A barn-style loft bed and equine murals make this blue-ribbon bedroom a horse-lover's dream come true.
| Prep Time: Weekend Project | |
| What you need: | |
| Poster
Wood Salvaged hardware Rope Paint Fabric Roofing tin Blanket Leather | |
| Seasons: Year round | |
| Materials: rope, wood | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. |  To create a mural, enlarge a horse poster at a copy shop
and "trace" it onto the wall by sticking pins through it, then
paint in the details with acrylics. |
| 2. | Build the loft bed from rough-sawn oak, oriented strand board, and salvaged hardware. The stall bars are metal conduit fit into strips of wood. |
| 3. | Sew a duvet cover by using horse-themed fabric and edge the board under the mattress with a leather rein. Beneath the bed, a small bench, a bulletin board, and a light, can be used as a quiet space where your child can play. |
| 4. |  For the ceiling, screw old roofing tin to the eaves over
the bed. Cover the panels on the existing bedroom and closet
doors and paint them with white X's for a barn door look. Add
decorative plaques made from rough lumber painted with
Rust-Oleum. |
| 5. | For the window treatment, hang hickory saplings by using leather loops and cut pieces from an Indian-print saddle blanket and tie to the branches with rope. |
| 6. |  Add a sawhorse, cover it with a large stuffed horse, and
top it with a saddle pad and saddle borrowed from a barn. A
cabinet, which can be built from the same wood and hardware as
the bed, can showcase a collection of toy horses. |
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