How to Upholster a Headboard
/Remember this headboard from our master bedroom?
We decided it needed a face lift before making its' home in our guest bedroom.
Making this king upholstered headboard was a super easy project.
Neither of us was digging the curve so Nate sawed it off. The sawing took about 5 minutes and left us with this...
(Please ignore our disaster of a storage room....now you're looking closer...stop....)
Since this was a re-upholster job, we just needed to staple on the fabric.
If you are starting from scratch you will need a plain old piece of plywood cut to the appropriate size (our king size headboard was 49" x 80").
From there, staple some batting onto the plywood and you are caught up with us!
I then headed to the fabric store. I think this was the longest part of the process because it's such a big decision....and I get lost in fabric stores. Half of the time I forget why I'm even there....
Our headboard was 49" x 80" (fits a king size bed). The fabric on the spool was 58" wide so I purchased 2.5 yards to make sure I had enough fabric to wrap on the sides. The upholestery fabric was 50% off so my total was $23.00.
We placed the fabric on the floor and then layed the plywood on top.
We centered the fabric and then started stapling away. Ike is a great supervisor.
We started in the center at the top of the headboard and then worked our way to the outsides. The corners were the only slightly tricky part of this project. We just had to make sure they were nice and tight.
We pulled, tightened, and stapled our way around the headboard (took about 10 minutes max) and ended with this....
And here it is living in our guest bedroom....
How to Upholster a Headboard Tutorial DIY
You can attach the plywood to the bed. We're lazy and leaned it against the wall. You can't tell either way. Seriously.
Have you been wanting to upholster a headboard? What's holding you back? It's easy.....trust me. See more room photos here!
Be sure to check out our other headboard projects here!
