King Size Headboard project

 

When Boo n I first got married, he went out and bought a beautiful queen size bed and dresser for me as a present.  Many years later... when he moved to start work with the new company, he went out and bought a king size bed.  However, I told him not to buy a headboard because I've always wanted to build one. 

Three years after the king size bed purchase, I finally got around to building it.

 Boo and I went and bought the supplies I needed so I could get to work early the next day.

I had a day off today and I knew the weather was going to be lovely so I didn't waste any time.

Here's the diagram I had drawn up sometime back, (thank goodness I still have drafting skills)!

Then recently I saw this headboard at Restoration Hardware and I liked the

little shelf brackets at the top so I made a few changes to my original diagram.

 

Here are pics of my day project.

you can see where trim did not match up to bracket, so I whittled away

you can see the outcome here, a much better fit and look

before priming I used a hammer and meat cleaver to ding the boards for character

all primed and ready for paint

with top shelf and painted up



 

Materials used:

30x80 hollow core door panel

6 ct 1x4x8 for legs

1 ct 1x8x8 for top shelf

1 ct 1/2"x2"x8 slat

1 ct 4" moulding strip

4 ct wood brackets (I already had)

1 1/2" wood screws

liquid nail

wood putty

sander

primer

paint

 

Total for my project:  $72.00

Price for RH headboard and bed frame: $2695