Kids Bedroom Projects

I have finished up a few more projects in the kids room.  I am going to post about a few projects and then have a post about the completed room.
I wanted to have matching beds for the kids.  I found this tutorial online to make twin platform beds.  J made them for me and I painted them white. I will post a picture of the beds in a following post.  I decided to make a tufted headboard for each.  I had a piece of plywood from L's old bed and J cut it in half to make two matching pieces.  Then he drilled 6 holes in each so we could thread the buttons through them to make the tufts.  I purchased navy chevron fabric and used some batting that I had.  I pulled it tight and stapled it.

I then made buttons (you can buy kits at Walmart) and threaded them through the back and stapled them down tight.

Not so pretty from the back.  But I like how the front turned out.

J said it hurts his eyes to look at it.:)  I hope with all the other fabrics it will tone it down.

The other project was a sign.  Again, I used a piece of plywood that we had in our garage (it was already
the right size so we didn't have to cut it).  Is it me, or do we have a lot of scraps lying around this place?;)
First I lightly brushed on white paint. 

I then found a saying I liked and drew it on free hand.  Then I used craft paint in orange and navy to color in the lines.

It took a few coats to cover up the pen marks (if I were to do it again I would use pencil).  I then sanded it to look a bit aged.

More to come!  By the way, little brother has slept in his 'big boy' bed 3 nights in a row!  Granted there was still giggling at 10pm but he stayed in there.