'China Blue' by Benjamin Moore + how to upholster your headboard: Venice Beach bedroom

Walls are Benjamin Moore's China Blue. Vanessa De Vargas covered a basic headboard in Alexander Henry's 'Hollywood' fabric. Throw pillows are made with Lulu DK fabric. Lamps are vintage; to find similar ones, search 'Blanc de Chine' on eBay. IKEA curtains and bedding. Photo from morewaystowastetime.blogspot.com.

 

Tips for covering a headboard: Buy a plain headboard or a piece of cheap wood, plywood or MDF from a hardware store, a piece of thick foam you can cut with scissors, and fabric. If you want a tufted headboard, buy some over-sized buttons, too (ideally, you'd cover the buttons with the fabric for a monochromatic look). Stretch the fabric over the foam and attach it to the back of the board with a staple gun. To tuft it, drill holes in the wood to pull the buttons through.

 

If that sounds like too much work, simply hang a large painting at the head of your bed, or curtains behind your bed -- whether there's a window or not -- in a striking fabric.

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