We ran across this really cool idea on a building material reuse website where a customer purchased a used mantelpiece and DIY'd their own headboard. In our search for other mantelpieces masquerading as headboards, we found one other example (with instructions to boot).
Look!: DIY Mantelpiece Headboard
We fell in love with this bedroom setup. The DIY mantelpiece headboard draws you in and the smokey gray paint makes the headboard pop. The great thing about having a mantelpiece as a headboard is the fact that you instantly have a place to prop your artwork and pictures.
We found this mantelpiece headboard idea on Niesz Vintage Home. She claims it's an easy weekend project (well if that's the case--sign us up).
Kimberly found her mantelpiece at a flea market that was already stripped (lucky) for about $40.00.
She painted the mantel white and instead of leaving an opening (like our previous example) she added a foam piece of plywood covered in floral fabric. You can follow Kimberly's DIY instructions here.
Related Mantelpiece Posts
- Scavenger: Antique Mantelpiece From Gone With The Wind
- Good Questions: Neat Ideas For Non Operable Fireplaces?
- Decorating A Non-Working Fireplace
[Image on first page from Community Forklift]
Comments (13)
Daily Email
Top Tours
- Jaime and Carleton's Backyard Palm Springs
- Jennifer's Art-Filled East Austin Home!
- Alysia's Treehouse by the Lake
- Moses and Jamie's Whimsical Modern
- A Mid-Century Modern Musicians' Loft
Top Posts
© 2009 Apartment Therapy
Warning: grammar police:
The flea market wasn't stripped. How about this instead: "found her headboard, already stripped, for $40 at a flea market"?
view kelleyk's profile
I think this is a great idea, but I would have liked the first one better if it hadn't been left open. I think the inner portion would look better painted the same color as the mantel or covered in fabric like the second one.
view Tara77's profile
Bad bad feng shui. It is nice architectural detail, but I wouldn't want to sleep with my head in a fireplace.
view plain jane's profile
Bad bad feng shui. It is nice architectural detail, but I wouldn't want to sleep with my head in a fireplace.
/rolls eyes
It looks great! I like the first one and the way it is open.
view shlacking's profile
I also wouldn't want to sleep with my head in a pile of lumber or a grove of trees----other things that these headboards USED to be.
view mrs yow's profile
I love it! Both are cute, but I especially like the fabric one, it adds a little something. I also like that thing in the corner- it looks like an old window or something that she attached fabric to. That would be another great DIY.
view TrueTex's profile
I have used this in my spare bedroom, got the mantle at a yard sale, stripped it down and repainted it. My beds a bit higher so with some nice big pillows, it looks great.
view champagnedesign's profile
The feng shui bit is a little dodgy, but I myself don't like the visual trick of seeing a bed in a fireplace. This doesn't look like good design to me. I don't care who likes it or doesn't like it or if their reasons are superstitious or anti-superstitious just to be a rebel, I really just see it as visually unsettling. I think an immediate association is a valid response without relying on the influence of feng shui.
view K T G's profile
This is a great idea. I would definitely not place objects on the headboard above my head though!! Last thing you want to wake up to is an earthquake, let alone some glass vase landing on your head.
view thetraintocrazy's profile
I am not a follower of feng shui, but my gut instinct was that it wouldn't feel restful to sleep with a mantle above my head.
view jfinteriors's profile
www.duskin-ny.blogspot.com
view alotlikeotherpeople's profile
I guess these are not for couples with lots of activities...watch out for falling objects!
view miaues's profile
I think this is a great idea! And I like how you can see the wall color in the opening of the first picture.
For those worried about earthquakes, you know there are ways to steady objects, right? Especially if they're just a few paintings like the first pic. Sticky-tack does wonders, but you can use velcro or even screws.
I grew up in the "ring of fire" so it seems like a no brainer to me. Why all of the fuss?
view Mrs.Mack's profile