Here s what that headboard is looking like these days.
Make a bench from a bed headboard.
I ve made a few headboard benches and every single time they are a little bit different.
Today i m going to share with you what i did to my pineapple bed i found at lucketts this spring.
Both the headboard and my garden look much different these days.
If you look closely at the before photo it was in pretty.
The first step in making this headboard bench is cutting the pieces to size for the seat frame and the front legs.
50 headboard bench ideas.
You re looking at the best place to find headboard bench ideas.
Use a miter saw to ensure square ends on your cuts.
Stand the headboard up and set the foot board halves on each end at a 90 degree angle to create the arms of the bed frame bench.
I toyed with the idea of cutting the legs off of the headboard cutting an angle in the top of the legs then reattaching them but it really seemed like a lot of trouble.
Step 3 drill a hole from the back of the headboard to the front where the top of the foot board touches.
A lot of the benches i ve seen using headboards seem to look horribly uncomfortable because the back sits straight up.
I read your article on how you have done it and going to use it as a guideline to build it for her.
Begin by cutting down each table leg to 18 inches standard height for a bench.
How to make a bench from a headboard and footboard.
The seat needs to be about 18 from the ground.
I knew when i bought it that i wanted to make it into a bench.
Hi i just read your article on making bench out of a headboard.
I got a full size bed frame from a house i was cleaning out and now my wife wants to make a bench out of it.
I was recently asked to make this bench out of an old bed.
If you re new here welcome.
A headboard and foot board can do more than grace each end of a bed.
The bed had been in the family for many generations but it couldn t be used anymore due to some pr.
First you need to make sure that the headboard and footboard have a place to attach a seat to.
You may remember it looking like this.
They make terrific benches when you take them apart and reconnect them closer together and repaint them.