Earlier this year I mentioned the White Bear Lake Trash to Treasure Day.  This is a day when the residents of White Bear Lake can put their cast offs at the curb, and people like me can drive around and take whatever strikes our fancy.

I had fairly good luck this year, and I even brought home a mid-century bed frame.

It was a bit dirty, and a bit dinged up.  And the spindles on the footboard were coming loose.

It was easy enough to add some glue to those spindles and clamp them in place while it dried.  Then after a good clean, I scuff sanded the entire piece including the two side rails which aren’t pictured above.

Next up I pulled out the Dixie Belle Smoky Mountains paint.  This is the same paint that I used on the bookcase that I refurbished a month or so ago.  I just love this blue-green-grey color, it reminds me of the color of ‘blue’ hostas.

I also love the fact that this color is from Dixie Belle’s Silk line, which means it has a built in primer and top coat.  So after two coats of paint, it’s done.

I think the clean lines of the spindles on the footboard are really appealing.

It’s not at all frilly, while still having some style.

Normally I would be tempted to do something inside the frame on that headboard, but I don’t think that would be appropriate for this mid-century modern sort of look, do you?

This bed was missing the slats that go from side to side and sit on the ledge of the side rails, but it was easy enough to find a trio of boards that would work.  I snapped a quick photo with just two of them in place while I waited for Ken to cut a 3rd one to size.

And with that, this makeover was complete.

What do you think?

This bed is for sale, check out my ‘available for local sale‘ page for all of the details.

Thank you to Dixie Belle Paint Co for providing the paint used in this makeover.