The height depends upon what function the headboard serves.
How do you attach headboard to wall.
Wall cleat to hang and secure headboard to the wall.
If you already have a headboard that doesn t fit you can screw it into the wall behind your bed instead.
For best results use two french cleats one on either edge of the back of the headboard.
If both of these ways to attach a headboard sounds like too much work you actually don t have to attach it to anything you can add some type of cushioning to the wall side and the back of the headboard you can use something as simple as a few furniture felt pads push the frame tight up against the headboard and the bed usually will hold.
Position a headboard as a backrest at least at the height of your head when you are in a sitting position on the bed.
A headboard hangs from the wall as if it were a painting so attaching it is really quite simple.
A purely decorative headboard rests lower than a headboard you intend to use as a backrest.
However if your headboard consists of two separate pieces of wood you ll need four attachment points.
Decide how high you want the headboard on the wall.
Then you can place the headboard at the height you want and tighten the bolts to hold it in place.
The metal version is much easier to attach and only floats the headboard 1 4 inch from the wall.