Recover A Headboard Using Only A Staple Gun

Design

May 31

Recover a headboard using only a staple gun

I just love blue ticking fabric, don't you? It feels so summer coastal cottage - I can smell the strawberries and feel the warm breeze now.

So when I spotted the iconic pattern in a cotton duvet cover at IKEA, I grabbed it.

I decided that I would use it to lighten up my bedroom for summer - by reupholstering my bed frame. I couldn't spend much - so I went to work on a creative DIY summer refresh on a tight budget.

I used natural elements, some vintage pieces and my own artwork to create a mood board to keep me on track, and then got going.

My frame is a platform bed covered in ugly brown 'pleather' but it's easy to recover using just a staple gun. One duvet cover was more than enough to cover the headboard, sideboards and footboard, plus I get to use the two pillow shams as well.

There was no sewing involved here- just a staple gun, working from the centre out and pulling the fabric very tightly all the way across the headboard, then the sideboard, then the footboard.

How to fix a headboard using only a staple gun

Cut out the length needed to cover the front of the headboard plus wrapping around the sides like a present.
Pull tight, and staple onto the back, beginning in the middle and working out to the sides.
Repeat for sideboards if needed.
This obviously only works if your headboard is up against a wall where you won't see the backside.

Lavender, white crisp sheets and a textured white blanket make for a sensual and soothing retreat. I found an amazing vintage industrial light cage and an antique bracket to hang a bedside pendant lamp.

Add some DIY art in a repurposed old frame, plants and a few vintage industrial pieces and my coast summer bedroom is complete, for a total of $80 (duvet cover, light cage and bracket).