Make Your Own Fabric Headboard

Starting at the top center and pulling tightly as you go staple the fabric to the wood.

Make your own fabric headboard.

Don t let the name scare you. Flip the headboard over again so that it s right side up. Start to finish to make your own upholstered tufted style 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.

Covering a headboard in fabric is an easy way to make the bedroom look completely different. Post includes step by step instructions for how to make your own headboard and a list of supplies for your diy tufted headboard. Press your fabric and then place it on the table or floor right side down. This diy upholstered headboard uses pegboard to make the spacing of your tufted buttons really easy and doesn t require any sewing.

A headboard identical to this diy version by east coast creative costs 1 600 at a modern furniture store but if you have basic woodworking skills you can make it for less than 100. Try a white tufted headboard for a crisp look or a bright yellow for a focal point furniture piece. If you are going for an elegant look this fabric with a darker print is a great. If your fabric has any wrinkles iron it then center it over the headboard using clamps to hold it in place if necessary.

With that said because they come in all different colors shapes sizes and styles you may be fooled into thinking they re extremely difficult to make. Make sure that it is flat and wrinkle free. Either way make sure you re using upholstery fabric otherwise your hard work won t last very long. Flip the headboard back so that the fabric is on the floor.

In terms of color a soft neutral is relaxing but a vibrant hue will make a statement. Headboards can pull the look of a bedroom together. Wall art room dividers fabric wall hangings and even a wall decal can create the look of a headboard with no carpentry skills required. 22 of 22 cardboard and fabric headboard.

Some diy headboards aren t boards at all. Place the headboard on top with the plywood back facing you. For more information on how we made this check out my blog here.