How To Make A Headboard Out Of Wood Flooring

This is a reclaimed wood headboard.

How to make a headboard out of wood flooring.

Choose the flooring pieces to cover the size of headboard. Overhang or elevate the headboard so that you can center the 2x4 top piece on the headboard with a 1 2 inch overhang on all sides. Sand down the wood and then start screwing the boards to the wall. I set the pieces aside in a pile out of the way for a while so we could touch up paint on our ceiling so i numbered the pieces to make sure i put them back in the right spot.

Remodelaholic has created this free diy wood headboard project that uses 2x4 s and paint samples for a quick and affordable project. Start at the bottom and work your way up. But i love love love the way yours looks and am now that much more inspired to get mine put together. This headboard cost her about 70 to make but looks like it cost much more.

And those white washed vertical stripes along one side really give the headboard a little pop of texture. On the three 2 x 4 inch x 8 foot whitewood boards. This wood plank headboard is a lot more boy ish than a traditional headboard and let me tell you a lot cheaper than buying something fancy from the furniture store. And am thinking i might have to order one more box and pay full fare for it.

Loved the flooring and needed a headboard for our bedroom re. I had to trim some flooring to fit. Find the suds and mark vertical lines with a pencil. If you want to make a bed that legit looks like it came out of a west elm catalog you ve got to try this diy headboard project from vintage revivals.

And i m in love with how it turned out for him. Nail every six to eight inches with 2 inch nails. For a king size headboard scrap wood can be cut and nailed perpendicular to the planks to keep planks in place. Apply glue to the top of the headboard.

I too plan to make a headboard with it but i keep trying to figure out how to stretch the 7 boards. Make a big statement in a bedroom with this colorful and rustic plank headboard that takes up the whole wall above your bed. You can choose whatever paint colors you want to get a whole new look. Scrap pieces will help support the headboard s frame during the installation.

Two 55 inch legs one 68 inch top trim leaving four scrap pieces on the three 1 x 4 inch x 8 foot whitewood boards. To make one that looks similar you ll need a palm sander stud finder a pencil a level wood screws a drill and stain.