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kitten_kat Subletter |
posted 10-27-2000 10:50 AM
   
So, the problem is this: my SO is rather tall--about 6'2". My current bed has a footboard that makes the bed a bit cramped for the poor guy, so I was thinking of just moving the mattress onto the floor (I don't have a boxspring, just a mattress). I would still like to have some kind of headboard-y effect, but I am feeling rather poor this week. Any ideas on how to make it look less like...well, less like it's just a mattress on the floor? IP: Logged |
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puffgirl Housemate |
posted 10-27-2000 11:22 AM
Maybe hanging fabric on the wall would help. I've taken pretty blue fabric that reminded me of a night sky and hung it above the bed for a canopy effect, but hanging it at the head of the bed would look really nice to. Another idea is getting a hold of some canvas and drawing/painting something on it. You could draw a headboard to be goofy. A pattern would be simple to paint if you aren't confident in your painting/drawing abilities. Deep blue with gold swirls is what I'm envisioning, but anything would work. Basically I'm thinking of things you won't hurt your head on. If you aren't as prone to kocking into things as me, maybe you can put something up that you find second hand or about to be thrown out. I'm thinking a piece of white picket fence, tabletop, etc... Hope this helps. 
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kitten_kat Subletter |
posted 10-27-2000 12:26 PM
hmm, some interesting ideas--thanks. how do you attach the fabric to the walls? do you use nails? tacks? IP: Logged |
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puffgirl Housemate |
posted 10-28-2000 08:43 PM
Depends on the weight of the fabric. Sheets I'd put up using thumbtacks. Thicker fabrics I'd use nails. I just thought of rugs. Ikea has some fun ones that would look really good on walls. The wilton rugs are great, particularily the Give wilton rug. Its w3'11" x l5'7", comes in blue, green and red, and costs $24.00. Its got a funky flower on it reminiscent of Andy Warhol silk screens. Okay, so I've got the catalog in front of me.  IP: Logged |
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Andrea Housemate |
posted 10-29-2000 10:53 PM
How about an inexpensive curtain rod above the bed, with pretty, sheer paneled curtains tied back on either side of the bed? Sort of a "framing" effect. Cost you less than $20. IP: Logged |
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yeefan Head of the House |
posted 10-30-2000 09:54 AM
a japanese-style decor would go really well with having a mattress on the floor (traditionally, the Japanese sleep on a futon mattress placed directly on the floor that gets rolled up and placed in a closet during the day). i'd keep the other furnishings low as well (maybe make a couple of low nighttables), and maybe get an area rug in a nice natural-colored fabric (a coir rug would be fairly inexpensive and look very nice). paper lamps (they've got some pretty, cheap ones at IKEA) would work perfectly with this sort of style too. IP: Logged |
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yeefan Head of the House |
posted 04-12-2001 08:42 AM
*bump*ing it up for chila ... IP: Logged |
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ng-la Housemate |
posted 04-13-2001 02:42 PM
check out this link for a couple of ideas. http://www.livingroommag.com/headboard.html I took the idea of the blue stripes in the above link and did the same thing on 3 large canvases. I didn't end up using it as a headboard, but hung them on the really large and (previously) really empty, white wall oppisite my bed. I was getting sick of looking at nothing. It turned out really nice, esp. since I have a blue/green/yellow striped quilt on my bed. It really ties the room together. And it would have looked great over the bed too! IP: Logged |
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kitten_kat Subletter |
posted 04-13-2001 02:52 PM
Ooh, I LOVE those ideas. I think that my local art supply store is having a sale on canvases, too... Thanks! IP: Logged |
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Princess Housemate |
posted 04-17-2001 12:45 PM
One option is to purchase a plain bedframe and put your mattress/boxspring on it. That way you won't be on the floor, but you won't have headboard/footboard problems. I use this solution in case I want to move my bed under the window, or anywhere else in the room. IP: Logged |
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kitten_kat Subletter |
posted 04-17-2001 01:09 PM
I would love to do that, actually--but I don't have a boxspring. Just a mattress. Those steel frames don't work without a boxspring...do they? IP: Logged |
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Princess Housemate |
posted 04-17-2001 05:45 PM
I'm not sure, but I don't see why not. They usually have some cross bars for bracing. If not, you could support the mattress with some planks, maybe 1"x12". [This message has been edited by Princess (edited 04-17-2001).] IP: Logged |
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fluffygurl Housesitter |
posted 04-17-2001 06:00 PM
Hey Everyone Im moving back home and want to make my room a little more grown up ive recently bought a bed and i need a funky headboard Ive been thinking that a kinda chinese screen would look nice but since the funds are low id probably need to make it i kinda want it to fold around the sides of the bed does anyone have any idea of how to go about making this?? IP: Logged |
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prarie girl Housemate |
posted 04-18-2001 08:23 AM
Hey fluffygurl - As far as constructing a screen, I would just figure out how tall you want the thing to be, and buy some wood and nail it all together to make three panels - one that would be the length of a headboard (or several panels to equal that length), and two more panels that would wrap around each side of your bed. I use "furring strip" wood to make my canvas stretchers for paintings, and that works pretty good - and it's dirt cheap. However, there can be some funky knots in it - maybe the guys at Home Depot can suggest a better type/size of wood. Once you've got the frames made, you could just stretch fabric over them and staple it to the backside of the frame. Another idea would be if you painted the frames black and glued some big sheets of rice paper to it. I don't know if they sell that in very wide rolls though... Then once you've got the screens covered, connect them all together with some piano hinges. Hope that helps! IP: Logged |
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kitten_kat Subletter |
posted 04-19-2001 10:14 AM
I think there's an article in a past issue of Martha Stewart (I know, I know--that's WAY vague) about making hinged panelly things. I remember for one she covered the panels with maps. I thought that was kinda cool (of course, my college major was geography). I'll see if I can figure out which one it was. Princess: Thank you! I don't know why I didn't think of that before. [This message has been edited by kitten_kat (edited 04-19-2001).] IP: Logged |
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yeefan Head of the House |
posted 12-16-2001 04:08 PM
*bump* IP: Logged |
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fluffygurl Housesitter |
posted 12-16-2001 05:14 PM
Well I finally made my head board yay me! I measured the width of the bed and then got dad to cut out a rectangle of chipboard. Then I rooted round till I found 2 pieces of foam (our garage is a treasure trove) and glued em on to the head board then stretched a sheet over the whole thins and stapled it to the back two pieces of wood and 2 nails later and I have a head board yay ! IP: Logged |
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abracadabra Housemate |
posted 12-30-2001 07:37 PM
I just saw a crafty looking fake headboard in a decorating book. They hung a wooden curtain rod (painted white) above the bed and draped a quilt over it. I imagine you could use any fabric you wanted to if you finished the edges with a sewing machine or that basting tape stuff (spaced on the brand name, no sewing required though). They painted the walls one of the accent colors of the quilt and it looked really nice, and it's cheap! IP: Logged |
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abracadabra Housemate |
posted 12-30-2001 07:42 PM
stitch witchery. that's what it's called. IP: Logged |
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LittleRed Housemate |
posted 02-27-2003 01:00 PM
Bumping because I just got a new bed (now the boy and I won't have to sleep in a TWIN bed together when we stay at my house! Yea!), but when I was putting in my bedroom last night, I realized the only place it looks good is angled in the corner, so there's nothing behind my head. I'd love to do some of the creative ideas like painting a canvas, etc, but I need something that function as an actual headboard in place of the wall. Ideas? Suggestions? IP: Logged |
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crowjoy Housemate |
posted 02-27-2003 01:27 PM
How about a room screen/divider thing? I think any hinged thing would work out and could be decorated in a million ways. IP: Logged |
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ebayerdg Housemate |
posted 02-28-2003 08:14 AM
One more idea, a little different than the others, but how about a sexy canopy? Attach four curtain rings to your ceiling, at each corner of the bid. Pass ANY material that you love through it, swagged or draped and viola. I know it's not a headboard, but just thought I'd throw that out there. Maybe the ideas can be incorporated. Good luck! IP: Logged |
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ebayerdg Housemate |
posted 02-28-2003 12:25 PM
Hi. Also, just ran into steps to create a padded headboard. IP: Logged |
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amandafaith Housemate |
posted 03-02-2003 12:59 PM
I too needed a "headboard" for my mattress/boxspring on the floor- so I bought a curtain at Pier 1 that's striped with tab tops. . I also bought three loose bamboo poles, so I used a clear hairband to bind them together and then mounted them on the wall, then hung the curtain from that. To top it all off, I hung two oblong paper lanterns on either side. It really makes the bed look finished. [This message has been edited by amandafaith (edited 03-02-2003).] IP: Logged |
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LittleRed Housemate |
posted 03-03-2003 07:42 AM
I love the idea for a padded headboard! Actually, I love all of these ideas -- for some reason though, I really want something I can lean back on, so some of the fun ideas like a curtain, etc wouldn't work. I wonder how I could attach the padded headboard or something like it to the frame so that it would be sturdy? IP: Logged |
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greschya Housemate |
posted 03-03-2003 08:11 AM
You know, I've always wanted to make a headboard out of fencing. Home Depot or the like always has tons of fence parts, and it seems like if you have a frame, or a wall to mount it on (neither of which I have) that you could just bolt the fence to either. There are so many choices beyond flat pickets, too -- and youcan find finials and capitals and etc etc to add to a basic fence to make it look a little more . . . whatever. Once I have a house without triangular rooms, I'll be ALL over that jazz. IP: Logged |
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kittenkat Housemate |
posted 03-03-2003 08:12 AM
quote: One word: Staplegun. Just wrap batting and upholstry fabric around a piece of plywood and staplegun it all the way around the back, starting from the center and pulling it tight as you work your way around. And you can pretty up the front with upholstry nails, buttons, or pretty much anything else. Ok, editted to say that I just re-read your post and realized that you are looking to attach the board to the bed, rather than the padding to the board. Most bed frames have holes at the head where you can use screws to attach the headboard. [This message has been edited by kittenkat (edited 03-03-2003).] IP: Logged |
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Jezabel Housesitter |
posted 03-03-2003 03:16 PM
Somewhere, on another bulletin board, I read a post from a woman who had attached a home-made headboard to her Harvard frame (the cheap thing that comes with the mattress when you buy it, which is all I have for my bed.) She said that since it attaches so low on the headboard, every time she and her husband had sex, the headboard smacked loudly against the wall. (Actually, I think she used some dorky euphemism, but that's irrelevant.) Makes sense, since most headboards on, shall we say, less homemade beds are attached more towards the middle of the headboard. Just something to consider. (Sadly, I have neither a headboard nor much smack-causing activity with which to test this hypothesis.) IP: Logged |
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Finesse Housemate |
posted 03-24-2003 03:36 PM
the site doesnt work for me ???
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Brookiebaby Housemate |
posted 03-24-2003 03:50 PM
the magazine shut down... IP: Logged |
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LittleRed Housemate |
posted 11-10-2003 02:51 PM
Bump! IP: Logged |
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ebayerdg Housemate |
posted 11-18-2003 12:12 PM
Somewhat related...I saw a picture of this http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ebayerdg/lst?.dir=/Bed&.src=ph&.view= but I cannot figure out what to buy to make that piece make a U coming out of the wall above the bed? Any ideas? jeez, sorry [This message has been edited by ebayerdg (edited 11-18-2003).] IP: Logged |
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minxx Housemate |
posted 11-18-2003 01:02 PM
Maybe if you got a thin piece of wood for the back part. It would be easy to put a screw through. Then, glue dowel rods to the thin piece of wood. You could stain it or paint it to make it all one color. IP: Logged |
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Pinkegrl Housemate |
posted 11-19-2003 08:10 AM
quote: To me it looks like a window scarf or a piece of really long fabric draped over a curtain rod that's been attached to the wall. Or it might be cool to use tie backs like these mounted vertically to hold the scarf out away from the wall. Does that make sense? IP: Logged |
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pollyhyper Housesitter |
posted 11-19-2003 09:00 AM
quote: I just got some of those at Big Lots for $4/pair, except they are hard black plastic that looks like wrought-iron as opposed to "real metal." IP: Logged |
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ebayerdg Housemate |
posted 11-19-2003 11:33 AM
So instead of doing a U with the lower part of the U connected to the wall do 2 iron tie backs? Just want to make sure I'm visualizing correctly... IP: Logged |
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badfrogswife Subletter |
posted 02-10-2004 06:24 PM
regarding placing material on walls you can apply it by using a paint roller and using liquid startch on the wall, than smooth your material on to that and run over the material with your roller, great if your a renter you just have to dampen it to remove it, snd no marks on the walls.  IP: Logged |
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pollyhyper Housesitter |
posted 05-05-2004 10:37 AM
Bump! So who has actually gotten around to making their headboard? Photos, digsters, photos! IP: Logged |
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travsbek Housemate |
posted 07-14-2004 09:48 AM
I'm looking to make a headboard for our bed when we move from our tiny one-bedroom into what seems, in comparison, to be a HUGE 2-bedroom townhouse later this month. Can anyone tell me how much MDF or good quality plywood actually costs? I'm trying to figure out how much to budget for a bedroom makeover. IP: Logged |
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FunkyFashion Subletter |
posted 07-28-2004 10:28 PM
sticking with the fence headboard, an amazingly cute idea would be to get like big flower rub ons and put them on the wall or a piece of wood, then put a white picket fence over them. if it was in a little girls room or just a gardening room, u could paint the ceilings with clouds. that would be soooooooooo cute! lol
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