I've only, once in my life, had a bed frame. All other times my mattress and box spring have sat on the ground. For some reason, when my bed is on the ground I feel like it's more secure. This may be residual trauma from the one frame I had -- an antique that felt like it was going to collapse every time my 12 year old body jumped into it. Either way, I'm a grounded bed kinda gal, but that doesn't mean I don't crave a fancy headboard.
As an avid Apartment Therapy reader (full disclosure, I blog for the company's tech site) I've always drooled over the DIY headboards the contributors feature. Not too long ago I decided to stop drooling and just make my own.
After a canvas and x-mas light project went wrong (don't ask) I decided to salvage the stretched canvas and turn it into a makeshift headboard. How I did it, below...
I stretched a cut-to-size section of $5 fabric I bought at Ikea last year around the canvas frame and used a staple gun to affix it in place. Then, because I didn't want the canvas to shift across the wall when I put my head against it, I found a DIY solution that also let me reuse part of a beer can.
Found on Pound Designs, the genius idea uses can tabs as a canvas hook. I simply Gorilla Glued the two tabs on the wooden part of the frame, measured the distance from each other and nailed into the wall at the appropriate distance. It's amazing how sturdy it is now.
My only gripe is that I was so worried about making sure the fabric was taut against the frame that I didn't notice that I had stretched the fabric in a way that the design is lopsided. Oops!
Super cute idea; thanks for the soda can tip!
Posted by: Belleandchic.com | Dec 18, 2009 at 11:47 PM