When we bought our house the front part of the fence had fallen down and needed to be replaced. Instead of burning the wood or throwing it out, I saved it for over a year and my cousin Cory made me a head board for my birthday! I have been drooling over the ones I have seen on Pinterest and have wanted one since we moved into our house in late June of 2012. My original inspiration came from:
House Tweaking . They did an amazing job and I loved the 'love' on the board, but did not want to paint it as I wanted it to be natural. I might add a burlap banner with love on it later. Check out their blog as they have a step by step way to make one as well.
Materials used:
-Four old fence boards
-Flush mount hangers, they look similar to this:
-Two 4x something size boards. Cory bought them at Home Depot so not sure what size and he cannot remember. Rule of thumb, just make sure they are shorter than the headboard, so they do not show.
- A handy cousin good with tools and an amazing husband to help install it.
-the black hinges were from the old fence gate and of course, I had to use them.
Cory laid the boards down on the ground to see what they would look like.
He used the dark brown board to hold the boards together (see it in the middle) and added the newer boards from Home Depot to match together.
In this picture the flush mount hangers are being screwed onto the first board that is on the fence boards. Then the other board will have the flush mount hanger to be connected onto the wall.
What is nice about having the flush mount hangers is that you only screw the base boards into the wall studs. So there is minimal holes in the wall. And it is very stable. Pretty awesome!
Then you connect the flush mount hangers together from the headboard to the base boards on the wall. It slides on like a puzzle.
Overall, after minimal supplies were purchased, it took Cory about 1 1/2 to complete the project. The longest part of the project was triple checking measurements for exact, straight and easy installation.
Finished project! I am very happy and in love with my headboard. Thanks Cory and Sean!
Thanks for reading friends!
-Hayley