How To Attach A Wood Headboard To A Metal Frame

For enough security tighten the bolts with a wrench or pliers.

How to attach a wood headboard to a metal frame.

Drive the bolts through the back of the headboard so that they protrude from the holes in the front. You can add some type of cushioning to the wall side and the back of the headboard. I have a vintage wooden headboard the kind that came with rails with a piece of metal that entered the base of the legs in a vertical opening. Metal frames typically have brackets at the ends of the side rails for attaching headboard and footboards.

Wall cleat to hang and secure headboard to the wall. Press the right side of the frame firmly against the headboard. Measure the length of the headboard legs. Push the frame tight up against the headboard and the bed usually will hold it in place.

If both of these ways to attach a headboard sounds like too much work you actually don t have to attach it to anything. You can use something as simple as a few furniture felt pads. Step 1 hold up and center the headboard and the head of the bed frame. Make sure that the headboard is side to side and perfectly centered.

Attach the nuts to the bolts and tighten them as much as you can as you press the headboard to the metal bed frame. Make sure the headboard is placed efficiently on the exact place. Onto the bed frame apply a carpenter s height. Cut the length of the 1x6 so it will attach to the headboard with screws and also line up with the brackets on the metal frame.

2 cut two pieces of the 2 by 2 inch fir to that measurement using a handsaw. Drill pilot holes and attach with the right size screws. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Can any one suggest an easy way for me to attach my wooden headboard to a current metal bead frame without having to damage the vintage headboard.