1 Sleigh Bed = 2 Benches

It’s been awhile since I’ve featured a repurposed headboard into a bench.  Cathy and I made this twin sleigh bed into two benches.  You might also want to check out my headboard bench tutorial.

This is the headboard.

This is the bench we made out of the headboard.

We used a 2x4 across the front, and old chair legs for the front legs.

This may have been one of the first times we put the legs on the outside as opposed to the inside of the box.  I’m sure there is a technical term for it, but I don’t know what it is.

You can see the difference of the legs on this baby bed  bench.

I like the detail at the top of the legs.

The seat is flooring.

You can see how the detail on the top of the headboard mimics the detail in the front legs.

This is the matching foot board.

 
For the front legs on this one I traced the outline of the legs on the foot board, and cut them with the jig saw.
 

The seat is flooring.

       We had to notch out the left and right board to fit into the headboard.

These benches are from last year. Cathy and I had planned to make more benches for our upcoming show, but she mentioned over the weekend during our pitiful yard sale that maybe we shouldn’t take anything so big.  I may try to talk her into at least one corner bench and one twin bench. We’ve been to this particular show for the past two years, and I think people may be expecting to see benches!

Because I did not know I would be blogging when these photos were taken, I don’t have any in progress shots. If you have any questions, just let me know.

Hopefully the weather will cooperate soon and I can get some major projects completed. Until then I’ll have to dig up items such as these benches from my archives!

gail

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