DIY Corner Daybed: One Room Challenge

Week 3 already in the ORC! I made some great progress over last weekend on my home office/guest room makeover.  After painting the small, narrow room white, I brought in a single mattress and frame to create a corner daybed. Today, I'm going to show you how I made the headboard very simply and cheaply.

For a more finished look with the single mattress, I decided to make a headboard out of 2 sheets of plywood cut to size for me at Home Depot. Just ask them and give them the size you want - they’ll do it!

Then…I purchased a single bed foam mattress topper from Wal-Mart for $17 and wrapped the plywood boards with it. Then over that, I wrapped some cotton batting. This process was quite easy, and I actually didn't even use spray adhesive, as the staples held it tight.

Then I cut white, crisp sailcloth and wrapped it around the boards, stapling tight as I went, starting from the centre of each side and working toward the corners so it stayed tight and smooth.

I used flat picture hanging hooks on the back of the boards and hung them onto screws in the wall, matched up to where the studs were for solid support. 

I was planning on tufting the boards, but actually liked the casual look for this room when I got them done, so I just left them as is. But it did need something to finish it, so I added nail head detailing along the edges. Simplest thing ever and cost only $2 for a box of 25 nailheads.

So now you’re getting the idea of my white room with pops of colour. I also painted some DIY art and hacked an IKEA chair, which I will show you next week.

Hope this might inspire you to get creative and DIY a little calm corner for yourself as well! Have fun.

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