DIY Craft Projects Benches from Old Beds

If you found a project particularly inspiring please email me.

"I love what you have done with that old bed. You turned it into a bench, how cool is that? Something your rested on, is still something you rest on! It gave me some cool ideas. Like if you didn't have a poster bed, you could maybe put old glass door knob handles for decoration. Thanks, Kathy"

Tasymo (Kathy) made this beautiful blue bench. Take a look at the tops of the bed posts, she has done a mosiac on them. It's absolutely beautiful

She writes

That bench was made from an old queen sized waterbed frame. It's VERY heavy and I couldn't have mangaged it without the help of my Husband. He did all the heavy work while I supervised! Kathy

KyLady from the HGTV board submits this great bench project

She Writes: "we shortened the front piece on the middle chair and attached it to the corner of each of the outside chairs. If you do not shorten the front piece of the middle chair the bench would not have a straight front and back, it would curve since the fronts of chairs are wider than the backs. The only legs removed are the front ones on the middle chair, the other legs are the original chair legs. All you actually use on the middle chair is the entire back and the front piece."

Toni D sends these in

This is not a project for a beginner. It has to support weight and not break apart. Therefore, I recommend screws not nails, and careful construction.

First we added a ledger to the back piece.

Then we made a frame out of 2x4's, We used screws for added strength.

Construction is finished. As you can see, we added the arms and the seat. Once I had a little help it wasn't so hard. Part of the problem is that my barn floor is not level, and I needed someone to hold parts of it for me while I worked on other parts. DH is better with a drill anyway. I do appreciate his help with this project.

I've started painting it, Note to self: "don't build another bench using a genny lind crib, too many spindles."