Remember those metal lockers I painted last summer for the grandbabies’ playroom/guest room at my house? The other day, I found bedding that just happened to be a perfect match! 
…which meant I no longer had an excuse for not finishing the rest of the room. It was time to give the dumpster-dive headboard a makeover.
As always, I used BB Frösch Chalk Paint Powder to make my own chalk paint. I already had the perfect color palette from the previous projects, so I just mixed up another sample-size jar of chalk paint in “Green Parakeet.”
Metal lockers, wooden headboard, metal clock, and plastic frames all now coordinate with chalk paint I made myself in all kinds of fun colors using BB Frösch Chalk Paint Powder. Not only would this room have been cost-prohibitive with pre-mixed chalk paint, I wouldn’t have been able to pick these awesome colors (thanks @justaddsunshineinc for sharing your favorite colors!)
The room was ALMOST done:
The only thing left was curtains. I happened to have a set I found on clearance last year at World Market. But, they were plain white and way too boring for the bright play room.
So, I grabbed my chrysanthemum stencil from cuttingedgestencils.com, leftover chalk paint from the locker project in “Sugar Poppy” and “Guava Jelly” and gave the curtains a more suitable look.
When painting on fabric with a stencil, I like to apply my chalk paint with foam roller.
Note: Place a piece of cardboard under your fabric so you don’t get paint on the underlying surface.
For the curtains, I just randomly placed the stencil over the panels and stenciled away!
The whole project took about 30 minutes, and since I used chalk paint, the curtains were dry and ready to put up immediately.
The only thing I didn’t account for is how challenging it is to photograph a window, so pardon the lighting, and enjoy the palm trees in my back yard!
I had a couple of leftover pillow covers from IKEA, so I stenciled them to match.
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That is the cutest room ever! So happy and so fun!
You did a great job, it’s very pretty! You look too young to have grand babies by the way ?
Sorry about the? It was supposed to be an! In my comment ?
No worries! Thanks for stopping by!
Love this! Question: does it have to be chalk paint? Could I use other paint?
Also, how do you wash them?
Other paint may crack or be more “crusty.” I just always use chalk paint and have tried other paints!
How do you wash the curtains?
I just throw the curtains in the wash! If you need to iron, iron on the back side.
Thank you for sharing this. I am going to make some for my grandson and granddaughters room. I like everything about this room. I do need to find some lockers like that for my grandson and granddaughter. They would love them.