It's DIY month here at AT and I'm still mired in what to do about the headboard of our bed. I painted a headboard a few months ago, but while that was an improvement, it feels unfinished, and I've been casting around for a next move. In the meantime, I've come across a few really nice sources of inspiration that I'd like to share. The nice thing about headboards is that they are both practical and make a big decorative impact - AND that you really can do them yourself. Enjoy!...
This headboard is made out of fabric swatches sewn together and hung on the wall behind the bed.
>> 14 ways with headboards - This is a great headboard gallery that I found over at Sunset Magazine's website. These three are particular favorites.
This one is an accent wall of ginko wallpaper on a room divider that becomes a headboard.
This headboard picture frame was made with a simple fabric covered piece of wood edged with decorative molding from a home improvement store.
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This is a BEAUTIFUL headboard how to from Charissa this month.
>> How To: DIY Tufted Headboard
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This is a How To that we wrote a few years ago after building a headboard for one of our clients on HGTV Mission Organization.
>> How To: Build Your Own Headboard
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This is a great shabby chic style project that Leah on DC did last month.
>> How To: Transform a Fireplace Mantel into a Headboard
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This is actually a project that Jonathan did in which he stained two large plain closet doors, attaching them together with metal brackets.
>> How To: Make a Cheap and Chic Headboard
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I love this! Another way of using Ikea elements to make something nicer than the original design. Three Mandal headboards are stacked up the wall here.
>> Mandal Headboard from Ikea: Think Outside the Bedroom
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Ah, yes, the old chalkboard trick - a favorite idea of mine from last year. While chalkboards may have jumped the shark, I still think this is a really great, simple option that has an added whimsical effect if you are skilled with chalk.
>> Look! A Chalkboard Turned into a Headboard
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One More! This is just a gallery of great inspiration posted by Janel last week.
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Gold headboard with the Ginko leaves : LOVE.
thank ginko wallpaper is just stunning... where is it from??
i love the ginkgo one too, how did they install the room divider? i'd like to do something like this in front of one of those ugly whole-wall sliding door closets so many rentals have, to create a dressing room of sorts behind the bed.
"how did they install the room divider?"
Probably with 2x4's and sheetrock...
The wallpaper is gorge but I want to know where the duvet is from.
I put an arrangement of similar paintings in lieu of the headboard and love it..
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/fall-colors-contest-east/east-10-new-york-muhtaris-colorful-artwork-065202?image_id=5201
I think I'm going to try to make the picture frame headboard.
The wallpaper looks very similar to twenty2's montague
http://www.twenty2.net/wallpaper/pages/montague_page.html
My boyfriend made an awesome headboard for us out of two antique doors we found at an antique mall...then we painted it. I wrote a blog about it (with pictures), on the Natural Home magazine website, here: http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/other-side-of-the-fence/antique-door-headboard/01-06-2009.aspx
I also love that ginkgo wall one...really cool!