Time for another update on the apartment project. I last left off with the room built and some test snaps of an older bed in the picture for scale.
Well that old bed was a little too rustic for the style I was going for so I wanted something more modern. Since the idea of a wooden tray worked well for the rustic styled bed, I figured it would work well for a modern one too, I just needed to find the right piece.
So at my local A.C. Moore crafts I found an unfinished 10" x 13" wooden tray that I picked up for $5. I grabbed my sanding sponge to sand it down and set to painting it, just a simple black with gloss sealer to match a shelving unit I had for the room already.
Next step was the mattress. I just purchased a 2" thick polyfill pad from Walmart and cut it to size.
Then grabbed some blue satin fabric I had left over from a set of pillows a friend did for me a while back for the old bed. I took the satin, folded it over the polyfill mattress and pinned it. Then put the whole thing into the frame and tucked it tight.
Once that was together I grabbed the pillows, set the bed in the room on top of a nice fabric table placemat I picked up that makes a nice area rug, and snapped some pics.
Next up is to work on the nightstand, windows, and finally some artwork for the walls.
Stay Tuned and thanks for following.
3 comments:
Looking good!
Another possibility, especially if you want a bit more height, is to use drawer organisers for cutlery turned upside down. I don't have a good picture of mine, but maybe you can see what I mean here (2nd and third pic):
http://amithi.wordpress.com/2008/01/28/barbie-sammlertreffen-in-ratingen-2/
Thanks Amithi :) I shall have to keep my eye out for something like that in the future.
Thanks for sharing the modern bed idea, Will. A wooden bed for 1:6 at am affordable cost.
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