Creative Headboard (or lack therof) Ideas

Timothy De Clue Design L.L.C Becky,
Great idea book here is another example; I used an old Ikea bookcase to make vertical panels for a headboard. creating a modern space

Becky Harris Timothy, brilliant, I love it. I'll add it to the book!

victoria_d LOVE the Amy Lau bedroom. It's stunning!

Impact Imports I love creative headboards! Here is a headboard we created for a client using old teak doors from Bali. Each of these doors is a single piece of teak. Side tables also from reclaimed teak.

Becky Harris I recently hung a wooden sign from Waterman's Lobsters in Maine as a headboard in our Maine cottage. A great look for a cottage that looks out at lobster boats on a lobstering Maine island.

Becky Harris Um BECKY here, I was trying to figure out how I wrote that comment directly above this one without ANY recollection of it, then found out later it was my mother - I had signed into Houzz when I was at her Houzz and never signed out! I knew all of that stuff was true, but it didn't seem like something I would write like that in my own ideabook :) Here is the sign of which my online doppelganger speaks:

Becky Harris In other weird commenting news between my mother and I, I keep telling the commenter with Mariette in her username "hey, my middle name is Mariette" when I see that her name is Mariette. Well, lo and behold, the Mariette on Houzz is the one who ditched "Mariette" onto me and took her maiden name as her middle name. Namely, my mother, who already knew that my middle name was Mariette because she picked it. ;)

dana29 Love the upholstered headboards. I wonder if it will be hard to cover my awful headboard... If you have any tips how to DIY that would be great.

littlesunshine What a great ideabook.
Here is another cool headboard made from books:
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-book-headboard/

Becky Harris WOW little sunshine! Very Cool!

Dana, perhaps HGTV.com or something? They always make it look easy, but I have a sneaking suspicion I would be terrible at it!

Adi Tatarko Great ideabook Becky, I wish I was so creative :-)
Maybe Kit Pollard can post an ideabook about the upholstered headboards. She is really good with DIY projects...

Sonja Hilliard, DVM Here's another headboard idea. I made this one from about 1, 580 wood shims.

Sonja Hilliard, DVM This headboard was made from some re-purposed Shoji screens. The paper windows were removed and fabric and batting were added instead for a padded look. Any fabric would work and it can easily be changed if your decor changes.

Becky Harris These are brilliant! Thank you so much for adding pictures! I have a dumb question for Sunny - what exactly are these "shims" - what are they repurposed from? They are GORGEOUS, and I love the variety in color. And also, do you have any pictures that are closer up of the Shoji screen headboard? I'd love to see exactly what that is for future DIY projects.

danielle70 very creative!

Joan Van Buskirk wonderful ideas!

sugardesign Love the headboard ideas. Here is a headboard that I made by painting 3 leaf motif paintings with red inserts between the 3.

Sonja Hilliard, DVM Sorry for the late reply Becky, wood shims are used in construction for leveling when dealing with irregular surfaces (like window framing, or installing cabinetry). They are very thin wedge shaped pieces of wood. They are sold in bunches at home improvement stores (Home Depot, Lowes, etc.) I don't have any close up pics but can try to get some, the screens are made from the Shoji frames (rice paper removed) then I cut a toile print fabric to fit and used a staple gun to staple the fabric and 1.5 inch thick batting to the back for the "poofyness" I wanted once it was mounted to the wall.

vlarson This question is for Sunny......I love the headboard you made out of wood shims and I want to make one for my sons room. I just wanted to know how you made it. Did you glue them to a piece of wood or on the wall?

Becky Harris Hi V!

I suggest posting your question with a picture of the headboard in question to the Buzz board so that there may be more of a chance of Sunny seeing your question - this ideabook is kind of old and I don't know if it will be seen!

Thanks!

Becky

Sonja Hilliard, DVM @vlarson-yes to reduce the number of nail/staple holes in my wall I used large 1/4 inch thick boards (of a light weight wood because I was doing this all by myself, unsure what type of wood it was) to which I attached the shims. I built the frame around it first. The shims in my board are stacked into threes but you can adjust the depth with the number of shims you use. I stapled the first two shims to the wall board and to each other in the pattern that I liked, but changing directions of the alternating shims or alternating rows would dramaticaly change the pattern so play with it before you staple it! Staples worked better than nails for me because it was one quick attachment (I had no nail gun at the time) and the shim wouldn't spin. Then the final shim I attached with wood glue so that no staples would be visible. Hope this helps, sorry for the late response!

Lena Kroupnik Interiors While vacationing in India, my client spotted a headboard and send a picture of it to me. We decided it's perfect for that special luxurious guest bedroom in her house.... Voila!

Jenni Pagano Great ideas! The slatted headboard is from Ikea http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70176312/
and looks even better stacked two or three high!