DIY Pallet Headboard

I am absolutely blown away by this DIY Pallet Headboard from Stylizimo that I found on Twig & Thistle. I have never found pallet's to be anything but a pain to dispose of once you were done with, but with this styling it almost makes me wish I had forgone the nail head trim and used the pallet that I left sitting in my parent's driveway since November!

DIY Headboard - Applying the Nailhead Trim

I have long wished for a headboard to pull my bedroom together, one that is the perfect combination of indulgent luxe fabric paired with the masculine effect of nailhead trim!  Once I decided on and purchased the rich grey velvet from West Elm I then picked up a roll of nailhead trim to bring it all together.   

First off, nailhead trim and I are not friends. 

While I LOVE my finished product and it does eliminate having to nail in each individual nail, I had a horrible time getting the trim to conform to the curves of my headboard (not a problem if you have a rectangle headboard) and cut up my hands terribly

 (just call me Edward Scissorhands).

I purchased a  rubber mallet  at the Home Depot to apply my trim as you cannot use a regular hammer since the metal head will destroy the delicate nailhead. Also, keep in mind that you should gently pounding in the nailheads (life lesson learned, I lost quite a few).

 Two days later, and quite a few revisions... I was almost there!

I covered the back of the headboard with industrial strength velcro 

to adhere the headboard the wall.

The finished product!  It's been a week and the headboard is still up 

(velcro holding strong) and showing no signs of coming down!

DIY Headboard - Step 1: Upholstering

I've been swamped with events for VH1 Save The Music and have been lax on my posts, but I did manage to finish my headboard project last week!  Instructions on how I upholstered my headboard can be found below and tomorrow I'll share with you how to apply nailhead trim.

My brother-in-law is a very talented contractor who owns Level Home Improvements

and cut the headboard design out for me!

I purchased a mattress topper (like the egg crates we used to get in college) from 

Bed Bath & Beyond for the cushioning.

Cut the excess padding around the shape of the headboard.

Then wrapped my West Elm upholstery fabric around the padding, 

using a staple gun to fasten it to the board.

Here's the finished product before applying the nailhead trim - 

will send final steps tomorrow!

Homemade Headboard!

I've enlisted Level Home Improvements to cut me a new headboard like the design below.  I've bought some amazing performance velvet from in Otter from West Elm and then plan to use silver studs to outline it!