Before & After: Barn Door to Headboard

Written by

Beth Callaghan
Beth Callaghan
Beth is a writer, crafter, DIYer and design enthusiast, living in L.A. with her husband, 2 young boys, and a large mutt named Caesar. She loves fonts, yoga, matcha lattes, and home-grown tomatoes and is not shy about being a consummate nerd.
published Jul 3, 2013
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(Image credit: Mike Adamick)

Turning this barn door into a beautiful headboard was technically pretty simple. All it really required was hours and hours and days and never-ending hours of sanding.

(Image credit: Apartment Therapy)

Mike Adamick, author of Dad’s Book of Awesome Projects and general dad extraordinaire, worked with his daughter Emme to turn this old barn door into a headboard for their family bed. On his blog, he walks you through the steps from start to completion with a healthy dose of hilarity along the way. It’s a great project for kids to engage in since simple sanding is the key task. And you’re going to want some help with that sanding.

Thank you Mike!

(Images: Mike Adamick)