12 Inventive Headboards

Challenge headboard conventions: old doors, windows and other unexpected items can all make fantastic backdrops.

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15 Easy-to-Make Headboards

Create inexpensive custom headboards for your (or your kids') bedrooms.

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VIDEO: Simple Headboard Ideas

Reclaimed materials and upholstery are just some of the items you can use.

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Top 55 Headboards Projects

1. How to Make a Kid's Headboard With Built-In Nightlights

DIY Network shows you how make an illuminated space-themed headboard for a child's room using holiday lights and plywood.
2. Vintage Door Headboard (01:30)

The Junky to Funky crew transforms an old door into a vintage headboard.
3. How to Paint a Parisian Style Headboard

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An old homemade headboard adopts a French feel with painted black and white stripes on the fabric.

Time:
Under Half Day

Cost:
$50 - $100

Difficulty:
Moderate
4. 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
5. Rourke Bedroom (20:00)

Kayleen McCabe gives this bachelor bedroom a high-class makeover.
6. Master Suite (02:59)

This tranquil master bedroom is the perfect place for lounging & sleeping.
7. Creating a Paneled Headboard

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

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8. 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...
9. Building a Padded Headboard (01:00)

Here are the DIY Basics on building a padded headboard.
10. How to Build a Headboard From an Old Picket Fence

DIY Network has instructions on how to inexpensively make a headboard from salvaged materials.
11. Transform Your Bedroom From Cluttered to Hospitable

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Turn your overcrowded, messy bedroom into a less-cluttered sanctuary with these easy steps.

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Difficulty:
Hard
12. How to Build a Kid-Friendly Bed

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Follow these step-by-step instructions to learn how to build a platform bed with built-in storage in the headboard and swing-out drawer...

Time:
Two Days

Cost:
$100 - $250

Difficulty:
Moderate to Hard
13. Stylish and Unique Headboard Ideas

Time to put a little sizzle back into the bedroom! Take a look at nine of our favorite headboard ideas, which are sure to inspire a chi...
14. How to Begin a Custom Tile Headboard Installation

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Host Fuad Reveiz shows how to get started on installing a custom tile headboard.

Time:
Weekend

Cost:
$500 - $1,000

Difficulty:
Moderate to Hard
15. 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.