dean wrote:
In England I could pick up a nice padded head board for 50 pounds! I
can't find them anywhere here in NJ!

Anyone know where I can get them? I can have 2 of them made at the
local fabric store - for $1400! lol

"padded headboard" in Google returns 330,000 hits.

After you've exhausted that list (sometime next year), report back on your
results.