direct Ikea Bed Turned Chic

The steps below follow the order of the work for this kids rooms project.

direct Ikea Bed Turned Chic
by Organized Design

Ikea method Upholstered Bed walkthrough

Hey guys… I’m Jen from Organized Design. I love to blog about all things interior design and organizing. When I’m not busy doing the mommy thing, I enjoy creating functional finished spaces. My little girly is almost three and was in need of a big girl bed, so I took this bed…

little girls upholstered bed 1

and made it into this bed! little girls upholstered bed 1a

I am so pleased with how this bed turned out I can hardly stand it. I knew I wanted an upholstered bed for her, but wasn’t finding anything I loved. They were either too boring, no style, or way out of a very descent price range. I first wanted to make the bed from scratch headboard, side rails, foot board and all, but wasn’t mentally prepared for that undertaking. So I decided to take the straightforward way out and use a bed from Ikea. I started out by purchasing some particle board and cutting it down to the size of the headboard. little girls upholstered bed 2

Then I decided on the shape of the headboard. From the middle I measured 7 inches across and 5 inches down. little girls upholstered bed 3

I then attached wood pieces with wood glue around the back of the board. This is to help it be more study with added thickness. I really suggest doing this if you’re going to make one, because the thickness also makes it look like I bought it from a store. little girls upholstered bed 4

Then glued and staple gunned it to the actual bed and let it sit overnight. little girls upholstered bed 5

Then came the batting. I had to add extra inside the spaces to make it thicker so it wouldn’t sink in. little girls upholstered bed 6

Then it got a little tricky, because of all the stinking corners I couldn’t just easily wrap the batting around with one piece. I had to do a layer of batting per row horizontally, then add a whole layer vertically. A big pain in the rear to get this thing to not look like my three year old did it! little girls upholstered bed 7

In this picture I’m adding the top layer of the fabric. I have already stapled the horizontal piece, and this that I’m wrapping is the vertical. For the front of the bed I almost used two whole yards. There are so many staples in this bed it could stick to a magnetic wall, no joke! little girls upholstered bed 8