Learn how to create a painted headboard on the wall to look like the real thing! With just a little moulding and paint you can create your own DIY headboard wall in no time.

Have you ever looked for a creative way to brighten up a room without painting the entire room or buying a lot of new stuff? This was my mom’s dilemma in her master bedroom. When I had a little peel and stick picture moulding left over from my latest bedroom accent wall project, I knew exactly what we could do! Let me show you how to paint a wall to look like a headboard.

How to Paint a Wall to Look like a Headboard

Below I’ve shared a before picture of what the dark wall looked like behind her bed. The wall sconces are great but they created a bit of a design challenge. Since she has a king bed, she thought installing a tall headboard wouldn’t look right due to the placement of the lights.

By the way, this isn’t the first time I’ve created a simple and cheap DIY headboard. Check out how I attached 6 pine boards to the wall and made a lovely homemade headboard.

DIY Pine Board Headboard — How I made this headboard out of Pine Boards

Could we work around the lights and create a painted headboard on the wall?

the wall before the painted DIY head board

Of course we could!

The vision for this room was to brighten everything up by painting the wall white with a border to look like a headboard.

My mom’s home style is a west indies meets British colonial style. I guess you would say a “British west Indies style.” She loves all sorts of patterns and different materials mixed with bold colors. That being said, she really didn’t want to get rid of all of the brown in her bedroom. She just wanted to lighten it up.

As I always say, “don’t ever underestimate the power of paint.” And a little peel and stick moulding 🙂

I won’t go into all the details on how to apply peel and stick picture moulding because you can check out my previous post where I’ve shared about that. Let’s just say it’s easier than you think.

Below is what my bedroom wall looked like after I installed this product! I love how picture moulding adds dimension to a room.

Adding a little dimension with moulding really makes a bigger difference than you would think! I love the look of my bedroom now just like I knew my mom would love hers once we were done with the faux painted headboard.

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Let’s get this faux headboard on the wall!

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