Herringbone Pattern Wood Headboard

My husband drew up the plans for the headboard in sketchup and here s a screenshot that shows measurements for placing the herringbone pattern correctly.

Herringbone pattern wood headboard. If you make a diy herringbone headboard of your own i d love to see how it turns out. I did this by making a 45 degree cut on one side then lined the short end up to one corner then marked the other corner and cut. Make a big statement in a bedroom with this colorful and rustic plank headboard that takes up the whole wall above your bed. Use a tape measure and pencil to mark two pieces of 1 x 2 for the length of the headboard and two pieces of 1 x 2 for the width of the headboard.

Well that was a big fat fail. Heirloom white on the headboard and sea salt on the wall. The textured wood and the visual interest of the herringbone pattern. Use wood shims to create a tiled herringbone headboard to add texture and visual interest to your bedroom.

Next create the frame by measuring each side and making 45 degree miter cuts. The cohesiveness of the whole headboard painted white but slightly distressed to call attention to the depth or the slightly variant wood shims. If creating a larger headboard keep in mind you ll need to purchase more wood shims and more linear feet of 1 x 2 pine boards for framing the plywood. Herringbone headboard tutorial.

This diy herringbone headboard is perhaps the coolest thing we ve ever made. This is for a king sized bed. For a herringbone pallet headboard you will need short boards anyways so thumbs up to the easy way for our queen size bed i cut a piece of plywood to 62 in x 25 1 2 in. Then i drew a straight line in the center of the board 31in.

Remodelaholic has created this free diy wood headboard project that uses 2x4 s and paint samples for a quick and affordable project. The color contrast of two of our favorites.