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A beautiful bed look isn't complete without a statement headboard to back it up. Here's how to make your own

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You will need:

• 2.4m x 1.2m sheet of plywood or MDF (we used an 18mm-thick MDF)

• Jigsaw

• Drawing pin and string

• Pencil and scissors

• 3m fabric

• Wadding

• Gun stapler

• Level

• 12 x 32mm wood screws

Before you start, measure the width of your bed to help you determine what size the base of your headboard needs to be. If you want the headboard to overhang the bedframe, add 10cm to the measurement. We made this headboard for a king bed and our measurements were 2.1m wide with a top height of 1.2m and two 150mm legs. We got all the pieces we needed from one 2.4m x 1.2m piece of MDF.