Taking a Headboard Down a Size

From time to time, we have been asked to take a Full sized bed and make it into a Queen sized bed.   I actually have one of  those projects posted here on our blog.  But this time, someone brought us a Queen sized bed and want us to make it into the smaller Full sized bed.  This is a new little challenge for us to take on.  Instead of adding to the headboard we are taking away,  so we needed to find a way to do this, while still preserving the original design.

To do this, we removed the curved top section and we removed the decorated side pieces that extend down into the legs.  We then cut the center section down the needed size, moved the trim, and re-attached the decorated side pieces.

We cut the curved top section to retain the same size it had when it was larger, and then re-attached it to the rest of the headboard.  We still need to color match the raw wood areas,  and do some masking touchup to the front where we had to move the trim.  I think it is going to look pretty good when it is done!

Bed Extensions, making a Full into a Queen

This bed came in as part of a complete bedroom set, which. We have already stripped the entire set of the finish you see in this picture and are now moving on to repairs and other interesting projects.  Well, I guess I should say, project. This is a Full sized bed, most older beds were not made in a Queen or King size.  The customer is asking us to design an extension so that the bed can be made into a Queen.  We love interesting projects like this where our creativity can shine.

What we have decided to do, is make the extensions using the old bedrails.  Since a Queen is longer than a Full, they will need to be replaced anyway.  If we use the wood for the extensions, then it will match the rest of the bed, as far as age and grain.  We don't want them to look like awkward extensions though, so they have been cut to match the decorative panel at the top of the  Headboard, an the carving on the top of each extension mimics the carving on the head and footboard.  I think it is going to turn out so well, and I can hardly wait to show you the finished result.