Our tips for creating an original headboard
When you are at home, the bedroom is one of the rooms in which you spend the most time. It's the perfect place to relax and it's even easier to rest in a well-decorated room. That's why we must not neglect anything, let alone the headboard. Why ? Because it offers more style in bed and room and especially because it gives, when it is well done, want to plunge under the sheets to get out of it. It is a reflection of the image you want to give to your home. This is the opportunity to create one that suits you. How to do ? Here are all our tips.
How to choose your headboard?
First of all, be aware that there are many styles of headboards: It is therefore important to choose the one that suits you, according to your desires, your needs and the decoration of your room. For this, there are three important criteria to consider. First of all, it's obvious: what form ? Because the latter can be slightly rounded, or rectangular, but it can also take a very original form, even destructured as, for example, a palisade, a triangle ... Think about what will be best for your bed to go on a shape that you like and that will fit well with the rest of the decoration of the room.
Second important element to think about beforehand: the color of your headboard. Again, all colors are possible, but it is generally advisable to make the color of the headboard is based on the other colors of the room, or that it fits perfectly. You can then play with the contrasts and gradients between the bed and its head, or with the walls.
Finally, third essential element: the material of the headboard. It is possible to choose an imitation leather, a more silky material or to take a totally different direction using recovery materials for example. You can even mix different materials. From these three basic elements, you just have to decide what you want, also counting on your imagination. Keep in mind that a headboard is first made for comfort, as it allows you to isolate your head from the wall behind the bed: so, whatever style you choose, do not forget to think first and foremost about your well-being!
How to create an original headboard?
It is of course possible to buy many headboards in specialized stores or to have them made to measure. However, making a headboard yourself is not at all impossible and can even become quite fun. In addition, it will allow you to be sure of having a unique and inventive decorative object. And you will have the pride of having made it yourself! To help you, we give you some ideas.
It is easy, for example, to take a few items that you have at home and assemble them to make an original headboard: it may be colored cushions that you place on the wall, but also, why not, bright colored shutters that you can install for a custom headboard. For a bright and cheerful room, think of a simple light garland to which you will give the shape of your choice.
You are not very handyman? Simply buy a board of wood, cover it with slate paint and draw what you want, or write sweet words. You can also pick up pallets and install them as headboards for a rustic effect. Very simply, a good idea may be to put personalized wallpaper behind the bed or a nice painting. With a little imagination, you are certain that your headboard will belong to you.