Old furniture has so much character and charm.
Make a bench from a headboard.
I ve been wanting to create a tutorial on how to build a bench using an old headboard for the back and it wasn t until i found this cute headboard at my local habitat for humanity restore that i could finally do it.
2 1 x 6 cut for the length of the front and back of the bench for the inside frame.
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Wooden headboard and foot board i used a full size set.
A lot of the benches i ve seen using headboards seem to look horribly.
How to make a bench from a headboard and footboard.
Whether you already have an old headboard sitting around or whether.
But the overall build is very similar with all of them.
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If you look closely at the before photo it was in pretty rough shape with several gouges and scratches so i also knew it needed to be painted.
Here s what that headboard is looking like these days i knew when i bought it that i wanted to make it into a bench.
How to build a bench using an old headboard.
First you need to make sure that the headboard and footboard have a place to attach a seat to.
And for some of us holds many fond memories as well.
Here is a supply cut list of what i used to build my easy headboard bench.
You could put this on your front porch or in the entryway of your home you decide.
The seat needs to be about 18 from the ground.
18 seat boards from 1 x 6 i cut mine 18 long.
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Both the headboard and my garden look much different these days.