High Headboards (continued)
Pull your bedroom together with one bold accent.
Photo: Courtesy of Filipacchi Publishing
FRAMED WALLPAPER HEADBOARD
[skill level: beginner]
- tape measure
- carpenter’s level
- pencil
- carpenter’s square
- 1x2-inch strips of wood trim
- handsaw
- fine-grit sandpaper
- tack cloth
- polyurethane
- paintbrush
- prepasted wallpaper
- scissors
- hand drill with bits
- decorative drawer pull
- hot-glue gun
- framed picture
- two small picture-hanging loops with screws
- 2 yards of 2-inch-wide ribbon
- double-sided foam tape
Directions
- Starting from baseboard, measure desired height of headboard and mark a line on wall, using carpenter’s level to keep line even. Measure and mark desired width of headboard, using carpenter’s square to keep corners even.
- Cut a piece of trim to fit upper and side edges of marked area.
- Sand all edges of trim; remove dust with tack cloth. Apply several coats of sealer to all surfaces of trim, letting dry after each coat.
- Apply wallpaper to marked area of wall, following manufacturer’s directions. If you need to use more than one piece of wallpaper, be sure to center seam and match pattern along seam.
- Mark and drill small pilot hole at center of upper trim piece. Attach drawer pull at hole.
- Glue trim to edges of wallpaper, butting ends together tightly at corners.
- Screw small picture hangers to back of picture frame. Slip ribbon through loops, then tie ends in bow. Slip bow over drawer pull to hang picture.
- Place small piece of foam tape on back of picture; remove tape backing and press to secure picture to headboard.
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