New At Neiman Marcus...(Via Made By Girl)

What's HOT at Neiman Marcus?!!? I nearly choked when I saw this headboard. Is it just me or does zebra print super stylish? I mean, it's like TIMELESS.  I love that these are in other colors & not the standard black and white, perhaps that's what makes these so eye-catching and chic. How about the brass nail heads?  I think they definitely add a bit of interest.

Hmmm, why am I thinking DIY.....??

Anyhow, back to Neiman Marcus, these are some of the newest & hottest items in their shop and if money was NO object, I'd buy everything below. It would all cost me around $5000 - as I said, if MONEY was no object. 

My Bedroom in Progress.....

If you remember, I mentioned that I had purchased this headboard from West Elm. Well, we knew that it would look TOO LOW with our pillow top mattress, so we took matters into our own hands and designed a headboard extension for it! It isn't perfect, but it definitely did the job! Hopefully, you can see past the WRINKLED sheets... hence the reason why I said I need fitted sheets.

So, as you can see the West Elm headboard was ELEVATED onto a headboard extension to make it appear higher...(11 1/4" to be exact). Using 1" boards, we made a box just like the one at the bottom of the headboard and mounted the headboard on top of it. We then patched off the small openings on the original headboard with a couple of small pieces of ivory leather we bought on Ebay.

cushions on bed are from fabricadabra, pier 1,

and high street market.

 By the way the paint in my room is NOT black, it's actually called Turret Stair by Ralph Lauren Paints. You can also see the color here more accurately.

images above by jen ramos

I'm also looking to buy a pair of nightstands and came across these from World Market. They're a little plain, but I think I can manage to spruce them up with some interesting hardware.

DIY Headboard Project by Brooke....

Here's a great tutorial for those of you looking to make a really cool HEADBOARD that makes a statement! Brooke of the All Things Thrifty Blog did just that for her master bedroom!  I was so IMPRESSED by the look of this that I had to share it with all of you! For those of you thinking of giving this a shot, remember...  you can choose any fabric you like and make it even larger as well!  For ALL the step-by-step instructions check out her blog here.


What do you think? Is this something you could see yourself tackling as a DIY project??

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images via all things thrifty