Making a wooden headboard is simple and it’s chic!

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Make a headboard wooden, it’s simple and it’s chic! To decorate and warm your bedroom, the headboard is an ideal solution.

It can take many shapes and sizes and fits in all types of space, big or small. Today, we present you a file around this idea of ​​DIY original and natural deco. To begin, we will see a tutorial making wooden headboard chevron pattern. Then we will review even more ideas of wooden furniture in cheap or recycled materials.

Making a wooden headboard is simple!

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Making a wooden headboard is a simple and fun activity at a time. The proof: the number of extraordinary models of this type available on the web. We explored them and spotted an original headboard making tutorial with chevron pattern. Before proposing the tutorial step by step, let’s say a few words about this motive and why we selected it.

Deco with reclaimed wood bed head

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The chevron pattern is quite well known and very popular in art and interior design. Known already by the ancient peoples, he is now experiencing a renaissance thanks to the decoration with a geometric motif of which he is part. It is an elegant and easy pattern to make in new wooden planks or recycled materials, like old pallets or pieces of parquet.

Chevron pattern and headboard to do it yourself

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What’s more, the herringbone pattern or broken baton lends itself to a lot of customization methods. A headboard made of wood with this pattern will be even more interesting if it is decided to emphasize the rafters with the help of paint, lacquer. Or again, if you play with natural shades of wood in two or more species!

Headboard light wood

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Finally, the Chevron pattern is perfect for the decoration of an adult or child bedroom. Universal, it gives character to a headboard made of wood while remaining trendy and discreet. So many reasons to adopt in his project of manufacturing headboard wood!

How to make a wooden headboard with chevron pattern – necessary materials

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Making a chevron wood headboard is a simple project that can be done with new planks, with recycled wood pieces or with wooden pallets. If one decides to opt for this last option, it would be necessary to start by undoing the pallets before proceeding to the realization of the wooden headboard.

For this DIY project of original headboard, we will need the following materials:

• planks of wood;
• a wooden frame (or three boards used to make the frame);
• lacquer or paint;
• glue ;
• nails ;
• a vertical support made of solid wood or substitute material.

The size of the materials will depend on the criteria. On the one hand, one should take into account the size of the bed, on the other hand, you would need to decide how much your wooden headboard will exceed in height and width the bed itself. The wooden boards are to be selected according to the desires of each one. For their choice, we will take into account the fact that the larger they are, the less herringbone pattern will be present on the wooden headboard and vice versa. Finally, the support in solid wood or similar material will be used to fix the boards. No need to invest in a very high quality material since it will not be visible once the project is finished.

Good to know: this wooden headboard do-it-yourself technique can also be used to dress the frame of a full board bed. In this case, one would obtain a uniform decoration as for the colors of the wood.

Tutorial to make a wooden headboard – to make the support

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To manufacture a wooden headboard of this kind, we begin with a first step related to the realization of the support. This one will serve to hold the chevron pattern boards together. This part of the project is realized by creating a frame made of three wooden planks around a support made of solid wood, plywood or other similar material.

Make a support for wooden bed head

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Also note, this step can be modified to apply to an old wooden headboard to refresh. In this case, it would be enough to recover the old headboard and clean it. You can also use a padded furniture; in this case, it would be necessary to remove the decorative fabric and the padding to reach the support behind this one.

DIY tutorial headboard in wood – realize herringbone patterns

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Once this part of the process is completed, we go on to the next step which consists in making the chevron patterns. This step involves measuring the boards, cutting them, then covering them with lacquer or paint. These steps are to be done before fixing the Chevron pattern boards on the support.

Prepare wooden planks

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Painting or lacquering the planks before fixing them on the support is recommended since, in this way, one does not have to worry that one will do tasks on the other elements of your DIY project. But be careful, if you want to create an interesting effect using various colors or hues, you should plan the exact location of each board to decide its color.

Fix the wooden planks

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Finally, know that the wooden boards are to cut in different size to form triangles on the support. Once the steps described above are completed, we move to the fixing of the boards on the support.

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For this, we work in two stages. First, we stick each board on the support; then nails are used to fix it even more securely.

Headboard wood chevron pattern

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How to dress a bed with wooden planks for a harmonious decoration

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The blogger Jen from The House Of Wood who inspired us for this DIY project also offers a way to harmonize the wooden headboard made with the bed itself.

Idea wooden bed

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The idea is to dress all the elements of the bed in pieces of wood such as those used for the decoration of the headboard.

Bed with wooden planks and chevron pattern

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This is an excellent way to revive an old bed that has lost its luster over time. The procedure is very simple since it involves repeating the steps of the application of the decorative chevrons. It would be enough to cut boards, to decorate them according to one’s taste and to fix them on the visible elements of the bed.

Idea wood bed

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As we can see on our images, the result is really remarkable. An idea to consider for those who love natural deco and wooden furniture for bedroom!

Wooden headboard to manufacture

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Even more ideas for making a natural and original wooden headboard

After this tutorial to make a chevron wood headboard, we continue with a collection of ideas dedicated to chic and original wood headboard solutions. Discover them downstairs!

Make a headboard in a wooden pallet, it’s chic!View in gallery

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If you want to highlight your bed and your bedroom, the headboard is the ideal solution for this. Conceived, at its origin, to isolate cold, nowadays the headboard very often has an aesthetic function. How to make an original wooden headboard?

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It’s simple, just having the necessary material and enough imagination and patience to make it happen. As we have said, to create your unique headboard, it is possible to use panels, wooden pallets, old doors, shutters and many other objects.

Wooden headboard of simple design in a female style interior

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The wooden headboard is an ideal solution if you want to increase the temperature in the room, at a low price. Designed in wood, it will isolate very well the wall of the cold and thus, one will sleep better and warm.

Headboard made of a painted Persian door

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Usually, new living spaces, houses or apartments, have a very good external insulation and you no longer have to install headboards to warm the room. Nowadays, the headboard has kept its practical utility of the time. But it has also reinvented itself as a decoration and extra storage space.

Marsala color wooden headboard

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How to make the best choice of headboard for your bedroom? The answer is simple: first you have to answer the question of how this furniture will be used. Do you need a headboard to warm your room? To create an extra storage space or just to decorate it?

An authentic wooden door that has been installed as a headboard

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Make a wooden headboard that meets your personal needs!

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As a decorative element, the headboard comes in a variety of forms. We can create a decorative headboard with wallpaper, frames and paintings, posters, books and any other object that seems appropriate and that harmonizes well with the decor of the room. In terms of space saving, the headboard can become a very practical piece of furniture. In lack of space at home? Then create additional storage space – after optimizing the space under stairs – installing a storage box or shelves instead of headboard, is at the top of the best solutions to succeed.

Wooden headboard with extra storage space

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Buying a ready made wooden headboard is practical and simple, making it yourself is not complicated, but requires time and patience. Finally, just take the exact measurements and choose the materials that will best match the interior style of your room.

Some models of headboard to manufacture oneself are easier to achieve than others. For beginners, our advice is to opt for a less complicated model to achieve. Wooden pallets are a very good solution to start, for example. Their manipulation and transformation are quite easy if one has the tools necessary for this.

Wooden single headboard in a minimalist bedroom interior

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To make a headboard in a wooden pallet, sometimes you do not even need tools! Just put it behind the bed, color it and decorate it. Look at these three wooden headboards, easy to make:

Three headboard ideas made from recycled wood

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Wooden headboard with practical storage space

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You want a headboard to showcase your bedroom interior? Or do you want to decorate this room and add a little color and originality? It is possible to decorate the wall above your bed with recycled materials that you no longer use. Any element and any object can be transformed into personalized and modern decor: old frames, posters, photographs, drawings, books and others. Finally, it’s up to you to develop your unique headboard!

Three beautiful headboards made of natural materials to warm the room

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If you find that despite the heating, your room is cold, then the headboard will help you to isolate your bed from the cold and sleep better at night! The reference material that isolates the best is of course the wood.

A wooden headboard and a light garland decorating the wall

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In this case, consider making a headboard with wooden pallets, old Persian doors or old wooden shutters. In this way, you will not spend anything and you will be warm! In addition, your decor will be beautifully refreshed by this vintage touch. Thanks to its qualities and appearance, wood has always been the most popular material for interior furnishing. And it will remain so for many more years.

Make a new wooden headboard or reclaim – inspirations in pictures

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Classic wooden headboard allowing the installation of two practical luminaires

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Wooden headboard idea decorated with colorful goblets in blue

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Fireplace transformed into a modern headboard

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More creative ideas:

How to make a headboard: watch this video tutorial!

Make a headboard yourself: instructions for use.