Connor's New Headboard

Connor has been very excited about this project! He went shopping with me to pick out the fabric, and he knows that I was making this for his new room, which he still adores.


I had Kevin buy a piece of plywood and cut it to the size and shape that I wanted.


I used glue to attach the foam to the wood.



I bought high density 2 inch foam from JoAnn's. It's sold in sheets that are 90 inches long and 24 inches wide. That means that I had to cut the foam and piece it together to fit the headboard. The final shape of the headboard comes mainly from the shape of the wood and foam, so you have to be careful cutting the foam. I recommend using an electric carving knife to cut the foam.

Fortunately, batting is sold in all sizes, ranging from a crib-size to a king-size blanket, so it was easy to find a piece of batting that was large enough to cover the entire headboard. This helped to smooth away the seams in the foam.

I used a staple gun to attach the batting and the fabric to the back of the wood.

The fabric I bought was 54 inches wide, which wasn't wide enough to cover the whole headboard. I had to stitch two lengths of fabric together to make it wide enough. Getting the stripes and pattern straight was a little bit of work. It was mainly just time consuming, though.



Here is the finished headboard. Kevin bought some metal brackets that we are going to use to attach it to the wall in Connor's room.