There are two ways to fit a headboard: attach it the bed or attach it to the wall. The former is by far the easier option, but attaching it to the wall ensures no gaps and potential noise as you move around in bed and the headboard hits the wall. If you’re fitting it to the bed itself, the headboard needs to have legs, which will have a cut-out section that slots onto adjacent knobs on the bed – it really is very straightforward and can work well when there’s no skirting board between the bed and the wall to create a gap.