Buh-Bye Brass Headboard - You've Been De-Blinged

Several, several months ago, one of our neighbors put a pile of stuff out in their yard near the road. I wasn't quite sure what to make of it. Were they cleaning out their garage? Were they giving the stuff away? I wasn't sure so I just tried to ignore the pile. Each time I drove by, though, one item in particular always stood out to me. That item was a full sized brass headboard. I don't care for brass, or gold, or even silver or chrome finishes for that matter, but I really liked the form of the the cheapy headboard that the neighbors had on display in their yard for a few weeks. So one morning as I drove by on the way to taking the kids to school, I told myself that when I returned, I would stop and ask the neighbors if I could have it. When I made it back to the neighborhood, imagine my surprise as I drove up just in time to see the neighbors throwing the headboard into their big rented garbage bin! Lol, I couldn't believe that after all those weeks, the ONE morning I decide to ask about the headboard, they decide to toss it! Well, undeterred, I parked and walked across their lawn and kindly asked them if they would mind giving the headboard to me. They happily dug it out of the bin for me and I stuffed it into the van and brought it home. It's been in storage all this time...until today.

I had this headboard in mind for the girls bed because they've been needing one. However much they needed one, they wouldn't be using this one until I completely masked it's brass. So that's what I worked on this afternoon. I first sprayed the headboard with Rustoleum Clean Metal Primer and then I followed that with Rustoleum American Accents "Blossom White" satin finish spray paint. I think it looks a lot more "cottage country" now and I'm pleased with the results.

Behold the power of paint...(or canned 'Bling-Be-Gone' as I like to call it)!!!

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