This headboard is part of the guest bedroom project, but I should let you know that I'm going a little out of order by doing this first. There's no specific order you have to follow with your project but I generally like to wait to paint furniture until I at least have paint on the walls just so I can be sure that the color I'm about to paint it works with the entire room. But alas, it's December in Indiana and it's pretty cold but every once in a while we'll get a 55 degree day so I have to take advantage of the sun and temp when I can.
Here I have a full size brass headboard that I bought on Craigslist for $15- you can end up paying over $150 if you buy one at the furniture store, and around $80-$100 at the consignment shops so Craigslist was the way to go with this one. This is an example of having a good idea of what you want but looking for something close to that idea that you can easily change to fit your room.
While there's no specific order you must follow with your project, there are a few steps you need to follow when you spray paint.