DIY Headboard

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I’m so excited to share my DIY headboard project. I have been working on updating my daughter’s bedroom and she has been dreaming of a Bohemian linen tufted headboard. Before we begin I wanted to share her bedroom makeover mood board. She wanted it to be romantic, whimsical and fun.

I have made many custom headboards over the years as well as taught classes on DIY upholstering them with fabric, welt cording aka piping, nailheads, and button tufting. Please join me as I transform this bedroom and receive all the updates straight to your inbox HERE!  

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How to Make a Headboard

It is easy and quick to learn how to make a headboard, so let’s get started. You might also like my DIY Wingback Headboard.

After she sketched out her ideas for a Boho headboard I made a craft paper template.

Tip: I have kept a few headboard shape templates from past projects so I can use them as headboard ideas to make new ones.

To find the best placement of the headboard I placed her sleeping pillow and bed rest pillow against the paper template to be sure they would not totally cover the headboard. I can easily move the paper template up and down to find the perfect spot. Then I measure the from the floor to the top of the box spring to determine the length for the headboard legs. The legs measured 17″ and the headboard without the legs measured 35″ high by 38″ wide.

Building a Headboard

After deciding on your headboard design you will need to gather your supplies. Printout the instructions and you are set.

Supplies:

• 1/2 in. Plywood
• Craft Paper (wide)
• 2 each of 2 in. by 6 in. by 8 ft. pine boards
• 2 yards of Linen Fabric
• Foam
• Dacron
• Tack strip
• Cording
• Staples
• Thread
• Buttons
• Button Tufting Cord
• Spray Adhesive 
• 1″ Screws 
• Wood Glue
• Lining Fabric 
• Gimp

Tools:

• Circular Saw
• Jig Saw
• Cordless Drill
• Staple Gun
• Tufting Needle
• Upholstery scissors
• Electric Knife
• Sewing Machine
• Hammer
• Hot Glue Gun
• Printout Instructions 

Headboard Construction

When I was almost finished creating this headboard my daughter decided she wanted me to add buttons, hence, I went back to the drawing board to add the holes and cover the buttons to use in tufting the headboard.

The cute live edge tables to the right of the headboard were made from a fallen tree to see how we made them check out this post.

Since this DIY fabric headboard was for a twin-sized bed it is essentially a kid’s headboard. Thus, you can use it as a reference for designing your kid’s headboard too. You can see my son’s bedboard HERE for more headboard ideas.

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I just finished creating my new DIY wingback headboard.

 

Thank you for stopping by today I hope you found some inspiration and are ready to create your own unique headboard masterpiece.

See you soon,

Kippi

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