Painted Headboards for a Small Space

Looking for a headboard that will work in a small space? Well, paint is completely flat and therefore the perfect option for creating a headboard that can work in any small bedroom!

The great thing about painting your on headboard for a small space is that you have so many options. You can make this super flat headboard in any color or style you want!

Here are some ideas for painting the perfect flat headboard for your small space:

Small Space Headboard Idea #1:

The simplest flat headboard you can paint in a small bedroom is a rectangle. All you need to do is place you r bed on the wall where you want it. Now, use some painter's tape to mask off a simple square or rectangle. This flat headboard should be at least as wide as your bed. You can make it as tall or short as you want.

Now, move the bed away from the wall and start painting in your flat headboard. You can paint this as a solid block of color. You could also let the first coat dry and then add stripe, polka dots, r even more squares in the middle! Choose a color that will stand out in your bedroom and make a statement.

This simple painted headboard will give the elusion of grounding your bed against the wall jus like a traditional headboard.

Small Space Headboard Idea #2

Stencil a headboard for the perfect flat headboard for a small space. Choose a stencil that looks like a piece of ironwork. Try to choose a simple stencil that is easy to repeat.

Again, all you need to do it tape off that square to keep in mind hour large your small space headboard needs to be. To create dimension paint on the stencil in a nice gray shadow color. Remove the stencils and let this paint dry. Now, a day later replace the stencils. You want to align the stencil back on top of the first layer of paint. Now, push the stencil about ½ inch to the right. Paint in the real color of the stenciled iron headboard. You can use black or white for a traditional iron headboard!

This would also work well for a faux painted wicker headboard in white!

The addition of the shadow will fool everyone's eye when they walk in your room!