DIY Cheap Tufted Headboard

My house is still a work in progress and my bedroom is the last to get any special attention. I've been scoping out headboard tutorials for a while and this project ended up using a little bit of everything from all the inspiration I found on Pinterest.

If you read my blog, you know I like to find the cheapest way to make things. That's one of the reasons I chose to use Styrofoam insulation board as the base for this headboard. One board cost me less than $10. The second reason is that it's incredibly light weight which makes it very easy to maneuver by myself and I could cut it to size with a kitchen knife.

So with the pros of the Styrofoam, there are also cons. You can't really nail, tack or staple into it because everything will just slide out. I'm also not 100% sure yet how durable this will prove to be. I have to admit, halfway through this project I was wondering if I made a mistake by not just going with the wood. I stuck it out, improvising along the way, and ended up with a beautiful inexpensive headboard that I love!

The supplies I purchased:

• Styrofoam Insulation Board $9.57
• 2 1/2 yards of fabric $6.25
• Batting $7.97
• Command Strips $3.94
• duct tape

I have a king size bed so I cut my board to 78x36

I folded back the fabric and attached it with a staple gun. The staples were a temporary hold because they would have slipped back out. After I had it all the way I wanted it, I used duct tape to secure the fabric to the board, covering the staples.

Using a level and tape measure I marked where the buttons would go with pins.

I didn't use actual buttons. I had to use a needle and thread to create the tufts. Since the thread would have pulled straight through the Styrofoam, I needed something to hold it on the back side while I tied it in a knot on the front of the fabric. My daughter was crafting in the next room and BOOM, popsicle sticks saved the day. If I used wood as my base this step would have been much easier, I could have just used the staple gun to create tufts.

So here are my faux buttons. I just hot glued fabric onto cardboard circles then covered my thread knots with the "buttons" with more hot glue.

Here was another tricky part for me. I couldn't just attach this to the wall and call it a day. My room has a strip of molding I had to work around. I took some pieces of leftover styrofoam and glued them to the back. This built it up enough to work around the molding and created a little ledge for it to rest on the molding for extra support. I attached my finished headboard to my wall with Command Strips. The strips I got are meant to hold up to 16 lbs and my headboard ended up at about 5 lbs so I'm pretty confident this isn't going anywhere.

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