Molly and I made a headboard last week. We also made some pillows to go with it. I have been searching for a headboard for our guest room, and actually found on at Marshall’s, but wasn’t thrilled with the $300 price tag on it. I thought: I can do this cheaper, better, and on my own. So I did.
The finished headboard and pillows.I bought 3 2×3’s at the hardware store for $6. My parent’s neighbor, Mike, cut a scrap board to perfect size. I used some old decking screws to assemble it.Meanwhile, Molly helped out by inspecting the polyester batting.I used 3M Spray 77 adhesive (one of my go-to products) to affix a piece of foam to the headboard. It was slightly smaller, but that’s OK.Then I swaddled the whole thing in polyester batting, and stapled it using my wonderful new staple gun from Aldi.I had a great piece of Irish linen left over from my curtain project, so I stretched that over the headboard, tacking it N, S, E, and W.Then, working my way around, using my staple gun, I tacked around the backside of the board.This is how it looked from the back.Molly and I added some cheap interfacing to the back (to cover up all the rough edges and staples.And some little felt things to make sure the board didn’t scratch the floor.I finished off with four hand-made wooden buttons that I bought in Estonia, that I tied through and affixed with wire.
