Headboards can make a dramatic impact on a room. Switch yours out for under $50 with these 10 easy projects using new ideas and materials you haven't thought of after the jump.
1. Burlap I love any use for an old burlap sack and this is one of my favorites. Your room will become instantly eclectic with a headboard like this.
2. Pallets One of our all time favorite materials, pallets are made of wood that is almost perfectly sized for a headboard. Change your look completely with this easy tutorial.
3. Hankies With vintage silk hankies mounted on artist canvases you can make a large headboard for a tiny price.
4. Books Colorful books from a thrift store can be an funky headboard when mounted to a wooden backing.
5. Paint It doesn't get much easier than paint. Check out Simply Seleta for the colors and instructions.
6. Painted Screen A bold color on a vintage screen can make a strong statement in any bedroom.
7. Cardboard Inject some humor into your bedroom with a cardboard headboard. Really, it doesn't get much cheaper than this, but the look you can get is so fun!
8. Salvaged Wood A collage of salvaged wood brings a warm look to your headboard without more formal lines.
9. Ribbons This project is definitely an investment of time instead of money, but imagine the looks you could create with different patterns, colors and sizes.
10. Framed Photos Elegant and simple, these framed photographs create a graphic headboard.
(Images: My Home Ideas, Sprig by Mia, BHG, Be Interior Decorator, Simply Seleta, Dream Design Live, Design Sponge, Olive Gold Wine, Design Sponge, Chic Tip)
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About the salvaged wood: I have two, one made of driftwood, and one of old battered fencing, painted alternately grey and blue. The driftwood one is sound, preserved by the salt, but I noticed dust under the fencing one, had to take it down - insects.
Another argument for driftwood! (you can find examples by Googling)
I made a headboard using books, and there is no way it cost less than $50! At Goodwill the books were $2-3 each, and I used about 20 books, plus the wood backing, plus mounting hardware. I really love the headboard, but it was not as cheap as you might think.
I am living in a rented beautiful house in a wooded area that is gorgeous, but my bedroom wall is brown wood paneling. Soooo...I decided to up it a bit and nailed a beautiful yellow and orange toned textile that I purchased a few years ago. It looks pretty good. Cost: less than $10 bucks! That is my new "headboard."
Seriously? $2-3/ book? my library always has a free section with books they are removing from the collection and our Goodwill sells books for $0.25 a pop
Free books from the library and books for a quarter at Goodwill? That's insane! My library has a bookstore where books are quite cheap: anywhere from $.25 to $5. Books at Goodwill? The very cheapest are .99. Most nice-looking modern fiction is 4.99. I've seen upwards of $14.99. I miss cheap books!
How do you mount these to the wall?
As for #3 with the hankies, where would one even find the 60 inch canvas to mount them onto for less than $50? Help!
Am I the only person that looks at the pallet wood one and thinks "one night with that and I'd have a hand full of splinters"....or at the framed photos one and thinks of how long it would take to knock one of those off the wall turning in my sleep.
Right there with you, Jazmine. And those frames would be hard to come by for under $50.