Ive wanted to make myself a headboard for awhile now and have finally done it so i thought id blog the step by step guide for anyone wanting todo the same.
Materials:
• 2.5m x 1.2m Ply wood(suitable height for Queen bed with pillow top)
•Sellys Quick grip spray
• 3m plain Wadding
• 3m x 1.4m Marerial (I used Upholstery fabric)
• 4cm thick Foam(sold by the meter) 3.5m cut to size
•staple gun
•Staples (10mm) 4packs
•stanley knife
•Hammer
Step 1- Cut foam to shape of ply and set aside for later
Step 2- lay down your ply on a flat surface, wipe over with a mircofibre wipe to pick up any residual dirt/dust
Step 3- Spray "quick grip" over ply and foam and lay down foam onto ply making sure all areas are bonded, especially sides/corners, wait for drying time
Step 4- lay down wadding and lay over ply (foam side down) and wrap waddin over working from one side to the next and so on making sure it taunt before stappling, using a hammer if any stapples dont make it all the way in
Step 5- lay down material printed side down and once again lay down ply (foam side down) and wrap material over again working from side to side making sure its taunt, the material is the most important step and you dont want sagging or loose looking, wrap corners into a triangle and then staple along the folded line, repeat all sides
Step 6- check over all sides of the headboard making sure there arent any raised staples, if so just lightly hammer them in, and now your done!
Enjoy! 😊👍
