Crib to Headboard Transformation: Part 1

When my daughter transitioned into her ‘big girl’ bed we were left with a white crib to store in the garage, and it turned out to have been a recalled crib, so we couldn’t sell it. To complete the recall we had to send in all of the hardware, which meant now we had only the frame pieces of a white crib in our garage. Well, it turns out that the headboard and the foot-board of the crib together are just about the width of our queen bed. By painting them black to match the other bedroom furniture and joining them together I’m creating a headboard for our bed; just another step in transforming our bedroom from college-dorm to chic and modern.

First I needed to clean off the garage gunk from a few years of storage (yuck). Then there were two bolt holes (one on each piece) that needed to be filled since they’re on the front of the headboard (there are a lot of holes on the back side of each piece, but since they’ll always be against the wall I didn’t bother to fill them). Finally I gave the back side a primer coat while I let the patches dry. I used the entire can of paint – I can tell I’ll need at least 3 more cans to give it a good even coat on the front.

I love the image left on the plastic after painting the primer coat! I didn’t love that the plastic billowed up and stuck to the crib – I’ll paint the front sides laying down on the ground.