Make Your Bed and Lie in It: 13 Creative DIY Bedheads
Give your bedroom that wow-factor with a homemade bedhead you can make yourself — from simple to special, these ideas will delight you
I never had a bedhead until I made my own. A few years ago I followed Real Simple‘s step-by-step instructions (reproduced here) and in one day created my very own custom-made, special-to-me piece of furniture (or is it an accessory?) using a staple gun, some cut-to-order plywood, foam, batting and a fabric scrap I picked up at my favourite upholstery shop. If I were more patient, I could have added upholstery nails for added glam.
A bedhead can really make the room. It’s like a piece of jewellery for your bed and, depending on what you do with it, it can also be a piece of art. May these 13 quirky, imaginative and one-of-a kind bedheads be just the inspiration you need.
A bedhead can really make the room. It’s like a piece of jewellery for your bed and, depending on what you do with it, it can also be a piece of art. May these 13 quirky, imaginative and one-of-a kind bedheads be just the inspiration you need.
1. All you need to make a grid of small covered panels is plywood, a staple gun, some batting and good picture hangers.
2. Crafty Grace Bonney from Design Sponge gives Martha Stewart a run for the money. Her spectacular homemade bedhead shows that choosing the right fabric makes all the difference. This was made in much the same way I made mine (plywood, staple gun, foam, batting and that stunning fabric), but with a fancier cut on the plywood. If that seems daunting, just keep in mind that this would look amazing as a big rectangle, too. Here’s her very helpful how-to.
3. A tri-fold room screen – minus one panel – set on its side and painted. Voilà!
5. A salvaged garden trellis gives this pale room its shabby chic cherry on top. As with anything that has peeling paint, spray a piece like this with a sealant to keep potentially toxic flakes at bay before using it in your bedroom.
6. This is a freight elevator door turned on its side (notice the “Danger” stencil).
8. You can find old painted shutters at any salvage shop. Just remember to seal them before using them as a bedhead.
9. Unpainted shutters add to the earthy, exotic feel of this room.
10. A large, framed piece of corkboard does double duty as a bulletin board and as a … well, as a bedhead.
11. Hurray for pallets! They are often free (check first before taking), and they make excellent places to hang stuff on as well.
13. This fabric art looks like an extension of the plain, nearly invisible bedhead here and adds a simple way to decorate the wall.
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Have you make your own bedhead? If so, we’d love to see high resolution photos in the comments section below.
Discover more bedroom ideas in our photo gallery
WE’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU…
Have you make your own bedhead? If so, we’d love to see high resolution photos in the comments section below.