My daughter and I have been working every weekend (and some weekdays) on the little house she'll be moving into.

So far we've painted the whole interior of the house, shampooed all the carpets, had the old linoleum floors in the kitchen, dining room, and laundry room replaced, installed privacy blinds, a new air conditioner in the loft upstairs, and a new stacking washer and dryer.

She chose her loft bedroom to fix up first, and while it's not done yet, we did get it set up enough that she'll feel at home and comfortable. You can check out the loft bedroom updates here: Small Loft Bedroom Updates.

We are moving her in this weekend and I hope to be sharing more fun updates soon but in the meantime, we did a little DIY project for her bedroom that I'm sharing today!

DIY Boucle Upholstered Bed Frame

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Do you know what Boucle is? I didn't, I had to look it up.

It's a yarn with a curled or looped ply and boucle fabric is fabric made with this yarn. It's pronounced boo-clay. It's VERY popular and trending in furniture right now... all the cool kids have it 😂

And since my daughter and I are super cool, we had to have some in her new house, haha!

I saw this awesome bed on Instagram from Vintage Visions 😍 I don't believe this is boucle, it almost looks like carpet to me. If you like the looks of this room, you've GOT to check out the rest of his house, it's amazing!

Then my daughter saw this one from Softframedesigns.com but it's $960 😲

I have a video below sharing how we made a DIY boucle upholstered bed frame and the tutorial in blog post format right below that.

The supplies we used are listed below. If you are making this, please make sure you measure your bed. The bed I gave to my daughter is a queen-size and the existing frame is only about 13" tall. It is a bed very similar to this one. We used 1x12 boards so about an inch of the existing bedframe shows and we don't mind that but if your bed is taller, you may need wider boards.

Step 1 - Measure and cut the boards

Measure the length and width of your bed and mark the measurements on the boards. We added about an inch to the length so that it would be sure to hide the existing bed frame.

Test the fit to make sure the boards fit around your bed.

NOTE: We only used two side pieces and one end piece at the foot of the bed since the head of the bed is up against the wall. We saved a little money (wood is expensive!) by not having an end piece at the head where it will be against the wall and not show anyway.

Step 3 - Add batting

Since it is thrifted I don't know the density but we did end up triple-folding it so it had the plushness we wanted. If you are buying batting new, get the densest that you can or buy enough of the thinner batting that you can double- or triple-fold it.

Use a staple gun to attach the batting. Start on the top of the wood frame you built and staple it onto the edge of the boards all the way around the bed.

Staple the bottom of the batting to the bottom of the boards. There is no need to wrap it over the bottom edge since it is sitting on the ground.

Step 4 - Add the fabric

This is what the Sherpa faux fur that we purchased looks like. I think it's a great compromise between the two inspiration pieces.

TIP: You may be able to find an inexpensive sherpa blanket at Walmart. Our store didn't have one.

We purchased two yards of this fabric. It is 52" wide so we cut 3 strips at about 17" wide each.

Staple the fabric to the wood over the batting, this time wrap it all the way over the top of the bed frame and batting and staple it on the inside of the wood frame.

Staple all along the top inside edge and then pull the fabric over the bottom of the frame and staple to the bottom inside edge.

We used some extra fabric to cut a little panel to cover the raw edges on both sides. You could also stitch it closed with a blind stitch.

Here is a cost breakdown for our new DIY boucle upholstered bed:

Lumber - $69.70

Batting - $6.99 (thrifted)

Sherpa - $41.26

L-brackets - $0 (I had them)

Total - $117.95

We are pretty happy with how it turned out! What do you think?

We have many more projects coming soon including an accent wall using a very interesting paint effect, some wallpaper accent walls, some furniture upcycles, decorating, and lots more!

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