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I'd love to have an upholstered headboard - but have a few questions.
Who makes these? Furniture companies? If so, what companies? Can they be made by an upholsterer?
How are headboards attached to wall or frame? I've seen some in stores, all attached to frames, and not one of them has had a good solid attachment. Meaning, the headboard has wiggle in it, and leans back if you recline against it in bed. For that reason, I'm leaning toward mounting the headboard directly to the wall. Is this the way it's done?
I had an upholstered headboard for 15 years, it was re-done once to change from gray to black, as the sun faded it and it got dirty.
It is attatched to bed frame same as regular wood frames. It was very pretty when i first got it....
I would however, NOT recommend it. It has to be vacummed all the time, as dust and lint will get on it, don't know how, but it does....the sun faded mine that's why it was re-done. Once it gets dirty, and it will, it will not look nice.
I was so happy when I threw it out and got a regular wood - leather headboard that I can wipe with a cloth. I don't need any extra cleaning.
I made my own its really, really quite easy, mine is an exaggerated camelback, it took me a little over an hour to make and cost less than $50, vs over $300 at the upholstery shop.
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I made my own its really, really quite easy, mine is an exaggerated camelback, it took me a little over an hour to make and cost less than $50, vs over $300 at the upholstery shop.
Here are some links; Google
yeah BINGO!!!!!
and that isn't even an exaturation, boy did I spell that wrong....
I had an upholstered headboard for 15 years, it was re-done once to change from gray to black, as the sun faded it and it got dirty.
It is attatched to bed frame same as regular wood frames. It was very pretty when i first got it....
I would however, NOT recommend it. It has to be vacummed all the time, as dust and lint will get on it, don't know how, but it does....the sun faded mine that's why it was re-done. Once it gets dirty, and it will, it will not look nice.
I was so happy when I threw it out and got a regular wood - leather headboard that I can wipe with a cloth. I don't need any extra cleaning.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I too have been looking to do a upholstered headboard. I have been wondering if dust and lint would be an issue. My room tends to get dusty as it is.
My friends Mom used to make them all the time, back when she made matching cornice boxes for the windows. She said they were really easy. Can't say I have ever wanted one for just the same above reasons, dust, cleaning and cats.
We've had a fabric one for years. We picked it up for next to nothing at a thrift shop and I promptly reupholstered it. They're easy enough to make from scratch, but I wanted a free-standing one behind the bed and not mounted to the frame or wall, so it was cheaper and easier to use an existing one in this instance. I reupholster it whenever I change the bedroom decor. I've even made slipcovers for it to match favorite linens/curtains.
I haven't had a major problem with dust, (any more than other headboards), but I do swipe it with the vacuum when I'm cleaning the bedroom. If dust/dirt had been a major issue, I would have kept it permanently with a slip cover and just tossed it into the wash from time to time. Now that I'm thinking about it, our old wood headboard was more of a pain to keep clean, becasuse it had a lot of cutouts and curliecues which would collect dust easily.
If you want to order one, you can try places like Home Decorator's Collection or Calico Corners. Basset and a lot of other stores make them too. This place makes the headboard cutout, if you want to try your hand at making one, but don't want to deal with cutting the wood.
I have made one that was a slipcover for someone. I took a nice square (older) headboard and put some batten over it, then made a slipcover, folded it in half, hemmed it and sewed up only the 2 sides with a square T at the top of the seam to fit the square headboard snugly. Made it out of a very thick heavy stretchy knit material. They do take it off and wash it. Worked out well for them.
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