Annie, that's great! You're very talented. :) I'm in total agreement with your praise of BIN! My cabinets are the same fake wood laminate, and I primed with BIN before painting them white. For this project, I was hoping the gel stain would stick better (it worked over the factory finish on the dressers with just a scuff sanding and deglosser), so that the faux grain would show through and eliminate the need for me to create the grain! Perhaps I'll leave it for last and see if I'm up for that, if the other projects go smoothly. I've never heard of grocery bags for faux graining. Was it hard? Pal & Dawnp, I wondered about painting the headboard to make it blend in. That's part of what prompted my post...I couldn't find an example like that, so I wasn't sure if it would work or look disconnected. It makes sense to de-emphasize a less attractive piece, though. An idea I had as I was drifting off to sleep last night was to take off the back and decoupage green patterned scrapbook paper to it, like when people have put fun paper or fabric lining the back of their bookcases, then paint the rest of it dark brown or white. I'm not sure it's tall enough to show much of the paper, though, and that would have the opposite effect from blending it in. I evaluated all the green spray paints at Ace (plus the copper patina kit, and brown hammered metallic), and nothing is quite the right shade to go with the wall color. The more I look at my inspiration pics, the more I think part of what appeals to me is the layering of greens. So, I think I'll mix up a quart of the next shade down on the color strip from the wall color. I still kinda like the paper decoupage idea for the back, even if it wouldn't show much. If the green doesn't work out, lukkiirish, I'll probably be painting it black! Always a nice fall back option.

Can you post a photo of the room? And the headboard. A black metal headboard might not be my first choice for a room, because it is a hard surface, but what you have isn't necessarily competing against one another. BTW, most everyone has gold door hinges. Don't worry about that. What do you have for lighting? Area rug? Pictures on the walls?

I'm not a fan of the original hardware. Your room feels elegant and that one, the bolt, feels to jarring and clunky to me. So, just to add more project creep, why not get a wooden one, paint it the same color as the headboard and then glue it into place? #6, #9, and #10 would be so elegant and understated. (PS- I googled "small wooden medallion")

I didn’t know I had a wish list 😂 My bathroom is all white and gray so maybe her companion painting doesn’t belong in there? But to me, she’s a beauty. It’s funny about art. I’ve always chosen what I love. I choose a frame to go with the paintings. All other paintings in my house have been reframed contemporary. These two Darida paintings were framed by him. (My family room is very contemporary and I commissioned an artist to make two frameless abstracts for me.) My new decorator is coming early this week. I’ve sent her photos, but she says she needs to see it all in person. I’ll keep you posted. And yes, the material is washable. It isn’t the same cream color as headboard. Does that matter if they blend and are both warm, or do I just go with a lighter cream colored coverlet?