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Recycled wood into a colourful headboard
A simple and cheap pallet wood headboard, perfect for offcuts or old pieces.

Posted by thecarpentersdaughter from Doncaster, England, United Kingdom • Published See thecarpentersdaughter's 7 projects »
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  • How to make a bed headboard. Chevron Pallet Headboard - Step 1
    Step 1

    Here, you can see that I recycled some old sheet material.

    Then screwed a long straight edge in the middle, before gluing and nailing mitred pallet wood strips on.

  • How to make a bed headboard. Chevron Pallet Headboard - Step 2
    Step 2

    Then trimmed the excess off.

    To repeat on the other side, I removed the middle bit, and screwed more pallets to match.

  • How to make a bed headboard. Chevron Pallet Headboard - Step 3
    Step 3

    After trimming the excess again, I belt sanded all the wood smooth .

  • How to make a bed headboard. Chevron Pallet Headboard - Step 4
    Step 4

    Then painted contrasting colours using an array of test pots before adding trim and mounting to the wall.

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