How To Make A Barn Door Headboard

The headboard can be made with a variety of materials.

How to make a barn door headboard.

It all started with a visit to a local salvage yard one afternoon with a friend. Now you have two separate barn doors and you need to connect them to make a full headboard. Strip sand and seal the barn door 6. Now for the barn door trim i cut 1 1 4 piece at 30 1 4 and 2 pieces at 35 1 4 long point to short point not parallel and both ends cut at a 31 6 degree angle.

In the morning i love to open the curtains er the doors and let the beautiful sunshine stream in. This is the hard stop measurement set on the miter saws for a 90 degree crown molding. Do you have a space in your home where you could use the concept. We used 2 60 inch lengths of 1 4 and added them to the top and the bottom of the back of the barn doors.

Use a circular saw to cut the barn door 4. Simple to make fit the budget and most importantly a willing father to help. Add lighting to your headboard 8. Find an aesthetically pleasing barn door 2.

How to make a barn door headboard 1. Add carpenters glue and 5 or 6 screws per barn door to hold them in place. Make repairs and apply patchwork 5. It can also be built from simple framing lumber.

I can even open the doors while i m still in bed. That s all you need to hold it together. Now go forth and make your own barn door style headboard on a track. Consider the height and trim of the barn door 3.

To attach them i used wood glue and ryobi airstrike nailer. This post includes a detailed step by step tutorial on how to build it along with how to hang the diy headboard onto the wall. If you want a rustic look you could easily use pallet boards and old barn wood to create it completely from recycled materials. I ve been drooling over barn door headboards for years now and finally found the perfect one.

Apply crown molding to your barn door headboard 7. The idea came from the barn doors we built from old flooring for our barn. How to turn an old door into a headboard with farmhouse charm using an old solid core salvaged 5 panel door.