10 Fabulously DIY-able Headboard Ideas

By: Diy maven May 01, 2008

created at: 03/27/2013

BHG ups the ante on the DIY upholstered headboard with these super easy and super fast ideas!

First up, 3 hollow-core doors are painted black and then stacked vertically for some serious visual impact.

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And speaking of doors, a wood paneled door, again sitting vertically, gives that Pottery Barn feeling on the cheap.

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We’ll go a little shabby-chic next with this shutter installation.

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For a cottage theme, this section of picket fence could look charming in a little girl’s room.

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Need architectural interest in your bedroom? Consider using architectural salvage as a headboard.

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PVC pipe comes out of the bathroom and goes to the bedroom in this canopy made of said PVC pipe that has been draped with an inexpensive twin sheet.

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Need storage space? Using a shelf as a headboard might be just the thing!

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Here a room divider makes an interesting headboard.

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A collection of framed prints serve as this chic ‘headboard’.

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And finally, an update to the upholstered headboard is this collection of upholstered squares.

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For even more, albeit mostly upholstered, headboard ideas, visit BHG.

Looking for something more modern? Try this one...

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Tagged : diyable, headboards, bedroom

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Yes, how did you secure the PVC pipe? I want to do this.

Barbie
Feb 09, 2012

Love the doors and the picket fence. I have a picket fence that I'm going to use for a headboard in our lake house.

Mommitaxi
Jan 31, 2012

I love the shutters one... but really looking for something that I can have hooked to the bedframe... Not stuck to the wall.. How would I secure the shutters better so that I can attach them to the bedframe instead of the wall???

Tiffany
Jan 09, 2012

How did you secure the PVC pipe?

Lovely ideas there! my favorite was the one made from the PVC pipe !

Tammy
Oct 02, 2011

how did you secure the three hollow core doors?

I love the picket fence! We have a beach theme for our little girl's room, and considered making her bed look like an Adirondack Chair. She's not quite 2, so she's not ready for a "big-girl" bed yet, but brainstorming for her, and when we move our 4 year old boy out of his toddler bed to give to her, and put him in a twin bed - hate to buy a whole bed, when we've got the base metal frame in the attic, but I hate the way a bed looks when it is sitting by itself with no headboard. But I hate the prices of beds!