The Headboard: Everything's Better Upholstered

Rickey and I met in December of 2006, two days before my birthday.  We were married close to six months to the day later.  I immediately fell in love with him.  His sense of style for home decor however was another thing.  Over time and one by one pieces were sold and replaced.  It's been almost five years and we still have the bedroom set...I just didn't have the heart to take that away from him too. 

I recently have been thinking about doing our bedroom and the headboard has always bothered me.  It's just so...big...and manly.  Soooooah, I'll comprimise.  Rick gets to keep his bedroom set and I can tweak it a little!  I have always LOVED the tuffted upholstered headboards but you will come to know that I am a instant gratification kinda crafter.  So thinking of dealing with covering all the covered buttons and sewing and all that jazz, I settled for the tacks.  It turned out so great!

I was fortunate to have a great headboeard to start with.  I just had to cover it.  For those of you who do not have one to start with there are a dozen bloggers who have tutuorials guiding you through how to build one out of plywood and mdf...super easy.  $60 and three hours later, I had a gorgeous headboard!  Let me just apologize for the photos.  I did not feel like taking my camera out.  These are mobile shots :)

Materials:

• Fabric of Choice (mine is from JoAnns taking full advantage of a 50% off coupon of course!)
• Foam
• Batting
• Decorative Nailhead Trim

Tools:

• Staple Gun
• Hammer
• Scissors
• Spray Glue (I use Aleene's)

I stole the hammer from my son's toolbox :) It was much easier since Rickey wasn't home to pull out the massive bed away from the wall.  I pulled it away enough but it was still pretty confined back there.  Oh...and that reminds me.  It was much easier for me to leave the bed assembled while I did all this.  Alot of do-it-yourselfers will disassemble.  That was not an option for me!

 Finished Project

The corners were the hardest part of the trim and it was not hard at all.  I started at the leg and went ahead and stopped at the opposite leg but you could continue with the stip along the bottom if you wanted.

The Original

Cover with Foam

I placed a staple on each piece to hold in place so that I could trim (I used an exacto knife at some places).  I then sprayed some adhesive to help adhere.  Please don't go crazy with the glue.  Peeps get outta control with the stuff.  You only need a little and allow it to air for about 30 seconds before sandwiching them together! 

Cover with batting and staple to the back.

Cover with fabric and staple to the back. 

 

Nail in Trim.

The trim I picked up at JoAnns and it is soooo awesome because it comes in a strip of 5 yards with every 5th hole allowing you to nail in a tack.  I makes it uber easy because you don't have to worry about spacing and it saves so much time!

Voila!  All done!


Living. Loving. Crafting.

Chris