My Bed is a Chevron

I wanted a headboard.  I needed a headboard.  The pillows kept falling in that crack behind the bed, and it was driving me nutty.  I thought "I'll have Ian help me make a headboard.  It will be easy!"  So I pinned.  And we brain stormed.  And this is what we came up with.  I don't know how I lived without a headboard for so long. 

Can you tell it's a chevron?  It was pretty easy to make.  The hardest part was figuring out what length to cut the boards so that they would fit.  Here's a quick picture tutorial of how to make it.

Supplies you'll need:
A bed (duh)
A work space (In this case, it was an orchard store house.  And it was cold, that's why I'm wearing a hat)
2 posts for the side
1 post for the middle
1 plank to go across the top
many boards to form your chevron
3 (or more) boards to run across the back to support your chevron boards
1 wide board to attach it to your bed frame (sorry there's no pictures of that part)
tools (like a saw and such - that's not my department)
screws, bolts, la la la
music

Once you have all your posts and top shelf measured out, you'll need to notch the posts so that your back support boards fit into them.

Girl's got skills with a hammer

If you don't have goggles, you can wear sunglasses.

Screw your support planks into your side and middle posts.

Here's your frame from the back!

Start measuring out your chevron boards.  We found that the best way to do this was to start in the middle with the longest board, cut it, screw it in place, and then measure from there.  If you have this fancy saw that's pictured there, you can line up a 45 degree angle, and so most of the measuring is done for you.

As you go along, screw your boards into the three boards in the back. 

We ended up adding a board across the top to hold all those little midge boards in place, and then as you can see, a few other little pieces to hold things in place. 

From the front!

Sand the whole thing down.

And then start staining!  The beauty of this design is that you can pick out any stain you want, you could paint it, or you could leave it just plain wood. 

I think Ian's proud of our handiwork.  

The slanted ceilings in my loft make it difficult to photograph, but I think it looks great!