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stripy waslls in beige and cream and mirrors and frames on the wall
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antique vintage items
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pastel blue and red accents
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grey wall colour and beige bed head
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light grey blue walls, cream and beige accents in furniture
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cream wall paper, worn vintage bedside table and silver nightstand
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black and silver frames on wall with dark grey wall
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lamps like ikea's with vintage look of bedroom
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small chanelier (like ikea) acts as bedside lights with a mirror behind each one and big white bed side tables.
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mirror behind the lamps
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feature wall paper nursery
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light grey walls and dark furniture white trim
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Dream nursery white cot, white mirror, chandelier, mirrored drawers and nappy change table, white curtain white sheepskin rug
1.) I came up with a rough calculation of how many shims I would need based on the area I was trying to cover, and the length and width of the shims, which totalled a little over 500 shims, which I had to multiply by 3 because I did 3 layers of shims to get the depth of the design I wanted. (Total= over 1500 shims)
2.) I went to home depot and bought the all the shims I needed (they thought I was a nut job, I'm pretty sure) which come in pre-packaged bundles. There are two different length wood shims 6-8in and 12-16in lengths depending on the manufacturer. I got all short length shims (8in I think.)
3.) I nailed up some inexpensive, light-weight particle board to the studs in the wall as a backer board (because I didn't want that many holes in my drywall), and built a frame around the edges of the particle board with some 2 inch wood trim.
4.) I nailed (using brads and a staple gun) the first two layers (one on top of the other) of wood shims to the backer board in the pattern I wanted. I staggered my shims and put them in opposite directions for each row, but laying them even or even facing opposite directions in rows gives a very different look, so it helps to lay them out on the floor first to see which pattern you like best. I cut the last shims in each row to fit within the frame (I used a jigsaw but a table saw would have been much easier).
5.) For the third and last layer I used wood glue and glued the shim on top of the nailed layer so that no nails/brads would be showing and voila!
One other tip-in each bundle of shims you will get some that are cracked, have knot holes or are just plain ugly, so I seperated those out and used those on bottom two layers, and saved the ones with the pretty wood grain/color patterns for the final layer since that's all you really see.
Hope this helps and if any of it is confusing/unclear let me know and I'll try to clarify. Are you wanting to do a headboard too? I would love to do a whole wall in a different pattern with the longer shims. I'd love to see pictures of what you create! Good luck!
Sonja