Queen bed upcycled coastal style

Milly1

I bought an old brown timber bed on Gumtree as well as an old sliding door as I wanted to see if I could use the door to convert the old bed into a coastal style bed and it would save both items from landfill. I cut damaged edges from the old door and used it to create the headboard and the footboard with a coastal look.

Materials

Old bed frame

Old sliding door

Taskmaster dowels https://www.bunnings.com.au/taskmaster-8-x-32mm-timber-dowel-connectors-100-pack_p0290549

Dowel centre points https://www.bunnings.com.au/ryobi-8mm-dowel-centre-points-4-pack_p0466319

Selleys Aquadhere https://www.bunnings.com.au/selleys-250ml-aquadhere-pva-wood-glue-interior-adhesive_p1233002

British Paints water based enamel semi gloss https://www.bunnings.com.au/british-paints-white-semi-gloss-h2o-enamel-paint-2l_p1420295

Melamine edge tape https://www.bunnings.com.au/moroday-5m-white-iron-on-melamine-edge_p0075671

Selleys Hold Up https://www.bunnings.com.au/selleys-130g-hold-up-construction-adhesive_p0135322

Tools

Dowel centre points https://www.bunnings.com.au/ryobi-8mm-dowel-centre-points-4-pack_p0466319

Electric drill

Table saw

Hammer

Level

Ruler

Clamps

Steps

Step 1

I bought an old brown timber bed frame on Gumtree and an old slightly damaged sliding door. Bed door.jpg

Step 2

I pulled the bed apart, sanded each piece back to raw timber, trimmed the damaged edge from the sliding door and cut the door into pieces for the headboard and the footboard.

Step 3

I placed the door pieces inside the bed frame and attached the pieces with dowel and glue. The dowel centre points were invaluable in making this step easy. I used melamine edge tape to cover the centre join which I glued on with Selleys Hold Up. I then cut the timber crosspieces to the correct length and re assembled the bed.

Step 4

Once the headboard and footboard were complete and re fixed into the frame with extra timber supports, I painted the entire bed with British Paints Water Based Enamel in white semi gloss.

Step 5

After the paint had dried I reassembled the bed ready to insert the slats and the project was done.

EricL

Hello @Milly1

What an outstanding effort! That has to be one of the most creative uses of a sliding door profile I've ever seen. I was originally hesitant about your combining the two materials together but am glad to be proven wrong. It just looks amazing and literally gives out the coastal vibe. I'm also very impressed with your paint stripping efforts, did you sand it, or did you chemically strip it? Overall, an amazing transformation effort and an ingenious way to combine two products together.

Thank you for sharing such a wonderful project.

Eric

Milly1

Hi Eric, thank you for your kind words about my project. I sanded the bed timbers back completely with my old Ryobi orbital sander which was easier than I thought as the stain wasn't too thick and once it was pulled apart I could sand each piece. I didn't sand the door back at all as the damage was only on the edges which I cut off. I just painted the entire bed once it was finished with the British Paints water based enamel from Bunnings which I use a lot as it seems to be a good quality paint at an affordable price.