Moorish arches and domes always make a great impression. Here, we intend to talk about Painted Arch Headboard Style bringing in a slice of Morocco into your bedroom. Go on and use this DIY Painted headboard on wall project to add a Moroccan flair to your bedroom.
A headboard is a piece of bed which is attached to the head of the bead. According to Gabrielle Di Stefano, (Author of the article – A Brief History of Headboards, published on houzz.com) headboards date back to Egyptian pharaohs, as an ornamental piece carved with gold and silver rather than being functional. Sweating during the night is completely normal, and sweat and moisture will soak into your pillow, causing it to touch the wall. As a result, if you have a habit of lying with your head next to the wall, you are even more highly probable to smudge it. By protecting your wall with a headboard, you can keep your wall clean.
Headboards provide additional support, prevent wall damage, and elevate your bedroom decor. Nowadays, many headboards are more decorative than being functional. Headboards can be costly and take up valuable space, so you may be better off without one if you wash your bedding on a regular basis. But if you want a headboard for aesthetic purpose, then you have come to the right place. In this article, we give you a DIY painted headboard idea and guide you on how to paint a headboard on the wall.
Turn your bedroom into a scene from ‘A Thousand and One Nights’ by painting the walls a warm pink stone colour and painting a typically Moorish half circle headboard in deep ultramarine blue with a stamped tile surround. Enhance the Kasbah (fortress) atmosphere with metal lanterns, candles, urns and striped woven textiles. Do ensure that all the other colours in the room are rich and warm so that the effect is one of looking up at an inky blue Moroccan night sky. If this effect appeals to you, why not also paint a distant sickle moon and stars on the blue arch shape? With the help of the below article, you can paint your room with a galaxy theme and get a complete galaxy effect.
Things Required For DIY Painted Headboard on Wall Project:
The following things are required to make a painted arch on wall behind bed:
- Brown wrapping paper for the arch template
- Chalk
- Deep-blue chalky finish paint
- Deep terracotta paint
- Large brush to apply main colour
- Pink paint
- Plate
- Scalpel
- Scissors
- Small paintbrush for edges
- Spray adhesive
- Star pattern template
- 2 X 10 cm squares of thick foam
Template For DIY Painted Headboard on Wall
Draw a star pattern so that it fits neatly into a 10 cm square.
How To Paint A Headboard On The Wall
Follow the below steps to create your own wall painted headboard:
Step 1 – Enlarge and draw one half of the arch pattern onto the brown parcel paper, either in sections on a photocopier or by squaring up. Cut it out and spray a light coating of spray adhesive on one side.
Step 2 – Stick this onto the wall and draw the shape with chalk, then flip the template over and repeat these steps to create a complete arch.
Step 3 – Enlarge the star pattern to 8 cm wide and stick the pattern onto one of the foam squares. Carefully cut out the shape to the depth of about 1.5 cm. Cut outwards from the middle every time. Peel off the background to 1.5 cm, leaving a star-shaped stamp.
Step 4 – Paint the arch in deep blue using a small brush for a neat finish around the edges.
Step 5 – Put some terracotta paint onto a plate and coat the square tile stamp. Stamp a tile border around the edge of the arch, leaving the top triangle for now. Allow to dry.
Step 6 – Now coat the star stamp in pink and place one star in every tile shape. Cut a foam stamp in a triangle shape to fill the gap at the top and on each side where the arch meets the straight supporting column. Fill in the gaps with this stamp using the terracotta colour and that’s it. Your Moroccan-style wall-painted headboard is good to go.
However, painting a headboard on the wall ideas is a huge range to cover. This was one of the headboard paint ideas we picked from thousands.
Conclusion
The USP of this painted arch headboard is that – it does not take long to paint; and the stamped tiles are simple, bold and effective. So, what are you looking for? Tie your hair up, choose the design, and start working on your DIY painted headboard on the wall. There are various paint a headboard on the wall ideas available, hence you can create your own design and create a painted arch above bed.
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Author Bio
Huta Raval – An English Literature and Journalism Topper, Huta Raval has graduated from the L D Arts College, Ahmedabad. Post serving for 23 years in the NBFC and Public Library Sectors her desire for ‘writing the unwritten’ brought her to the creative field of content writing. Her clientele comprises of NGOs, Blogging Platforms, Newspapers, Academic Institutions, et al.
