I finished the headboard and I’m happy with how it turned out. :)

Things I learned:

• Wood glue doesn’t work very well on foam, but regular craft glue is fine. I guess spray glue would’ve been best, though.
• A blunt bread knife doesn’t work very well for cutting this sort of foam. However, fabric scissors worked really well and I got nice straight cuts.
• I cut the foam slightly oversized and pressed it into the frame, and didn’t glue it against the backboard. While this worked, I think it would’ve been better to cut it to size and glue it so it can’t bulge or come loose later.
• Now I’ve got the thing behind my bed, I think it would’ve looked better if it were some 30cm wider, so it continued all the way to the wall. Maybe I will make a small separate piece to fill that gap. I have plenty of felt left. Or maybe I’ll make something out of wood, like a tall corner shelf/night stand.

Found my old felt and cut up some leftover bits of wood to make the headboard.

Next up:

• Finish screwing the wood together
• Finding out which glue to use
• Borrowing/buying a tacker/stapler
• Glueing the foam together and to the board
• Wrapping with felt
• Cutting the feet to the right height
• Installing by clamping between bed & wall

I salvaged some foam from work that I might use to make a headboard for my bed.

It’s four 70x50x3cm pieces of firm foam, and two 70x33x3cm pieces of softer foam. I want a headboard that is at least 140x80cm so I guess I could just use two firm ones on the bottom and two softer ones on top. Then the two remaining firm ones could make a ~120x50cm back pillow for my bean bag sofa. I think I have enough felt material for both projects.

I have zero upholstery experience though, so I guess I should do some research first.

I want to make a headboard behind my bed. Or perhaps just hang a sheet of nice fabric.

I already have some nice thick felt in a colour I like.