Making a Vintage Aprons upholstered headboard is an easy weekend project you can make to transform and design your room on a budget. Vintage Aprons make a fun and retro headboard.
Use your favorite Vintage Aprons to make this simple upholstered vintage headboard. If you like to collect Vintage Aprons, then you should have a huge headboard.
Try making this Vintage Aprons headboard with a theme in mind. Use all Vintage Aprons in one pattern or color or all of the above.
You can complete this Vintage Aprons project in one day, for less than $50 plus the cost of your retro fabric. The final cost will depend on how pricey your Vintage Aprons are.
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To Make an Upholstered Vintage Aprons Head Board You Will Need:
MDF (3, 6, or 9 Pieces, sizes described below)
Jig Saw
Foam
Fabric
Staple Gun
Screws
Flat L brackets
Spray adhesive
Vintage Aprons (lots!)
The first step is to cut your MDF to size. I recommend letting the professionals at the home improvement store make these cuts for you. They only charge 25 cents a cut! I recommend about three inches smaller than your retro aprons are wide and tall. You will be covering a bunch of square to build one large headboard.
My measurements are merely recommendations for a bed headboard. You can easily change the dimensions of this Vintage Aprons headboard for a twin, full, or king-sized bed based.
Cut separate pieces of MDF to these specific measurements: 15X19 inches.
Now, have the MDF cut ot the largest square possible to hold the Vintage Aprons, but still allow for about 3 inches to overlap onto the back to attach it.
You need at least three of these, but you can make it as wide or as tall as you want.
Now, cut a piece of foam to fit each of the three or more pieces of MDF exactly. You can buy sheets of foam at any fabric store. To save time you can as them to cut it. You can also easily cut it at home using an electric knife.
Lay your pieces of MDF outside on a flat work surface. Spray each piece lightly with a strong adhesive spray. Lay the corresponding foam piece on the MDF and press it into place. The spray adhesive with hold it in place so it does not ever move.
Lay the Vintage Aprons face down on a clean flat work surface. You want the pattern you want to see laying down on the table.
Lay the corresponding piece of MDF and foam down on the back of the Vintage Aprons.
The foam should be touching the back of the Vintage Aprons. Start in the middle of each side. Pull the fabric up and over the back of the MDF. Use a staple gun to attach it in place. If you are worried about damaging the Vintage Aprons you can use upholstery tacks.
Do the middle of each of the four sides first. Pull the fabric in taunt each time. Evenly work your way out from the center staples. Do the four corners last. To make them neat practice folding them over like you is wrapping a package. Once you have the right look staple the corner fabric into place.
Repeat this process on all of the pieces of the headboard.
Now, once all of your Vintage Apron pieces are covered you need to lay them face down on a clean work surface. Place three in a row or however many you need to be as wide as your specific bed. Line the squares up at the bottom of the headboard. This line should be straight, causing a straight line at the top of the dorm room headboard.
Use a metal flat bracket to attach each piece of the vintage headboard together. Place one at the top and one at the bottom of every piece of the headboard. The left hole of the bracket should be on the left piece and the right hole of the bracket should be on the right piece. You can find these flat brackets where the L brackets are in the hardware store. Make a mark where each hole falls with a pencil. Pre drill the hole about ½ inch in. Lay the brackets back in place and screw them into place.
Screw in picture hanging hooks onto the left and right sides of the back of the upholstered Vintage Aprons headboard.
The hooks should be installed about four inches in from the left and right side of the headboard. They should be about 2 inches down from the top of this piece.
Install you screws into the wall and hang your upholstered headboard.
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