My tiny bed is made from cardboard, layered together. It was a bit of an experiment and didn't turn out quite as well as I had planned in my tiny brain: the cardboard is too thin and looks flimsy; one of the side bits underneath the base is wonky (I need to make a glue-ing jig); and I tried a new paint technique which didn't go so well. But I learnt a lot. And if I write it down here then I stand a half-decent chance of actually remembering what.
To make the decorative parts on the headboard and footboard, I took inspiration from this fabulous lady here. I used dimensional paint from my scrapbooking supplies to make the little curly bits. The heart is punched out of card. It quite like how this ended up.
The problem came with the paint: I followed a paint distressing tutorial that suggested starting with a dark brown coat, then following up with a light coat and then using a file on the edges to reveal the dark paint beneath. Well I probably used the wrong kind of paint: I used a dark brown acrylic. Then, when that had dried, I started painting white acrylic over the top but it just sort of 'woke up' the brown paint and then I was left with a horrible yucky mess, which I tried to fix by spraying the whole lot white. The spray left a nasty, cheap-looking sheen on in and didn't cover the gross brown mess. I know the picture of the bed isn't great - it's not worth uploading a better one - I just wanted to show the technique with the dimensional paint.
To make the decorative parts on the headboard and footboard, I took inspiration from this fabulous lady here. I used dimensional paint from my scrapbooking supplies to make the little curly bits. The heart is punched out of card. It quite like how this ended up.
The problem came with the paint: I followed a paint distressing tutorial that suggested starting with a dark brown coat, then following up with a light coat and then using a file on the edges to reveal the dark paint beneath. Well I probably used the wrong kind of paint: I used a dark brown acrylic. Then, when that had dried, I started painting white acrylic over the top but it just sort of 'woke up' the brown paint and then I was left with a horrible yucky mess, which I tried to fix by spraying the whole lot white. The spray left a nasty, cheap-looking sheen on in and didn't cover the gross brown mess. I know the picture of the bed isn't great - it's not worth uploading a better one - I just wanted to show the technique with the dimensional paint.
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