the spring flowers bed.

Published on by Quandie

I hope that all of you are surviving the pandemic.  We had my sister and niece over for a game night on Saturday.  We did our best to practice safe socializing.  First off, I thoroughly cleaned the house including using sanitizing wipes on all of the door knobs and handles.  Next, I used individual plates and small bowls for the game night snacks so that no one was sharing from one bowl.  My niece refrained from tasting my Jose’ Cuervo Cherry Limeade Margarita (although normally she would have).  No hugs were exchanged, and my sister and niece stayed on their side of table and we stayed on ours.

Naturally we played Pandemic.

We’ve been playing this game since before it was trendy.  If you aren’t familiar, it’s a co-operative game, which means that everyone works together for a common goal.  In this case, saving the world from diseases.  Either we all win or we all lose.  Each player takes on a role such as Quarantine Specialist, Medic or Researcher and has specific skills to use in trying to defeat four diseases before they multiply uncontrollably.

Sadly, we aren’t that good at the game.  We lost every single time on Saturday.  I hope that’s not a sign.

Earlier on Saturday, I worked on a bed that I brought home from a garage sale last summer.

It was a freebie.  I had considered having Ken make it into another bench but the foot board is too short for that to work.  So, it stays a bed.

I started by sanding it down, cleaning it with TSP substitute and then painting it with two coats of Dixie Belle’s Sawmill Gravy.

Once dry, I sanded to distress and then waxed the foot board with clear wax.  I held off on waxing the headboard so that I could add a transfer.

Always remember, don’t try to apply a transfer over freshly applied wax.  You’ll end up with a sticky mess as the friction from rubbing the transfer heats up the wax.  You can wait until the wax cures (about 30 days), but that’s not terribly practical.  I prefer waiting to wax over the entire piece after the transfer is added.

Next I pulled out re.design with prima’s Cosmic Roses transfer.

The full transfer was a bit too tall for the headboard, so I decided to just use the floral bunches in the two opposite corners.  I’ll save the middle cluster of flowers for another project.

I simply trimmed around them before removing the backing paper.

I also changed the placement of some additional segments, like the Spring Flowers above.

Always keep in mind that you don’t have to use these transfers exactly as they come out of the tube.  You can get creative with trimming and re-arranging them to customize them for your piece.

Unfortunately this bed did not come with its side rails.  I have two pair of spare side rails in my carriage house (left over from beds that became benches), and sadly neither one of them fit the existing slots on the bed.

I’m going to try and sell it without the rails first, but if that doesn’t fly I’ll order a set of bolt-on rails from Amazon (like this one which is only $34).  I know some people will only purchase an item that is ready to go, while others are OK with having to add the rails themselves.  I’ll just have to see how that goes.

By the way, remember the bookshelf I shared last week?  Wouldn’t it be a great companion piece for this bed?  The Antebellum Blue on the bookcase works beautifully with the blues in the Cosmic Roses.  Plus, both pieces have a touch of gold.

As always, thanks to Dixie Belle Paint Co for providing the paint and to re.design with prima for providing the transfer for this project.

If you’re looking for Dixie Belle products you can find them here.

If you’re looking for re.design with prima products you can find local retailers here, or online sources here.

And if you are local and in need of a twin sized bed, check out my ‘available for local sale‘ page.

16 thoughts on “the spring flowers bed.”

    1. Beautiful! The bed and bookcase together is really a “wow” set. Wish I had another bedroom…keep up the good work. Hope Ken and his wife are staying safe too.

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    2. I’m planning to continue blogging twice a week, but am worried that I’m going to run out of content. I can’t go thrifting, and aside from essential things like going to work and grocery shopping, I’m trying to limit my contact with random people in public so I am going to run out of furniture to work on fairly soon. I might have to get creative about finding other things to blog about! We’ll just have to see how that goes 😉

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  3. This is so pretty and I love the color of the bookshelf. I have that same. Color but mine looks different. Maybe it depends what you put it on. Stay safe.

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    1. So many things can impact the way a color looks. It can be choice of top coat (which in this case is the Easy Peasy Spray Wax), it can sometimes be what color is underneath your paint too. It can also be the lighting situation in your room, or even the background colors in your room can change up the way a color looks to you. But when it comes to looking at a color on your computer, I find that you really can’t rely on any photo being an exact representation of the color. The white balance in the photo can be off, the color settings on your monitor can be off, the lighting in the photo can be off. I find that the photos on my own blog look different on my day job computer v. my home computer. I try hard to keep colors looking real on my blog, but sometimes that can be pretty challenging. In the end, there is no substitute for seeing a color in person.

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  4. Just beautiful!!! love anything you do in blues,aquas etc. Have been waiting for Spring and now the virus seems to make it seem farther away . take care

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    1. I thought spring was here, but then it snowed last night. It was a little optimistic to be thinking spring in Minnesota mid-March. But it’s just around the corner, and even though the virus has taken some of the pleasure out of it, I’m still looking forward to even being able to sit out on the deck in the evening … or maybe to open the windows, that would be nice …

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  5. Winner, Winner! Love the two together! This is such a good time to get some things done. I’m going to get back to the shiplap in our laundry room. Some of my friends are already saying they are bored. Don’t understand that. I can think of dozens of things to do! Glad to not walk in their shoes.

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