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Estee and Judd made this amazing headboard using Britex Fabric home decorating fabric. We love how they utilized our beautifully detailed sea creatures linen.
She said: “I am happy to report that the headboard project went extremely well and we absolutely love the sea creature fabric we chose! This project took us the entire weekend, but we had the headboard installed first thing Monday morning! Judd and I are both crafty and love working on home improvement projects. He had made some readymade-esque items for the kitchen and I have reupholstered some dining room chairs. Other than that, this is our first major project together.”
Supplies
1. 4 ½ - 5 yards of 55” - 60” wide home decorating fabric
2. 25 - 11” by 15” wooden panels
3. 1 - 4’ by 5’ hardboard for the backing board
4. 1 - 4’ by 5’ piece of foam such as egg crate mattress pad
5. Staple gun and small staples to avoid sharp staples from poking through front of board
6. Glue such as Liquid Nails
7. 100 - ¼” screws (4 for each panel)
8. Screwdriver
9. Scissors
10. 2 – D-rings and D-hooks
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Signing UpStep 1Cutting Fabric for Panels
Cut fabric down to size (large enough to wrap around panels and foam), approximately 16” by 20”. Cut a piece of test fabric first to make sure the size is sufficient.
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Thanks! Looking forward to this project.
Amy
If you have a circular saw and can make a cutting guide (basically use the manufactured straight edge as a guide for your saw, you can buy one shelf 12" wide and rip it "close" to straight and then use the good edge as your guide) you can easily cut a French Cleat as a hanger.
Off set the guide for the width of the saw shoe, angle the blade 45 degrees and rip a piece about 3" wide by about 4" short of the headboard length. Reposition the cutting guide, re-set the blade back to 90 degrees and rip a second piece again about 3" wide.
Attach one piece to the wall, checking for level, with the 45 degree up and facing the room with counter-sunk screws. Sink the middle (or closest to the middle) one 1st so you can move an end up or down to make it level.
A decent drill will sink straight shank wood-screws in soft wood without the need to drill countersinks. Or use about a 3/8" bit and drill a hole only as deep as the bit bevel and then sink the screw trough it into the wall. Be sure at least 1" of the screw is in the wall so account for both the wood and dry-wall, so 2-1/2" should be good and screw in it. Found wood will work fine :-) Like parts of an old bed. I came across a curb side Ikea bed at just the right time. Attach the second piece to the headboard with the 45 degree down and away from the headboard.
About 2" up from the bottom of the headboard attach a piece of wood (or squares) about 2" wide the same thickness as the upper pieces.
Now all you have to do is hook the headboard over the piece mounted to the wall. Handy for when you have to work by yourself.
Old hollow doors from a Habitat re-sale or like place work well too.
Ron