Comments on: How To Upholster A Headboard

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:46:34 +0000

Wahoo! So glad! Congrats.

xo,
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By: Heather W.

Heather W. — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:42:07 +0000

Thanks for the walk through on how to make the headboard. Tried it today for the first time and I love how it turned out! My husband and I are moving into our new home next month and cannot wait to hang in the bedroom!

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:34:22 +0000

Oh yes, I bet you can go to an art store and find something great (a real one, so not michael’s but a local art store). You can also cut a piece of plywood to that size and just staple the batting and fabric around that! Good luck!

xo,
s

By: Shauna

Shauna — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:48:34 +0000

Hi Sherry,
First and foremost I just want to say how inspired I am after finding your blog. I am a new homeowner within the past year, and we bought an old home that seriously needed TLC. My question is in regards to this particular project. We have a California King Size bed which measures about 76 inches wide. I am unable to find a frame that is 76 x 48. Will I need to buy wood strecther strips and make a frame instead of buying one that is assembled? I am unfamiliar with art supplies…

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:55:59 +0000

I would just get 2 x 4″ boards (or 1 x 4″ ones) that are long enough to create legs and use metal brackets from Home Depot or Lowe’s to secure them to the frame of the headboard. Just ask the pros there to show you where those are if you can’t find them. Good luck!

xo,
s

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:39:03 +0000

I want to make this upholstered headboard tomorrow, but we are going to be putting it up against some windows we don’t use so I would like to add legs to the headboard so that I won’t have to screw anything into the wall. Any suggestions on how to go about doing this?

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Wed, 04 May 2011 18:37:30 +0000

Love it!!!

xo,
s

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 04 May 2011 17:33:04 +0000

I just wanted to say thanks for your tutorial. I followed your design and added a couple of tweaks of my own.

http://typearamblings.blogspot.com/2011/05/diy-headboard.html

By: radhika Navelkar

radhika Navelkar — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:03:33 +0000

This is one of the simplest and best tutorial that I have come accross for making a upholstered headboard.

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:32:18 +0000

We’d just measure the headboard and allow for at least 6″ of extra fabric all around the perimeter (for stapling and some pulling for the tufting). Hope it helps!

xo,
s