Head board with hidden cubbies

This was inspired by two things I saw. IKEA has a head board that has storage space in it, but... It was very plain and did not come in a king size. I also saw a DYI on YouTube of a headboard with a neat patterned fabric as the “center piece”. So my uncle and I scratched out some sketches together and went to Home Depot. Unfortunately... I do not have detailed instructions, but maybe my photos will inspire you to make something unique :)

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Step 1: Construction

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Sorry I forgot to take photos while we were building this... But I'll explain best I can.
Materials:
We use a sheet of ply wood for the front.
Two 1.5" x 4" as the flat top and bottom.
One 2" x 4" cut long ways at an angle (French bracket) mounted under the top board.
Then we used 1" x 3" to construct the shelves.
Two Strips of plywood to cover the back side, but only enough to cover the shelves.
White paint
Almost 4 yards of black fabric
Two pre cut swatches of printed fabric I really liked
Spray adhesive

We did not "cover" the back, since it will rest against the wall. Plus it was going to be heavy enough any way.
You will notice that we did not put the shelves all the way across, as I was worried things would get lost.

Nemesis201077 says: May 18, 2012. 1:24 PM

Hi, this is a really great looking headboard, very useful.
The central part seems fairly empty hrmm, I think A pair of recycled speakers in there would be great. Maybe even an MP3 player with a USB port on the side to up load music. Cazz's ideas on charging points and reading lamps are great too.
Aw, you've got me thinking now :-)
If nothing else it would stop my book falling down the back of the bed.
Thanks for sharing

CazzPhoenix says: May 17, 2012. 8:55 AM

Great job! I may have to do this some day with a few minor tweaks. It would be so easy to incorporate attached reading lamps and have hidden places to run cords for charging cellphones and various other electronic devices that would rest on the shelving.

Marcaine Art says: May 17, 2012. 5:52 AM

Very nice. I've been trying to figure out what kind of headboard to make that could have storage but not be a typical book case headboard due to bad fengshui LOL. Yours will do the trick with a few slight mods to incorporate some of my needs. Thank you.