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"Turn a boring kid&amp;#039;s room into a dream by making your own headboard. Here&amp;#039;s how: Supplies: Five two-by-fours  L-brackets  A drill Screws  Beadboard paneling Finishing nails 1. At a hardware store, have beadboard cut-to-size. For a full-sized bed, like ours, you&amp;#039;ll need two pieces \u2014 the sheets are typically four by eight feet, and a full bed is wider than four feet. We opted to use two equal sized pieces to ensure the seam was centered.  2. You&amp;#039;ll use the five two-by-fours to create a frame for the beadboard paneling to affix onto. Have the hardware store cut your two-by-fours (or do at home) to the following lengths: two to 54 inches (for the width of the headboard); two to 49 inches (for the headboard&amp;#039;s height); and the last board to 50 inches to form a cross bar in the box.  3. Use the L-brackets to create a box. Screw boards together with the brackets, connecting the tall boards inside of the wide boards. The fifth board will go across the center of the frame, creating a cross-beam. 4. Hammer the beadboard into place using your finishing nails.  5. Prime the headboard.  6. Paint on your stripes. We painted the blue and green stripes first without masking tape (simply using the boards grooves as a guide). Let your initial stripes dry overnight, then use masking tape to tape off the yellow stripes. Paint on and let dry. Remove tape. 7. You can secure your bed to your headboard or to the wall, depending on your bed&amp;#039;s frame. If you have a metal frame headboard, you can drill the board and the frame together (into the boards two-by-fours). If you&amp;#039;d rather mount your headboard on the wall, drill the frame into the wall and cover screws with paint. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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