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A Quick Padded Headboard – Or another Ikea Hack

Our move was quick, and in the winter. We needed additional storage, so… we bought an Ikea Brimnes bed frame. It has large drawers under it, but it’s very plain. Not how I would have built one at all, but very workable.

The problem is that we needed it to be about 4″ off the wall. I hate when my pillows fall behind the bed! Solution, a short, padded headboard.
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Upholstering a Chair ain’t so bad – Learn the Basics

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Re upholstering a chair

My wife decided that the side chair in our sun room, just didn’t work for her anymore. So… let’s upholster it she says. (We???  I know what that means)  Just how hard can upholstering be?

Here is the chair we started with. I didn’t think it was too bad.
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