How To Make A Headboard From Laminate Flooring

Made with pergo flooring available only at lowes attached to plywood backing.

How to make a headboard from laminate flooring.

Two 60 inch supports three 27 inch uprights leaving 2 scrap pieces. 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. I had to trim some flooring to fit.

Varnish the whole piece. Scrap pieces will help support the headboard s frame during the installation. The lighting is 15 of string led lighting and wired to a dimmer switch. 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.

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. Loved the flooring and needed a headboard for our bedroom re. Double check the measurements for your artwork then flip the headboard back over and fasten the two vertical side piece. The flooring is then attached to a mdf backing and trimmed with oak wood trim.

I found one lonely box of this exact flooring special order return and fell deeply in love. Make sure to have a tight fit for the artwork but not too tight that it won t slide underneath the two pieces. And those white washed vertical stripes along one side really give the headboard a little pop of texture. 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.

I too plan to make a headboard with it but i keep trying to figure out how to stretch the 7 boards. Laminate is a great option over existing flooring and can cover a wide variety of materials with minimal damage to the surface below it. Flip the pieces over so the headboard is face up. 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. Choose the flooring pieces to cover the size of headboard. On the three 2 x 4 inch x 8 foot whitewood boards. Aug 24 2016 made with pergo flooring available only at lowes attached to plywood backing.