Confession… This has been sitting in my “projects to blog” folder for awhile. We’d been living without a headboard since we got married and now that we have one it feels like we’ve always had one.. So I kept forgetting to tell you about it!
We have a headboard now though!
Mike built it for me! It is one of the many things I love about having a handy husband. I told him what I wanted and 2 ish days later he had it ready for me!
I used 3 inch foam squares to create the padding. Luckily we already had some on hand from a project that didn’t happen when we lived in Sterling. I used scissors and a serrated knife to cut the foam and adhesive spray worked great on attaching the foam to the plywood.
After all the foam was on and fit perfectly I moved the headboard inside to add batting and my fabric!
This was long enough ago that we still had brown cabinets… Ooh I’m so happy that we’ve changed those now.
I used a simple staple gun to attach the batting and fabric – and I’m thankful for our big dining room table that I used as my work surface. The carpet would have been very frustrating to get the fabric pulled tight.
Next up was nailhead! I bought mine at Hobby Lobby. It was the only place that I could find big nails for a decent price. I bought them when they were on sale too – bonus!
Pliers, a rubber mallet, and something to keep the lines straight was all I needed – well that and reinforcements from my patient husband on the curved parts. He used a really hard wood on the curves and I did not have the patience to nail the nails in slowly. Every time I tried the nails would bend and be useless. So thankful for him.
Our bedroom is really making major progress from where we started. I really love it – and I love the colors. Now, for paint on the walls and some decorations… Maybe next year.
Happy Thursday! Are you working on a project today? I attempted some decluttering… I only made it a little ways before I got distracted and gave up. Whoops!
Love it Kelsey! We just sold my giant headboard and foot board that literally added 3 1/2 feet in length to our bed. And in first homes, we know the rooms just aren’t that big. I’ve been telling Richard for sometime that I eventually want to make a headboard just like the one you made. What kind of fabric did you end using?
Thank you, Milissa!! That sounds like a massive headboard/footboard – and it would definitely not fit in our bedroom haha. I just used decorative fabric from Joann’s. I almost bought outdoor fabric though because of the durability. And seriously, after the base of this was made it was so easy to finish up.
it looks SOOOOO good. You guys should start a custom headboard biz.