When Life Hands You Lemons..
This is how you take the lemons that life hands you and turn them into lemonade. This should be a lesson you remember forever.
By monsters244
Published 11 years ago
This is how you take the lemons that life hands you and turn them into lemonade. This should be a lesson you remember forever.
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A storm with high winds tore down the fence the homeowner hoped would last a few years.
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After having it taken down, he saw it leaning against a wall and got an idea.
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I ultimately decided the gate as-is wasn't as great as I wanted for a headboard, but now had piles of old fence post to work with and sketched out some rough plans to create a similar-ish design.
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Cut the would randomly to rows of my specified. I added in some new fence posts I had and pallet wood to add some diversity.
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Sanded down very, very lightly to keep all of the imperfections and added some random stains from my pile of various stains.
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Attempting to straighten the boards a little
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He was thinking of attaching the headboard with cleats
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I decided to not go with cleats and rather screw the headboard directly to the studs. Stability and security was my number one concern.
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I added cross boards on the back to keep the boards together and align with the studs in my room. I used a pocket jig to attach some of the horizontal boards, but in some places I used metal plates to reinforce. I also drilled holes for my semi-decorative lights I was going to include.
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Overall, the owner was happy with the headboard
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It looks so cool, and I can understand why.
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