DIY Upholstered Headboard
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Delusions of ingenuity
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Welcome! This was a fairly simple DIY project, assuming you have a Kreg Jig and a drill. You also need to know how to use a Kreg Jig and a drill, or have someone who knows how to use a Kreg Jig and a drill and also happens to love you.
You also need scissors. And a schtapler. And duct tape. Wait a minute. Nope, no duct tape for this one. Oh! And an iron! I'll shut up now.
I'm totally crushing on the shorts/underwear combo on the floor. I know you are too. But hey, that's how the room used to look.
You also need scissors. And a schtapler. And duct tape. Wait a minute. Nope, no duct tape for this one. Oh! And an iron! I'll shut up now.
I'm totally crushing on the shorts/underwear combo on the floor. I know you are too. But hey, that's how the room used to look.
By the way, my tutorial skills are downright enviable. In fact, I would say they are on even par with Eddie's ability to keep his beard clean.
Now that you have zero expectations, we can continue.
Purchase a big ole sheet of MDF and cut it to whatever size you want. Then buy a cheap mattress pad, cut it in half, and trim it to size.
Wrap the whole dang mess with some quilt batting and schtaple it down.
Now "let's" build the frame. Ha. Like I've ever built anything. Well, I did grow two humans in me in less than two years. Thus, the stretch marks.
Or you could find a restaurant or business that has wood planks on its walls and surreptitiously abscond with your soon-to-be headboard frame.
Here's the naked, headboard-free wall. Bed. Wall. Whatever. Bearing a helpful little schnauzer.
We used these to attach the headboard to the wall:
And just like magic...
Schweet...
And one more look...
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Published March 28th, 2016 5:54 PM
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Shirley Barnett on Jan 19, 2022
Love this project but your storytelling even more. I'd love to try this as I don't have a headboard now but it will be a bigger project for me as I have a Queen size bed. Thanks for sharing and giving us some laughs for the day.
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Headboard is beautiful! Love reading your posts!!😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️
Love this headboard! Exactly what I’d like to do. Can you please tell me how the frame is attached to the upholstered mdf??
why did you attach it to the wall instead of the bed frame? I have been waiting a headboard for my guest room for 3 years but I can not find out how to attach it to the bed frame.
thank you
cathy durak