Building Our Master Bedroom Headboard
Building our master bedroom headboard couldn’t have been easier and it’s made such a huge difference for our bedroom. I’m sharing my easy tutorial below.
We’ve been slowly making progress in our master bedroom. I shared the budget design plan several months ago, and then the last update I shared was our night stand makeover project. We still love our nightstands!
I’ve been wanting to build a headboard for our room for a while now, but everything was delayed for several months due to the fabric being on back order. I didn’t know that when I ordered it, and I was hoping we’d have a faster turn around time, but in the end everything worked out just fine.
Building our master bedroom headboard was really quite simple. I knew I wanted it to be upholstered. They’re more comfortable to lean on when you’re laying in bed, and I also knew it would be simple enough to make. But rather than doing one solid headboard, I decided to make three panels and join them on the back side of the headboard. It gives the headboard a little bit more interest and I love how substantial is feels in our bedroom.
Is this our forever headboard? No, it’s not, but I’m thrilled with how it looks in the mean time. Plus, it’s a pretty budget friendly project, easy to build and it’s completely customizable!
Building Our Master Bedroom Headboard
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SUPPLIES:
- 4’x8′ 1/2″ thick sheet of plywood
- 1″x2″ board, 8′ length, cut in half
- Table Saw, or circular saw
- Chop Saw
- Staple Gun
- Foam, I used a full size foam mattress pad
- Batting
- Fabric, this is what I used
- Driver
- Screws, 1″ long
- Mounting Hardware
- Measuring Tape
Building Our Headboard
To start, we used a 4’x8′ sheet of plywood. Nothing special here, but it was 1/2″ thick giving the frame of the headboard some solid weight. Use whatever you want, just make sure it’s sturdy.
We used our table saw to rip it into three different pieces. In order to get it to the right width for our bed, we trimmed each piece to 77″ wide….
With those ready, I started cutting my foam to fit each board. To save money, I used a full size mattress pad. I’ve used this trick several times and the cost savings is huge! Foam can be so expensive!
Then, I rolled out my batting material and cut it to size to fit over the foam with enough extra to wrap around the back side of each board. The batting makes such a huge difference in smoothing everything…
Once the batting was cut to size, I pulled it tight and used a staple gun to secure it in place…
There were a few areas where the batting had wrinkles and I knew they’d probably show through the fabric. I used an iron to smooth them out…
It made a huge difference…
With each panel ready to go, it was time to start covering them in fabric. It was much easier to cut the fabric to the right size and then iron those pieces individually. I made sure I had enough overhang on each edge…
With the fabric cut and ironed, it was time to wrap the foam. I used my ironing board as a table and started pulling the fabric tight to create each upholstered panel. A staple gun worked great to hold it all in place…
The hardest part of the process, was making a nice corner edge that was consistent with each of the three panels. I knew it would be important when it came time to putting them together and hanging them on the wall…
With each panel upholstered, it was time to join them all together. We placed all three panels on the floor, made sure each edge was even, and used 1″ x 2″ boards, cut to size, to anchor them all together…
We used screws in each panel, making sure they were all joined together…
With the headboard now in one solid piece, we carried it upstairs to our bedroom and added the mounting hardware…
We used the 1″ x 2″ boards as the place to attach the mounting hardware…
Then, we hung it up on the wall! It looks so good… much better than the pictures show.
It completely anchored the bedroom, giving our room a focal point…
I also love the character it added to our bedroom. Having three individual panels joined together rather than one big panel adds some interest to the room…
I also added a big waffle weave blanket to the end of the bed, and new artwork to our walls….
All of the pieces are starting to come together and our bedroom is looking so much better from where we started.
I still have several things to add, and new throw pillows to make, but I’m loving how it looks right now and I’m celebrating the fact that we finally have a headboard!
Bedroom Sources
Looking for our bedroom sources? You can find them below.
Our walls are painted Gray Mist by Benjamin Moore in eggshell and the trim is Super White by Benjamin Moore in semi-gloss.
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