DIY Headboard

Awhile ago I saw a picture on Pinterest of a headboard that you could buy on Etsy. My immediate thoughts were, why buy it when you could make it so simply. Sure it would take time and work but if you're anything like me you don't mind it one little bit! 

I started by doing some measurement of my bed and figuring out how tall and long it would need to be. Then I sent Sam on an errand to Lowes to figure what sizes of boards we needed and how much they costed. After I figured that out I drew the dimensions on a paper of exactly what I wanted it to look like, how much wood I needed, and what I would need them cut at.

I spent two days cutting, sanding, staining, and finishing the wood. I didn't sand the wood perfectly because I wanted a rough look. I chose two different stains and just changed up how I applied them so I could get different looks on each piece of wood.
 

After all of the wood had set the required time placed them exactly how I wanted them and hammered them in place. For the life of me I COULD NOT find our hammer so I used our broken ice cream scoop. You can't get much more redneck than that!

 

All I had to do then was set it up in my bedroom and take pictures! I'm quite happy with the way it turned out and I've had a lot of fun doing it.

                                                        

100% Whole Wheat Pizza Crust

100% Whole Wheat Pizza Crust

INGREDIENTS

2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour, plus more for dusting

2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast

3/4 tsp salt

1 cup warm water

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1 tbsp sugar

DIRECTIONS

1. In a small bowl, combine yeast, water and 1 tsp sugar. Let sit for five minutes.

2. In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine 2 cups flour, salt and remaining sugar. Make a well in the center and add yeast mixture and olive oil.

3. Stir using the paddle attachment or a spoon until the dough just comes together, then knead, either by hand or in a stand mixer fixed with the dough hook, for about 5 minutes (3-4 minutes if using stand mixer). Add remaining flour in 1 tbsp increments just until dough pulls away from sides of the bowl or is no longer sticky.

4. Shape dough into a ball, place in a lightly greased bowl and cover with lightly greased plastic wrap to rise until doubled, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.

5. Punch down risen dough, shape into a ball and place on a lightly floured pizza stone.
Roll out into a circle of desired crust thickness and let rest about 10 minutes (at this time you can put on your desired toppings).

6. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Place pizza in oven and bake about 10-15 minutes, or until crust is golden brown and toppings are baked. Let pizza rest for about 10 minutes before slicing.

Schooling Update

Have to take a second and brag! I recently took my state boards for cos school and passed them all! I'm extremely happy to finally have that stress over with. Now all I have to do is finish 200 hours and i will be done and starting new adventures!