My husband asked, "now why do we need a
headboard?"
All I can say is he's never going to get it!
About 6 months ago, I started
projected cohesive master bed room. I took the matching bed side table I picked
up at a thrift store for the guest bed room years ago, the severely abused
dresser my mother in law gave us, and a dresser I found at a thrift store for
$20 and painted them gray and turquoise.
I painted the existing lamp shades to coordinate, pulled accessories and art
from other rooms and purchased a couple throw pillows for the ottoman. I really
felt things were coming together the only big thing missing was a head board.
The wall behind the bed looked so sad and empty I knew I had to do something. I
was craving a tufted head board. I fell in love with this one from Coast Pluse
World Market but I almost fainted at the sight of the $500.00 price tag. I have
flirted with the idea of making a tufted head board for years but in the past
when I had entertained the idea, even the DIY versions seemed expensive. Wood,
foam, batting, buttons and fabric add up quick. I had written off the idea and
was in search of a wood head board I could paint. I found one, at this salvage
yard warehouse slash thrift store I love for $5.00. Then it hit me I could turn
it into a tufted headboard. That resourcefulness probably saved me close to
$50.00.
So This is How I did it...
- Painted the parts of the head board that would not be exposed with paint I already head; cost 30min.
- Measured and drill holes for tufting; cost 30min.
- Cut to shape, a queen size foam pad from an old mattress that we just took to the dumb, Cost 20 min.
- Used spray adhesive and a few staples to attach two layer of the foam; Cost $4.50 and 10 min.
- Cut an old mattress pad with multiple layers of batting laying in the attached it to headboard with staple gun; Cost 30 min.
- Covered buttons using a kit from the fabric store and the fabric from the little bag my duvet cover came in; Cost $9.99 and 45 min.
- Draped lien fabric and then started tufting. There are some many great tutorials that one can reference for tufting; cost $12.00 3hours and 30 min. I will say this my fingers are sore from tufting and it took way more time than I expected. Maybe because I was just figuring it out as I went.
- Once all the buttons were in place, I used the staple guns to secure the fabric on the back, cost 1 hour.
- The plan is to finish it off with piping