Upholstery Tools & Sundries for DIY Headboards

Create, repair or finish your own upholstered headboard with our practical range of upholstery tools and sundries. This category brings together the core tools, fixings and finishing products needed for DIY headboard making, upholstery repairs and soft furnishing projects.

Whether you are building a new padded headboard, recovering an existing one, adding deep buttoning, fixing fabric neatly, cutting foam to size or attaching the finished headboard to a divan base or wall, these products help you get the job done properly.

Essential Tools for Headboard Making

A well-made headboard is only as good as the tools used to build it. From accurate measuring and marking through to cutting, stapling, buttoning and fitting, this range is designed to support each stage of the job.

Popular products in this category include:

• 13 Series metal hand tackers for lighter fabric fixing
• Maestri 71 electric staplers for faster professional upholstery work
• 13 Series and 71 Series staples for fabric, backing cloth and upholstery fixing
• Manual and electric foam cutters for shaping upholstery foam
• Tailor’s chalk and tape measures for accurate marking and measuring
• Buttoning needles and buttoning twine for deep buttoned headboards
• Upholstery tacks, nylon tip hammers and wooden mallets for traditional fixing and finishing
• Headboard struts and sliding brackets for secure installation

Stapling & Fabric Fixing

Stapling is one of the most important parts of headboard upholstery. The right staple gun and staple size will help hold fabric securely without making the finished job look rough.

For lighter DIY jobs, a 13 Series hand tacker is a useful choice for fixing fabric, lining and backing cloth. For heavier or more regular workshop use, the Maestri 71 electric stapler offers speed, power and consistency when used with 71 Series staples.

Choosing the correct staple length matters. Shorter staples are better for lighter fabrics and thinner layers, while longer staples give more grip when working through thicker fabric, Dacron or multiple upholstery layers.

Cutting, Measuring & Marking

Before fabric is fixed, the job needs to be measured and marked properly. A simple 5 metre tape measure and tailor’s chalk are essential for marking fabric, foam, folds, seams and cutting lines.

For foam work, this range includes both manual foam cutting blades and electric foam cutting tools. These are useful when trimming or shaping foam for padded headboards, upholstered panels, cushions and general upholstery projects.

Accurate measuring and clean cutting make the finished job easier. Get that wrong and the rest of the job becomes a wrestling match — and not the fun sort.

Buttoning Tools for Deep Buttoned Headboards

For traditional and modern deep buttoned headboards, you will need the right buttoning tools. This category includes buttoning needles and premium button twine for pulling buttons securely through fabric, foam, Dacron and backing layers.

These tools are ideal for:

• Deep buttoned headboards
• Upholstered wall panels
• Buttoned chair backs
• Footstools
• Padded panels
• Button repairs

Proper buttoning twine gives the strength needed to hold buttons under tension, while the correct needle helps pass through upholstery layers cleanly.

Headboard Fixings & Fittings

Once the headboard is made, it needs to be fitted securely. This category includes wooden headboard struts for attaching headboards to divan bases, as well as 12cm sliding connector brackets for wall-mounted headboards.

Headboard struts are ideal for traditional divan fitting, while sliding wall brackets give a clean, flush finish where the headboard is mounted directly to the wall. Both options are useful for DIY projects, hotels, rental properties, contract bedrooms and professional upholstery work.

Upholstery Sundries for a Professional Finish

Small tools and sundries often make the biggest difference to the finished result. Upholstery tacks, nylon tip hammers and wooden mallets are useful for traditional upholstery, decorative trim, furniture repair and careful finishing work.

These products help reduce damage, improve control and give a cleaner result when working with fabric, timber, foam, trims and fixings.

Complete Your DIY Headboard Project

This range is designed to work alongside our wider DIY headboard, foam cut to size, Dacron, fabric, buttoning and upholstery sundries categories.

Use these tools to measure, mark, cut, staple, button and fit your headboard properly from start to finish.