Tired of walking into your bedroom only to see a drab headboard and bland bedding? Just because the average person spends approximately 229,961 hours in their lifetime sleeping–that’s almost 1/3 of your life!–doesn’t mean your bedroom decor has to put you to sleep. Want to know one way to add a bold pop of color or pattern to spruce up your space? A DIY headboard! To help you find inspiration for your ultimate oasis, we’ve rounded up six tutorials and our four go-to fabrics for this weekend project. 

6 DIY Headboard Ideas to Inspire a Bedroom Refresh | Spoonflower Blog

6 DIY Headboard Ideas to Inspire a Bedroom Refresh | Spoonflower Blog
Featured design: Dino Mapasaurus by SammyK

It’s safe to say this DIY headboard is dino-mite! Spoonflower designer SammyK does a t-rexellent job showing you all the steps needed to make Dino Mapasaurus headboard, the DIY project every kid’s room needs.


6 DIY Headboard Ideas to Inspire a Bedroom Refresh | Spoonflower Blog
From the upholstered headboard to the throw pillows, Ursula and Priya’s creativity and discerning taste led the way. Featured product: Whimsical Leaves Square Throw Pillow Cover by homemadebycarmona

Ursula Carmona, founder of DIY design blog Home Made by Carmona, has been in love with home décor and DIY as long as she can remember–and her 12-year-old daughter Priya is just as creatively inclined. When it came time to remodel her daughter’s room, the mother-daughter duo put their DIY forces together to create a one-of-a-kind headboard featuring Priya’s artwork on Cypress Cotton Canvas. Read all about how Priya’s headboard came together in this post!

6 DIY Headboard Ideas to Inspire a Bedroom Refresh | Spoonflower Blog

We’re leaving the sewing machine at home and heading to the hardware store for this headboard project! Emma Jeffrey of Hello Beautiful is sharing a quick-and-easy step-by-step tutorial to add a big statement with little effort.

Pro tip: Search the Spoonflower Marketplace for marbled designs to recreate the look.

Jewel Marlowe of Jeweled Interiors is not one to shy away from color and it certainly shows in her daughter’s bedroom makeover. Using nouveau_bohemian’s Tropicana Jaguar (customized to be large scale for this project), Jewel DIY’d a Craigslist headboard to create a bedroom inspired by the iconic style of Kate Spade. The results leave you with a customized headboard straight from the pages of your favorite home dec mag. Bonus: Jewel’s Inky_Bits Duvet Cover by crystal_walen ties in the theme.

This handmade headboard from DIY Decor Mom is fit for a king…sized headboard! Annie’s master bedroom makeover for the One Room Challenge features clean lines, crisp colors and a pop of pattern with Connect the Blocks-Navy & White by honey&fitz on the geometric headboard.   

6 DIY Headboard Ideas to Inspire a Bedroom Refresh | Spoonflower Blog
Photo by David Tsay Photography.
Featured design: Mid Century Modern Floral by peacoquettedesigns

Raise your hand if you love a good IKEA hack! Emily Henderson of Style By Emily Henderson has won over our hearts and eyes with her IKEA headboard hack featuring Mid Century Modern Floral by peacoquettedesigns. Talk about bold color choices. The hot pink and yellow design makes quite the statement in this room refresh.


Choosing a Fabric for Your DIY Headboard 

Before you get started on your custom headboard, you’ll want to consider what Spoonflower upholstery fabric you’d like to use. We recommend working with upholstery-grade fabric to ensure the fabric is strong enough for the reupholstering. Since you’ll be working with a staple gun and stretching the fabric over your headboard, durable fabric is a must! If your fabric it too thin, the fabric can rip through the staples once they’re in place.

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6 DIY Headboard Ideas to Inspire a Bedroom Refresh | Spoonflower Blog