I have felt a need to focus on something besides just the home renovations for the next week. Most of the remaining tasks fall under Tom’s line of duty and he’s going to wait and do them with his dad when he comes. Basically the carpentry projects, cutting and adding thresholds, installing the remaining baseboards and quarter round, and then a few cabinets in the kitchen that have yet to be repaired. As my goal to finish the main floor before I go back to school remains in tact I find myself getting anxious about things I have little control over. So, I need to refocus on things more in my control. I’ve decided my house needs more “design.” And I think my first project is going to be making a headboard for my bed. What do you think of these ideas?
This one is made of an old door. Turned on it’s side with some molding on top.
I love this one. But I wonder if it could stand on it’s own. Yesterday I switched my room around a bit and put our bed on the angle in the corner. I like it a lot more than it’s previous place under the window in the center of the room, but it means the headboard can’t be attached to the wall.
Here’s the comments that came with this one on the blog I found it on: (his fabric headboard from emulls blog consists
of canvas frames, quilt batting, and fabric. So simple to make and then
stacked on top of one another. You could use a patterned fabric or
varying shades of a single color. Limitless options, and again cheap,
cheap, cheap! Basically all you need is $30 and a staple gun!)
They used an old headboard, but do you think I could make this out of PVC pipe? Would it be strong enough to lean up against? They just wound a common rope around it.
This one just attaches fun molding to a fabric covered piece of wood.
This girl made her headboard.
What do you think? Which one do you like best? Any other ideas?
6 responses to “Headboard”
I like the rope and natural wood.
I prefer the rope and natural wood. The old door would be my 2nd choice.
I love the old headboard w/ fabric, you could change it all the time. I’ve even see where people have taken just like 4 canvas’ and colored them differently and that was their headboard!
Personally the first one is my favorite option
I think it depends on what style you are going for and what bedding you choose. I like all of them, but I am starting to realize that I like to lean up against the back to read and talk, so I would personally want something that allowed that. The only one I’m not crazy about is the fabric one, but probably just becuase it is so plain in the picture. Fun!
The old door is my favorite, kjirsti. I can’t wait to see what you decide!