DIY Old Door Turns Into a Headboard
We were browsing at one of those antique malls where there are lots of booths with all kinds of great junk for sale. On our way out we saw this old paneled door and thought, why not make that our headboard? I think we paid only $20 for the door. We cleaned it up, added some polyurethane and hung it directly on the wall behind our bed.
My husband gets the credit for all the heavy lifting. First we determined where we wanted the door to hang on the wall. Then he attached a 1 x 4 board the length of the door, to a 1 x 8 board with screws and mounted it to the wall.
Next he created the opposite effect on the door. He also added two 1 x 4s toward the bottom of the door to prevent the headboard from bouncing on the wall. After that it was a simple matter of sliding the door onto the wood cleat on the wall.
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I loved doing the old door transformation into a headboard too!
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Great minds think alike. :) I know this is not a new concept but I thought I'd show my perspective for anyone who might want to see how easy it was.
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