Happy Sanding Sunday! Today's project is a headboard made from a door. A couple years ago, my awesome husband bought me a Cal-King mattress for my birthday. I was pregnant with my little bean and was freaking uncomfortable in our old queen sized bed. So we splurged a bit and got our ohhhh so comfortable, can fit all 5 of us, cal-king mattress. Well, since we splurged on a mattress, we didn't really have funds left over for a nice headboard/footboard. Also, I typically don't like paying full price for ANYTHING. If I can make, then I'd rather do that. Anyway, it's taken 2 years for me to find something I like AND something that was easy for me to do.
I found an old door on Craigslist for FREE!!!! It is a nice solid single panel door from a house that was built in the early 1900's. It was PERFECT. I called the guy up and had the hubs drive over there in the middle of the night...he's awesome that way...so that I could score this free door. Well, it took a few months, mostly because of the weather, but once I finally got to working on it, it only took a few hours.
The hubs cut the door down to size and sanded it for me. Then I painted it with a white primer. That was it. I was thinking I would like to spray a nice high gloss white on it one day. But for now, I like the "distressed" look of it.
the freebie
the finished product
I still need to put my artwork back up above the bed. I'm switching some things out, so I need to think about it for a bit first.
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you...we hung the door on the wall using french cleats. They are an awesome little invention.
here's a pic I found online
This is the brand we used,
OOK French Cleats. They hold up to 200 lbs each. We bought 2 of them. I don't think the door is going anywhere!
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