How to Make a Chaise From a Twin Mattress

!±8± How to Make a Chaise From a Twin Mattress

Chaise furniture is replete in the furniture market. You can choose from all kinds of designs that will surely fit well with your living room scheme. However, this kind of furniture is a bit expensive.

If you have a spare twin mattress at home that is rarely used, you can actually convert it into a chaise. Otherwise, you can always purchase a significantly cheaper twin mattress and then use it as a chaise. This way, you can exercise your creativity while saving a lot of money.

Here is how you can do this:

Step 1: If your twin bed came with a bed frame, you can still use it. If it does not, consider having one made. There should only be a headboard and a foot rest. If you are having it made, immediately design it into a chaise-like frame. The headboard and the footrest should be sloping. If you are using the old one, make sure the headboard and the footrest have the same height. Cut off the excess if the headboard is taller.

Step 2: Get 6 bolster pillows and some fabric with a good print. It should match with the design of your room. Get 3 bolsters. Lay one on top of the other two so you can have a pyramid kind of look. Adjust the top bolster so it is resting completely parallel to one bolster. Measure fabric and wrap it around this arrangement. This will be the casing of the boslters. Do two casings.

Step 3: Sew the casings and then place two strands on either side of the casing. Place the casing on the assembled bolster. Place the casing with the two strands at the bottom of the two bolsters.

Step 4: Next make the cover of the mattress. Measure the mattress and sew the fabric that will cover it. One done, you can insert the mattress in the cover.

Step 5: Place the frame on the area you want it. Place the mattress first. Next, put the assembled bolster with the two bolsters on top of the other on the side of the arm rest of the chaise. This will create a sloping kind of look to it much like that of a chaise. Secure this using the two strands. Tie it in a pretty knot at the bottom of the furniture.

Step 6: Now attach the other assembled bolsters on the other side of the mattress. Do the same step as the Step 5.

How to Make a Chaise From a Twin Mattress

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Bedroom Decorating - Using Decorative Bed Pillows For A Professional Look

!±8± Bedroom Decorating - Using Decorative Bed Pillows For A Professional Look

One of the main focal points in any bedroom design is the bed and decorative bed pillows help add to the design. You've probably even seen design shows on TV or pictures in magazines with those inviting looking beds that have the plumped up pillows, haven't you?

You might have even looked at your own bed and thought how great it would look with some decorative pillows - maybe you even tried this yourself but couldn't quite achieve the look that you see in the designer rooms. Luckily, it isn't that hard to get this look -you've probably just been going about the wrong way.

The first thing is you need to buy the right kinds of pillows. Chances are the regular bed pillows that you sleep on every night aren't going to do the trick. You want decorative pillows that have interesting fabrics and designs. Now that's not to say that a plain cotton pillow case with a nice stripe down by the end or a a layer of lace on the edge won't look fabulous because they will with the right design. The key is to pick pillows with fabrics and patterns that go with your overall look.

You don't want to have too many different patterns in the pillows, maybe some with a pattern and some that are plain but have a color that pick up the pattern. You can use interesting fabrics like silks, brocades and velvets as well as interesting accents on the pillows such as tufting, fringe and embellishments. What you choose really depends on your bedroom design.

The key to the plumping is that you have to set up the pillows in layers. You can't lay them down flat like you do when you're sleeping or you'll just end up with a big pile of pillows! You have to arrange them standing up on their edges and in rows.

The back layer of pillows should be a bit larger than the rest. You want to have either three or five pillows for this back row depending on how large the bed is and the size of the pillows. Stand them up on the edges and lean them against the headboard.

The second layer of pillows should be a little smaller than the back layer because you want to be able to still see the decorative back pillows. You'll also want less of them as you want the pillow arrangement to extend out from the headboard in sort of a triangular shape. So if you used three pillows in the back row try two in the row in front of it. Set those on their edges and lean them against the back row pillows.

Now you could make more layers, but three layers is pretty standard you don't want to many pillows or your whole bed is just going to be layers of pillows. For the last layer I like to use a bolster pillow - one of those long rounded tubular pillows that has a fancy fringe or tassel on the end. If you don't want to do this just use some smaller pillows for the front. These probably wouldn't be bed pillows but little decorative pillows that are smaller than your second row pillows and simply place those leaning against the second row pillows on their edges.

Viola! Now you have perfectly plumped decorative bed pillows that will give your bedroom design a professional look.

Bedroom Decorating - Using Decorative Bed Pillows For A Professional Look

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4pc Impressions Sage Green Daybed Comforter Cover Bedding Set

!±8± 4pc Impressions Sage Green Daybed Comforter Cover Bedding Set

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