How To Make A Headboard Out Of Window Shutters
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To cut costs even further we sourced a few old shutters from our local salvage shop.
How to make a headboard out of window shutters. So simple even a rookie diyer can do it. The headboard adds to a bedroom decorated in a beach motif or farmhouse style. Jess used this method when installing her door headboard and it worked like a charm. Lay the shutters and the filler boards perpendicular to the cleat and offset board.
Position the headboard cleat parallel to the offset board. The bolts were screwed into the headboard where the 1 4 overlaps the shutters look at the side view above. Predrill and screw the bolts where there are 3 layers of wood avoiding the empty space. How to install a headboard.
We ve gotten tons of compliments on it and for the minimal cost and work involved it couldn t have been any easier. I cut a 1 6 top shelf 6 inches longer 3 inches on each side than the width of the headboard. For under 10 we were able to create a custom rustic headboard to go behind the bed. It gave just enough of the new color to make it work in the room.
Assemble the headboard position the offset back board flush against a straightedge.