In furniture stores beds with beautifulheadboard are much more expensive than standard, unremarkable furniture for sleeping. The quality and functionality are exactly the same. In order not to overpay for the decoration of furniture, you can make a decorative headboard with your own hands. This option will provide an opportunity not only to save on the purchase, but also to show imagination at the time of finishing. You can use any remnants of materials for the design of this piece of furniture, so the work does not require much effort.
How to replace the headboard yourself
Sometimes radical solutions are required regardingdesign of the head of the bed. Radicality is the complete replacement of the furniture item to a better option. Before you make the headboard with your own hands, you should pay attention to the following features:
- Compatibility of the material prepared for the replacement of the element, and the stationary bed body.
- Compliance selected for replacement of the material with the general interior design of the room.
- Practicality and functionality of the element, environmental friendliness and quality of the material.
With the complete dismantling of the element of furniture is to think about the course of the work. It is quite simple to change the headboard with your own hands, you must follow the standard algorithm:
- Remove measurements from the bed, according to which the replacement part will be manufactured.
- Buy additional parts for mounting: screws, corners to strengthen the structure.
- Using a screwdriver to mount a new headboard into the body of the bed. Using metal corners to fix the tie elements.
If necessary, the junction cansmear sealant or glue on wood. Such a trick will improve the connection, eliminate cracks that will worsen the appearance of the bed. All actions should be done carefully so as not to damage the furniture body.
Types of headboards for beds in self-design
Before you start to design the headboardbed with your own hands, you should determine the type of this element. The base may have a certain texture and texture. Conditionally headboards are divided into several types:
- Soft. A soft headboard is much easier to do with your own hands than a hard one. It is enough to have a sewing machine, a bit of padding polyester and foam rubber.
- Solid. This arrangement requires the ability to work with wood and similar materials. If you use a ready-made base, then there will be no problems with the finish.
- Combined. This option is considered the most difficult, as it combines several finishing options. You need to be able to work with materials of different types.
Another conditional division is due todimensions. In the modern interior of bedrooms it has become fashionable to have a bed with a headboard, which stands out significantly beyond the width of the bed. The latest fashion are beds with a headboard all the way to the ceiling. The classic option is the headboard, which fully corresponds to the proportions of the bed in width and height.
From which you can make a headboard for the bed on their own
For self decoration head of the bedYou can use a huge variety of materials that are not exactly used in factory production. Such a variety will make the bed unique in design.
If there are no certain preferences and options,then you can view the design products. Practically any such headboard of beds can be made the hands on a photo. For the manufacture of furniture designers can use these materials:
- Ordinary wooden boards. The tree should be sanded with sandpaper. Additionally, you can open the varnish.
- From the remnants of laminate or wood flooring you get a wonderful wall-headboard for this type of furniture.
- Wrought metal headboards are now a symbol of romance and luxury.
- If rearrangements in the bedroom are not planned for a long time, then you can make the data a piece of furniture in the form of a mosaic, lay out of tile or natural stone.
- It is easy to make a soft headboard of the bed with leather, leatherette, velvet, satin, cotton.
Materials can be easily combined with each other.complementing each other. It is important that textures and textures look harmoniously together. In some cases, the coarse elements of the decor are easily smoothed out with lighter textile parts.
How to make a soft headboard using various techniques
Before you make a soft headboard with your own hands, it is necessary to accurately determine its appearance. Ways of registration weight:
- The current option is the hinged methodmounting element of the pillows. The old part is dismantled completely or cut to the base of the case. At a certain height, the cornice is fixed, to which soft pillows are attached to the ribbons. Height is easy to adjust with garters.
- Imitation tiles.The perfect way to reorganize an old item or make a brand new one. Cut the plywood into equal squares. Cut the fabric into squares that are an order of magnitude larger than plywood. On each plywood square to impose a textile and on three sides to glue them together. Put the sintepon through the opening and seal the pocket. On a whole sheet of chipboard to glue soft tiles.
- The classic method of restoration.Lay on a solid base piece of foam rubber. For greater effect, you can place a synthetic winterizer between the foam rubber and the wooden base. The synthetic winterizer fastens a method of gluing. According to the dimensions of the product, sew a case, which, like a pillowcase, is put on over the top. You can attach textiles with a construction stapler to the base.
Having decided on the method of manufacturing a soft element of textiles, you can understand how to make a headboard with your own hands from leather and leatherette. The principle of operation is completely identical.
Design options for decorating the decorative part of the bed
Чтобы не ждать вдохновения для создания шедевра, for example, you can use the design work. Ideas for the head of the bed with their own hands easy to regenerate, looking at the finished role model. In addition to standard materials, experienced people in the field of design suggest using an original approach in the design.
The design options for the head of the bed do it yourself with ease to embody without the ability to work with materials of various types:
- A very popular option is stencilled paint. Drawing is applied directly to the wall. In this case, the main headboard is dismantled.
- On the wall, you can perform the application of wallpaper. A simpler option is to stick three bands all the way to the ceiling.
- The picture in the frame, painted on canvas, is an interesting design option for a headboard.
- According to the type of canopy of fabric, various models are formed: sail, waterfall, stripes.
Дизайнерские идеи не ограничиваются обыденными methods, materials and methods. In this case, the cost of finishing is mere pennies. It is best to use the old elements of decor, which remained intact: mirrors, throw pillows, photos in frames, soft toys and much more.
Wood as an option to design a headboard for bedroom furniture
Working with wood requires certain skills, a woman can not cope with the processing of such material.
But there are other options for arrangement.The headboard of a bed made of wood is easy to make from already processed materials. For this it is enough to use the remnants of building material or finished wood products:
- Parquet or laminate board. You can make whole pictures in the style of abstraction, which are placed in a common or separate frames.
- Old interior doors. Such elements can be installed without additional fixations, leaning against the wall and propping the bed.
- Doors from the old cabinet. Installed by the method described above. Can be placed vertically.
- Stairway from the wall bars. Placement can be vertical or horizontal.
- Pallets, bamboo blinds. Such a design has recently enjoyed particular popularity among designers.
The panel made by will look uniquelacing method. To do this, a sheet of chipboard or fiberboard must be drilled through in a certain sequence. With the help of a twine or other thread to make lacing. On the same principle create a picture by the method of weaving a pattern of wicker, straw.
To innovate in the design, you can change the design by staining the base in other colors. Threads, pebbles, beads can become auxiliary decorative elements.
On a solid and solid surface can be placed small shelves. Books, vases, figurines, lamps, non-decorative personal belongings can be placed on the supporting surfaces.
Four-piece carriage as an option to finish the bed in the aristocratic style
In modern design, especially classicstyle, the actual method of finishing the headboard of the bed will be screed. Screed for the head of the bed with his hands made exclusively from the expensive and dense fabric. Often used genuine leather, suede, velvet. It is worth choosing exclusively monophonic bases without prints and drawings. This type of decor is often compared with a four-piece carriage fastener; therefore, all decorative elements must conform to the aristocratic style.
To make a carriage tie on the headboard with your own hands, you need to prepare the following materials and accessories:
- Fabric or leather for exterior trim.
- Foam rubber and synthetic winterizer.
- Drill, scissors, construction stapler.
- Glue on a tree and a dense kapron thread.
- Needle hook and scissors.
- Large buttons, glass stones.
- Screws and suspensions for furniture.
- Wooden base.
Additional tools may be needed if additional decoration will be performed. Sometimes edges are trimmed with a fringe or other type of textile to create a contrast border.
Embodiment of the carriage screed in the home
Make a carriage headboard with your own handssimple enough, if you precisely follow the stages of work. Then the result will be no worse than in expensive furniture stores. For optimal results, use a photo of the head of the bed with your own hands.
Stages of the formation of the carriage screed:
- Cut foam rubber to form a wooden base. Make markup relative to the location of the buttons.
- In foam rubber, where the button will be fixed, use scissors to make holes with a diameter of 2-3 cm.
- Glue the foam rubber to the wooden base with a special glue.
- Using a drill to make holes in the middle of each circle in foam rubber.
- On foam rubber the thin layer of a synthetic winterizer keeps within. Over the top of the fabric, wrapped around a wooden base. Secure the material with a construction stapler.
- Sew a button or glass stone into each opening. The thread should match the color of the material. For better fixation of the thread, it is worthwhile to additionally fix it with a stapler.
- The last stage is the installation of a covered wooden base to the body of the bed.
To create a more original decor of the tie, you can apply the effect of the formation of rhombuses between buttons. Then the installation scheme at the stage of fixing the fabric will change a little:
- Lay the fabric on foam rubber with padding polyester, fix the places where buttons will be sewn with the help of safety pins.
- Sew rhombuses between future fixation points of decorative elements.
- Detach the safety pins and fix the fabric on a wooden base with a stapler.
- The last step will be sewing buttons at the intersection of rhombuses.
Fastening methods for a double headboard after an upgrade
Изголовье двуспальной кровати, своими руками created, requires proper fastening. There are several options for fixing this element. The method of installation is determined by the interior design and the type of headboard.
The best mounting options are:
- Mounting the bed base to the wall.Ideal for fixing solid wood canvases. Loops are screwed into the product, and hook screws are driven into the wall. The headboard is mounted at such a level that the bed body is not lower than the canvas.
- Attach directly to the bed frame. Installation is carried out by drilling holes in the body of furniture and fixing the headboard with screws to the main frame.
- The headboard is on the legs apart from the bed, without fixing to the wall. The finished canvas is installed on the legs. The immobility of the canvas is guaranteed by fixing the bed and the wall on both sides.
If the headboard is layered and takes hugethe area of the wall above the bed, it is worth using several mounting options. This method is relevant in the case when the main part is screwed to the bed, the second level of fabric is hung on the baguette.
Decorating the finished headboard with various techniques
If the bed looks quite presentable andcompletely worn out, then change the head does not need - just update the canvas. In accordance with this, you should first decide on the functionality of the room and the overall design.
To update the head of the bed with your own hands, using simple techniques, you can as follows:
- Introduce soft elements in the design of the case.Cut out individual geometric shapes from plywood and cover them with a padding fabric. Glue the elements in sequential or random order.
- The most basic method of updating are decorative pillows. On the basis of the old headboard, fix small baguettes to which the pillows will be fastened with straps made of ribbons.
- Changing colors using decoupage technique, repainting, wallpapering. Sometimes these 3 methods are combined within the same plane.
- To hide the old headboard quickly and inexpensively, you can sew a few covers of thick fabric. Each case can by design correspond to a specific season.
- Add additional items made fromwood, metal or plastic. The actual option will be the letters of the Latin alphabet, painted in different colors. Elements are screwed or glued to the base.
- Relevant became modeling of polymer clay. You can make figurines of animals, people, plants and fix the products around the perimeter of the entire headboard.
Методы обновления могут быть совершенно разными.The complexity of the embodiment varies the degree of deterioration of the base of the head. Sometimes the best upgrade method is complete dismantling. The decoration area can be decorated directly on the surface of the wall through wallpaper, textile stretch.
