different things on each side and make it reversible! This is what I chose for an infant.
I downlowded the image from the web, had a laser photocopy made and decoupaged on one side. Hand painted the ornament and the words "once upon a time" on the other
So sweet, isnt it?
The night stand was a challenge, because it was not the same design on both sides. Had a drawer in the front, of course not at the back. I thoght a teenager would give a good use to the drawer, so I left the real front for the second version and worked on the back for this childish version of nightstand. Worked as with the headboard: photocopied a web illustration and decoupaged
And here comes the original part: I painted the reverse of the headboard with a different theme. As I had painted the whole frame in a pale green, I maintained the same colour and painted the central panel white. Did some raised stencil for texture and decoupaged a flower motif in the centre.
And this is the real front of the nightstand: green frame and white drawer.
Two sides for the same set! Now it will be used for many years!
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Published August 27th, 2016 7:15 PM
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Judith on Jun 22, 2017
Very clever. Baby furniture is quickly outgrown but doing the double face paint it will last for a long time and can be used by the young girl's own child. You've created an family heirloom.
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Marcela Pena on Jun 22, 2017
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Maude LaFountain on Aug 17, 2017
I love it ....
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