Headboards for Shared Bedrooms
As we show in our August issue, you can tackle a classic decorating conundrum--the shared bedroom--with just two swaths of fabric, a staple gun, and a couple of basic upholstered headboards. The right fabric combo can marry the disparate styles of bunkmates of different ages, personalities, or even genders. Here, we paired Pink Zinnia for a girl with Saya Gata (Alan Campbell, Design Professionals, 212-759-6894) for a boy.
Here's how you do it:
1. Lay your fabric out on the floor with the front facing down and lay the headboard on top of it, also face down.
2. Trim the fabric so that it extends 10-12 inches beyond the headboard on all sides.
3. Starting at the middle of the top edge, pull the fabric over to the back of the headboard and staple down using your staple gun. Repeat at the middle of the bottom edge, pulling fabric so it's taut but not stretched.
4. Do the same for the side edges, stapling the fabric at the center point.
5. Working out from the center toward the corners, staple the fabric to the back of the headboard every 6-8 inches along all four sides.
6. At the corners, fold the fabric as though you are wrapping a present, then staple down creating one folded seam at each corner of the headboard.
7. Flip the headboard over and admire your handiwork.
Want more fabric pairing ideas? Click below for our three matching principles and more fabric recommendations.
Same Fabrication
Pair two block-printed patterns, or two batiks, or any two fabrics made by the same method.
Big Paisley and Mountains fabrics, from $99 a yard, Galbraith & Paul, (215) 508-0800.
Get one design in two different color palettes.
Vintage Stripe fabrics in Indigo and Kashmir, $150 a yard, John Robshaw, Design Professionals, (212) 759-6894.
Same Scale
Look for prints with designs of similar sizing and proportions.
Royal Blue Garden and Fairway Grid fabrics, $9 a yard, Freespirit Fabrics, Purl Soho.
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