You can build this DIY Platform Bed in literally 3 steps. Do you have a Saturday afternoon? Good, because you can make this bed and still have time for a leisurely stroll through Home Depot.

When I was designing Macie’s room, (and lets get real here, any bedroom) one of the nagging problems is that of the box spring/bedskirt. Its just not my favorite. So I decided that a DIY platform bed would be the perfect solution.

The was a little bit of criteria that it had to have. It had to be normal bed height, without using a box spring,  it had to be sturdy, and it had to be pretty. I had already finished the Macramé headboard, and felt like it needed something behind it other than the wall to make it feel more headboard-y and less wall hang-y. That is where the giant wall panel comes into play.

DIY Platform Bed Supplies:

(2) 4×8 pieces of premium plywood. I recommend using the 3/4” thick pieces.

(3) 8’ pieces of premium 1”x4” pine.

(5) Heavy Duty Top Plates (available at Home Depot)

(5) 15” Parsons Table Legs (available at Home Depot)

Cut List:

Please note these measurements are for a standard twin size bed.

Pro Tip: Have the plywood cut at Home Depot before you bring it home!

• Your first 4×8 sheet needs to be cut every 19 inches to make 5 pieces. This is for the headboard.
• Your second sheet needs to be cut to measure 78”x41”  (cut 18” off of the top and 6” of of the side.)  **If your twin bed is an XL you will need to cut your base piece to measure 82” and adjust all of the measurements accordingly
• Measure and cut your 1×4 pine to (2) at 41” and (2) at 80”

Building the Platform Bed

Step 1:  Attach your mounting plates

Measure an inch in from the edges of the platform piece. Attach one in each corner as well as the middle. Screw the legs on, and flip it over.

Step 2:  Attach the side boards onto the platform base.

Make sure that your boards are flush with the bottom edge. We used finishing nails to do this, but if you are putting a bed in a room where they might get stepped on I would use screws at least on each corner and in the middle.

Step 3: Attach the Headboard

Find the place that you are going to mount the headboard (in my case it was the center of the wall). Use a stud finder to mark where the studs are. Attach the pieces of wood to the wall using a nail gun. Start at the ceiling and move down.

By some miracle our boards fit perfectly, but if your ceilings are higher or lower you can add more or less at the bottom (that way it will be hidden by the bed!) Shhhhh under the bed secrets!! Mix up the order of the pieces so it looks uber custom, and not just like a giant piece of plywood on the wall.

(Yes, that would be 2 grown men standing on the bed, its really sturdy!)

And that’s it! The last step is to attach the platform to the wall, just use longer screws and L brackets on the underside and make sure you hit a stud.

Can you even believe how easy this was?

Itching for more info about this amazing room? Check out all of the tutorials here! The IKEA Rast hack and Upcycled Target Lamp Sconces are my favorite!

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It’s HERE!! Today is the day that I FINALLY get to show off Macie’s bedroom overhaul! I am not good at keeping things secret and this doozie has been eating at me for months. The special occasion for a room makeover celebration? Well Sherwin-Williams National Painting Week of course! Last year I was assigned the color Pink and created Dylan’s Dream Room for my 4 year old daughter. This year my color was Green and I am pretty obsessed with how it turned out.

Last week I introduced you to my niece Macie. In short she is fantastic. Her bedroom? Um….welp, let’s just let the pictures speak for themselves.

What we have here is a room that has been transformed multiple times over the years. From an office, to a bedroom that all 4 of her younger siblings have enjoyed (hence the sharpie on the wall and the sticker residue on the door), to finally a room of her own.

Mace is a great kid and deserves this space to be wonderful.

Here is how it looks now (pssst! isn’t Buster the fluffiest pup you’ve ever seen?)

So much better right!?

When I create a space I start with the feeling that I want to evoke when you walk into the room. The feeling that I repeatedly came back to for Macie’s room was Freedom. Close your eyes. Wait that wont work. Ok, keep your eyes open, but picture a sun-kissed girl at the beach,  she jumps into the back of an old army jeep and rides down a scenic two lane road laughing with her friends as the wind whips her hair around her face. Full of carefree light and the world at her fingertips. That kind of freedom.

The visual picture that I had in my mind while I was dreaming about this space was one that most of us have actually gone through. That moment when you are still at home, living with your parents, in a room that they originally decorated. Your thirst for new experiences and new thoughts, and finding out what makes you happy is something that pushes you unexplainably forward.

If you notice, the bones of the room have a very iconic 50’s vibe. The two tone doors, and the gold wood slice wall, even the blush nightstands, are polished and refined. Then like a wild flower in the middle of a manicured garden, all of the free spirited boho breathes life into it. I feel like this room visually describes what a teenager whose spirit cannot be contained feels like. It feels like a place where you can have the courage to hear your own voice. It feels like freedom.

Granted my teenage life was not that poetic, it consisted of expressing myself by singing NSYNC at the top of my lungs and skipping Spanish, but I mean, sort of the same thing…right?

We faced 3 main design culprits in the space.

1. The darkness. It was dark ya’ll. (Can I say ya’ll if I am from Utah?)  The taupe walls were not doing it any favors in that department. I painted the walls with my favorite white (Sherwin-Williams Ultra White Base with 4 oz of white pigment added for coverage.)

Dilemma #2. The carpet. Macie’s carpet is not bad. It is just a little harder to design around than a bare floor. Ripping the carpet out was a no-go and when you cant change something, the next best thing is avoidance right? So to immediately take your eyes off of the floor, I painted the ceiling with Sherwin-Williams Emerald in Secret Garden. It makes the ceiling look SO tall (it is 9 feet, so tall but not monstrous) and it is hands down my favorite dark olive green. So moody and perfect. I also put a really great rug down that I found for $99 on Rugs USA.

The nightstands are brass and leather campaign hacks on an Ikea Malm dressers (and I mean, of course they have leather,  do you know me at all?)

Can we just pause for a moment to kiss the macramé headboard on the mouth? It is everything that I dreamed of and totally doable. I wanted the macramé to be the star, but it needed a little bit of support to pull of such an amazing feat.

Love those wall mounted task lights? Guess what? They are SIMPLE. Like forehead slapping simple.

Mace needed a spot to get ready in the mornings. I hunted for days (which is a lot like months when you have 8 days to pull a room makeover together.)  Finally I found an old metal desk that had received a not-mandilicious paint job (I will show you soon). It got a quick overhaul with white and copper spray paint, and fit perfectly in the spot that it needed to live in.

Every room needs an amazing accent wall (can I get an amen?!)

Macie’s room was no exception. Guess what this wall treatment is made out of?

Wallpaper? Nope.

A stencil? Nada.

Painted by hand? Puleeze.

A custom stamp that I made with my Cricut Explore? Ding Ding Ding!

The gold metallic is metallic. It has so much shine that I had a really hard time capturing it without blowing out my picture.

The Tea Leaves art was inspired by my Gossip Girl binge in December. It is just so romantic. Chuck + Blair forever. I asked Jamie to design something and she came up with this beautiful piece. That girl is a genius.

The hanging lights are such a fun way to add a little bit of simple excitement to the corner. The DIY is really easy too. It is almost entirely made up from materials that can be sourced locally!

And of course we have to talk about the leather sling bench that was made from an upcycled leather sofa. It is just so good in here and solves our 3rd design dilemma. Having a place for friends to hang out. (Can you see the sheen from the gold paint?)

There are just so many fun details.

Tomorrow I am posting all of the sources and details, and then the tutorials begin with a HUGE giveaway! As I was writing this post I realized that aside from a few pillows and the rug,  everything else in this room was DIYed. I cannot wait to start sharing the projects with you guys!!

Itching for more green in your life? You have to check out Four Generations One Roof’s new bathroom and Simply Grove’s side table! Then tomorrow you can get your fill of Red with Thistlewood Farm, I Heart Naptime, and House of Earnest. There is lots of color inspiration over at SWpaintingweek.com, where 14 other bloggers will have their projects up over the course of the next few days.

And just for fun, lets see the before and after again, shall we?

Huge thank you to Sherwin-Williams for sponsoring this post. As always I am the one in charge here, and all project ideas and opinions are mine.

So what do you think? Do you love it?

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Remember when I told you guys that this Wicker Headboard was the starting inspiration for my entire master bedroom makeover and most of you were a little scared? Its ok,  you weren’t the only one.

Today I am putting your wondering mind at ease with the reveal. Oh and totally setting a new trend. NBD. Jump on board now my friends, because these puppies are hard enough to get when everyone still thinks they are ug.

I feel like this post should start out with 2 things.

1. DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUN!

And 2. Finally.

I loved using colors from the same family so much in Dylan’s room that I had to give it a shot in my bedroom too. Luckily my boyfriend Sherwin Williams has direct access to my brain waves and tracking down the perfect Spearmint green was simple. (It is Eco Green BTW,  and make sure you buy a sample pot because you wont need much!)

I love when you can take something that people give a sideways glance at and make it a show stopper. This is why I will forever be a thrift store addict. Its just so gratifying.

Paint dipping or color blocking (however you choose to phrase it) is a VERY simple technique with a ton of impact. If you are on the fence about painting a piece of furniture,  maybe start here,  it will give you a pop of color without having to commit to the entire thing.

If the piece is small enough you can actually pick it up and dip it in paint. If it is HUGE like my headboard?

Probably not the best idea.

So here is the cheater way to get the look without spending $5000 on a zillion gallons of paint to fill your bathtub.

Start by taping off where your paint line will end. I 100% recommend ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape for any taping needs,  its my favie.

When you are painting something like Wicker, with all of its dips and grooves, you are not going to get a perfect paint line,  your just not. But it is ok, because all of those dips and grooves are going to hide it. Press your ScotchBlue into all of the spots that you can reach. If you are taping off a flat surface,  check out this post for my secret for PERFECT paint lines (its sort of life changing.)

As you are painting (especially on the paint line) start with your brush on the tape and brush away from it. If you are brushing toward the tape then you are likely shoving paint into all of the grooves that we are trying to avoid.

Once my paint was dry enough, I flipped the headboard over and painted the backside.

Remove your tape and grin at the fact that you are amazing.

To joint the 2 headboards together I used clear fishing line. A few readers gave the suggestion of binding them together with wicker strips. If I was planning on repainting the whole headboard, I TOTALLY would have done that,  but because I was not planning on repainting the white, I McGyvered it a little.

So now that it is starting to come together a little bit more are you a believer? Or are you still on the fence (don’t worry, by the end of it the fence will be a distant memory…)

Did you notice the DIY Leather Pillows and Wood Shim Stamped Curtains?

If you are in dire need of other inspiring projects there is a HUGE Ready, Set, Paint Blog Hop going on with all of your favorite DIYers, so make sure you check their goods out…you know what I mean.

Centsational Girl – Textured Panel Dresser Makeover

Thrifty and Chic Framed Stencil Wall

The Design Confidential DIY Concrete Color Block Painted Tables

Sand & Sisal Faux Etched Glass

The Girl Creative Summer Chalkboard

PB & J Stories Dipped Effect Outdoor Bench and Front Patio Makeover

In My Own Style How to Paint Outdoor Furniture

Making this Home Embellish with a Paint Border

Rustic Bench Gets Modern Moroccan-Inspired Makeover

DIY Game Table

Fun with Fireworks

Charles & Hudson – Wood Block Planter

Love of Family and Home – DIY Striped Curtain

LollyJane – Mailbox Makeover

Nesting Place – Painting with Chalk

Thistlewood Farms: How to Paint Stripes

Live Laugh Rowe: DIY Drop Cloth Table Runner

SawdustGirl – Spray-Painted-Striped Lemonade Stand Canopy

Make It: Painted Horseshoes

DIY Pet Food Station

This post was brought to you in partnership with The Home Depot and ScotchBlue Painter’s Tape.

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As I have been chatting about the last week or so, I have been working on a really fun segment for Studio 5 called “What Would Mandi Do?” where viewers submitted pieces that have them stumped. I needed a local girl who was ready and willing to let me do what needed to be done to make her piece of furniture out of this world amazing.

Sierra sent me an email that explained that she found an old fireplace mantle at an antique store and was IMMEDIATLEY in love with it. After talking to the shop owner about it and then relaying the info to her Grandpa she found out that the mantle came from an old house in Washington UT that was midwife headquarters. And it gets better. It was the house that her Grandpa himself was born in 80 years ago. How cool is that?! Rarely do we actually know the full story behind a great find.

So she bought it. And it sat in her garage. For 2 years. (don’t judge her, you know you can relate!)  The problem? She had no idea what to do with it.

Because it was such a special piece, it needed more than just an update. It needed an entire room designed around it. I decided that we were going to turn it into a headboard for her beige box guest room.

First things first the beige just HAD to go. Sierra’s house is very neutral, and if I am going to push someone I am going to PUSH them.

(ps. This is what pushing looks like)

(This picture is coat 1 while it was still wet so its a little lighter and splotchier than the final coat.)

The color that I used was a custom mix called Modified Envy. Here is the mixture formula:

Originally when I ordered my paint at my local Sherwin Williams store the color I ordered was Envy. Its a really bright true Kelly green. When I stopped in to pick it up, though I LOVED the vibrancy of it,  it needed to be a little bit deeper. As I was explaining what I wanted to the guys they were doing what can only be described as color math. And let me tell you,  they are GENIUSES at color math. They magically deepened it without losing the vibrancy that I was so in love with. THAT is why I shop there, those guys are freaking experts. I was also feeling a little concerned about painting in Sierra’s house because she is currently with child. Instead of using my fave Super Paint,  I used their new line called Emerald (fitting right?!)  Emerald is THE BEST technology paint has to offer. It is a Zero VOC formula (even after the colorants are added) which basically means that the airborne toxins that can be found in paint are gone. Hooray for Sierra’s fetus! The washability is FANTASTIC and it has a lifetime warranty. Totally worth it.

Working on this project I immediately came up with a few ideas for the mantle (a few of which I tried and then changed my mind about, but that is another post for next week.)  After working though the ideas I realized that what I was missing out on was a main element that was wood. Everything was just feeling so painted.

I love that this room has all of my favorite things. Color, brass, wood, faux bois, a quirky animal,  a hand drawn element, old books, and killer art.

Isn’t it so exciting?!

The mantle is totally updated, the green is so vibrant, and all of the thrift store elements make my heart sing!!

The mirror above the bed is from Target (I am dying over their new Threshold collection, its SO good)  All of the decorative books and junk are from my local thrift store. The faux bois pillow and lamp are from Homegoods (naturally). The mustardy chartreuse pillows are simple envelope pillows with fabric from Joann’s.

The vintage inspired plumes print ties all of the colors from the room together in one pretty package. Instead of putting it in a frame, I hung it poster style with command strips. I found it at a local store called Urban Renewal for $9.00.

I love that the headboard is so happily highlighted in this room with the green wall and accent colors.

Doesn’t every room need a coral Pomeranian?

Not too shabby for a couple days of work eh?

What is your favorite element?

ps. The tutorial for the headboard is coming on Monday, so stay tuned!!

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What do you do when you find an incredible tufted headboard on Craigslist that is bright bad velvet valentine chocolate box red and you want it to be white? Well, you obviously can reupholster it (if you are up for that task) or you can paint the fabric!

The problem with painting fabric is that well, you are painting on fabric. The whole point of having fabric on something is to make it nice and soft, otherwise we would upholster everything with blue tarps. Did you know that you can paint fabric so that it is still soft-ish? Its true! My girls Jilly and Mia are pros at this one.

This is what Kelsey’s headboard looked like on the Craigslist ad:

We had no idea that in real life it looked like this:

(no that picture was not color boosted.)

We scored this baby for $120 from a nice guy named Ingo. He even helped us load it into our car (and  somewhat willingly posed for pictures)

So we found our headboard. Now it was time to start on the makeover.

You will need:

Latex paint in the color of your choice

Textile Medium (can be purchased at any craft store)

Spray Bottle with Water

High Quality Brushes

Start by getting your piece ready to paint. We cut the legs off and vacuumed it to remove as much dust and dirt as possible.

Then lay it out flat.

Ok ready for this? Its time to mix your paint. This is where people get nervous.

This is the fabric medium that we used:

For your first layer you want to use 1 part fabric medium to 1 part latex paint. Mix it really well and then add .5 parts water. (For example you would mix 1 cup of paint, 1 cup of Fabric Medium and 1/2 cup of water.)

You want your paint mixture to be fairly thin (thick enough to coat the back of a spoon) (also did you notice I used foodie lingo? I don’t cook so this is HUGE.)

Use your spray bottle to dampen the fabric. For the first layer you want it fairly wet (not wet enough to  squish water when you push on it, but wet enough that if you touch it it will leave water on your hand.)

Then start painting. Make sure your brush strokes go with the grain of the fabric (or in the case of our velvet we made sure that it was laying the same way.)

After your first coat is completely dry lightly sand it with 220 grit sand paper. This is VERY important if you are using fabric that has a longer nap like Velvet.

Once your first coat is dry light mist your piece again with your spray bottle (I found it works best if you do it in sections) and paint on your paint mixture (still foodie thin)

Once your second layer is dry lightly sand it. Also you will most likely be needing more paint. Mix 1 part paint, 1 part textile medium,  1/4 part water for the remaining layers.

Spritz your piece again so that its slightly damp and go to town.

This is what our headboard looked like after 3 coats…white over flaming red is a long process choice…

And 5 coats…

And 6 coats…

And 8 coats…

Yes, it took 8 coats of spritzing, painting, drying and sanding to get this puppy painted. It is no where near as stiff as it would be had we just painted it without the whole process. It feels like a heavy duty outdoor canvas fabric and is great for a headboard.

Make sure you check out Jilly and Mia’s post about painted fabric  here and here (it wasn’t as high contrast and the fabric was much thinner. They turned out great!)

Have you ever painted fabric? What is your favorite tip?

Love Your Guts, Mandi

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Sometimes projects are HUGE. They take a crapload of time and effort. And while they are usually worth it, sometimes you just want something simple. Did you know that you can literally update a dresser during naptime?!

Here is the skinny.

I found this dresser on AZ Craigslist. After a late night trip to a sketchy part of town (that may or may not have involved  Jilly having a heart attack while almost witnessing a stray cat being hit, which in turn gave the rest of us a heat attack thinking she was being carried away by drug lords or possibly someone cutting off her favorite finger. That girl can scream)

Anyway back to the dresser. It was $75 and in GREAT condition.

The one downside was that the outer shell of it was laminate. Now, normally I am not a huge fan but it was fairly realistic looking laminate and (like I mentioned before) it was in great condition. So we went with it.

Because we already had a lot of wood in Kelsey’s room (on the wall and on the sliding barn door) this happy little dresser got a quick update  just by painting the drawer fronts!

The first step is to make sure the piece is clean. Depending on the level of grime you might need to use a strong cleaner like TSP.

When its clean and dry you are ready to start! Meet your best friend. This is Kilz. It is hands down THE BEST primer on the market, especially when it comes to laminate pieces. The key to using Kilz is to shake shake shake (for a good 2 minutes) before you spray. If you don’t it will come out sandpapery and you will have to sand it smooth.

Once your primer is dry (usually between 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on the temperatures outside) give it a quick once over with 220 grit sand paper. This will make it silky smooth and make it look uber professional.

Wipe your piece down with a slightly damp rag or tack cloth to get all of the sanding dust off (if you skip this step you will have an epic spray paint fail FYI. So don’t forget!!)

Give your drawer fronts 2-3 good coats of spray paint. If you have read any of my posts about spray paint you know that I am a Krylon fan until I die. I have a few reasons I love it, let me share them with you.

1. The nozzle. Its life changing folks. Instead of spraying in a circle like most brands it sprays in a line AND it rotates. So if you are moving your can horizontally across your piece you want to make sure that your nozzle is turned to spray in a vertical line. That way it is covering a much larger area. I feel like I have WAY more control with a can of Krylon.

2. Krylon cures very quickly. If you are spray painting a piece of furniture chances are you like things done fast. There are some lines that take HOURS to cure. It is SO frustrating when you have given it adequate time and in all of your excitement pick it up and its still tacky (the one bonus to that is,  if you ever go missing and the cops need your fingerprints you can bet your hoard its perfectly impressed into that lamp.)

3. The color selection! Krylon has SO many on trend colors to choose from AND if there is one that you cant find check out this post I wrote a while ago on how to get the top secret colors you cant find anywhere else for FREE!

As much as I loved the white and wood,  this thing needed a little bit more flair. And tell me my friends, what can add more flair than bright pink?

To “color dip” a piece like this all you need is a roll of ScotchBlue and some paint (we used a sample pot from Lowes, just like I used on the Leather Belt Dresser Pulls)

Start by removing the legs if you can (it just makes it a little easier to work with). Hailee being the genius she is found a piece of Styrofoam to hold our legs

Simple and impactful my lovies.

I wanted the dresser to be super complimentary to the rest of the room without trying to steal the show. Sometimes that is what you need out of a piece of furniture.

Everything in the room cant be the star, but just because something isn’t the star doesn’t mean it needs to be generic or dull.

Did you notice the red lamp that we got for $5 from Serg?

I LOVE how this dresser turned out,  and can you believe it was such a simple project!? Do you have something that could use a 2 hour update? I want to hear all about it!

Make sure you check out the other posts in the Epic Room Makeover 2012 Giveaway:

Make sure to check out the other posts in the Epic Room Makeover 2012 Series:

Epic Room Makeover Reveal

Source List

How To Build A Simple Sliding Barn Door

How To Play “Lets Make A Deal!”

How To Drill Through Glass (Video Tutorial!)

Love Your Guts, Mandi

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A tutorial for a tufted headboard is not something that is hard to find, there are a ton and for all different styles of beds. This tutorial is special though, its more of a teaching you to fish type tutorial because you can use this basic concept and design your own headboard!

Start with a 4×8 sheet of particle board. I got mine at Lowe’s for $14.00. While you are there have them rip cut it to the size you need (mine was 62”x 48”) and then have them cut it into quarters. One perk about doing a headboard like this is that you are able to fit it in your car, you wont need a truck/SUV to haul it home!! While you are at Lowe’s pick up your screws and washers too. The screws you need are 2” wood screws and one medium and one large washer for each screw. You will know how many screws you need based on the number of tufts you are going to create. You will also need at least 6 metal mending straps for a queen size bed. But there is nothing wrong with using more!

The main component to a tufted headboard is foam. Foam is SO expensive if you buy it from somewhere like Joann’s (even with a 40% off coupon) so here is a top secret tip. If you go to Home Depot right now they are selling camping pads for $19.99!! They are usually located by the customer service desk. I needed 2.

And last but not least you will need fabric. My go to fabric for pretty much everything is Duck Cloth. It’s a heavy duty canvas that is made out of cotton. It comes in bunches of colors and you can buy it at Joann’s. I needed 2 yards. The typical price is 10.99 a yard but I had a 60% off coupon so for 2 yards I spent just under $9.00 total!!

Start by cutting your foam to size. The easiest way that I did this was just by laying my piece of wood on the top of it and using a long serrated knife to cut it.

Then you are going to wrap your fabric around the foam and board pulling it as tight as possible. Staple one side and then move to the opposite side (do this on all 4 sides of your wood.)

When you have all 4 pieces upholstered its time to join them together. This is where your mending straps come in. Make sure that they are all straight and pushed together as tight as possible.

Then just drive wood screws into the back. I used screws that were 1.5” (you wont need to worry about them going through the front of the wood because the foam will hide everything.)

This is what your headboard should look like at this point:

Now to tuft.

If you want your tufting to be super deep and pleated I would recommend this tutorial from Brooke. I want my tufting to be more modern (obvs to go with the vibe of the room). There are a million ways under the sun to tuft, this is just one of them.

You need to find the center of each panel. I did this with a measuring tape and a pencil. I SUPER LIGHTLY marked where the center was on my first panel. This is where it gets fun. You are going to drill your screw directly through the front of your fabric. I recommending making a small hole first or else it will make a really loud POP when you start drilling.

The washers are to make sure that the fabric doesn’t just move around the screw. Cause then you would be left with a hole in your fabric, a screw in your backboard, and zero tufting.

To make things easier on myself I used a laser level to line up the next tuft. That way I only had to measure one side, and I knew it was straight.

Then I glued the buttons on the top of the screw.

Also, depending on how deep you tuft your screws may poke out of the back of the wood. If this is the case you will probably need to dremel/hacksaw them to get a flush mounting on your wall.

Now for the mounting.

The original plan was to use this guy to hang it on the wall (like a giant picture of sorts) It is a Hangman from Lowe’s. They are just over $10 and can hold up to 200 lbs.

The problem with that is that this wall is concrete…so ya. We couldn’t find the studs. So the Hangman had to go back. THe solution ended up being mounting 1x4s on the back and then screwing them into the bedframe. Just like we did on this old door turned headboard.

Pretty amazing if you ask me!!

Don’t forget to check out the other amazing tutorials in the $150 room makeover:

And don’t forget that round 1 of voting for the Epic Room Makeover Giveaway ends tomorrow night at midnight!

Love Your Guts, Mandi

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