A cane headboard is also a DIY project.
The design of the rattan-style headboard runs the length of the wall. At first glance it looks like something straight out of a prestigious interior design magazine, but Mallory did this too, using a few unexpected materials – including cardboard, foam and reed material.
“First I used foam [for the black trim] but it ended up all over the place and it was so messy, plus I couldn’t get the curves to look perfect and not be shaky,” she says. “I finally decided to use cardboard because it was easier to cut and trace, and then I stapled some cheap, thin wood strips from Home Depot to the back of the cardboard.”
To make the cardboard more “plush”, she added foam glue and batting and attached it to the wood. She used art hooks and nails to attach it to the wall before moving on to the rustic details underneath the trim. “Trpska was difficult to get because I needed it to be very wide. Like, at least 40 inches wide so the seams don’t show,” she notes. “I found a giant piece directly from a manufacturer called Yeeyahome, who made a custom order 40″ wide for me.”