How To Make A Tufted Headboard For A King Size Bed

For less than 100 you can create a beautiful tufted headboard that is soft and shaped however you want.

How to make a tufted headboard for a king size bed.

With a headboard you also have many options. You will need to choose your shape first and then make sure that you have fabric and some foam on hand to create the headboard. We had the home depot people cut our plywood to size. We had a 1 4 sheet of 4 8 plywood cut down to 77 x 36 to accommodate our king sized bed home depot and lowes will both make cuts for free.

In a large bedroom a headboard can be used to emphasize and fill the space. The grey wooden panels form up the basic board frame and the curved design along with the sides have been cut out of the plywood and then attached to the board frame and stained in the same grey shade for the complete rustic and shabby chic look to be added. The best and easiest tutorial on how to make a diy tufted headboard. Read me for details.

Here is this enchanting kind of headboard for your bed made out of the grey wooden planks and the play wood boards used over the sides. I measured the plywood and used painter s tape to divide the sections evenly then drilled a hole at each cross section where the buttons would be for the tufting part later on. Headboards are not only a focal point of your room but they can be functional pieces that allow you to comfortably lounge in bed watch tv read or just relax and chat with your significant other. They are awesome and you can totally have your plywood cut at the store we screwed our 2 2 wood on each side of the headboard from the back and the 2 4 across the top.

This is my second headboard i ve made and wanted to film it since my method is a little different. A headboard can add major impact to a room s decor no matter the size. My measurements for the king size headboard were 80 x 40 and then 22 inches height for the legs.