Apartment #5 - Paula Brooks - The Bed

Hello Everyone!

How have you been. I do hope

that this month you have been

well.

 

Am sorry - but I have been

anemic and am working as

fast as I am able on the

apartment.  To my dismay I must

go again this Wednesday for

more blood to be drawn out. So

I will get done what I can.

 

I do not know if you have guessed

it or not - but the apartment is

going to be ONLY in Black-n-White.

 

I had to remove the painted white

wood floor. It just would not work
in this space.

 

At least I got the bed finished!

I had this bed for over 18 years.
It was in a natural

color.
Sorry I forgot to take the before photo but

here is the after.
It took a total of 3 coats of paint

for the inside and the outside.
In between each coat

I had to let it dry for a full day.
The paint is a high gloss enamel.

The bed has decoration

on the small sides pieces. I
t is hard to see, but I

did not want any gold or white on this bed.
I wanted it to be only black.

 

I should have probably sanded down between

coats, but the apartment is not a high-end

apartment.
The apartment is for a working girl.

On her 1st apartment, she bought what she could!

 

You know the secret to my mattresses already!!

I just cut the size I need and then cover it like a

present! Generally I sew it, but this time I glued

it because it was much faster for me.

 

Here is the mattress all done.
Ready to be fixed unto the bed.

 

The bed linens came from a KNITTED BLOUSE that had all of

this gorgeous dripping lace on it!
About 12 inches total. It was just lovely!!

I could not let this beautiful fabric get away from

me without using it!

 

Can you see the knitted area. When I make the curtains,

I will show you the blouse so you can get a better

idea of what it looks like and what you need to

look for in case you want to try this look.

 

First, I show you the bottom of the bed with the

lace blanket.
I  did not hem any of the edges.
There

is a long pillow placed under the lace blanket
to give it height.

 

For the blanket, I cut a large piece of the lace,

about 9 inches X 8 inches, very close to that.

I made a long pillow and stuffed it with cotton

balls and just sewed it together with one long seam.

You can see here how I have placed the long

pillow under the lace cover.

 

There is no lace on the pillow at all. It is made

from the same knitted fabric as the bed cover.

 

The bed pillow itself is made differently than the

long pillow.
I actually made a big pillow and stuffed

it with cotton balls.
I did not fully stuff it. I wanted

a relaxed look so as to look dented or that she had

not too long ago placed her head upon it.
Then

I made another pillowcase from just the lace.

I hand sewed it together and placed the pillow

inside just as you would for your own bed.

I left a lot of the lace hanging down below the mattress.

I wanted the lace pillowcase to look
bigger than the actual pillow.

 

Afterwards I hand sewed tucks and gathers into the

lace that is draping down below the mattress.
The bed turned out so lovely. I am so pleased with it!

Hoping now that I can move on to the window

and make curtains and perhaps a bed canopy!

Please enjoy my photos!

Thank you for visiting me.

Conny