Howdy! Im currently working on redesigning our oldest sons room and have several projects in the works. The biggest one is this upholstered headboard that I just finished up today. His bed is a full size but it doesnt have a headboard so I spent several days drawing up what I had in my head and then got to work on it today. Its not ready to go in his room yet but I wanted to share it with you anyway, as well as, the instructions for how I put it together in case anyone would like to make one.
It wasnt hard, just time consuming. I started by buying a piece of 3/4 inch thick subfloor/plywood at Lowes. I was feeling lazy so I asked them to cut it to size for me, which they did at no extra charge. The size of the plywood part is 53 inches x 3 feet tall. With the legs on the bottom, the total height is 4 feet. I bought 3 - 1 x 3s to attach to the back of the plywood as shown in the photo below.
Next, I laid high loft quilt batting on the floor that I bought at the craft store and placed the headboard on top. I bought the largest size and then folded it over 3 times, so it would be pretty thick.
Without pulling too tightly, I pulled the batting around and began to staple it to the back of the headboard. You dont want to pull it too tightly or it might come apart.
I continued this all the way around the frame. Corners are a little bulky and tricky, but heres a closeup of mine. Not perfect, but doesnt need to be.
To get rid of the excess batting at the legs of the headboard....
I simply cut about an inch off the batting, tucked it under and stapled it behind the headboard.
When the batting is all attached, it will look like this.
Next up, is the fabric. Because I was keeping cost down, I used canvas painters drop cloth that I already had. I basically repeated what I just did with the batting.
Take extra care when working on the corners so you dont have a wrinkly mess since the corners will show. I found that folding it over like you would wrap a Christmas present worked well. And I also worked on the corners last. I then cut off all the extra batting and fabric.
And heres the front...
I really wanted nailhead trim, however, I couldnt find that where I live so I used bronze upholstery tacks that I picked up at Lowes. Very time consuming but I definitely got the look I wanted. I was actually happy I couldnt find the trim because I really preferred the nail heads being spaced a bit instead of touching.
To perfectly line them up, I measured inside the corner 4 inches on both sides and marked with a pen, then gently tapped in one tack, but I did not hammer it in all the way in. I looped a piece of twine around the tack, then did the same thing on the other end and tied the other end of the twine to that tack. This created a perfectly straight guideline for me to line up the tacks. When youre finished, remove the twine and hammer in the end tacks the rest of the way.
It took all afternoon, but I am soooo happy with it! I cant wait to put it in his room.
Ive got a couple more projects to do for the space and then I will put the whole room together and blog about it next week. I cant wait to get this finished up for him!
Have a great weekend!
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It wasnt hard, just time consuming. I started by buying a piece of 3/4 inch thick subfloor/plywood at Lowes. I was feeling lazy so I asked them to cut it to size for me, which they did at no extra charge. The size of the plywood part is 53 inches x 3 feet tall. With the legs on the bottom, the total height is 4 feet. I bought 3 - 1 x 3s to attach to the back of the plywood as shown in the photo below.Next, I laid high loft quilt batting on the floor that I bought at the craft store and placed the headboard on top. I bought the largest size and then folded it over 3 times, so it would be pretty thick.Without pulling too tightly, I pulled the batting around and began to staple it to the back of the headboard. You dont want to pull it too tightly or it might come apart.I continued this all the way around the frame. Corners are a little bulky and tricky, but heres a closeup of mine. Not perfect, but doesnt need to be.To get rid of the excess batting at the legs of the headboard....I simply cut about an inch off the batting, tucked it under and stapled it behind the headboard.When the batting is all attached, it will look like this.Next up, is the fabric. Because I was keeping cost down, I used canvas painters drop cloth that I already had. I basically repeated what I just did with the batting.Take extra care when working on the corners so you dont have a wrinkly mess since the corners will show. I found that folding it over like you would wrap a Christmas present worked well. And I also worked on the corners last. I then cut off all the extra batting and fabric.And heres the front...I really wanted nailhead trim, however, I couldnt find that where I live so I used bronze upholstery tacks that I picked up at Lowes. Very time consuming but I definitely got the look I wanted. I was actually happy I couldnt find the trim because I really preferred the nail heads being spaced a bit instead of touching. To perfectly line them up, I measured inside the corner 4 inches on both sides and marked with a pen, then gently tapped in one tack, but I did not hammer it in all the way in. I looped a piece of twine around the tack, then did the same thing on the other end and tied the other end of the twine to that tack. This created a perfectly straight guideline for me to line up the tacks. When youre finished, remove the twine and hammer in the end tacks the rest of the way.
It took all afternoon, but I am soooo happy with it! I cant wait to put it in his room. Ive got a couple more projects to do for the space and then I will put the whole room together and blog about it next week. I cant wait to get this finished up for him!Have a great weekend!
New Headboard
Hello! It seems like its been so long since Ive blogged but however long its been, Im so glad to be back. If you follow us on Facebook, you know that my hubby had a health emergency come up. He was diagnosed with a heart problem and ended up in the hospital having a few tests run and thankfully, the tests came out good. I want to say thank you to each and everyone of you who prayed for him and our family. It truly meant the world to us. He is on the mend and we are slowly getting back to a normal routine again.
Quite honestly, the whole thing shook us both up so much that I havent even wanted to blog or work on any project. I wanted to spend all my time with him and our kids. I even considered stopping blogging altogether. But my creativity seems to be coming back and Im looking forward to getting back to the projects I was working on.
I was in the middle of redoing our middle sons room. His room is tiny and so making it work has been a huge issue. Plus, he is tall and must have a double bed instead of a twin so the first thing on the list after getting the bed was a headboard. Of course, it had to be cheap so I knew I was going to make it myself. I didnt want to do the same thing I did for our other sons room and had always wanted to make a headboard from an old door, we just couldnt find the right door, until a few months ago. So, I got to work.
Ive been so absent minded lately so unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the door before I cut it down and added the molding. But here it is before I painted it. I wanted to use a door that had the same size panels all the way down. I measured the width of his bed and added a couple of inches just to be safe, then measured and cut the door to size. Then I removed all hardware and filled the holes with spackle.
I added crown molding and a top piece to finish it off. Im not about to try to do a tutorial on making miter cuts and return pieces for molding.
Mine are never perfect and I always end up with a big pile of mess ups as it is always a trial and error kind of thing for me. Im sure there are lots of tutorials out there that are a lot better than anything I could show you. Faster, too.
After all that, I filled the holes and painted the entire piece.
Heres how it looks now before I put it in the room. I still need to add a brace to the bottom so I can attach it to the wall. I will blog about that when its finished and show you how it looks in the room. I cant wait to put it all together with the bedding I bought for him from West Elm. Love their bedding! So thats it for now!
Thank you for visiting today! Enjoy your day!
Diana
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Quite honestly, the whole thing shook us both up so much that I havent even wanted to blog or work on any project. I wanted to spend all my time with him and our kids. I even considered stopping blogging altogether. But my creativity seems to be coming back and Im looking forward to getting back to the projects I was working on.I was in the middle of redoing our middle sons room. His room is tiny and so making it work has been a huge issue. Plus, he is tall and must have a double bed instead of a twin so the first thing on the list after getting the bed was a headboard. Of course, it had to be cheap so I knew I was going to make it myself. I didnt want to do the same thing I did for our other sons room and had always wanted to make a headboard from an old door, we just couldnt find the right door, until a few months ago. So, I got to work.
Ive been so absent minded lately so unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the door before I cut it down and added the molding. But here it is before I painted it. I wanted to use a door that had the same size panels all the way down. I measured the width of his bed and added a couple of inches just to be safe, then measured and cut the door to size. Then I removed all hardware and filled the holes with spackle.I added crown molding and a top piece to finish it off. Im not about to try to do a tutorial on making miter cuts and return pieces for molding.Mine are never perfect and I always end up with a big pile of mess ups as it is always a trial and error kind of thing for me. Im sure there are lots of tutorials out there that are a lot better than anything I could show you. Faster, too.After all that, I filled the holes and painted the entire piece.
Heres how it looks now before I put it in the room. I still need to add a brace to the bottom so I can attach it to the wall. I will blog about that when its finished and show you how it looks in the room. I cant wait to put it all together with the bedding I bought for him from West Elm. Love their bedding! So thats it for now!Thank you for visiting today! Enjoy your day!
Diana
DEAD COMPRESSOR renates headboard
It all started with this 70s oak headboard.
Okay maybe I jumped the gun here, I suppose it really started with a drawing of a headboard.
A drawing with custom measurements.
So back to this headboard.
Every element of it was dismantled with a robertson driver.
Considering I had received such detailed measurements I had to wait for the right piece to come along.
Many of the pieces were cut to fit the new configuration.
The face sheilds were brought together.
Priming continued.
The legs were extended 2".
Extra bits were all brought together to fill out the height requested.
