our headboard diy

our finished headboard

We finally finished upholstering and covering the headboard for our master bedroom. For this project, i came up with the design and sourced the materials, and ryan pretty much took the lead on the production end (my little handyman)! We wanted to go with a camelback shape and decided to use a creamy-beige fabric with damask pattern.

headboard diy in process

We found a great headboard on craigslist for $35, to use as our frame. Since the headboard had some open lattice design, we used a hard-foam to fill the open areas and make the headboard one flat surface. We also cut off the spindles to get the shape we wanted.

We then laid the headboard on our two-inch foam padding and traced the shape, then cut the foam with a mat knife and scissors. We have a great discount fabric store here, Jomar where we purchased the foam for about $6 a foot. (We couldn’t believe that at another retail store two-inch foam was almost $60 a yard!!!)

To add an additional layer of padding we wrapped the two-inch foam and headboard in a soft moving blanket we had around the house, and secured it with staples via electric staple gun.  I’ve seen people use quilt batting here instead of a blanket, but we decided to use the supplies we had.

Next, we wrapped and fitted the fabric, which was actually left over from a curtain project we did last winter (and also purchased at jomar). The trickiest part of this project was making sure the fabric was lined up nicely. We took our time as we slightly stretched the fabric and stapled it, kind of like stretching a canvas, but with less tension.

 

Supplies purchased:

Headboard frame $35

Hard foam about $20

Two inch foam $48

Supplies found around the house:

Fabric

Blanket or batting

Hand saw, scissors, mat knife, staples, and staple gun

We are still working on the furniture layout of the room.  For now, it look like this and we like it!

our master bedroom with headboard

Some direct and indirect inspiration for our headboard:

source unknown

"Katie Leede & Company"

"Everage Design, Inc."

"Mindel & Associates"

"Kristen Buckingham Interior Design"

"Katie Leede & Company"

"Katie Leede & Company"

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Interview with an Interior Designer!

This is a post I started nearly a year ago, a recap of a informational interview with my aunt Joan Lerner, and now-retired interior designer, former president of the NJ chapter of American Society of Interior Designers, NJASID. She had a lot to say and was supportive of me and my interests. Her latest endeavor is a fun and thought-provoking read - Among Us Women. A story of friends, women's issues, and scandals with design notions woven through. Her book was a voted on, and selected as a finalist in a contest on Book Bundlz - books unleashed!

Here are my brief notes from our conversation:

asid student chapter, associates degree, meetings
marketplace design center
asid headquarters - DC
get more info from another designer
internship programs

economy - may be suffering
architect of interior design firm - need credentials for legitimate firm

commercial vs residential

learn: read and make blueprint, standards, space planning, contractors, convert room into accurate plan - measured,
dimensional drawings

who has best courses for this?
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Selected schools:
Drexel University Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design - MS Interior Design
Moore College of Art & Design - MFA Interior Design
Philadelphia University School of Architecture - MS Sustainable Design, BS Interior Design
Temple University Tyler School of Art - MA Architecture

Selected accredited online schools (from ASID site):
Rhodec International (www.rhodec.edu)
Art Institute of Pittsburgh's Online Division (www.aionline.edu)
Academy of Art online program (www.academyart.edu)
Limperts Academy (www.limpertsacademy.com)

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Zee curtains!

Custom made by Ryan and me! Really fun! <3