A Reliable Inexpensive Headboards That Don't Look Low-cost

Measurements come first here, because a good-looking piece in the wrong spot still fails. Looking for a cheap headboard that doesn't look cheap? After doing a TON of searching, The household has gathered together the best inexpensive headboards I could find!

Whether it's because you're on a tight budget, you're buying a headboard for a rental property, or you just prefer to spend your money on things other than furniture, you've found yourself searching for a cheap headboard. Most cheap headboards LOOK totally cheap and are often shoddily made. There's no sense buying one that's so cheap you'll be replacing it within the year so I went on a mission to find headboards that were on the less expensive side but still seemed to be of decent quality and had good reviews. Today I'm sharing my best finds with you! (post includes some affiliate links – see my full disclosure statement {here}):

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and here's the more detailed scoop:

Inexpensive Headboards That Don't Look Low-cost

Headboard #1 (available {here}) comes in five color options and is such a polished shape. It's made by Safavieh whose products The household has had good luck with in the past.

Headboard #2 is a classic cast iron headboard (that unfortunately is no longer available) while headboard #3 is a classic slat headboard (it comes in white along with three other finishes). Both are great choices for bedrooms where you want to your headboard to be a more subdued backdrop so that other aspects of your bedroom design (wallpapered walls, bedding, etc.) can shine! Headboard #3 reminds me of the white headboard in my daughter's blue & white bedroom (which is a 15+ years old one from Pottery Barn):

Headboard #4 (available {here} and {here}) is the best buy of the bunch at under $150 for a queen with 4 ½ stars and over 1900 reviews! It comes in several different color options, including this taupey gray:

Headboard #5 is a polished tufted wingback at a price you can't beat and with overwhelmingly positive reviews. In addition to being offered in classic colors like beige and charcoal:

it comes in several colorful options such as navy, violet red, and olive green.

Two other options to throw into the inexpensive headboard category are to (#1) make your own! I couldn't find exactly what I wanted for my daughter's bedroom so I made this tall upholstered white headboard and shared it in my DIY upholstered headboard post.

And option #2 is to take an older wood headboard with an interesting shape such as this one:

and give it new life with paint like I did for the headboard in our master bedroom makeover:

And one final piece of advice – whether you're buying a new headboard or an old one that you're going to makeover, measure the height of the headboard to make sure that it's tall enough so that a good amount of headboard is still showing once you have your bed pillows in front of it.

So those are my picks and pointers for headboards! Are there any inexpensive bedroom furniture pieces that readers own and would recommend? Be sure to tell us all about them!

Hope you all have a great week!