Remember, my husband wasn't too happy that I removed my old headboard?
But I needed them for the bedframes in my new kid's bedroom.
And I wanted something like that:
So I remembered that I had a door from a pine wardrobe I had no use for any longer.
I painted it first with some left-over teal color and then brown.
After the color dried I whitewashed it and added the letters.
Then I added some vertical small boards and sanded the whole thing.
ADPREHENDE VITAM AETERNAM
is latin for
"lay hold on eternal life"
It's from the bible and we choose this verse as wedding motto 12 years ago. We wanted to remember it's not all about here and now, but how we live now, decicions made here, may have concequence for eternity...
The beautiful bedding is from "Princess".
Og da må eg jo bare hilse te alle de hyggelige damene her på Princess på Åkra.
Liker godt høstkolleksjonen!
Edit:
The bed got moved to the other wall. New pics:
The bed got moved to the other wall. New pics:
22 comments:
Margitta,
This is my first visit to your beautiful blog but I will be returning! Your headboard is perfection. Truly. I also admire your bedding. I am going to sip my coffee and explore your blog -- so much goodness!
Deborah
I love the bedhead, and I love the way you have arranged the pictures on your wall too (and I would never have thought of teal as an underlayer, but I can see how it adds richness).
What a beautiful idea to use Latin, it adds gravitas to anything we might want to express (couldn't resist that!) I want to see everything sub specie aeternitatis, and I called my cat Suscipe (hear me, acknowledge me) - very appropriate!
It looks wonderful! You did a great job.
Du e barra fantastisk flinke å kreative!! Eg blir lika imponert kvar gong du legge ut noge nytt!
Å takk for oppmuntande kommentar om butikken! :-)
Nydelig og hjertevarmt innlegg:D
Tricia Rose, your latin surpases my shallow knowledge of this beautiful language by far... :)
But I now I added sub specie aeternitatis to my vocabulary ;)
Love the headboard!
Ist super schoen geworden! Wir haben seit unserem letzten Umzug immer noch kein headboard (wie heisst das nochmal in deutsch?) und ich wuerde gerne selbst eines machen. Mal sehen ob mein Maenne da mitmachen wuerde...
Liebe Gruesse aus Alabama,
Anke
it's gorgeous. love the choice of using latin words. where did you get the beddings from...princess?
wow, gorgeous! Your home is just beautiful and I love the headboard you created.
How beautifully it turned out! Fabulous job!
Very fabulous! Love it!
Wow, beautiful! The headboard and pillows together just blew me away!
Lovely room!
Donna
Your headboard is beautiful and your bedding gorgeous. Glad to have met you here at Donna's tonight.
Gorgeous! I love everything about the room! I'm a new follower, can't wait to go through all your old posts!
Margitta,
This is also my first visit. I am so taken with your work and wonderful headboard. I will be following.
smiles, alice
This is beautiful and fits that space so perfectly. I have an old door so you've got me thinking! This is my first visit to your blog and I love what I see.
I love the way the teal peeks through. You did a great job and it looks wonderful as a headboard!
I love your head board and pillows! Very very nice! :)
Wow, så flott. Flinke du!
:) Susanne
*Does your husband like it? I do!
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