Looking for an easy option for extra seating, grab an old headboard and footboard to make this easy headboard bench. Easy build for beginners.

This DIY bench from headboard and footboard tutorial shows a perfect red bench made from bed frame in just a few simple steps.

Do you have a headboard and foot board lying around? Don't get rid of it! Check out this repurposed bed to bench tutorial and make it into something useful again.

I love a good project. When I came across a full-size Jenny Lind headboard and footboard my original idea was to somehow turn them into two twin headboards. (See Guest Room Twin Beds; A Great Idea!) However, when I went to pick it up, one of the interior spindles on the footboard was chewed up, […]

THIS ONE IS SOLD! Customize your own repurposed antique bedframe to a settee for dining, entryway or bedroom. Upholstered to your specifications with fabric that matches your style. This wooden, ornate bedframe is crafted by Asheville woodworker Robyn McCrary, then upholstered by me! Bedframes vary in size and details due to availability of vintage and antique beds for repurposing. This settee is set apart from others due to the padded back and sides and seat which provide comfort and…

My Momma and I have very different styles as far as decor goes. I like comfortable contemporary and she likes a classic/classy country type of look. I have black and white photos on my wall, she has Amish paintings. See where I'm going? But just because I don't share her style doesn't mean I can't

This is another idea I got from some of the fabulous sites I visit. Gail at My Repurposed Life has some great ones! My husband called me on his way home from work one day to let me know there was a big pile of stuff out by someone's crub up the road. As soon as he got home I jumped in my car and headed up there. I was so excited when I got out to find that under that pile of junk was an old headboard/footboard. FINALLY! I had been looking for cheap ones at consignment shops but all were too…

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Do you know why it’s a Jenny Lind bed? From Apartment Therapy-Jenny Lind-Cottage-style spindled furniture bore her name after she reportedly slept in a bed with turned spindle posts. The name stuck and so has this style of furniture. This is a VERY long and picture heavy post. If you don’t need the tutorial, skip...

Be still my heart. Doesn't this bench look just perfect in my dining room windows?! More about the bench in a minute. First off, don't fo...