Begin by cutting down each table leg to 18 inches standard height for a bench.
How to build a bench out of a headboard and footboard.
Over 50 project ideas of how to make a headboard bench out of a repurposed headboard.
Today i m going to share with you what i did to my pineapple bed i found at lucketts this spring.
The first step in making this headboard bench is cutting the pieces to size for the seat frame and the front legs.
You could put.
Both the headboard and my garden look much different these days.
We cut out new arm rests drilled holes to connect with the spindles and then attached the arms to the headboard and footboard with the nail gun.
Not only do i love the look of chunky lumber but this bench would make a great earthquake shelter as well.
Use a miter saw to ensure square ends on your cuts.
For my diy headboard bench i made the seat out of re claimed 2 6 boards we ve had laying around for a while.
Easy diy on how to make a bench out of a bed headboard.
Diy how to make a bench out of a bed headboard foot board.
They make terrific benches when you take them apart and reconnect.
The finished headboard and foot board bench.
Here s what that headboard is looking like these days.
I sealed my entire headboard bench with some water based poly acrylic.
I cut the headboard away from the headboard posts and used those pieces for the back of the bench.
A headboard and foot board can do more than grace each end of a bed.
Kristi at addicted2decorating converted a headboard and footboard she found at an estate sale into a fancy bench.
From headboard to bench blue collar black tie august 19 2013 at 9 01 am another easy diy project courtesy of our pinterest page.
I used my kreg jig to attach the 2x4s to the headboard and footboard pieces to one another.
I cut scrap 2x4s to create a base for the bench to the depth and width i wanted.
If you look closely at the before photo it was in pretty.
For the front legs i used the bases of the footboard legs.
Real headboard bench ideas projects that you can make this weekend.
Build the bench seat we built the support for the bench seat out of 1 x3 boards and 1 x2 boards.
You may remember it looking like this.