How to Build a Rustic Wood Headboard

Add style, color and texture to your bedroom in just a few hours and for less than $100.

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Paint a Parisian-Style Headboard

An old headboard brings a French feel with painted black-and-white stripes.

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Dual Headboard & Desk

This headboard also converts into a desk, perfect for a combination guest room/home office.

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1. How to Build a Headboard From an Old Picket Fence

DIY Network has instructions on how to inexpensively make a headboard from salvaged materials.
2. How to Make a Simple Cottage-Style Headboard

DIY Network has simple step-by-step instructions on how to build a classic-style headboard.
3. How to Make a Headboard With Duct Tape

DIYNetwork.com shows you how make a kid's headboard using multi-colored and patterned duct tape.
4. How to Make a Fabric Slipcover Headboard

DIYNetwork.com shows you how to make a shabby-chic headboard using a painter's tarp and an old piece of crewelwork.
5. Fresh Headboard Ideas

Just because it's in your bedroom, doesn't mean your headboard has to be a snooze. Get the designer look at the head of the bed with th...
6. How to Build a Rustic Wood Headboard

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Add style, color and texture to your bedroom with this do-it-yourself headboard that looks anything but DIY. A great project for newbie...

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7. Building a Padded Headboard (01:00)

Here are the DIY Basics on building a padded headboard.
8. How to Grout Headboard Tile

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Host Fuad Reveiz shows how to grout tile work on a headboard, and also shows how to clean it up.

Time:
Day

Cost:
$1 - $50

Difficulty:
Moderate
9. Eco-Headboard (20:00)

Amy Devers designs an eco-headboard out of recycled materials.
10. How to Make a Forest-Inspired Headboard for a Girl's Bedroom

DIYNetwork.com shows you how to turn a thrift store headboard into an enchanted forest headboard for a girl's bedroom.
11. How to Create a Fabric Headboard

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A drill, needle and thread are the only tools required to turn plywood into a fabric headboard.

Time:
Under Half Day

Cost:
$50 - $100

Difficulty:
Easy to Moderate
12. How to Install Headboard Columns

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Host Fuad Reveiz shows how to create a tile column on a headboard.

Time:
Weekend

Cost:
$250 - $500

Difficulty:
Moderate to Hard
13. How to Build a Padded Headboard/Convertible Desk

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Carter Oosterhouse shows how to build a padded headboard that also turns into a desk, perfect for a guest room that can also serve as a...

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Day

Cost:
$50 - $100

Difficulty:
Easy to Moderate
14. How to Upholster a Headboard With Nail-Head Trim

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Create a dramatic focal point in your bedroom with a custom, upholstered headboard that extends to the ceiling.

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15. Creating a Paneled Headboard

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This DIY Basic will provide tips on creating a paneled headboard.

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