How To Attach A Wood Headboard To A Metal Frame

Make sure that the headboard is side to side and perfectly centered.

How to attach a wood headboard to a metal frame.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Onto the bed frame apply a carpenter s height. 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. Attach 1x6 to metal frame brackets first and then center between ends of headboard.

Drill pilot holes and attach with the right size screws. Drive the bolts through the back of the headboard so that they protrude from the holes in the front. I can no longer find replacement rails any where i don t want to mount the headboard to the wall. If both of these ways to attach a headboard sounds like too much work you actually don t have to attach it to anything.

Measure the length of the headboard legs. Press the right side of the frame firmly against the headboard. 2 cut two pieces of the 2 by 2 inch fir to that measurement using a handsaw. Push the frame tight up against the headboard and the bed usually will hold it in place.

Make sure the headboard is placed efficiently on the exact place. Step 1 hold up and center the headboard and the head of the bed frame. Attach the nuts to the bolts and tighten them as much as you can as you press the headboard to the metal bed frame. 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.

Metal frames typically have brackets at the ends of the side rails for attaching headboard and footboards. That s what s remaining of the leg below the bottom of the mattress. For enough security tighten the bolts with a wrench or pliers. You can add some type of cushioning to the wall side and the back of the headboard.