help, I have an idea to make a headboard for my tween's bed (twin size), but I don't know what kind of wood to use. I want a basic rectangle shape that I can somehow attach to the metal frame that came with the bed. Then I want to attach a thin piece of metal sheeting to the front for magnets with about a 2" border of cork for pushpins. Any information would be great, I've never attempted anything like this before.
This is not a project to attempt for your first. I suggest that you locate someone familar with woodworking and ask them to assist you. I could be mistaken but I doubt that you would have the tools required also.
You would probably have more success trying to find a used (tag/garage sale) twin headboard that you could modify to add cork etc to. By the time you bought the wood for the head board, you would spend more than a good tag sale find. I also agree with Don, that it seems as though you do not posses the tools for this kind of project.
You won't know if you can do something if you don't try.
Although I too do not have alot of experience, I do have the correct tools and enough projects under my belt to attempt something like this. Can you guys please suggest the basic principles for making a headboard that will match up correctly to an existing queen size bed frame?
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Go for it!!!! I've made headboards that are simply a piece of plywood or whatever attached to two vertical 2x2's located so they line up with the bolt holes in the bed frame. Some screws / nails and your 1/2 way there. Drill some holes at the bottom of the 2 x 2's and buy some bolts. You can attach some moldings around the edge to dress it up. This is not serious woodwork. A can of paint and you're there... Who knows? You might get so keen that the next thing you know that you'll be cutting blind dovetails for drawers in your complete bedroom suite project.
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Originally posted by Cowboyup3371: Can you guys please suggest the basic principles for making a headboard that will match up correctly to an existing queen size bed frame?
This is hard to answer without sounding like a wise guy, but the answer to your question is "measure it". The frame has mounting holes in it. See how far apart they are and that's how wide it will be to the center of the upright pieces of the headboard.
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I went to the Goodwill store on dollar day and bought a used headboard for a buck. I cut out what I wanted the new face to look like and screwed into the old one. In your case, you would then glue the cover piece onto that plywood.
Buying existing as a frame would help you in making it fit correctly.
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My goal in life is to become a has been. In order to become a has been, you had to have been a somebody at some point, and I'd rather be a has been than a never was....
Thanks Coldicott! You're the only one who seems to have faith in a first timer. We all have to start somewhere. And as far as those who said I don't have the tools, how do you know what is in my garage. Thanks again to Coldicott for at least getting me started.
