Dreams Come True: Create a French Bed with Efex

Sleeping Beauty

 Stunning antique French bed!   

Well....its really a vintage bed that has been recreated by

 Victoria bought this shapely vintage bed that had some 

of the carved details she craved, but she wanted more...much more! 

 Victoria has created some amazing things for her home using her 

imagination and when I found her blog I was excited 

to sponsor her in recreating her bed.

 

She designed her ideal French bed by visiting my online shop

for Efex latex moldings and planned out what she needed.

We shipped it off to her, and this is what it looked like when

she pulled it out of the box. Not very impressive in baggies, right?

But just you wait!

Victoria painted her moldings first using Paris Grey Chalk Paint

 After that she applied them with painters tape on the bed frame

 to see what position she wanted.  Looks pretty amazing at this point!

Then she applied the contact cement to both the furniture and the 

back of the moldings and waited 20 minutes.  

After the timer went off, she simply pressed them 

into place and painted any areas of exposed glue.  

You can also apply them all first, then paint~its your choice.

Sweet dreams from a fancy French bed! 

One last look at this sleeping beauty.  

Visit Victoria's blog, Trois Petites Filles for this and other 

beautiful and inspiring projects.  
And don't think you need an elaborate project to use Efex appliques!

Before, a rustic barn red color with no embellishments....

After~ still rustic but done in a pretty antiqued pale blue with a 
french accent from our Efex line makes for a very easy DIY project.

 You might remember that I just did a makeover on my mantel using Efex.  

Apparently HomeGoods liked it too!