1 CW: Door to Headboard Tutorial

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Welcome to Creativity Week!  If case you missed the last CW, here is a little run down of how the week goes: There are 3 guest tutorials scheduled EACH day, as well as 1-2 giveaways!  The posts will be going up throughout the day, so make sure to click follow over their in the sidebar so you don't miss out on any of these amazingly creative ideas and products!  And in case math isn't your forteit - that's 15 tutorials in ONE WEEK!  And many of these will be great ideas for the holidays!

Let's start Creativity Week off with a bang, shall we?  I bet after reading this everyone will be knocking down doors (pun intended) trying to find the perfect one for a headboard!

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Hi!  I'm Kristen from My Covered Bridge.  I am so thrilled to be over here on seven thirty three!  Since I'm still pretty new to this blogging world, let me introduce myself.  I'm a happily married stay-at-home mom with four not so little kids.  My husband, Craig, and I are completely remodeling and decorating a home we bought six years ago.  I love diving into these projects - and now I love sharing them with everyone through my blog!

I am very excited to explain how we made our king size headboard - on the cheap!  Craig and I took a trip to Buffalo ReUse - it's a local architectural salvage store - and found an old door for $10-

I really liked the simplicity and symmetry and knew it would work perfectly.  It had a little damage from the old hardware-

I filled the holes with wood putty and sanded everything down-

Then I filled the joints with caulk-

I added two coats of Valspar New Black paint (which I had leftover from another project)-

Once that was dry, we hung it up.  To do this, we first anchored a furring strip into the studs (just below the top of the mattress)-

We had the furring strip leftover from another project (we used it to make a dance floor for my daughter's birthday party.  You can check that out here).  Then, we rested the door on top-

Once we had it centered, I held it in place while Craig screwed the top into the studs-

And here's what it looked like -

Now - the before and after-

We love how this project turned out!  And for $10 - it's a very dramatic change! Check out all of my projects at My Covered Bridge.  And I really want to thank Kim for having me here today! I had SO much fun sharing this project!