Creating a headboard for under $50

Recreating my master bedroom has been pretty much a year in the making and creating this headboard was a step toward that. I was determined to make one that would match the theme of my room and this is what I decided on...

What I used:

A slat of plywood

four 8" 2x4's

hardware to screw the wood pieces together

paint

staple gun

quilting batting

drapery lining (which is cheap and perfect for appolstering a headboard)

jewel buttons

hot glue

 

I encruited my awesome husband as well as my wonderful father to help me figure out what type of lumber I needed and how to put it together. We took a trip to Home Depot and got a piece of plywood and 4 pieces of 2x4's that were each 8 feet long.

After measuring the 2x4's and the plywood, I had my dad cut them with his fancy tools. Then my husband screwed them together and painted the legs. I am sorry I didn't take more detailed picutres of this process.

Once the paint was dry, I fit the batting to the front of the plywood and cut off the extra. Next, I stretched the drapery lining over the top of the batting and then had my husband staple gun it around the back of the frame.


We had to hammer some of the staples in because it was difficult for the staples to pass through all the layers of batting, fabric, and wood.

I found that no matter how tight I pulled the lining before it was stapled, there still ended up being some gathering. However, once I started adding the pintucks the gathering looked fne.

For the pintucks, I measured the headboard and made marks where I wanted the pintucks. Then, I made two staples to make a + sign over the marks. Once all the staples were in, I heated up the hot glue gun and glued on the jewel buttons over the staples.

This was the end result: