We have a long, narrow family room with only one true full wall for furniture. This means we have had to be creative with our furniture arrangement. One of the things we did was make our own sort of sectional with a couch and an ottoman. I made the Sofa Headboard to go behind the ottoman and prevent bonked heads and to give a comfortable place to lean back and relax on.
This was a twin bed headboard given to me by some great neighbors. I love repurposing and upcycling items I already have lying around. Because I have 8 kids and stay at home, it’s always a fun challenge to myself (and a necessity) to try to spend the least amount of money as possible when making my DIY home decor items.
I grabbed a long body pillow we had in the basement for the kids to lounge on, a scrap piece of fabric from my stock pile and a sharp pair of scissors.
Next, I cut the pillow to the desired length I needed. I made sure to make it a bit longer so it would “puff” up and be thicker in the middle.
First I placed the fabric good side down on the floor, then the cut pillow piece and finally the headboard on top.
I pulled the fabric tightly around the bars of the headboard.
Using my electric staple gun (best DIY accessory ever!) I stapled the fabric in place.
The tops and bottoms were a bit tricky. I just pulled and tucked and pulled and tucked until the fabric was taut.
Here is what the back looks like. Not pretty, but this goes against the wall, so it doesn’t really matter.
The front of the Sofa Headboard before I pulled and adjusted the top and bottom a bit more. It takes some tweaking. But, total, I spent about 30 minutes on this. I love a quick DIY!
The end result is exactly what I had hoped! I did not need to attach it to the wall as the ottoman pushes up against the legs of the headboard and provide plenty of support to keep it in place.
