Super-king bed headboard: 80” wide by up to 96” tall Interesting tidbit:Even cot beds have headboards! How High Should a Headboard Be? It depends on your room size, the height of your room, the size of your bed, and what you plan to use the headboard for, as well as style, de...
Next up is the final top surface. For that I’m using a wide piece of poplar. It paints really well and will allow me to route an edge with clean results. Again, cut to length at the miter saw and cut to width at the table saw. I used my small palm router to make a 1/2”...
Cut enough 2-inch-wide bias strips to equal that length, allowing a few extra inches. Join the strips with diagonal seams and trim the seam allowance to 1/2 inch. Fold the bias strip around the cord and use a zipper foot to sew in place. The welting will go around the bottom of ...
The eye will notice a deflection of 1/32 inch per running foot so that a fully loaded (70-80 pounds) bookshelf that is 3 feet wide, should sagno more than 3/32 inches. For most shelves made from 3/4 inch stock, a practical span is 30 to 36 inches. What is the best height for...
Note that you’ll need a wide and fairly level space to accommodate that container. The truck dropping the container off also needs space to maneuver. If you don’t have a driveway, and can’t get permission to have a container placed curbside or in your building’s parking area, you ...
The bottom shelf is 11 1/2 inches wide, so the center mark will be 4 1/2 inches from either side. Place a small amount of wood glue in the notch, slide in the shelf, lining up with the center marks that were made, and attach two 2-inch drywall screws from the back, making sure...
Bookcase built-ins are so custom-looking and can be super spendy if you hire a carpenter to do it. Which makes it a perfect DIY project! To give you a refresher, last year at this time, the bookcases were just 6 foot tall pre-fabricated bookcases. Then in January, we addedcabinet ...
This large section is going to be the back of the bookcase. The built in bookshelves will be eleven inches deep. You need at least two pieces of plywood as tall as the wall and eleven inches wide. Measure and cut out two pieces of plywood to the same depth and height minus an inch ...
If you're hanging pictures or putting together a bookcase, a hammer is a perfect tool: simple, cheap and entirely effective. But if you're building a two-story house, installing hardwood floors or running your own furniture repair shop, you may want to spring for anail gun. These powerful...
Draw a starting guideline(also known as a plumb line) for your first drop of wallpaper to ensure that it’s hung straight. If your wallpaper is 20” wide, you’ll measure 19” to the right of your starting corner and draw your plumb line. Use a long level to draw the vertical pen...