How To Make A Headboard From Laminate Flooring

And those white washed vertical stripes along one side really give the headboard a little pop of texture.

How to make a headboard from laminate flooring.

This wood plank headboard is a lot more boy ish than a traditional headboard and let me tell you a lot cheaper than buying something fancy from the furniture store. With some hinges and several flooring planks or one cut into pieces you can fashion a cookbook stand for the kitchen. I set the pieces aside in a pile out of the way for a while so we could touch up paint on our ceiling so i numbered the pieces to make sure i put them back in the right spot. The headboard was then attached to the wall with two 24 stud mounted french cleats.

Two 55 inch legs one 68 inch top trim leaving four scrap pieces on the three 1 x 4 inch x 8 foot whitewood boards. Make sure to have a tight fit for the artwork but not too tight that it won t slide underneath the two pieces. Double check the measurements for your artwork then flip the headboard back over and fasten the two vertical side piece. We used left over walnut flooring we had from a past project.

Two 60 inch supports three 27 inch uprights leaving 2 scrap pieces. I found one lonely box of this exact flooring special order return and fell deeply in love. Laminate is a great option over existing flooring and can cover a wide variety of materials with minimal damage to the surface below it. Aug 24 2016 made with pergo flooring available only at lowes attached to plywood backing.

Bed room headboard made with laminate flooring. On the three 2 x 4 inch x 8 foot whitewood boards. Choose the flooring pieces to cover the size of headboard. The lighting is 15 of string led lighting and wired to a dimmer switch.

I had to trim some flooring to fit. To make a whimsical candle holder glue a row of three ceramic saucers along a laminate flooring plank and place a tea light on each saucer. Varnish the whole piece. Scrap pieces will help support the headboard s frame during the installation.

The flooring is then attached to a mdf backing and trimmed with oak wood trim. Let dry then repeat. Flip the pieces over so the headboard is face up. When installing laminate over existing flooring in a kitchen measure to make sure appliances will fit into their original positions after the added thickness of the new layer of flooring.