Design your bedroom furniture so it matches as a bedroom set.
Matching bedroom furniture sets can be expensive to purchase. These suites of furniture, sometimes custom-made, have a headboard, storage options and nightstand that match in design and color. Build your own bedroom furniture set, including a headboard and nightstands, to save money and have a grouping of custom-designed furniture. Use basic plywood as your canvas and add your own design to ensure that your new bedroom furniture fits into your home's decor.
Instructions
Homemade Headboard
1. Measure the width of your bed where the headboard will be installed. Then place the end of the measuring tape on the floor and measure up to determine the height you want for the headboard. Write these two measurements down.
2. Using the measurements you've written down, draw the shape of the headboard on the plywood. Cut out the headboard with the jigsaw and smooth the edges with sandpaper.
3. If you want a cutout design in the headboard, draw it with the pencil and cut out the shapes with the jigsaw. Sandpaper each cut to remove splinters.
4. Paint the headboard in the color or stain of your chosing. Let it dry completely before proceeding.
5. Place the headboard behind the bed. Use the mechanical screwdriver and the 1-inch screws to attach the headboard to the box frame of the mattress. If you do not have a box-frame bed, screw the headboard to the wall. Use the level to ensure it is evenly mounted.
Homemade Nightstands
6. Use the measuring tape to determine the size of your nightstands -- the height, width and depth. Collect the measurements as you sit on your bed, so you get realistic measurements. The sizes will vary from bed to bed, because the height of the mattress can influence the overall height required for the nightstand.
7. Draw all of the pieces needed for the nightstands on the plywood using a pencil, measuring tape and ruler. For one nightstand, draw two side pieces measuring the depth by the height, two shelving pieces measuring the depth by the width and one back panel piece measuring half the height by the width. Cut the pieces out of plywood with the jigsaw. Use sandpaper to smooth the edges.
8. Arrange the pieces in front of you roughly in the position they will be in the finished piece -- the two side pieces on their sides and parallel to one another, the two shelving pieces between the side pieces with one at the top and one 10 to 12 inches down to create a shelf in the middle of the nightstand.
9. Start by connecting the sides and the top piece, using two nails per corner through the sides into the top piece. Connect the shelving piece by hammering nails through the side pieces into the shelving piece. Line up the back panel and attach it to the sides and top with nails driven about every 4 inches. Use the level as you go, so that the nightstand is squared and even.
10. Paint the nightstand the same color as the headboard. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for an additional nightstand.
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