Mosaic Footboard Atop a Faux Fireplace

Wouldn't you have loved to have seen the whole bed

if the footboard is this grand?

Unfortunately, the only piece I found was the footboard

and it was missing it's center piece as well.

Still, I fell in love with it and drug it home....it weighs a ton.

I cut the center medallion out of 1/4" plywood after tracing a pattern I thought would work.

After a few adjustments, it was ready to mosaic with antique broken china.

I attached the finished piece with mending plates on the back of the bed itself.

My vision for the piece, after attaching a wooden shelf to the bottom

mattress bracket, is a mantle of sorts.

Can't you just see this over a plain brick fireplace with

two white columns down from the shelf to the hearth....

It would give it definite presence.

OR

Even above a bed as a shelf,

OR

Whatever you wanted.

I chose to pair it with a faux fireplace that my husband and I

converted from an old chest of drawers.

We simply removed the drawers, built a "firebox" for the faux logs

and I painted it out adding roses and gold leaf.

I keep a flickering electric light behind the logs which simulates fire.

It all displays beautifully together.

It took several tries before I was able to actually retrofit the center piece,

but I eventually got it.

The roses and pink and white stripes add fun to the piece

which matches the whimsey of the mosaic topper.

And

On a completely unrelated topic,

I just had to share my view from the back door of my Shoppe.

I have waited four years for the wisteria to finally cover the gazebo

and it was so worth it.

Absolute decadence.

Thank you for stopping by today,

You know I love it when you come.

I am also joining Beverly's Pink Saturday

and also the final day of

Whisperwood Cottages

scouting for talent for an upcoming issue of

Cottages and Bungalows.

Check it out....you might want to enter!