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    Home » Decorate

    How to Turn an Old Door into a Headboard For Hardly Any Money

    October 30, 2014 by Patti Estep 2 Comments

    Door headboard and parts of the headboard construction.

    Try this home decor project shows you how to make an old door headboard. Our wood door only cost $20 making this a great DIY for the bedroom.

    Kind size bed with door headboard

    How to Make a Headboard Out of a Door

    Here's a project my husband and I did a while ago but I thought I would share it with you because it was so easy, cheap and resulted in a great look for our master bedroom.

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    We took an old antique wood door and made it into a headboard.

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    We were browsing at one of those antique malls where there are lots of booths with all kinds of great junk for sale. On our way out we saw this old paneled door and thought, why not make that our headboard.

    I think we paid only $20 for the door. We cleaned it up, added some polyurethane, and hung it directly on the wall behind our bed.

    Cleat for hanging door headboard

    Steps to Create This Headboard

    My husband gets the credit for all the heavy lifting.

    First, we determined where we wanted the door to hang on the wall. Then he attached a 1 x 4 board, to a 1 x 8 board with screws and mounted it to the wall. 

    Backside of door headboard with wood cleat

    Next, he created the opposite effect on the door. He also added two 1 x 4s, on top of each other, toward the bottom of the door to prevent the headboard from bouncing on the wall.

     

    Door headboard hung on wall

    After that, it was a simple matter of sliding the door onto the wood cleat on the wall. 

    Spray painted lamps for bedroom makeover.

    Who would have thought that you could make a headboard out of a door?

    Eventually, we painted it white as part of a Budget Master Bedroom Makeover, and as you can see it still looks great today.

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    1. Lisa Barker

      November 12, 2014 at 1:31 pm

      Love this...we have 2 original doors to the house sitting in the garage and no head board. Pete isn't as handy as Phil though!

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      • Patti

        November 12, 2014 at 1:45 pm

        Are you kidding me. I know Pete can do this. And, I'm sure Phil would be glad lend a hand.

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