I think this is a great idea!!! I also saw my gf's bed.. she did it in 6 shutters painted green and it is stunning!!! Why not recycle cabinet doors? Great idea!

I'd just seal it. Unless you're ingesting the lead paint, it's not an issue, and presumably you won't be eating the headboard. ;-D I hope you'll post pictures! I've toyed with the idea of turning an old door (or something out of the ordinary) into a headboard myself. Would love to see how you did it.

Les, you are correct, this isn't our bedroom, though we've slept in it enough that it was temporarily (during construction) I guess I'm a creature of habit. Having been in my old home for 23yrs the ceiling fan and my bed were both centered in the middle of the bedroom and the ceiling fan was centered over the bed. I like the cool breeze - from Miami, need I say more? The dresser is opposite the bed, straight ahead. Closet is REALLY tiny, not even a twin bed would slide in there, I have a double. Not sure what I'll do with the valance. Had them all over the house. Personally, I like them, but everyone told me they were ugly and outdated. I still have them, I may just surprise the nay-sayers at some point later on. Nates, the table is square Forboystoo, Though I actualy loather Ethan Allen, I like the bed, have the dresser & hutch that goes with it. It's my daughters set from her bedroom, not an heirloom but like the way it goes in that room. We had a twin, full and queen to move in this house (and our king, but that was a given) and had to decide which way to go. We figured we'd get more out of the full and queen and got rid of the twin - hated doing so because that room was suppose to be the twin room - I would not be having issues if this stayed the way I initially intended (had sheets and window coverings to for the twin already) BUT, we've already been in the position that the full & queen were the right way to go, we've had visitors, the twin would not have worked. I guess it's me, and me being a creature of habit. We extended our master bedroom a few months ago by about 3 feet and we moved the fan over to have it centered over the bed, just like I had it in my old house. It's not centered in the middle of the room. I guess it's what feels comofortable. I guess we all have some quirks, and I know I have my share :) SIL is coming today for a visit with her BF, once she's gone I'll have to get in that room and see how the cubes will look with the bed the way it is. I'll take some pictures of it shifted over to post. This is just one room - there's so much to do in this house! Thanks again to you all!

I also suggest that you build a whole home color pallet. You want each room to complement the rooms next to them so that you keep a great cohesive feel to your home. I recently bought a home and used the same method that I used on my last home and on a dozen homes belonging to friends and family. Get a large white sheet and lay it over a table either outside or near large windows. You want to see the colors in natural daylight to really get a feel for the undertones. Gather samples of the colors that are in your home and have to stay. Flooring, counters, appliances, might even be a painting that is special to you and you will never part with or new furniture that you are going to keep for a long time. Place the colors on the sheet in the same pattern that you would see if you were walking from room to room in your home. Then pick the colors that you love - those colors from your closet and accessories and art work that you selected that make your heart sing. (You don't want to envelop yourself in a color you would never wear - you want your home to make you feel like a 10). You will want most of the colors to be subdued versions of the colors you love - I have dark hair and eyes and ivory skin. Summer colors. I love purple, but instead of bright purple walls, I selected smoky purples complemented them with deep wine red and grayish teal. My sister have medium brown hair and more olive toned skin. Her home has all fall colors - gray greens, oranges, tans, reds. My sister in law has blond hair and blue eyes and has a country home with soft yellows, peach and cornflower blues. Place the colors in different rooms on your sheet, figuring out what works with the colors that must stay and how the colors can flow from room to room. Think about how each room is going to be used and what feelings you want the room to reflect (You may want to feel sexy in the bedroom, but comfortable in the living room or you may want to feel relaxed in the bedroom and have your living room a bright and cheery gathering space) Pick out 3 to 6 colors that you want to incorporate into your home. Now pick out the neutral that is going to work with the colors that must stay and the colors that you love. The rule of thumb is that you should have 60% neutral, 30% subdued color and 10% accept color. My last home the ceilings were all my neutral (Purple under toned taupe) as were my living room, entry, hallways and office. My kitchen was deep wine red - made the cabinets pop. I continued the wine red into the family room as it was a single wall in an open concept space. I used a deeper shade of my neutral on the other 2 walls in that room. My 2 spare bedrooms were a light grayish teal and the bathrooms a deep grayish teal. My towels were smokey purple as were the walls in my master bedroom. My carpet in the bedroom was a deep shade of my neutral. Don't be afraid of color, use what you already know. What would you wear together. If your ever unsure if something works together, remember that mother nature is the best color coordinator around. If she put colors together they work. Look at landscapes, flowers, streams, beaches and pick the colors that mother nature put together and you will never go wrong.