Making a headboard for your bed is easier than you think! Believe me, if my self-proclaimed “un-crafty” sister can make a headboard then you can. {{evil laugh}} If you’ve been wanting to transform a bedroom, you’ll love these 10 free patterns on how to make a headboard! Each one has pictured instructions which takes you through the process.
How To Make a Headboard
1. Upholstered Headboard with Nailhead Trim – A comprehensive tutorial and how to guide on how to make a headboard that’s upholstered with nailhead trim.
How to Guide: DIY Headboard
2. DIY Project: Embroidered Headboard – Here’s how to have a iron headboard that’s comfy and chic.
3. Make a Mantel Your Headboard – First they refinished the mantel with a fresh coat of paint and then covered the middle with padded upholstery.
4. Make a Headboard Using A Five Panel Door – What a cool idea to refinish a five panel door to create this sleek headboard.
5. How-to make a headboard using a frame – This is a gorgeous headboard that’s ingeniously made out of a large vintage frame.
6. How to-make a headboard out of tin – My sister bought a large piece of scrap tin, re-painted it, nailed it to a frame, and uses it as a headboard in her guest bedroom.
7. DIY Kitchen Cabinet headboard – How to make a gorgeous headboard for your bed out of kitchen cabinets.
Making a Padded Headboard
8. Graces upholstered otomi headboard – A gorgeous headboard with a video tutorial and pictured instructions on how to fold the fabric to create this look yourself.
9. How to Make a Diamond Tufted Headboard – It looks so rich and glamorous. Diamond tufting is unique as the tufts are deep, creating beautiful pleats giving upholstery a luxurious finish.
11. Design Project: How to Make a Padded Headboard – All thats required is a few yards of linen some liquid nails, plywood, and egg crate foam.
Making a Headboard with Paint
12. DIY: painting the headboard of your bed on the wall – An easy way to create a iron headboard for your bed with paint.
13. Easy Decor: Wall Stencil Headboard – If you’re looking for a temporary fix and you don’t want to paint – here is a free stencil to paint a beautiful headboard.
14. DIY Lace Headboard – How to turn a yard of lace into a gorgeous headboard.
15. Olivia Headboard Wall Decal – If you’re not comfortable with your painting skills, you can use a wall decal like this one, $24.99.
16. Cheap and Chic Headboard Projects – 26 really cool headboard projects that will inspire yo to create something gorgeous for any bedroom in your house.
More Ways To Decorate:
- Star Wars Room {7 Creative Ideas}
- Dress Up a Room For Your Girl {12 Creative Rooms}
- How To Decorate a Bedroom for Your Teen
What home decor project do you hope to tackle this year?
Creating Memories that Endure,
Laurie
I’m about to embark on mine this weekend … hope doing the button coverings don’t push me over the edge 🙂 … might just need an extra glass of wine. Take care
Thanks for including my headboard in this fabulous roundup!
Barbara