I often find myself redecorating my room more often than I should. Annihilation from calculation wall decor, to rearranging furniture, or even trying to take on a good DIY projection, I feel as though in that location is e'er something I can add or change. Last week I decided I needed a amend lite for reading at night. Instead of heading to Ikea and looking for a table lamp or tall lamp, I decided to transform my headboard into a unique multi-functional piece! I simply added a single flexible LED strip on the within of my headboard; using a pocket-size plug in power supply and push button dimmer instantly changed my boring headboard into a useful task lite!

accent lighting headboardThe Process:

  • Showtime I fastened the Solderless Tiger Mitt LED Connector to the end of the Super Bright LED Flexible Strip closest to the power supply.
  • I then drilled two ¾ inch holes in the back of the headboard so I could hide whatsoever wiring.
  • Later on running the power supply through the showtime hole, I attached the push dimmer to the ability supply. I chose to conceal the dimmer switch out of sight but within accomplish. The adhesive bankroll actually makes it stress-gratis to have your organisation customized to your liking.
  • Next, I drilled ii small holes within of the headboard so the LED flexible strip could run right through the tiptop. (You don't have to exercise this. Instead, you tin can merely run the flexible strip up and over whatever board or placer).
  • After running the LEDs through those holes, I mapped out exactly where I wanted them to stick, removed the tape as I went forth the upper part of the headboard, and merely practical them to the base.

accent headboard lighting The Results:

The total installation fourth dimension took roughly 20 minutes. No mess or stress was involved and I ended upward with a keen modernized headboard which can be hands controlled to my liking.

This DIY lighting isn't express to headboards. You tin use LED strips to calorie-free underneath bed frames, which gives the appearance that the bed is floating. You lot tin can also light behind the headboard for a glowing accent result!


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