Make a Headboard for Your Bed

Have you ever felt like your bedroom was missing something?  Do you live in an apartment and can't paint the walls?  Try a headboard!!

This is my first instructable, so be kind and help me out if you see any glaring mistakes!!

You will only need a few materials for this project:

Wood
Staple gun / Staples (3/8" long)
Hammer
Screwdriver
Screws
Nails
Batting
Fabric

I found a piece of 1/2 inch USB board at Home Depot in the "scrap area" (marked 75% off) and had them cut it to 5' x 2' for my queen size bed.  Also in the scrap area I found the least warped piece of   1" x 3" pine board and had them cut me two  2.5" sections for the legs.

I got a piece of batting and fabric that was 54" wide and 6 feet long.

Cost:
Fabric / batting- $23
Wood- $7
Nails, screws, staples- use what you have lying around

Fold the batting length wise and place the wood over it.  Try to center it as best you can.

Staple the edges so that they don't have a 'bumpy' appearance when you're done.

I loosely draped fabric over the batting and centered it so that it would look nice when its done. 

Once I was happy with the way it looked I tacked it into place with a few staples by lifting it up and stapling the back.

After I tacked it down, I cut away the excess and stapled down the sides and top

Just smooth out the wrinkles, and add more staples until all the edges are no longer bumpy looking.

I put the screws into the legs Using some trial and error, I managed to get the screws to line up with the brackets on the bed frame.

I had to make the legs on a crazy angle so that they wouldn't be overlapping the sides and visible, due to the positioning of the brackets on the bed frame.

Attach to your bed and enjoy!! 
It took me about 2 hours to complete, but I was being really thorough.

Thanks for checking out my instrucable!