Headboard Update with Pictures!!!

So as promised I have taken the pictures of Hannah's bedroom, and would love to know what your opinions are.

Here's a shot of the pink fabric I chose for her headboard (I apoloogize for the fact it looks taupe it really is pink my camera had issues picking it up). And with that I have a question for you as to which way I should run the checkers. Should I run the fabric the way it is in the first picture as shown below:

Or should I run the fabric this way (as shown in picture number 2):

I suppose it would probably make things easier for you to picture if you knew what the bedroom looked like so here are a few shots of her bedroom now:

(the angels sign is missing the "danced the day you were born")

an last but not least an upclose shot of the quilt on her bed:

I hate the blue bed rails but that was the only color I could get the double rails in so we are stuck with them, it totally clashes with the color on the walls, but its temporary so I keep telling myself. So let me know which way you think I should put the pattern on the headboard. Any feedback would be appreciated!! Thanks

A

 

Making Hannah a Headboard

We recently switched Hannah into a big girl bed and the transition has gone fairly smoothly, some nap times are still spent sleeping on the floor (but at least she brings her blanky - lol). The trouble is she doesn't have a headboard for the single bed that we are using (the one my mom gave me was UGLY so we have to improvise. I don't want to spend a ton of money buying a new one because we actually want her to sleep in a double bed, but in the room she is in right now a double bed would be a bit cramped. So I decided the best way to go about a new headboard would be to make one ourselves.

So my best friend and I headed to Fabricland and perused the fabric and I was pretty much decided on one fabric when the fabric of my dreams caught my eye. It was perfect, soft and sweet and would match her quilt perfectly. It wasn't even that pricey $12.06/m. So they cut me my 3 x 5 section, so now all we need to do is get some wood and we can attach the foam and the fabric and we are laughing. Hopefully we can get to that this weekend. I'll post pictures of the material and a before shot tomorrow ( I tried to take them today and my stinkin' camera battery died.

I'm so pleased with my purchase though and I know Hannah will love it, and it will fit right into here room. So stay tuned for tomorrow post complete with pictures, and if anyone has any tips on how to make an upholstered headboard I'd love to hear them. Thanks

A