diy upholstered wingback headboard

This DIY upholstered wingback headboard proved to be a little easier than I thought…not your usual DIY…right?

I finished my headboard over the weekend!

I had to work on it in bits and pieces in between the weekend activities, but it didn’t take as long as I thought it would.  It was actually a pretty simple project with very little sewing since there are no cushions.  Matter of fact, the only sewing involved was making the welt and sewing the welt onto the front arm panel.

It’s far from perfect, but for my own bedroom it’s exactly what I had in mind.  I originally had a brilliant velvet on my heart as my first choice in fabric, but I went with this ivory hemp because I had it on hand and I think it will be the brightness that my dark bedroom needs.  Plus, the velvet would have been a small fortune.

The legs were definitely the hardest part to figure out.    Next time, if there is a next time, I’ll make the legs slightly different.  This was a trial and error, learn as I went kind of project.

The front fabric is 100% hemp fabric I ordered on clearance from BigDuckCanvas.com, and the back fabric is a herringbone burlap, also clearance from the same company.

I used brass tacks to close the sides because I didn’t have any alligator closures and couldn’t wait until Monday to get some.  

Once the bed frame is set in place you won’t see the inside wing and the wood that’s exposed at the floor in the picture above nor the stretcher that goes in between the wings in the pic below.  I could probably wrap that stretcher in fabric to improve the look but I need to make a box pleat bedskirt to match and want make sure I have enough fabric for that first.  It won’t show at all under my bed so I’m not too concerned about it.

I’ll give you a play by play in the next couple days, maybe in two or three parts.

Once it’s in my bedroom and styled I’ll post about that too.  I won’t put it into my bedroom until I find a new dresser or night stand for Beast’s side of the bed.  Right now his dresser is 48″ tall and so is the headboard, so I certainly can’t have them fighting for attention… right?

This picture was my inspiration and I think I accomplished it.

What do you think?

xoxo

mimzy