I've been bored with my bedroom (bedroom?! what am I talking about - I live in a 400 square foot studio apartment) for a while now, but I finally justified to myself that it was worth my while to do something about it after a particularly sleepless week. I reasoned that if my bed looked cozy enough, I would want to climb beneath the covers each night, and wouldn't spend several hours of quality sleep time hunched over my desk marveling at the vastness of Pinterest.
So I browsed West Elm's website for a while to get ideas of what felt cozy to me. After filling my shopping cart with $200 worth of amazing bedding, I snapped back into the real world where I am a broke college student. "No matter," I thought. "I'll make my own bedding." And thus I headed to the art supply store.
This project is very simple, and more importantly, it is very cheap.
You will need:
- Screen printing ink
- Something to screen print (I used pillow cases I already had for the pillows, and for the hanging I went to the hardware store and purchased a drop cloth with finished edges for $11)
- A rolly thing -- I have no idea what this is called, but it is pictured, which should probably clear up any confusion.
- A large carrot
My bed isn't 100% up to my tastes yet, but it is such an improvement that my plan worked: I've not only been more eager to go to bed, I've been a lot more consistent with making the bed every day. What's better than crawling into a bed covered in cozy pillows and blankets? Climbing into a made bed with cozy pillows and blankets.
Happy sleeping, dreamers!
-Sara
