New hobby ideas?

[bacarver]

Has anyone started a new hobby or interest lately? I decided a couple years ago that I was going to learn to bake homemade bread. This has gone well and now I'm eager to tackle a new challenge since my confidence is up. I also enjoy decorating gourds and large snapping turtle shells. I tried ceramics and didn't really get the hang of it. I haven't been able to find anyone who can teach me to knit. Thanks - Barb

[Tuckervill]

www.knittinghelp.com. Free videos about how to knit. It's how I learned to knit, just a few weeks ago. Took me about 3 weeks to knit that first sock, but then about 3 days to do the second one! :)

So I guess that's a new hobby I acquired, but I haven't done it in a while. The weather has been unseasonably warm this week, so I have been OUTSIDE! Now that the tornadoes have ushered in more January-like weather, I'll probably start another pair of socks. That's all I want...hand-knit socks. :)

Karen

[mimitabby]

Barb, it took me about 3 years before I "got" Pottery. It's a skill that takes time, and you also have to build strength. Don't give up so easily.
I took up watercolors this spring, and I figure in 5 years I might be good enough to sell stuff.

[bmccasland]

My fascination with things renaissance has taken to include gold work. I ordered a kit and some books to try gold thread embroidery with the real stuff. The techniques are different than with "regular" embroidery (cotton or silk floss), and sparkly! Doesn't help that BonnieCat trys to *help* - more by getting in the way, than actually swatting the thread.

[Jones]

Pie, I think baking home made pies, from scratch that would be a great hobby.:)
Sometimes major craft stores like "Micheal's" have knitting and other classes for free or cheap and also local yarn shops usually have classes.
Good Luck,
Jones

[GLC1968]

I taught myself to knit about a month ago using a beginner's kit I got at Michael's. I'm in the middle of making my first scarf and hat set from the same book. It's not hard, I just don't have a lot of time right now. Next I want to learn how to spin my own yarn. :)

You also could take up beading. There are about a million different types of things you could do (making jewelry, sculptures, decorating clothing, etc.). A great resource is http://www.firemountaingems.com.

[Chile Pepper]

My fascination with things renaissance has taken to include gold work. I ordered a kit and some books to try gold thread embroidery with the real stuff. The techniques are different than with "regular" embroidery (cotton or silk floss), and sparkly!

I love to embroider (silk thread), but I haven't done anything for a long time because I can't find decent patterns. Everything is either dorky or cutesy or juvenile. I want something more artistic--but I haven't been inspired to come up with my own. Any ideas on sourcing more complex, interesting, artsy patterns? Thanks!

[KathiCville]

Knitting is a great hobby---I originally learned on Pick-Up Stix, as a 5- or 6- year old, literally at my mom's knee. That was more than 40 years ago. The selection and variety of yarns today are incredible compared to what I grew up with. The simplest pattern rendered in gorgeous yarn looks like a masterpiece!

If you think needlework might be the ticket, consider needlepoint. I don't do it, but friends swear by its therapeutic value---supposedly as good or better than meditation, LOL!

One of the most enjoyable classes I've ever taken was a weekly-long fabric surface design course at the Penland School, a wonderful traditional crafts school in NC. It was like being back in elementary school for a week. Anything goes! Paints, dyes, whatever, applied to all kinds of fabrics. Terrific fun to play with textures, shapes, colors for a week with no particular goal in mind, no rules, no 'right or wrong'. Haven't really done anything with it since then, but it was a fabulously creative and energizing vacation---one of my best! At some point I want to do something similar in spinning and weaving.

As long as you're casting around for something new, why not take some half-day or day-long workshops in various things, just to "taste test" the possibilities? Cooking? Woodworking? Calligraphy? Gardening? Sewing? Stained glass? Bookbinding? Jewelry?

Whatever you choose, have fun!

[spokewench]

Pie, I think baking home made pies, from scratch that would be a great hobby.:)
Sometimes major craft stores like "Micheal's" have knitting and other classes for free or cheap and also local yarn shops usually have classes.
Good Luck,
Jones

Baking home made pies is a great hobby - but it is not great for the waist line! I've been baking pies since I was pretty young. We learned from Grandma. My sister has even won first prize for her apple pie at the County Fair that is held in Pleasanton California.

It's just not something you can do every weekend if you want to watch the weight! :eek:

[three]

I've been knitting and crocheting for quite some time - it's such a wonderful hobby. Like cycling, it can often be what I'd call 'active meditation'. There's bound to be a yarn shop (or two, or three) in your area and that's where I'd go for classes. Here's a shop in Newburgh (I found the listing in one of my knitting books), maybe they can point you to a shop in your area:

http://www.thevillageknitter.com/

As for other hobbies, how about quilting? As a beginner, you can just cut a bunch of 4x4" squares and stitch them together. When you finish the entire quilt, you would just need to add some backing (and insulation if you want) and there, all done. This is one of those great hobbies because your first quilt and all the obviously newbie stitches will still look great - imperfect quilts are often the most appreciated. And, any old shirts, pants, towels or curtains can easily serve as material for a quilt. This is a great little craft project to do with kids, too.

[Zen]

I'd rather eat pies than bake them. i guess my hobby is foster dogs and learning yoga.
If I knew how to knit I could make dog sweaters!
Hmmmm....

[spokewench]

I'd rather eat pies than bake them. i guess my hobby is foster dogs and learning yoga.
If I knew how to knit I could make dog sweaters!
Hmmmm....

The perfect solution. If you move closer to me, you can eat them and I will bake them!:D

Actually, my hobbies are cooking (baking) and playing tennis. I have yet to take up an in the house hobby except cooking

spoke

[bacarver]

I've really enjoyed reading all the ideas and suggestions. Thanks! Taking a class would jump-start me for sure. I know that I could go to Newburgh IN for various crafts, but my full-time job means that will wait a few more years. Enjoy creating. Barb

[kerrybelle]

DH just got me started in archery. It's pretty fun, especially since I seem to have a knack for it. If I get my butt in gear and practice, I might just give him a run for his money.

There's a variety of bows and targets out there. DH likes what they call a 3D archery. He say's it's like playing golf as there are many targets at varying skill levels set out in a wooded area. I'm eager to try it in the spring.

Not that I do it very often, but I enjoy baking. It's only the two of us so unless I really want to put on the pounds, I don't do it. I have a great apple pie recipe. Just wished I had more interest in cooking! I s*ck at that. Which is kinda funny since I like good food.

Kerry

[Duck on Wheels]

I spent my sabbatical year two years ago in an unfurnished apartment in an unfamiliar town all on my own. There was a yarn and quilting shop just across the street, alongside a bakery and café. I would pick up my daily breads and coffee and then browse among all the colors and patterns and textures of the yarns and materials. I did several knitting projects that year, including learning some unusual techniques such as moebius (sp?) strip knitting. Then just before heading back home I took the one quilting course they offered where you didn't have to bring a sewing machine with you -- a course on color and design. After the course I bought a couple of books, some cutting tools, materials for a quilt, and got to work when I got back home to my machine. I gave the first one (you could call it "The G@y Olympics Cycling Flag quilt") to my sister (Trek420). Then made another (a quilted, patchwork messenger bag) for my daughter (UK Elephant), then another (in soft flannels with inset photos printed on muslin) for my grand-nephew. Now I'm about to start on a rock-climbing themed quilt for my son. In the course if 1 year, I guess it's turned into a new hobby, and with retirement looming a few years down the line that's probably a good thing. :rolleyes: If you can sew at all, quilts are surprisingly simple to make, so I've discovered, and can give impressive results in spite of numerous simplifications and even downright mistakes. Here are my very first three: nr. 1 overview, nr. 2 finished and in use, and nr. 3 front and back. [announcer's voiceover: Only the mistakes are hidden to protect the incomptent.]

[sandra]

I am on another messageboard and recently posted the same thing!

I want to do something different, learn something new, or try a new hobby. Something to keep life from becoming stagnant.

But, right now I don't know what that might be. I know it is not knitting.

[shootingstar]

I will be taking an acrylic painting course..more to rejuvenate my latent painting passion. 'Course I got into abit of multimedia...which you can see in my avatar/profile photo.

In the past I've taken several courses in Western calligraphy and illumination (decorating those borders, medieval style) and stainglass making. My interest in fine arts has been there parallel to cycling --in gets buried, then reignited ....

Before cycling, I used to sew most of my clothing...meaning seriously tailored jackets with lining, jeans with pocketc, French seams, bound buttonholes.

From seeing in all the wonderful stuff on cycling trips, shooting tons of photos...does give me inspiration to capture it on canvas.

I really don't want to just focus on cycling....after all, if I become ill/injured/sidelined from cycling, then for one's own mental health, a non-cycling passion is always a great thing long-term. :)

[bikerHen]

I'll second the vote for quilting. Once learned, it's a skill you can continue for the rest of your life. It's not fatting and you get lots of warm cozy quilts. If you don't have attachment issues, like I do with the quilts I make, they make wonderful gifts. And it's a great creative outlet. You get to play with lots of different colors and patterns and even create your own. It can be a real social hobby as well. There are all kinds of large and small quilt groups in every part of the country.

Enough said, I'll get back to work, quilting! Still can't decide if it's a good thing or bad thing that my hobby became my business! :eek: bikerHen

[sandra]

I have and can make the quilt tops, but I've never put the thing together and "quilted" it. How do you all do it? by hand or machine?

Maybe I should tackle that. I have a bag of fabric I bought years ago to make a quilt. (It's all red, white and blue. I was going to make it for son while he was serving overseas. never got it done.)

[solobiker]

About 5 years ago I taught my self how to quilt. It is a big destressor for me, except when the blocks don't line up:p I also started woodworking about 3 years ago which intails using a scroll saw and a wood lathe the DH had got me for Christmas. I have so much to learn!!:D

[bikerHen]

Solobiker - One word, square! If you square up your blocks as you assemble them, you stand a much better chance of everything matching up.:)

Sandra, I have a longarm quilting business, so I use my machines. Hand quilting is a great traditional method, but you need alot of free time and patience to be a hand quilter. Tying with DMC floss or Pearle Cotton is the quickest and easiest way to finish your quilts. You can also machine quilt smaller quilts on your home machine with a walking foot and free motion foot. bikerHen

[Zen]

. It is a big destressor for me, except when the blocks don't line up:p

The genesis of a crazy quilt!

[Mr. Bloom]

Why don't you visit Silver and let her teach you jewelry making:)

[solobiker]

Solobiker - One word, square! If you square up your blocks as you assemble them, you stand a much better chance of everything matching up.:)

Sandra, I have a longarm quilting business, so I use my machines. Hand quilting is a great traditional method, but you need alot of free time and patience to be a hand quilter. Tying with DMC floss or Pearle Cotton is the quickest and easiest way to finish your quilts. You can also machine quilt smaller quilts on your home machine with a walking foot and free motion foot. bikerHen

Thanks!! I actually do square them up, DH thinks I am to critical with it and often does not see the "errors" That is totally awesome that you have your own longarm business. I would be nervous that I would not quilt it exactly how the owner would want it.

[bmccasland]

I love to embroider (silk thread), but I haven't done anything for a long time because I can't find decent patterns. Everything is either dorky or cutesy or juvenile. I want something more artistic--but I haven't been inspired to come up with my own. Any ideas on sourcing more complex, interesting, artsy patterns? Thanks!

Jen - my tastes go to more natural or realistic looking. I generally don't like abstract art. SO I look to nature for inspiration, and old paintings. I've just gotten started in gold work, the kit I ordered was from Berlin Embroidery in Canada http://www.berlinembroidery.com/
She has some beautiful kits. If nothing else, I drool over her work.

There are also embroidery books out of Japan and China - their old school embroidery techniques seem a bit different than european techniques. What truely amazes me is the silk screen embroidery - same on both sides (can't remember off hand if this is out of Japan or China).

Some countries - England, Australia, and Japan - come to mind, actually have a sanctioned and judged embroidery master program. You might find inspiration chasing that angle.

What I need is TIME!!! Some many projects, so little time. That working 40 hrs per week to fund the hobbies really cuts into my hobby time! And bike riding time. :D

[Chile Pepper]

Thanks, Beth. That gives me a few ideas to start. This could be fun!

[SouthernBelle]

Also if you quilt, you can sew. In theory I do both. In fact my vocation gets in the way of my avocations.

I may take a year or two to hand quilt a quilt, but it is pleasant and relaxing, though it leaves your fingers sore.

[bacarver]

Silver -

If it wasn't for my full-time job, I'd head your way so you could teach me how to make pretty jewelry. I love my necklace with the silver beads, black leather cord, and the little cyclist ornament. It is so right and looks COOL!!

I live in the forest in the middle of no where. I envy those of you who live near craft shops and art communities.

I make mini-quilts too. I have collection that I am very proud of. I stencil (anything but the dogs 'cause they won't stand still long enough) and have decorated walls, clothing, furniture, etc.

Crafts and creating make me feel good about myself.

Express yourself!

Barb

[Possegal]

i'm a scrapbooker. not sure i'd recommend it to folks if only because for me it has required a lot of 'stuff'. i buy a lot of 'stuff'. my niece says my spare bedroom looks like 'michael's craft store exploded in there'. now i'm sure lots of scrappers aren't addicted to the purchasing, but at least i can say that once i called my hobby buying scrapbook supplies, but at least now i'm actually using them. :)

[Bron]

I started quilting a couple of years ago after an operation and am still happily adding to (and occasionally making things with) my fabric stash. It's not as common over here as in the US or UK.

Any childhood hobbies that you could resurect? I've also restarted flute lessons and am determined to pass the exam that I failed when I was 17.

[TsPoet]

Dog agility! I've always wanted to do it and I finally have a dog that is good for it. Finagle, my new dog, is a natural. Now if I can just learn to do my part right and not screw up, I'll have a pretty good agility dog.
It's great exercise (for both of us) and she loves it.

[shootingstar]

I do view a synergy between cycling and some other hobbies, like my painting that I dabble. Each hobby does inspire and complement the other.

It does require careful planning and packing with art supplies and canvasses strapped to down to bike. I even have a little tabletop easel that folds into a suitcase that I could bungie cord down on the bike rack.


http://jean.thecyclistwebhouse.com/Vancouver_Island/image001.htm
Yes, most of these paintings are based on what I've seen on bike trips and locally.

Cycling in different parts of the country, during various times of day/year, and its hugeness (scarcely escapable to a cyclist!) has given and inspired me with ongoing new perspectives on colour, shape and light.

I did try some sewing machine quilting before cycling...have to say...there's ton of ironing involved for each stage of the sewing a patch to the growing quilt.

[mudmucker]

Well, this isn't really a hobby. It's just having time to do something that I've been wanting to do.

I'm making a headboard today. It will go along the lines of this (http://www.hgtv.com/home-improvement/build-an-easy-to-make-slatted-headboard/index.html). I'm going to make it less high and adjust dimensions to fit the bed and bedroom. I have stain but it won't be as dark in order to match the current platform bed. I do watercolors so I'll put a couple of those on the wall above it, eventually. I'm going to put new lighting in too.

I'm on vacation and decided to hang here, visit with old friends again, and not go on a destination vacation. It still always feels like I'm on vacation when I am in this house anyway. I decided to putter and leisurely finish up house projects while I have the time off, and I will certainly ride the bike lots. I'm spending money so it's an expensive summer. I bought 2 TE jerseys, some bike stuff, generator, had a big car repair, bought my dad a new bike and I plan on doing over one of my bathrooms after. It's wonderfully sunny and I brought my table saw outside. I'm pretty comfortable with power tools but I don't particularly like them. Especially saws. I had to use the chainsaw a little to clean up the immense ice storm damage from this winter. It took 2 months this spring to clean up by myself (everyone else had to clean their property). I also had to burn for 6 consecutive weekends. I'm conflicted about burning and I don't like to do it but there was no way to remove all of that mess. I still have another year's worth of cleanup.

So to add to the expensive summer, I'd love a table top miter saw but I don't think that will happen. I'm cutting my 45's with a regular table top. I think I might splurge for a nailgun. Those are useful.

[msincredible]

Dog agility! I've always wanted to do it and I finally have a dog that is good for it. Finagle, my new dog, is a natural. Now if I can just learn to do my part right and not screw up, I'll have a pretty good agility dog.
It's great exercise (for both of us) and she loves it.

I used to do it with my whippets, but they are retired now.
When you get everything right it feels like you are dancing with your dog. :)

http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/normal_w-Grover-jump-2002.jpg http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/normal_w-Grover-weave-2002-A.jpg

http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/normal_w-Watson-tunnel-2002.jpg http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/normal_w-Watson-double-jump-2002.jpg

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[Ana]

I started aikido about 9 months ago.

I've also tried to increase my cycling :)

I also very much like to garden and cook and bake new things. Some of my other hobbies are making jewelry, kayaking at the local park, knitting (although I'd like to know how to crochet), weight lifting and hunting for great deals on cycling parts and gear :)

I've always wanted to learn how to make my own clothes.

Happy hobbying!

[uforgot]

Oh, I like that headboard. Post pics when you get it finished! I agree about the "finish up projects" vacation. I'm doing the same thing this summer, except today Fastdogs and I are riding in Fenton. It's kind of nice not to have to be anywhere, just pick up and go when you want. I have put a new floor in my bathroom, refinished window sills, shampooed carpets, put up a new ceiling fant, planted some stuff and the list goes on and on.

[mudmucker]

Oh, I like that headboard. Post pics when you get it finished! I agree about the "finish up projects" vacation. I'm doing the same thing this summer, except today Fastdogs and I are riding in Fenton. It's kind of nice not to have to be anywhere, just pick up and go when you want. I have put a new floor in my bathroom, refinished window sills, shampooed carpets, put up a new ceiling fant, planted some stuff and the list goes on and on.

After I do the headboard, I am going to make a floating side table similar to this (http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/stylish-and-unique-headboard-ideas/pictures/index.html), although I don't think I want it to go all the way to the ceiling. I'll make final decisions when I see what the headboard looks like.

Yes it is nice not to have to be anywhere. There's something relaxing about meandering aimlessly through the day without any schedule and just moving through from one activity to the other.

[uforgot]

Yeah, but sometimes while meandering during an activity, I'll walk in another room and say "Hey, I should do that" and then I have 50 projects in the works at once.

[malkin]

I'm taking up photography, so that in any spare time when I am not coveting a new bike, I can covet photo equipment.

[malkin]

Yeah, but sometimes while meandering during an activity, I'll walk in another room and say "Hey, I should do that" and then I have 50 projects in the works at once.


You mean there are people who don't do that?

[deedolce]

I think I've gotten into almost every hobby that exists! Almost...:p I think my life is nothing by trying one hobby after another and spending money on it! :D

My last big hobby splurge was lapidary and wire wrapping like this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/dct45/InDecember121808b.jpg

or this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/dct45/HIdden022409a.jpg

But I got restless again! The latest is glass forming with molten Borosilicate glass (think Pyrex) on a very hot torch! Here's my marble from my first class a few days ago:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/dct45/firstmarble070609.jpg

OMG, and now I'm thinking of starting to buy $$$$ equipment and set up my own studio!! Part of me thinks I'm absolutely NUTS, but the other part says, 'Heck, I'm 50 already! Might as well spend and enjoy life while I can!!"

:rolleyes:

[crazycanuck]

Dee..way cool :cool: & very very nice!

[northstar]

Ok, so the pie discussion is pretty much past, but I took it up a couple years ago and, ta-da...won the blue ribbon at the MN State Fair for apple pie last year.

Baking pie is good because it takes attention to detail, so it's easy to get absorbed in it, and it's a dying art most people appreciate. :)

Sewing rocks, too. I do some quilting with my mom and we have a blast.

I'd like to learn how to do stained glass someday.

[malkin]

Sewing rocks, too.

I read this wrong at first and wondered how you could do it without breaking needles. ;)

[HappyTexasMom]

I read this wrong at first and wondered how you could do it without breaking needles. ;)

LOL I read it the same way at first, too! :D

[shootingstar]

I'd like to learn how to do stained glass someday.

I did take a course that ran several months --a long time ago. It was not about making little wee stained glass suncatchers with small copperfoil-- that's cheating abit and taking short-cuts. It's like doing hand calligraphy with a fountain pen but not learning the real art style of hand calligraphy by painting your steel stip with ink and using human hand for controlling pressure and ink release onto paper.

We learned the classic real way of stained glass making. I did do a major heavy piece-- mine was 3 ft. x 2 ft. at least with heavy real lead channels, soldering and grout to hold stained glass pattern together. It was real lead, because we were required to wear face mask due to lead dust, when we were applying grout in between the lead channels and coloured glass. I loved dealing with different colours, patterns, and cuts of glass.

Unfortunately, I thought my piece was a bit warped in some places because of my beginner's touch in bending and the clamping in the pieces together. I never hung it 'cause so heavy that it would require customized supports...I actually discarded it before I moved to Vancouver. Yup.

But still have photos of the piece, named "Spring Thaw", a lily pad flower in a blue cave pool grotto like setting of water. (Yea, well I was into purple prose at the time. :p)

That was the good thing about the class..access to so much range of coloured glass..that otherwise would be very expensive to buy individually. Cutting out curved pieces of glass..requires practice, means accidental breakage and glass waste.

Yes, I now can go into churches and truly appreciate stained glass art. My admiration is great for those masters now. It's very noticeable how churches tend to be locked up these days due to vandalism. Can't see the gorgeous stuff up close at times whenever we go on bike trips :(

[mudmucker]

Oh, I like that headboard. Post pics when you get it finished! I agree about the "finish up projects" vacation. I'm doing the same thing this summer, except today Fastdogs and I are riding in Fenton. It's kind of nice not to have to be anywhere, just pick up and go when you want. I have put a new floor in my bathroom, refinished window sills, shampooed carpets, put up a new ceiling fant, planted some stuff and the list goes on and on.

Late this afternoon I finally finished the headboard I was making. Installing it and leveling it myself was interesting, but I had some good tricks. Well, I guess it looks better than a plain wall. I think I like the look better than a solid headboard for the space it's in. I hesitate to post so soon because I'm not done with the room. It's a little spartan in that part of the room. I intend to add some floating shelves for a more contemporary look, and take away the small table. The shelves will be totally made up as I go so it'll certainly be custom. I'm thinking 2 small glass shelves over a solid wood shelf. I'd like a drawer so I think I'll make my own custom drawer, a simple one as I'm no woodworker, using one of those drawer roller kits. I'll change the lighting but I don't know what it'll be - I'm not there yet.

I used cheap pine. The key is to use a good pre-stain so any blotching of the stain on a wood like pine is reduced. I used one coat of a polyurethane varnish to bring out the luster of the wood but not have it too shiny.

I took the idea from the DIY network here (http://www.hgtv.com/home-improvement/build-an-easy-to-make-slatted-headboard/index.html). I didn't like how high it was in the example, so I just adjusted the dimensions to the size of the bed and room. Although, it looks "larger" in the room than what is represented in the photo it seems. I didn't want to stain it dark. As you can see in the photos I have natural woodwork for the window casings and baseboards with wood flooring so I tried to match that. And tried to match the platform bed as well, which it does and you can't see. The 2 vertical slats are wider in the example it seems: Their studs look to be 24" on center were but mine are 16" on center so I obviously made it so I could attach the headboard via the 2 vertical slats into the studs.

I had a bunch of harsh lighting in this first photo, which washes out the wall color. It is a north facing room, so the paint color isn't dark.
http://inlinethumb44.webshots.com/4267/2844948390102221940S425x425Q85.jpg (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2844948390102221940SNBjJB)

I generally have low level lighting in this room, unless I drop an earring.
http://inlinethumb53.webshots.com/45812/2826453030102221940S425x425Q85.jpg (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2826453030102221940iaLSPX)

The overhead light fixture makes the wood a little lighter and bounces reflection. The overhead light fixture is going.

http://inlinethumb27.webshots.com/5850/2729078200102221940S425x425Q85.jpg (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2729078200102221940dmEagn)

I still have my Pottery Barn duvet cover with the down comforter on the bed. It's been so cool here this summer. My usual summer spread is a light blue and white quilt.

http://inlinethumb53.webshots.com/42996/2448861910102221940S425x425Q85.jpg (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2448861910102221940SFbCuG)

The DIY network instructions said to cut 2 inch returns and put them on the end of the slats (all the ends have 45's) but I changed it to 1 1/2" returns because I didn't want them to be flush with the wall and make a bunch of marks.

http://inlinethumb56.webshots.com/43767/2732607740102221940S425x425Q85.jpg (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2732607740102221940TpoVjm)

I'll post again when I put the shelves and lighting in.

[salsabike]

That headboard is quite nice---simple and elegant.