Using A 5 Panel Door For A Headboard

How to build a headboard using old doors and stock wood molding.

Using a 5 panel door for a headboard.

I used bi fold doors that i found for a few dollars a piece at my local restore but you can use any size door to create a one of a kind headboard for your bedroom. In either case the door would be cut horizontally at the center brace. We had to cut 1 5 off the bottom. Panel configuration is the first factor to consider when shopping for a door to convert.

Follow along for the how to. How to turn an old door into a headboard with farmhouse charm using an old solid core salvaged 5 panel door. Headboard crafted from a rare 5 panel 100 year old door duration. My question is i want to use the 4x4 posts and put old 5 panel door in between it with cap posts on top.

Measure and use a table saw to trim up. Recommend having help with hanging the door. Given the structure of these doors i really only had two choices as far as sizing the headboard. But not sure how far up a 6 4x4 i should go for a queen bed.

Using the larger top section or the shorter bottom section. Because the bed s headboard has a thin metal structure it doesn t cover up the second one found on annesneed. Learn how to build a 5 panel door headboard with vintage headboards in 2 hours vintageheadboards. Wall mounted 5 panel old door headboard painted popcorn white.

Step 1 wood interior doors photo by keller keller. It all started with a visit to a local salvage yard one afternoon with a friend. You can actually have two headboards one that comes with the bed and one you ve made yourself using vintage doors such as in this case. The door or doors don t necessarily have to completely replace your headboard.

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. Typically the top and bottom of a panel door is not equally spaced. Jun 19 2013 find a wonderful old panel door antique store or better yet someone s garage. Therefore i bought this french cleat system from amazon.

On mar 16 2018. I have used diy plywood french cleats on previous projects but decided i wanted there to be minimal space between the wall and the headboard. For my own door upcyling project i made a stylish wall hung headboard with built in sconces that serve as reading lamps. The day came when that need was revealed a diy headboard from a a closet door.

You could use any sort of wall anchor.