During the last few days, I've been working on making a headboard. I've been wanting to do this project for a while now. I'll give pointers for if you'd like to make your own, and I'll post links for the sources I used.
The wood cost me about $30 all together. That is two 2x4s cut into pieces, enough to fit a queen size bed, and a peg board. I used the drill for the first time, managed to strip all the screws in the process, and subsequently my husband banned me from using the drill. I recommend getting someone to help, however I was much too excited to do that. Make sure you drill holes before placing the screws in.
Here my cat, Loki is helping. I cut the 2" foam pieces to fit the peg board, and glued the foam onto the board to keep it in place while I worked on it. The foam was rather expensive. The foam and fabric all together cost me a little over $100; the foam was even 50% off, and I used a $15 coupon off of a $75 dollar purchase or more.
Here you can see that I dug out pits in the foam for where the buttons are to go. It may not have been necessary since many of the buttons didn't go directly into the pits. The white is quilting batting, used to keep everything together, and give a soft appearance.
Here I'm working on placing the buttons. It was difficult to push the needle in through the peg board holes, and difficult to make the proper folds in the fabric.
I chose a neutral fabric so I can safely use color elsewhere in the room. I don't recommend using a printed fabric when doing this, unless you're not going to use the button process. It would look too busy in my opinion.
I also made my own buttons. I found the easiest method is to lightly whack the button in the mold (it comes with the button kit) with a hammer over the carpet. If you whack it on the kitchen table, the button will flatten, a look I did not desire.
This is almost the finished product.
I neglected to take a photo of the back of the frame, an important process.
When threading the buttons into the frame, I used a lengthy thread with multiple thread. Once the needle was through, I tied the thick bundle of thread to a button, and stapled the button to the frame. I found that was the easiest way to tightly place the buttons in the board.
To give the rounded affect, I used polyester fiberfill, also purchased at Joann's. With the polyester, I don't believe it's necessary to make the foam pits, it should be puffy enough.
I stapled the batting (earlier), and the fabric on with a staple gun.
Better view of the nearly finished product.
The headboard in its proper place. I plan on using the scraps of fabric to make matching curtains.
I originally wanted a diamond shape, instead of square, but I'm happy with this look. I didn't want to go through the effort of making more pits since it made my fingers sore.
Credits:
The following link may not be accessable since the domain apparantly expired, but you can attempt to go there anyways: Diamond Tufted Headboard
