The headboard is one of the most versatile furniture in your bedroom since it has the ability to take lead set the ambiance of the whole room. One of the new ideas that we came across with is the Three-Sided Upholstered Headboard Frame. With this type of headboard, you can mix and match bold and bright fabrics in making this classical-shaped headboard.
Materials that you will need includes two pieces of ½” sheet of MDF (medium density fiberboard), some batting, fabric and decorative trim, tempered hardboard, 2×4, staple gun, powerdrill, table saw and a jigsaw. In addition to these, you will also require some wood screw, measuring tape and miter saw. First of all, you will need to create the top frame cutting the 2×4s into 2 pieces of 13 ½” long, 2 pieces of 10” long, two pieces of 5” long, one piece of 30” long and last piece with 60” length. Next step is to connect the 5” pieces with screws to the 60” piece. From each edge of the 60” wood, you will need to measure 15” toward the center to the wood where you will attach the two 10” pieces. This should leave a 30” gap between the two pieces and this is where the 30” piece goes as an attachment on top of the two 10” pieces. Immediately after you will need to prepare 1 ½” wide strips of the hardboard fixing these strips to the top side of the middle rectangle while bending the same to create the curve and repeat this procedure for the next side. You need to finish off the frame with the MDF pieces.
Now to the cover, you will need a staple gun to hold the batting and the fabric wrapping the side pieces, fixing them in place with screws. After which you can finalize the look with decorative trims to cover the seams and staples. Soon after you now have a new three-sided upholstered headboard frame that would surely catch attention in your bedroom.