Head of the bed with your own hands

In order to surround yourself with beautiful things, you do not need to earn a lot. You can create beauty with your own hands. All that is needed is a little imagination and patience.

The bedroom is a personal space, free from worries, work issues and everyday problems. The main place in the bedroom belongs, of course, to the bed. In bed, they sleep, read books, flip through magazines, go online, holding the laptop on their lap. Problems arise if the bed does not have a headboard. Pillows leaning against the wall, gradually erasing the wallpaper, and the habit of many women to go to bed with washed hair, too, does not bring anything good to the wallpaper. That's why many people come to the conclusion that they need to make the head of the bed with their own hands.

How to make the head of the bed?

One of the simplest, but effective ways of making the head of the bed involves the use of a bar and flat pillows.

1. The bar or cornice is fixed to the desired level, defining the "edge" of the head of the bed.
2. Cushion pillows are sewn with strong and beautiful loops (loops will be visible, so they should be neat).
3. With the help of hinges, the cushions are attached to the cornice. Light and small pillows can be left "hanging" without support, heavy yet large pillows can fall on the bed.

The second option involves the presence of skills in decorating or drawing.

1. A sheet of chipboard of the desired height and width is selected. It looks beautiful when such a headboard goes beyond the width of the bed.
2. Particleboard can be painted in bright colors and varnished, covered with fabric and embroider a pattern, create a pattern of pieces of fabric and leather ... Options for registration is not found, it all depends on the imagination and skills. To design this head of the bed, you can attract children: they can leave prints of their hands and feet on the panel, draw a dad with his mother or help parents in painting the panel with flowers.
3. It remains only to attach the resulting panel to the wall.

Those who love comfort, especially like a soft velvet head. The soft head of the bed with their own hands is very easy to make, despite the apparent complexity of the task:

1. A panel of chipboard or MDF is attached to the wall.
2. To the chipboard is fixed the foam of the required thickness. Any soft materials, including foam rubber, are attached to MDF and chipboard with the help of glue and furniture stapler. First, the surface of the wooden base is covered with glue, then foam is laid on it and the edges of the material are nailed with a stapler.
3. Foam is covered with fabric or skin. Effectively on the headboard velvet looks. The fabric must be well stretched, otherwise it can warp and go in waves.
4. The sides are covered with wooden panels.

Looks like this headboard is very impressive and stylish, especially if you use natural materials, such as leather and wood.

Decor of the headboard

Beautiful decor bed head can be created using a strip of furniture studs. They are used mainly on soft surface, for example, on the soft velvet-covered surface of the headboard. First a furniture stapler pierces a kind of "line", creating the necessary pattern. It can be a flower in the center of the bed, and repeating the shape of the head of the bed. Then the finished "figure" is decorated with furniture studs.

What should I avoid in the design of the head of the head, so it is voluminous and convex parts, as well as beads: they can interfere, crumble and cling hair.

Create a head of the bed with your own hands - the task is quite feasible. Of course, it will require time and patience, but the headboard created by oneself will please with its originality and uniqueness.