Whimsical Girl's Headboard

Sweet Pea Green

and

Soft Pink

make a cheerful color palette

for this

Little Girl's Headboard.

This will be a happy spot of color

in Abigail's bedroom.

...a much happier bit of color

than the original headboard.

After all of the prep work,

I put a coat of white primer and then semi-gloss white.

I mixed Folkart Citron Green with white for the hill.

Then mixed Santa Red with white for the pink.

Here you can see the first layer of paint

is very basic without any shading.

Adding color to the edges by shading adds a lot of depth.

So choose a darker shade of your base color

for that effect.

The glaze I like to use is a generic "Do it Best" brand.

Really, any kind of clear glaze will work.

Zinsser is thicker.

Some are sticky.

This one is more liquid and dries

without a sticky touch.

For shading,

I dip my brush directly into a puddle of clear glaze,

then I add the base color to one side of my brush

and the darker accent color to the other side.

Now you will get a nice blend when you

run your brush across the surface.

Here you can see all of the shaded edges.

Quite a bit of a change from this...

Using the same method of dipping in glaze

and double loading my brush with two colors

I made the stripes.

Here are some of the colors I used.

I printed off some script lettering

and scratched some pencil lead on the back

to transfer Abigail's name.

Then I added ribbon detail

to the outside edges.

You can see how

I painted the ribbon here.

And evidently I can't speak, paint, and video myself

at the same time.

It's "going to" not "gunna".

I could never do "Design Star" ! lol

Abigail will have such a sweet

little Beddy-Bye.

Hope you're having a great day,

Deb

Oh, and something else...

here are some pictures of

Girl's bedroom furniture

that I painted

in a similar style,

but with a Kona Brown base.

See You soon!

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                      Between Naps on the Porch
                      I Should be Mopping the Floor
                      Southern Hospitality

Tuesday:        Coastal Charm
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                      My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
                      Primitive and Proper

Wednesday:  Savvy Southern Style

Thursday:      Beyond the Picket Fence
                     The 36th Avenue
                      The Shabby Creek Cottage
                     House of Hepworths
                     Delightful Order
                     Embracing Change

Friday:           Redoux Interiors
                      The Shabby Nest
                      At the Picket Fence
                      Miss Mustard Seed

Saturday:     Cheerios and Lattes
                     Funky Junk Interiors