13 Homemade Headboards That Thrill With Creativity
Snipped from a trellis, snagged from a pallet pile and more, these inventive headboards excite in any bedroom
Samantha Schoech
September 13, 2012
Houzz Contributor. I am a former magazine editor specializing in travel and design. I just completed my first remodel, turning my crumbling 1941 kitchen into a beauty of grays, whites and natural wood. If I could, I'd sleep on the countertop. That's how much I love it.
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I never had a headboard until I made my own. A few years ago I followed Real Simple's step-by-step instructions (reproduced here) and in one day created my very own custom-made, special-to-me piece of furniture (or is it an accessory?) using a staple gun, some cut-to-order plywood, foam, batting, and a fabric scrap I picked up at my favorite upholstery shop. If I were more patient, I could have added upholstery nails for added glam.
A headboard can really make the room. It's like a piece of jewelry for your bed and depending on what you do with it, it can also be a piece of art.
May these 13 quirky, imaginative and one-of-a kind headboards be just the inspiration you need.
A headboard can really make the room. It's like a piece of jewelry for your bed and depending on what you do with it, it can also be a piece of art.
May these 13 quirky, imaginative and one-of-a kind headboards be just the inspiration you need.
All you need to make a grid of small covered panels is plywood, a staple gun, some batting and some good picture hangers.
Design Sponge's crafty Grace Bonney gives Martha a run for the money. Her spectacular homemade headboard shows that choosing the right fabric makes all the difference. This was made in much the same way I made mine (plywood, staple gun, foam, batting and that stunning fabric), but with a fancier cut on the plywood. If that seems daunting just keep in mind that this would look amazing as a big rectangle too. Here's her very helpful how-to.
A trifold room screen — minus one panel — set on its side and painted. Voilà.
An ornate wooden room screen makes a perfect, exotic headboard.
A salvaged garden trellis give this pale room its shabby chic cherry on top. As with anything that has peeling paint, spray a piece like this with a sealant to keep potentially toxic flakes at bay before using it in your bedroom.
This is a freight elevator door turned on its side (notice the "Danger" stencil).
Consider going muted and simple on the headboard and a little wild on the wall. Here what's behind the headboard is just as important as the headboard itself.
You can find old painted shutters at any salvage shop. Just remember to seal them before using them as a headboard.
Unpainted shutters add to the earthy, exotic feel of this room.
A large, framed piece of corkboard does double duty as a bulletin board and as a ... well, as a headboard.
Hurray for pallets! They are often free (check first before taking), and they make excellent places to hang stuff on as well.
Old fireplace mantels are salvage shop treasures that frame a simple upholstered headboard beautifully.
In many places earthquakes prevent hanging anything remotely heavy over the bed (lest it fall on someone's head during the next tembler). This fabric art looks like an extension of the plain, nearly invisible headboard here and adds a danger-free way to decorate the wall.
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They are mostly decorative, but you can lean back on them and read in bed. They also keep your book from falling down between the bed and the wall where you can't really reach it. And they keep the cats from dropping your bookmark and/or back scratcher down there, and also from hiding under the bed and sneak-attacking your head.
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