DIY Painted Headboard
With a splash of color here and a new piece of furniture there, it's easy to redecorate. Here's a quick, budget-conscious DIY design idea to help get you started.
DIY Painted Headboard:
Paint Your Own HeadboardChances are if you if you purchased your bed frame as part of a bedroom set, the headboard is already included. If you don't want to put forth the extra cash, especially after paying for a pricey mattress, no problem! Painted headboards are a great way to add a pop of color to your bedroom.
Step 1:
-Measure the width of the head of your bed and mark it with blue painter's tape from floor to ceiling.
-Now, choose your color based on your desired color scheme, it should complement your wall color.
Step 2:
-Paint the wall, staying within the blue painters tape.
- Once the paint dries, if you choose to do so, you can detail with paint or with some removable wall decals from a company like Blik.
-For as little as $40, Blik makes easily removable wall decals in fun shapes like bookshelves, chandeliers, birds, etc.
-If this sounds like too much work, don't worry and leave your wall a solid color.
Step 3:
-Simply position your bed up against the painted wall, prop up some decorative Euro pillows in coordinating colors and patterns, and you have yourself a headboard.
-You might want to take this opportunity to invest in a new comforter or duvet in fun, light, spring colors. -You'd be surprised at what a little bit of paint and some new bedding can do for your space!
DIY Painted Headboard:
Paint Your Own HeadboardChances are if you if you purchased your bed frame as part of a bedroom set, the headboard is already included. If you don't want to put forth the extra cash, especially after paying for a pricey mattress, no problem! Painted headboards are a great way to add a pop of color to your bedroom.
Step 1:
-Measure the width of the head of your bed and mark it with blue painter's tape from floor to ceiling.
-Now, choose your color based on your desired color scheme, it should complement your wall color.
Step 2:
-Paint the wall, staying within the blue painters tape.
- Once the paint dries, if you choose to do so, you can detail with paint or with some removable wall decals from a company like Blik.
-For as little as $40, Blik makes easily removable wall decals in fun shapes like bookshelves, chandeliers, birds, etc.
-If this sounds like too much work, don't worry and leave your wall a solid color.
Step 3:
-Simply position your bed up against the painted wall, prop up some decorative Euro pillows in coordinating colors and patterns, and you have yourself a headboard.
-You might want to take this opportunity to invest in a new comforter or duvet in fun, light, spring colors. -You'd be surprised at what a little bit of paint and some new bedding can do for your space!
DIY - How To Make Headboards
Painted Headboard Panel Project
An easy-paint headboard creates a dynamic decor detail for a casual bedroom.
The headboard, made of painted closet doors, adds interest to this bedroom.
A trio of painted closet doorsprovides a behind-the-bed focal point in this otherwise plain bedroom.
This is a perfect way to add a splash of color in an apartment you can't repaint. You may also want to consider this solution if you can't yet commit to painting bold color on an entire wall.
The finished headboard project should cost far less than purchasing a conventional headboard and will give you the satisfaction of making it yourself in custom colors.
This is how to make this headboard;
1. Measure your bed and determine the number of doors you'll need. The headboard for this full-size bed is made from three 20-x-80-inch hollow-core doors. Queen and king beds will require more width and thus more (or wider) doorpanels.
Choose paint colors based on your room color, accessories, or the mood you wish to convey; for example, our all-blue color scheme is calm and restful.
Keep in mind
For a similar look, hang painted artist's canvases on the wall behind the bed.
The headboard, made of painted closet doors, adds interest to this bedroom.
A trio of painted closet doorsprovides a behind-the-bed focal point in this otherwise plain bedroom.
This is a perfect way to add a splash of color in an apartment you can't repaint. You may also want to consider this solution if you can't yet commit to painting bold color on an entire wall.
The finished headboard project should cost far less than purchasing a conventional headboard and will give you the satisfaction of making it yourself in custom colors.
This is how to make this headboard;
1. Measure your bed and determine the number of doors you'll need. The headboard for this full-size bed is made from three 20-x-80-inch hollow-core doors. Queen and king beds will require more width and thus more (or wider) doorpanels.
Choose paint colors based on your room color, accessories, or the mood you wish to convey; for example, our all-blue color scheme is calm and restful.
Keep in mind
For a similar look, hang painted artist's canvases on the wall behind the bed.
Easy Canopy
Create this dreamy headboard from a DIY cornice,window treatments, and a padded board.
How to make this head board;
1. Choose a piece of plywood the width of your bed, top with a layer of foam, cover with fabric, and secure to plywood with a staple gun.
2. Find the center of the padded headboard and attach curtain panels to the wall at the center point.
3. Use MDF to make a cornice. Cover the tops of the window treatments with the cornice.
4. Arrange the panels to frame the padded headboard and pull back with window treatment hooks.
How to make this head board;
1. Choose a piece of plywood the width of your bed, top with a layer of foam, cover with fabric, and secure to plywood with a staple gun.
2. Find the center of the padded headboard and attach curtain panels to the wall at the center point.
3. Use MDF to make a cornice. Cover the tops of the window treatments with the cornice.
4. Arrange the panels to frame the padded headboard and pull back with window treatment hooks.
Perfectly Padded
1. For a new take on an upholstered headboard, hang a bench cushion by its ties from wall-mounted hooks.
2. Top the hooks with a piece of over-door molding, which you can find at a home center.
3. To create a tufted look, sew covered buttons to the cushion with ribbon, poking both ends through the bottom of the cushion.
4. Pull the ends tight and tie.
2. Top the hooks with a piece of over-door molding, which you can find at a home center.
3. To create a tufted look, sew covered buttons to the cushion with ribbon, poking both ends through the bottom of the cushion.
4. Pull the ends tight and tie.
Pick A boo
This handsome paneled headboard is really a wooden door turned on its side.
1. Purchase a new six-panel door without a doorknob hole, or use a vintage door and place it on the wall so the hole is below the top of the mattress.
2. Use the desired paint color.
1. Purchase a new six-panel door without a doorknob hole, or use a vintage door and place it on the wall so the hole is below the top of the mattress.
2. Use the desired paint color.
Some More Ideas
Dark Against Light
Tufted-silk upholstery on a wraparound painted headboard gives this sleeping space a cocoonlike feel.
The luxorious texture of the fabric contrast with dark walls.
The luxorious texture of the fabric contrast with dark walls.
Soft Wall
Upholstered wall makes a beautiful head board in this bedroom. Idea is the same as above with the only difference that the headboard is the full wall.
Traditional Touch
1 Soften the look of a headboard with a fabric-covered panel.
2. Make your pattern by following the shape of the headboard.
3. Cover the panel withupholstery batting, followed by muslin and then cotton fabric.
4. Apply each layer separately, smoothing and pulling each taut before securing with a staple gun.
2. Make your pattern by following the shape of the headboard.
3. Cover the panel withupholstery batting, followed by muslin and then cotton fabric.
4. Apply each layer separately, smoothing and pulling each taut before securing with a staple gun.
Very French
Showcasing a single pattern in a soft color schemeon this lushly appointed headboard offers a serene alternative to wall-to-wall toile in the smallbedroom.
A gently arching top, pattern-softening tufts, and wraparound side panels make it an ideal backdrop for peaceful slumber.
A gently arching top, pattern-softening tufts, and wraparound side panels make it an ideal backdrop for peaceful slumber.
