BEDROOM BLISS

DECORATE YOUR WAY TO A BEAUTIFUL AND BESPOKE RETREAT

a bedroom update doesn’t have to cost a bomb or take ages. In only a few days, using materials sourced from the hardware store, you can transform your sleep space into a relaxing sanctuary. Use black and deep inky blue to create depth, and add glamour with a bedhead featuring a sophisticated botanical design. Then use the colours for your decorating palette, including linen and accessories. And don’t forget live greenery!

Glam up your built-inS Huge mirrored wardrobe doors can look a bit stark. Break them up with strips of pine attached horizontally as cross rails. Then paint all the framing and surrounds black to add depth.

Give your bed a backdrop You can create a bedhead and artwork in one by simply joining MDF sheets and covering them with wallpaper and adding a frame. It looks designer but is budget-friendly.

EASY STEPS TO YOUR BEDHEAD

Gather your supplies

• 2440 x 1220 x 18mm MDF (2)

• 42 x 42mm x 5.4m primed pine (1)

• 89 x 19mm x 2.4m dressed pine (2)

• 66 x 11mm x 5.4m primed pine (2)

• Superfresco Easy Adilah Dark wallpaper (1 roll)

• Dulux low sheen paint in Antarctic Deep

You’ll also need

Circular saw; drill; countersinking drill bit; 50 and 30mm screws; painting equipment; undercoat; pencil; sharp utility knife; wallpaper paste; wallpaper smoother; fine sandpaper; white enamel paint; PVA glue; gap filler; 25mm angle brackets

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