While thrifting one weekend I came across a mid century modern headboard that I thought would be perfect to upholster. The headboard was flat and had clean simple lines.
The headboard itself was $11... the most expensive part of this project was the designer fabric I chose. The total for this project was around $150.
Supplies used:
Batting
Upholstery fabric
Staple gun
3m Spray adhesive glue
Batting
Upholstery fabric
Staple gun
3m Spray adhesive glue
Step 1:
I cleaned off the headboard with some Lysol wipes the day before. Then I took my headboard outside to spray glue the batting on.
mid century modern vintage headboard |
Step 2:
I stapled the batting edges down on the back side of the headboard.
batting applied |
Step 3:
I staple gunned the upholstery fabric over the batting.
upholstered headboard |
Once I took the headboard to the bedroom I noticed the headboard was considerably low. The mattresses actually covered a lot of the beautiful fabric I upholstered! It took some research, but I finally decided to purchase two bun feet, or short furniture legs, from Home Depot. The legs were a little too long so I sawed off a few inches.
Then I used a 3 inch dowel screw (a screw that's sharp on both ends) and a vice grip (super strong pliers that latch down) to attach the bun feet to the legs. This added 12 inches to the height of my low headboard, a perfect fit for the height of my mattresses!
bun feet dowel screw and vicegrip |
Now all that's needed is to paint the legs white so that it appears to be all one leg...
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