My projects

I love Pottery Barn but I can't afford it. I love the way they style their rooms. I saw this photo and liked all of the old photos above the bed. So I sent out an e-mail asking for everyone's wedding photos (still accepting photos!!!! post a comment and I'll send you my e-mail address if you want to contribute, I don't want to post it here).

Here's my version. I definitely need more photos. I think that you can see too much string. (And I HAVE to do something to finish off this poor headboard - a door I stole out of a Waco neighbor's trash).
The reason I wanted wedding photos is because my wedding photos are behind the headboard in this guestroom.

Thanks to all who sent them.

My next Pottery Barn steal turned out a little better. I loved these chalkboards but at $134 for 4 of them (and I needed 8) I would be saving for a few months.

Here's how mine turned out.

I literally picked out a piece of 2 x 8 x 16 and had Home Depot chop it up for me (at a cost of $13). I bought chalkboard paint, chalk and decorations. So for about $40, I got my artwork.

One word about this project...chalkboard paint is not all it's cracked up to be. Whenever I messed up, I had to re-spray the entire piece of wood because wiping it off left horrible white smudges. So I decided to spray over the writing with Acrylic spray so that nobody can smudge it. That means I can't ever change what I wrote. So much for the gimmick of chalkboard paint. Maybe it works better on other surfaces.