How to Dress Up a Headboard

Paint isn’t the only way to change the look of a headboard. Upholstery tacks have changed throughout the years from the original design and now offer decorative heads in different sizes. Changing the look of a headboard with upholstery tacks or brads is inexpensive and allows your creativity to shine. The simplest design changes a plain headboard into a creative display of personal artwork.

Screwdriver
Paper
Pencil
Tape
Rubber mallet
Upholstery tacks

Instructions

- 1
  Remove the headboard from the frame, and place it on a hard work surface. The headboard is attached with screws or bolts.
- 2
  Sketch a design to display on the headboard. Draw the design on paper, and use it as a template if the design is complicated. Tape the paper to the headboard.
- 3
  Hold the tack and carefully hit the tack into the wood using a rubber mallet. A hammer will damage the head.
- 4
  Continue to add the tacks, and remove the paper when all the tacks are in place.
- 5
  Reattach the headboard to the bed frame.

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