Fireplace Screen Turned Headboard!

My guest room/playroom has been headboard free for a while.  I purchased a piece of plywood months ago and have been too scared to attempt the tufted headboard of my dreams!  So when I passed this nasty gold fireplace screen the other day at Goodwill a light bulb went off!  Until I get over my fear of tufting this would be a great space filler!  Just like my secretary desk from the first round of American Crafter, this screen was also tagged with the Goodwill color of the week!  50% off?  Don't mind if I do!  So it came to a whopping $3.00!  Not bad for a headboard, right!

Before:

So after I politely asked the little spider family living in the many webs on this treasure...

applied some spray paint...

and some chevron fabric...

a little mod podge and hot glue

I had this!

After:

Here's how I got to my final product if you want to attempt it yourself. 

Step 1:  Clean screen and rough it up with some steel wool then apply a spray paint primer.

Step 2:  Spray paint the screen in your color of choice.  I picked hot pink since it's in the playroom I thought I could go a little wild!  I used Rustoleum Berry Pink in Gloss

Step 3.  Trace around each section like this on the back of your fabric.  I got my fabric from the fabulous U-Fab here in Richmond.  It was $9.99 a yard and you need one yard:

Step 4:  Cut out traced sections but do not cut on the traced line.  Leave a little room for the fabric to tuck under the metal frame of each section.

Step 5:  I used mod podge on the back of the fabric to secure it to the screen tucking it under the metal surround for a clean look with no fabric edges showing.

Step 6:  To make sure it was super secure I put some hot glue on the back.

Step 7:  Spray your hardware



Step 8:  Beg your husband to help you  hang it!  Then thank him profusely saying how you couldn't do this without him etc etc so he will help you with you next project ;)

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