So this one time, we built a headboard

About a month ago, Deg and I decided to buy a new mattress. Our tax return convinced us that replacing our old one was a brilliant idea. When we went to pick one, we found that it wasn't much more to upgrade to a king mattress from our existing queen, so that's what we did. We put our old bed (the entire thing) in one of the spare rooms (so guests, you now have something other than an air mattress to sleep on) and just set up the bed on the most basic of bed frames.

Obviously, a headboard was wanted by at least half of the people who were using the mattress. I started pricing some of them, but it turns out that they're really expensive, plus I didn't find anything that I liked. Off to Pinterest I went for some ideas of what to look for, and lo and behold, I found some DIY headboards that I really liked. I talked to Deg about it (because if we decided to do it, that'd mean a lot of legwork for him, because no one should ever trust me with a saw or a drill), and after researching a few different types, we decided to go for it. We followed our own plan, using the ones online as references, and we are loving the outcome. So obviously I have to show it off. 

DJ helping Dad cut the wood to the size we needed.

Sanding them down was my least favorite part.

The mahogany stain looks really awesome, but it turns out that it's a PAIN to get off of your hands! The coats of polyurethane took forever to dry, but that was probably the easiest part. I may have done that part all by myself. Wooo, me!.

Drilling lots of holes. Deg drilled holes for the carriage bolts, then counter sunk a hole in the back to secure a nut and washer so that the ends wouldn't be poking out behind the boards and into the wall.

Attaching it to the bed frame.

Oooh, look how pretty! The camera picked up some glare, but other than that, this really shows off the project.

Another view. Such a fun project! It took about a week (thanks to drying time of stain and polyurethane), but it was totally worth it and we really did enjoy getting to work on something so huge and so awesome together.