Ana White Headboard

Ana White is my hero. I stumbled across her blog months ago, and am simply amazed at her skills. If I had more tools and more time, I think I would be so inspired by her blogs and the plans she post to build something from every room in our house.

When Alex was recently out of town for work, I decided to finally build us a headboard. We've had our temperpedic bed (which we LOVE) for over two years now, and we've never had a headboard for it.

These were the plans I used. I didn't take any photos as I went along building it (unfortunately).
http://ana-white.com/2010/03/plans-reclaimed-wood-look-headboard-king-size.html

We went to the store and bought a whole bunch of wood (the wood in Ana's plans). We didn't use the cheapest wood (furring strips) but we used the next cheapest option (plain pine). We sent about an hour in the store, picking out straight boards with the fewest knots we could fine.

So, set with nails, the handy borrow miter saw, nail glue and a hammer, I made this, following Ana's plans (for a California King):

It is coated with Minwax Polyshades in Bombay Mahongny. I'm not a huge fan of the shininess, so I think we'll end up repainting it in a comple of years. Polyshades is also very difficult to work with, so I wouldn't recommend using it. If I built it again, I would use regular stain or paint.

Here is the finished project! The quilt was a wedding present from my mother-in-law!