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 Make a Headboard from Salvaged Wood

DIY Network has instructions on how to build a headboard using scrap wood and a family photo.
2. How to Build a Headboard From an Old Picket Fence

DIY Network has instructions on how to inexpensively make a headboard from salvaged materials.
3. How to Create a Red, White and Blue Headboard

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This little headboard would be great for a guest bedroom. It can be installed just for the Fourth or left up all year long.

Time:
Weekend

Cost:
$250 - $500

Difficulty:
Moderate
4. Mirror Door Headboard

Learn how to make a mirrored headboard by replacing the glass in a discarded door with mirror, from DIY Network.
5. Architectural Bed (03:27)

Create your own headboard by combining architectural elements.
6. 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...

Time:
Day

Cost:
$50 - $100

Difficulty:
Easy to Moderate
7. 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...
8. 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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9. Eco-Headboard (20:00)

Amy Devers designs an eco-headboard out of recycled materials.
10. Handcrafted Adirondack Bedbest (01:32)

Design and build a rustic Adirondack bed from Tennessee birch and canvas.
11. Chainlink Headboard (04:37)

Nancy Golden and Brad Staggs make an industrial-chic metal headboard.
12. Adirondack Outdoor Bed (06:15)

The DiRestas build a king-size Adirondack-style bed frame for a friend.
13. How to Build a Fireplace Mantel Headboard

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Create a charming headboard by pairing a careworn fireplace mantel with a tufted upholstery backing.

Time:
Weekend

Cost:
$50 - $100

Difficulty:
Easy
14. How To Give a Dresser and Headboard an Antique Finish

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Bring some romance back into a dated bedroom with antique finishes on a dresser and headboard.

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Difficulty:
Hard
15. Bedroom Oasis (20:01)

These homeowners need a mature place to retreat.