Make Your Own Fabric Headboard With Buttons

Some diy headboards aren t boards at all.

Make your own fabric headboard with buttons.

Post includes step by step instructions for how to make your own headboard and a list of supplies for your diy tufted headboard. How to make your own deep buttoned headboard. You can create your own one of a kind headboard whether you have carpentry skills or just like to dabble in simple craft projects. Poke the wire through your batting and when it comes through the front of the headboard secure your button.

I apologize for some of the crappy blurry pictures. This smooth twine unravels easily but it is the best for pulling through the foam and fabric. All you need is some plywood your fabric of choice and some rather large buttons to match. This diy upholstered headboard uses pegboard to make the spacing of your tufted buttons really easy and doesn t require any sewing.

Place the piece of fabric on top of the kit s mold then place your button shell on the fabric directly above the mold. Repeat until the button is securely pressed into your fabric and the fabric creases just so. Fold the excess fabric all inside the button shell as flat and squished in there as possible and add a dab of your gorilla glue. You can doubly secure your buttons by stapling the wire or thread you use into the board.

Don t let the name scare you. To map out where the buttons will go draw a grid by dividing the width of the chipboard into equal sections. Wall art room dividers fabric wall hangings and even a wall decal can create the look of a headboard with no carpentry skills required. Details the steps required to cover a wood headboard panel with batting and fabric.

Learn how to make a fabric headboard with tufting for a really high end look. Push the shell down and attach the button back. Construct a frame for your diy headboard using the chipboard and battens offsetting the battens by 200mm from the sides and top of the chipboard. It s unique and really easy to make.

This video how to make an upholstered headboard with buttons will demons. To cover buttons use the kit s template to trace a circle onto a piece of scrap headboard fabric. Make your own diy mosaic house number. This diy headboard is lovely with buttons to match the fabric cover but what makes it really special are the two sides that turn into the bed just a tad.

You will need a long upholstery needle with a fat eye regular buttons and upholstery twine.