Make A Headboard Out Of Old Shutters

Glue strips of veneer over the rough edges.

Make a headboard out of old shutters.

1 get a 2 4 piece of wood. Home bedroombedroom decorbedroom shuttersdiy shuttersmaster bedroomwindow shuttersmurphy bett ikeamodern murphy bedshome entertainment centers. Securely attach shutter headboard to wall put shutter headboard back into place and drive a 2 1 2 inch screw through the front of the shutter and into the anchors embedded in the wall. Jess used this method when installing her door headboard and it worked like a charm.

The headboard adds to a bedroom decorated in a beach motif or farmhouse style. There were four large and two smaller shorter ones. For less than 100 you can make a headboard out of basics from your local home center. Upgrade a basic bed frame with a headboard made of joined matching shutters.

They were perfect i could tell. Scour consignment and salvage shops to find old shutters. Use wood glue to cover the mdf with a piece of beaded board cut into the same shape. Cool soothing bedroom wall paint colors are recommended for the best sleep so think about slate and stone colors for a great shutter headboard.

I purchased all of them for 5. I was literally drawing out an idea in my head to use either shutters or an old door to create a diy shutter headboard for our room when i stopped at a garage sale and spotted some wooden shutters. So simple even a rookie diyer can do it. Removing a hinge on a shutter this old is a project itself.

Apr 17 2011 explore ash kimmy ulmer s board shutter headboard followed by 566 people on pinterest. See more ideas about headboard shutter headboards old shutters. The construction of a headboard using old shutters is easy and inexpensive. Installing a shutter or door headboard is really simple.

There is a little wiggle room the headboard could easily have an extra inch more or less on each side. We joined three reclaimed shutters with some new lumber to create this unique headboard. With 2 sets of 3 shutters and 2 4 4 s my headboard wasn t quite wide enough i needed one more panel. A queen headboard needs to be about 5ft wide.

The headboard adds to a bedroom decorated in a beach motif or farmhouse style. Start your headboard by laying it out flat. Pull shutter headboard away from wall and drive anchors one in each top corner into the pre drilled holes in wall. You may need to adjust the size depending on the size of your shutters and the size of your bed.

On a piece of medium density fiberboard mdf draw a design that s as wide as the mattress and about 40 inches tall. How to install a headboard. The shutters we used are 10 x 64.