New Cornice Boards for the Bedroom!

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We have been so busy lately! Between work, mini vacations, and upcoming wedding festivities - we have barely had time to do anything on the house. I have been giving the hubs a hard time about getting some projects done... finally last night we started working on the window treatments for the bedroom... cornice boards.

We did a cornice board for the bathroom last year and I loved the way it turned out.


Ever since we finished this one, I have been itching to do more. I have been needing two for our bedroom. A few people have asked me how to do them. They are super easy.

So here we go!


The windows looked SO naked.


First I went and picked out my fabric at Forsyth Fabrics. If you live in Atlanta, or anywhere near Georgia - you NEED to go here. It was like fabric heaven (thanks Colleen for introducing me). They had so many great choices, it was really hard to pick one. But, ultimately I decided on this gorgeous fabric.

It goes so well with my quilted bedding!

Okay so here is what you need:


1. Fabric - for two small windows, I only needed 1.5 yards
2. Batting
3. Wood for boards (front and two sides - and a piece to use as a cleat on the back)
4. Glue Gun
5. Staple Gun and Staples
6. Scissors
7. Trim (if you want) - For these two small windows, I used six yards
8. Measuring tape :)
9. Screws (Smaller than the thickness of your boards)
10. Nails
11. Hammer
12. L Brackets or Simpson Strong Ties (like these) - 4 per window


Okay, so measure your windows. You need to figure out how long you want your board to be, how tall you want it to be, and how far OUT you want it to stick out.

NOTE: You will need to cut THREE board pieces: two side pieces (determined by how tall and how far out you want the cornice board to be) and then the front (determined by how long and tall you want the cornice board to be). I covered each piece individually and then later attached them together with brackets.

You will first need to cover each board with batting. Be sure to stretch the batting tightly and have no lumps. Wrap the corners like a present. Keep this as clean and "lump-free" as possible.


Now that you have the piece covered in batting, its time to cover it in fabric! Just as you make the batting look neat, do the same (but even more carefully) with the fabric.






Remember that cleat I told you about? Here is a pic to show you what it looks like. Its attached to the BACK of the main piece. We nailed it into place, shooting the nail from the front through to the wood cleat (to make sure there is no nail sticking out of the fabric in the finished product).

The cleat is about an inch lower than the top of the "front board," giving you room to wrap and attach the fabric.


Wrap the two boards the exact same way you did the first one.

Now, its time to attach the boards together. You are going to use ONE Simpson Strong Ties to attach the side of the board to the front. Make sure to mark where you want the screws to go.


Then screw the two together using the Simpson Strong Tie. You MAY have to cut some of the fabric away if it is in the way of your Strong Tie.

Do the exact same thing to the other side Once the two side pieces are attached to the front, you can add trim if you wish :) I simply used a glue gun to attach trim to the bottom and top.


To hang your cornice board, you will use 2 more Simpson Strong Ties and screw them directly into the wall. You will screw the other sides of the Simpson Strong Ties into the cleat you have on the back of your "front board."

*Side note: The hubs is not wearing a shirt at this point. OSHA would not approve, and I didn't think you would either (or maybe you would?) so I have cropped out his buffness.

Now, you can stand back and admire your work!!!




Okay, so you know how I told you that you can custom order them online for $185/piece ++ ? Well, this one only cost us:

$15 in Fabric
$10 for batting and trim
$10 for hardware
Wood - FREE (scrap wood from previous projects)

Grand total for TWO windows = $35.00

And we didn't have to wait weeks, we did these in two hours. Gotta love some DIY!

As always, I welcome questions and comments. Please let me know if you are working on something you would like to share! Talk soon, friends!


xoxo,