Project: Headboard

On January 5^th I began making my queen sized headboard. I sold my headboard with the rest of my bedroom furniture years ago and have had my bed on just the frame. Last fall I decided I would make a headboard and drew up my idea in November. I found some on Pinterest but this one was my first inspiration. Actually, it is the first pin on my DIY board. While I pinned several headboards, I would always come back to this one. It is simple, clean, and can have a g on it. It seemed like a good first project.

I was careful selecting the wood. I went with pine from Lowe’s. I measured, measured, cut, sanded, measured, measured, cut, sanded, measured, measured, attached, stained, sealed, sanded, final gloss coat, then waited.

Then tonight, I installed my magnificent headboard. Can I just say I love it! It is a perfect match to my blinds, it is simple, and it has MY “g” on it. It is always a good habit to clean your workbench before and after any project.

This is my plan book. Pretty much all of my ideas start out here.

I started this project by cleaning and organizing my workbench/pegboard

These are the basic tools and supplies I used.

I laying everything out before I started putting it together.

After assembling the headboard I added the legs.

I painted my “g” in one corner. I used the method from the “That’s My Letter” blog to make it nice and clean. Click the picture above to check out the tutorial.