How To Attach A Wood Headboard To A Metal Frame

Drill pilot holes and attach with the right size screws.

How to attach a wood headboard to a metal frame.

That s what s remaining of the leg below the bottom of the mattress. You can use something as simple as a few furniture felt pads. 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. Onto the bed frame apply a carpenter s height.

You can add some type of cushioning to the wall side and the back of the headboard. Metal frames typically have brackets at the ends of the side rails for attaching headboard and footboards. Measure the length of the headboard legs. Make sure that the headboard is side to side and perfectly centered.

2 cut two pieces of the 2 by 2 inch fir to that measurement using a handsaw. Can any one suggest an easy way for me to attach my wooden headboard to a current metal bead frame without having to damage the vintage headboard. Push the frame tight up against the headboard and the bed usually will hold it in place. Attach 1x6 to metal frame brackets first and then center between ends of headboard.

For enough security tighten the bolts with a wrench or pliers. Attach the nuts to the bolts and tighten them as much as you can as you press the headboard to the metal bed frame. 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.

Drive the bolts through the back of the headboard so that they protrude from the holes in the front. 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. Press the right side of the frame firmly against the headboard. Step 1 hold up and center the headboard and the head of the bed frame.