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We’ve been married for 4 years, and lived in our first home for that same amount of time. \u00a0I have scoured garage sales, craigslist etc looking for a king size headboard. \u00a0Everything that I found was not listed at a “DIY price.” \u00a0So then I searched Pinterest and had plans to get a large piece of wood, cover it in batting and then top it with fabric. \u00a0 But even that seemed to have a high price tag. \u00a0So my plans for a headboard got put on hold… until last month.<\/p>\n

Tony has been helping his parents get their home ready to sell. \u00a0They happened to have an old trundle bed which had two mattresses, and two “box springs.” \u00a0I used air quotes because they are not what you would expect from a box spring, only measuring about 2-3 inches in height. \u00a0Tony put it together and try as he might, even when the top mattress was raised as high as the bed would allow, the bottom mattress and box spring wouldn’t fit. \u00a0So this box spring was set aside.<\/p>\n

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When I first saw it, I got the idea that I could recover it to make a headboard. \u00a0 But would be be the right length? \u00a0 After measuring… I was thrilled that it was! \u00a0Now what fabric would I use? Our bedroom has painted dark gray furniture with brushed nickel hardware, and our bedding is ivory and dark gray. Our original curtains were a dark gray tiny waffle pattern. \u00a0I replaced those a couple of years ago with some large ivory and light gray stripe to let more light in. \u00a0 So our original curtains have lived in a storage bin,, just in case I wanted to use them again.<\/p>\n

Since we are going to Ireland, and preparing to move, we have been on a bit of a budget- so a cheap fabric was essential. \u00a0I decided to dip into my stash of curtains because what is cheaper than using something that you have?<\/p>\n

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All I did to the curtain was cut off the very top of the curtain to get rid of the metal grommets. \u00a0Then I laid it out in the middle of our living room and set the box spring on top.<\/p>\n

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Then I used my second favorite DIY tool, (the first being the glue gun) my staple gun. \u00a0I used heavy duty staples (they are sold right next to the staple guns in any craft store) to secure the fabric as tightly to the box spring as possible. \u00a0It took me less than an hour to staple it all the way around. \u00a0I loved it- but it needed a little flare.<\/p>\n

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I used a 40% off coupon at Hobby Lobby to buy this package of nail head trim. \u00a0This is the easy way to do nail head trim- just nailing every fifth nail instead of every nail. \u00a0It was a little stiff to use- but in the end I flattened it out enough to get it lined up the way I wanted. \u00a0I worked with small sections of it, because since it was rolled in a circle it kept wanting to curl if it was too long.<\/p>\n

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Frustratingly enough, it didn’t work out quite like I wanted. \u00a0When I went to nail in that fifth nail, it didn’t stay in place. \u00a0I think the nails were a bit too short to get through the fabric and batting and wood inside the box spring. \u00a0I would get a nail to stay in place, and then as I worked on the next nail, the first nail would come undone from the force of me nailing the second one. \u00a0I was so frustrated. \u00a0After fighting with it for far too long… I determined that I only had one option. \u00a0It wasn’t ideal, but I decided to hot glue the nail head trim to my fabric. \u00a0The problem with hot glue in this situation is that the nails which would have been nailed and laid flush against my fabric, now seemed to stand up taller than the rest of them. \u00a0Was I happy with it? Not thrilled, but I just had to switch my mindset from a flush nail head trim to this one. \u00a0I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist with anything I do!<\/p>\n

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But… the bottom line is: it was basically free! And we now have a headboard. \u00a0Instead of laying this flat against the floor, or securing it to the wall (scary!) I decided to merely set this headboard down on top of our box springs for our bed. \u00a0Then we slid the mattress all the way up against the headboard to stabilize it to the wall, and it ended up being the perfect\u00a0height.<\/p>\n

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What would I do differently?<\/strong> \u00a0Using my existing materials, I would have steered clear of the nail head trim that requires nailing. \u00a0There actually are faux nail head trims that are strictly for gluing, sold in by the roll in the pillow\/curtain trim aisle. \u00a0 That way the nails would lay flush with the fabric, and not have a height difference between the nailed one and the others. \u00a0If you are going to do a board, covered in thick batting- be aware that your nails for your nail head trim might not be able to reach your board deep enough to stay put!<\/p>\n

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We’ve been married for 4 years, and lived in our first home for that same amount of time. \u00a0I have scoured garage sales, craigslist etc looking for a king size headboard. \u00a0Everything that I found was not listed at a “DIY price.” \u00a0So then I searched Pinterest and had plans to get a large piece of wood, cover it in batting and then top it with fabric. \u00a0 But even that seemed to have a high price tag. \u00a0So my plans for a headboard got put on hold… until last month. Tony has been helping his parents get their home ready to sell. \u00a0They happened to have an old trundle bed which had two mattresses, and two “box springs.” \u00a0I used air quotes because they are not what you would expect from a box spring, only measuring about 2-3 inches in height. \u00a0Tony put it together and try as he might, even when the top mattress was raised as high as the bed would allow, the bottom mattress and box spring wouldn’t fit. \u00a0So this box spring was set aside. When I first saw it, I got the idea that I could recover it to make a headboard. \u00a0 But would be be the right length? \u00a0 After measuring… I was thrilled that it was! \u00a0Now what fabric would I use? Our bedroom has painted dark gray furniture with brushed nickel hardware, and our bedding is ivory and dark gray. Our original curtains were a dark gray tiny waffle pattern. \u00a0I replaced those a couple of years ago with some large ivory and light gray stripe to let more light in. \u00a0 So our original curtains have lived in a storage bin,, just in case I wanted to use them again. Since we are going to Ireland, and preparing to move, we have been on a bit of a budget- so a cheap fabric was essential. \u00a0I decided to dip into my stash of curtains because what is cheaper than using something that you have? All I did to the curtain was cut off the very top of the curtain to get rid of the metal grommets. \u00a0Then I laid it out in the middle of our living room and set the box spring on top. Then I used my second favorite DIY tool, (the first being the glue gun) my staple gun. \u00a0I used heavy duty staples (they are sold right next to the staple guns in any craft store) to secure the fabric as tightly to the box spring as possible. \u00a0It took me less than an hour to staple it all the way around. \u00a0I loved it- but it needed a little flare. I used a 40% off coupon at Hobby Lobby to buy this package of nail head trim. \u00a0This is the easy way to do nail head trim- just nailing every fifth nail instead of every nail. \u00a0It was a little stiff to use- but in the end I flattened it out enough to get it lined up the way I wanted. \u00a0I worked with small sections of it, because since it was rolled in a circle it kept wanting to curl if it was too long. Frustratingly enough, it didn’t work out quite like I wanted. \u00a0When I went to nail in that fifth nail, it didn’t stay in place. \u00a0I think the nails were a bit too short to get through the fabric and batting and wood inside the box spring. \u00a0I would get a nail to stay in place, and then as I worked on the next nail, the first nail would come undone from the force of me nailing the second one. \u00a0I was so frustrated. \u00a0After fighting with it for far too long… I determined that I only had one option. \u00a0It wasn’t ideal, but I decided to hot glue the nail head trim to my fabric. \u00a0The problem with hot glue in this situation is that the nails which would have been nailed and laid flush against my fabric, now seemed to stand up taller than the rest of them. \u00a0Was I happy with it? Not thrilled, but I just had to switch my mindset from a flush nail head trim to this one. \u00a0I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist with anything I do! But… the bottom line is: it was basically free! And we now have a headboard. \u00a0Instead of laying this flat against the floor, or securing it to the wall (scary!) I decided to merely set this headboard down on top of our box springs for our bed. \u00a0Then we slid the mattress all the way up against the headboard to stabilize it to the wall, and it ended up being the perfect\u00a0height. What would I do differently? \u00a0Using my existing materials, I would have steered clear of the nail head trim that requires nailing. \u00a0There actually are faux nail head trims that are strictly for gluing, sold in by the roll in the pillow\/curtain trim aisle. \u00a0 That way the nails would lay flush with the fabric, and not have a height difference between the nailed one and the others. \u00a0If you are going to do a board, covered in thick batting- be aware that your nails for your nail head trim might not be able to reach your board deep enough to stay put!      <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hopemeetsjoy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/FullSizeRender-83.jpg?fit=749%2C810&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8oEBX-eB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopemeetsjoy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopemeetsjoy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopemeetsjoy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopemeetsjoy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopemeetsjoy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hopemeetsjoy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":923,"href":"https:\/\/hopemeetsjoy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopemeetsjoy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hopemeetsjoy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopemeetsjoy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hopemeetsjoy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}