Fake a headboard with by leaning a desktop in between your bed and the wall. No mounting, no drilling, fully reversable.
Headboards are surprisingly hard to commit to, and they can be pretty expensive. Sometimes you don’t need a whole bed either, especially if you have a basic frame already.
I believer that a bedroom needs a headboard (most of the time anyway). But they can be surprisingly hard to commit to, and pretty expensive too. Sometimes you don’t need a whole bed either, especially if you have a basic frame already.
Why a fake headboard works
It visually grounds the bed, helping to make it look like a finished bedroom that an adult lives in. But at the same time, it commits you to nothing, which makes it perfect for renters, anyone not ready to buy a whole bed, or for staging a bedroom like I was doing here.
What to buy and what size
The cool thing is that queen size beds are 5 feet wide. So are standard desks and dining tables. What I used here was a desktop from IKEA. Or you could search Facebook Marketplace for an affordable dining table to take apart.
You can still use this trick for king size beds at 6.5 feet wide, just make sure it’s a bigger desktop or tabletop which might be harder to find.
A full size bed is 53″ wide and a twin is 38″ wide, so those would be the easiest to shop for.
The room is lovely, even if not exactly to your taste… You’ll have an other room to style to your own taste later 😉
Thanks, Magali. That’s what I keep looking forward to. 🙂