So I've been hemming and hawing over what type of headboard to adorn the guest bedroom with. I had lots of ideas that I loved (lord knows, I pinned plenty...), but I just couldn't commit. UNTIL I found these babies at the habitat store...
Those would be frames that you would use for replacement windows... At only a buck a piece, I snatched up 5 since I had no idea how many I would actually need to make the headboard with. Once I got home, I figured that 3 would be prefect for a full bed.
Step two involved spending a million hours at Jo-Ann fabrics hemming and hawing over which fabric to use. I finally settled on...
A dark purple and two festive prints. I loved the colors and how they reflected much of the same palate as the Matisse prints also in the guest bedroom.
The rest of this process is very exact and precise. You must follow my every direction or you will fail.
Turn frame over, lay fabric over the frame, pull tight and staple gun the shit out of it.
See easy... Just repeat for all the panels... I suggest drinking a bottle of wine and watching Modern Family while doing this.
And then do the top parts the same way...
The next step was to figure out how to attach everything. After a lot of hemming and hawing at Lowe's (man this project involved WAY too much indecision), I grabbed a couple of 48" pieces of oak (dimensions 1/2"x2").
To attach the frames, I flipped em over, and attached the boards across the back...
Finally, to hang 'em, I picked up a packet of picture hanging stuff that can handle a heavy load...
I just attached the little eyelet guys at the ends of the boards...
And ran the wire between them...
And from there, it was just like handing a picture.
So how did it turn out?
TA DA! LOVE IT...
And for a more vertical view...
And a slightly wider angle (man this room is hard to take pictures of...)
Not bad for a couple hours and less than $30.00. Now I just have to figure out what to do the blank space all around the headboard...
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