So my buddies at work were making fun of me for the last few weeks when I asked the delivery man of our new office furniture if I could possible keep the shipping pallets. They sat in my office for a good month before I finally had some time last weekend to do something about it. Big thanks to Calvin, one of our Project Comeback participants at ACE, for bringing them to my apartment! A good sanding, some cleaning with mineral oil, and then three coats of spray-on matte varnish got my new headboard looking pretty good!
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Goes to show you that you really can make something out of nothing! This whole project cost me less than $10, and only took about three hours. Don’t you just looooove DIY?
Ashley Harrell 
Nice to see new updates Ash – I LOVE your new headboard. Wow, you just made me wish I was better at DIY/craft projects. It looks gorgeous. Well done!
That is a great project Ashley. I can't wait for Opa to see what you did, making a swan out of a ugly duckling. Oma
Love the headboard.. great blog