Pink Gold and Frenchy-Ooh-La-La

I have a client who wanted a Frenchy pink bed for her daughter and she asked me to find one and custom paint it for a bedroom re-do.  I found a double French Provincial Headboard and she was excited.  
Before:

She wanted it to have pink and white and be Frenchy and she said I could do it however I envisioned it.  The picture I had in my head was an aged pink and white striped headboard with gold and a monogram. 
    I mixed up a light pink home-made chalk paint and started to paint.  After the paint had dried I got out painters tape and marked off my stripes.  I painted the stripes in white.  

I painted the top edge in gold Rub n Buff.  I also distressed the edges and front of the headboard.  I painted a white oval in the middle and painted on a French script E. Next I painted around the oval with gold Rub n Buff for an added extra detail.  After distressing I didn't like how pink the pink was so I made a wash out of watered down white paint.  I painted the wash on the pink and wiped it off and it gave a great weathered and aged look to the solid pink.  I kept feathering in the wash until I got the right pink look.  I then aged the headboard with hemp oil and dark wax.  

Gold detail

I like that it looks old and beat up

You can see the white wash here

My Client loves it and so do I!

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