How to Hang Pillows for a Headboard

Create a comfortable headboard by hanging decorative pillows over the bed.

Hanging pillow headboards can be an attractive addition to your bed. Pillow shams are often sold with bedding kits and yet many people don't really know what to do with them. If you add the sham over your sleeping pillow, you have to take it off when you go to bed. By hanging your shams as decorative extra pillows, you can create a headboard that is comfortable and that will perfectly match your bed.

Things You'll Need

• Ribbons
• Pins
• Sewing machine
• Scissors
• Curtain rod
• Brackets
• Screwdriver
• D-rings
• Needle and thread
• Screw hooks

Instructions

Ribbon Tied Pillows

1. Cut two pieces of 2-inch wide ribbon 36-inches long for each pillow. Fold the ribbon in half.

2. Place your pillow sham face side down on the work table. Pin the fold of the ribbon a half-inch from the top of the sham and 6 inches from the side of the sham. Repeat with a second ribbon on the second side. Sew the ribbons to the shams using a sewing machine.

3. Mount a chunky decorative curtain rod horizontal and centered above the head of the bed. Measure the height of the pillow sham plus 8 inches for the height of the rod above the top of the mattress. Screw the curtain rod brackets into the wall with a screwdriver.

4. Insert a pillow into the sham and tie the sham to the curtain rod. Repeat for each pillow.

Hidden Attachments

1. Place your sham face side down on the worktable. Measure 6 inches from each side. Position a stainless D-ring curved side up so that the top of the ring is below the top edge of the sham.

2. Sew the D-rings to the pillow sham using a needle and thread.

3. Attach screw hooks to the wall so that the bottom of the pillow sham will be 4 inches above the top of the mattress. Align the screw hooks up with the D rings. Hang your pillows.

Tips & Warnings

• For a no-sew system, hang your curtain rod and use belts around the pillows to hold the pillows in place.

References

• Oregon Live; Make A Pillow Headboard; Shannon Quimby; 2009