Making A Headboard Out Of Reclaimed Wood

Rustic wooden headboard with lights.

Making a headboard out of reclaimed wood.

This headboard is pretty much the picture of a rustic piece with its dark wide and straight edged boards. Here is this lovely pallet made a headboard for your modern beds to add some rustic appeal to your chic bedroom decor. Apply glue to the top of the headboard. Fasten the frame pieces to the beadboard from the back so the screws don t come through the front of the wood.

Start at the bottom and work your way up. This headboard may be made from reclaimed wood but it is a fine vintage looking piece as it was fully painted in dark gray and carved at the top. Now this is not a solid headboard like those made out of wood. It would be so much fun and functional to use the reclaimed pallet wood for the purpose of headboard making as it would be fun cheap and so much easy to work with too.

Once dried attach the completed headboard to the wall or directly to your bedframe. Find the suds and mark vertical lines with a pencil. Fill all visible nail holes with wood filler. Sand the entire project and wipe clean of all sawdust.

This beautiful ruffled headboard will cost you less than 30. If you love to sew this is the perfect project and what s really great is you can make the entire thing in just a couple of hours. To make one that looks similar you ll need a palm sander stud finder a pencil a level wood screws a drill and stain. Diy reclaimed wood headboard.

Check out our reclaimed wood headboard selection for the very best in unique or custom handmade pieces from our beds headboards shops. Nail every six to eight inches with 2 inch nails. Instead it s a beautiful ruffled curtain that you hang at the head of the bed. Sand down the wood and then start screwing the boards to the wall.

Jan 11 2020 explore alea english s board reclaimed wood headboard on pinterest. This is a reclaimed wood headboard. See more ideas about wood headboard headboard reclaimed wood headboard. This project will only take you an afternoon and can be a great budget project if you use reclaimed wood.

Or you can cover each hole with a pocket hole plug. 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. Build a frame for the headboard. Apply stain or paint to the headboard if you desire.