How to Make Your Own Tufted Headboard

I hate when I'm scrolling through Pinterest and find an image I love only to find out later that it was a very expensive store-bought item and it happened to my friend Amy with this header, but I think I found a way to

make

an inexpensive one for

your

new house, so in this project we are going to need a half inch sheet of plywood cut on two sides to a quarter inch foam quilt to add fabric, scissors, a ruler, you can use a level or a ruler. tape measure a fine-tipped permanent marker a stapler with staples three-quarter-inch roofing nails three-quarter-inch washers a hammer fabric button making kit industrial-strength clear adhesive wire cutting pliers a stud finder a drill and a sturdy ribbon hanging box and what those items will be creating this for my friend Amy Pound Hood's keepsakes right here she is helping with my first project in my shop this is what our bed looks like now so adding a decorative

headboard

will be a big improvement, okay Amy?

This is a much larger project and these are not chandeliers you helped me with. I think we can address it. This is a big old bed, too king size. Yes, at Home Center we cut our half inch plywood to size to match the width of Amy's king size bed, so the first thing we're going to do is cut the foam to fit. This is an inch and a quarter of foam and we have another piece to put on top to

make

it thicker. to get that deep

tufted

look, so if you buy three inch foam at the craft store, it would have cost a hundred dollars like the link we need, oh my goodness, this is just a mattress protector, it's actually queen size, They are the correct links. that we needed for the width of our header.

How would you think if something was just such a small package? We definitely want to place all the walls correctly for supply. A small drawback with using this type of foam is that the edges are not very straight, but then. when we stretch the fabric over it, you'll never be able to tell, and by the way, the best thing about ending up with excess material is being able to use it for more important things. Okay, now we have to take a nap. Yes, it's variation time, so we need to calculate how many Tufts you want to tank the small crevices.

I have seen less and I have seen more. Yeah, I think this is right in the middle and it's a good amount. Now I agree that he has a fast life. It doesn't look so luxurious, yes, the more the better. Well, we have the button so we can lay them out and have some sort of image, but before we can design it, we have to do some calculations. 77 and divided by eight, look at me, no I don't see math, yeah, neither do I, fun weekend services, you know, math dance for you, mental abuse for humans, measure and mark the accounts, but first we need a image, we decided to use five rows of buttons and each row alternates between seven and eight buttons.

We are going to space each row five and a half inches apart vertically on each button nine and a half inches apart horizontally, let's draw horizontal lines five and a half inches apart with our ruler, we are measuring five and a half inches from the top of the

headboard

and drawing a line, this line represents the top row button from here we will mark four more lines all spaced five and a half inches apart, now we will just use the tape measure and mark along the horizontal where the buttons actually they will be so each one of what we say now and a half and nine and a half inches our next step is to cut small squares well where our fun with each mark exactly that way the buttons can be made deeper and give us a nice

tufted

appearance. amazing proof, it seems something like modern art, yes, our score, what does it mean?

Cuffy, you are cutting like a small square exactly right above the mark. Now there are a lot of brands here, so they are really big crossovers. so what keeps the button from sinking in there? We will put the fabric on it before placing the button correctly so that it stays well. Then we'll add our batting, this material will smooth everything out and also prevents the plywood corners from tearing the fabric, so pull it a little bit further there, we just need a few inches to staple it to the back and then we'll go ahead and turn it over, so we will start with our short.

End here if you want to grab the stapler, this is a step where a second pair of hands really comes in handy as one person tightens the batting and the other staples, a few inches apart around the entire board, looking good from behind once the batting is all stapled cut off the excess pair of scissors now we need to take our finger and poke a hole through the batting in all the holes we are poking through the batting into each hole this thing rotates it enough, can you just use

your

fingers well, you know, I am easily amused, what do you think of the fabric?

Perfect, okay, this is the fun part or the strange part is that we are going to use nails and washers. Oh, really, it doesn't sound comfortable. but it will push the sturdy thing down enough and then we'll cover them with pretty buttons. You can see just place your finger on how the diamond pattern is created with the fabric that way if we're going to skip a row and do all the matching rows before we do the two middle rows, okay, so it's a little bit tricky to start without hit your fingers. By the way, this is not easy, it might even work better to use something like a pair of needles. pliers if the nails started, but take your time and be careful.

I don't want any giant pulsing red thumbs. Well, I guess that's going nowhere. We are using nails instead of screws. The screws would rotate as they go through the fabric and bat. causing the fabric to twist and fold, which would lead to rather unattractive results if the washers we use match the diameter of our buttons. This is important because it allows the buttons to snap perfectly into place, okay Chelsea, I'm getting nervous. all this as extra fabric, how is this attached? Here they put their finger in that hole because we haven't done the middle row and see how they hold the fabric the way we want.

Oh, tight battle, how cool. Wow, it looks good, so in a way where you want the extra fabric to have room, eh, okay, I see, oh, it's a great throw for the Queen Queen Amy of pug nation. Now that all the nails are in, it's time to pinch the fabric at the edges with the headboard on its side. I'm creating a new fold from each outside button to the edge while Amy staples the fabric to the back. I always like to save the corners for last, carefully overlap the fabric as tightly as possible and then secure it in place with several staples.

It looks like oh and why is it compressed, so now all we do is put some buttons over the nails. Awesome, these fabric button kits are clean and super simple. Cut a piece of fabric following the template provided. Place the front half of the button face down on it. fabric and then press it into the plastic tray, at this point the fabric gathers around it, just push it in and then take the back half of the button and place it on top of the folded fabric and press, finally just turn it inside out. and press the button pretty well and now repeat this about 40 times before placing the buttons on the header.

We are removing the metal hooks on the back as they will get in the way. We are using a high strength clear adhesive. enough glue so that these buttons stay permanently attached to the header, but not too much so that the adhesive can seep into the fabric when you push it in place, trust me, removing glue from the fabric is not easy, I think the buttons are really polished. oh my god it looks so good I can't wait to see it on the wall okay let's hang it so here it is you can see I really need it yeah yeah okay so let's go ahead and move on the tape between the windows. and get our Center.

I've heard of 109.5 109.5 oh man here comes the math again 109 115 after marking the center we look for wooden studs on both sides to attach our slat and our last step is to attach the opposite side of the slat to the one behind the headboard Hey , moment of truth, we are all this job, oh my god, screaming, oh my god, I'm out, that was great, no good, now Amy is on her way to creating the bedroom of her dreams. I hope you enjoyed this project, thanks for checking it out. I guess there are a lot of projects to share with you, so make sure to subscribe so you don't miss my next episode.