My padded headboard

We bought a king size bed, and as my friend over at Lelus house said about her king size bed, "it has changed my life"!  We love our new bed.  Unless you sleep alone, I recommend that you don't wait 34 years to make this purchase.  I sold our other bed and the mattress and box springs on Craigslist and began the hunt for a padded headboard.  I was hoping for something much more Glendarella like, but for $15.00, I couldn't pass up this simple arched headboard.  It is a well-made, home-made, king size padded headboard.  We finished this project in a weekend.  It was like any other reupholstery job - take off the old stuff and use that as your pattern. 

We started about 9:00 PM on Friday night after a couple of laps of encouragement around the neighborhood.  Me and the mister walked,  I talked,  and he listened while I pleaded my case.... I wanted help taking it apart.   The hardest part is getting all those staples out.  

Here it is on top of the Maxipad.  She serves me well, and has many useful purposes.

I hoped to be able to use the welting cord again, but it did not hold up well during the demolition

Adding more padding or batting material to the front side

I used the old fabric as my pattern and added 2" on either side to allow for more padding.



folding and ironing a a ruffle for across the top



sewing the fabric around the welting cord - oh yes I did Kayleen



At this point we had already stapled the extra padding and fabric to the front, and here we are stapling the ruffle to the top of the headboard

Don't let him fool you.... he likes this stuff

 occasionally he lets me play with his pneumatic staple gun -  we used an bed sheet to cover the back

It is not as gawdy or princess like as what I had in mind, but I like it and I like the price.

headboard - $15.00

4 yards of linen fabric - $48.00

welting cord - $6.00

batting or padding - $3.99

$72.99 for my padded king size headboard

I am linking up to Miss Mustard Seed's Furniture Feature Friday