DIY Bedroom Furniture Ideas

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How to Get a Restoration Hardware Finish

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Top Tips For Furniture

Choose the best: Choose the highest-quality furniture you can afford. It will last longer, saving you money in the long run.
Don’t go too big: Choosing furniture that's too big for the room will limit your space, making your room uncomfortable and limiting other decorative choices.
Consider long-term care: Make sure you varnish or treat any wooden furniture near windows and exposed to light, otherwise they will fade.
Shop for used pieces: You don’t always have to buy new furniture. Some quality bargains can be picked up if you look for used items.
Add mirrors: To enhance your bedroom and make the space appear bigger, add extra mirrors on top of furniture or on walls.

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Top Projects for Bedroom Furniture

Here are our top DIY bedroom furniture projects. Furnish your space.

How to Get a Restoration Hardware Finish

We both LOVE the Restoration Hardware style, but the price "YIKES" is out of our budget! We had been eyeing a bed at Restoration Hardware with that vintage coastal style and it was nearly $3000, but luckily we are DIY’ers and we have come up with a simple 3 step process to achieve their wood finish.

Sunnyside Home

A Boring Dresser Gets an Epic Suitcase Makeover

Don't you just love those pictures of vintage suitcases stacked one on top of the other? There’s just something about the look that makes me think of a life well-traveled and filled with adventure and I really wanted my own stack of suitcases sooo badly. But they’re so hard to find and terribly expensive. We needed to make another plan. And the plan involved this boring pine dresser.

Michelle Leslie

How To Make Textured Medium For Raised Stencils On Furniture

Recently I was asked to create a raised stencil design on a night stand. To my surprise I discovered that texture medium is pricey and that it is very easy to make. So here is a step by step tutorial on how to make textured medium to stencil on furniture and some tips on stenciling and photos of the night stand at the end.

Linda

Pool Noodle Headboard

If you've ever shopped for furniture you know things can add up pretty quickly! My best friend recently purchased her first home and wanted to move in with some fresh pieces. We found an upholstered headboard online for $800!! Yikes! After looking at it for a bit, I decided to spend a few bucks and try to make it myself

Jessica

Car (Ute/Truck) Bookshelf

For my sons 3rd birthday I wanted to make him a bookshelf, something super cool that would double as a storage for his favourite toy cars.After some brainstorming, I decided on a Ute (as we call them in Australia) or truck structure, with a door that would open to storage and then a shelf in the back tray to hold his books. 🤩

Jess | Pretty Living

Faux Four-Post Bed

If you have a bedroom that needs a little touch to make the room complete, this is definitely a project worth looking into. As a kid, I always loved the thought of a 4-post bed -- there's something princess-y about it I guess. So now, instead of a princess, you can feel like a queen in your castle! :)We want to help you DIY, so some of the materials in this post are linked to sellers. Just so you know, Hometalk may collect a small share of sales from the links on this page.

Rob & Coco, Hometalk Team

Slat Wall Headboard - With a Twist!

I’ve been slowly pecking away at my oldest son’s bedroom since the beginning of the year. Fast forward 4 months later and I’m determined to finally put on the finishing touches in these next few weeks.The biggest project left to tackle was figuring out a headboard statement piece in the space. Since his bed is just a free standing frame I didn’t want to build something that attached to the bed frame but rather something that would be nailed to the wall where the bed could be pushed up to it.

Kera @hautehouselove

Minimalist Scandinavian Wood Slat Headboard With Floating Nightstands

Wood slat walls are all the rage right now. I absolutely love the ambiance it adds to rooms, so I created my own take on it to add something beautiful to our bedroom.

Nikki | thebuckbungalow

Vintage Silverware Chest Turned Into Old World Charm

I saw this pieces and just knew I needed to get it and give it some character and life! Here's how it all played out...

Bella Nouveau Furniture

How to Make the Perfect Pallet Headboard

In this post, I thought I would tell you step by step how we made the perfect headboad out of pallets. I've made a video of the entire process that I added at the bottom of this post, but if you want to know what we used and how we did it, just keep on reading.The whole process took about 1-2 weeks

Therese Antonsen

How to Get a Restoration Hardware Finish

Sunnyside Home

A Boring Dresser Gets an Epic Suitcase Makeover

Michelle Leslie

How To Make Textured Medium For Raised Stencils On Furniture

Linda

Pool Noodle Headboard

Jessica

Minimalist Scandinavian Wood Slat Headboard With Floating Nightstands

Wood slat walls are all the rage right now. I absolutely love the ambiance it adds to rooms, so I created my own take on it to add something beautiful to our bedroom.

Nikki | thebuckbungalow

Vintage Silverware Chest Turned Into Old World Charm

I saw this pieces and just knew I needed to get it and give it some character and life! Here's how it all played out...

Bella Nouveau Furniture

How to Make the Perfect Pallet Headboard

Therese Antonsen

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Bedroom Furniture Videos

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Easy DIY Dollar Store Glass Bead Table

This easy adorable dollar store glass bead table will brighten up your outdoor space in a matter of days. With a few products and a small table you can add so much style to your home or porch with one of these tables.

Linda

You've Seen Pallet Crate Storage....but Have You Seen Them Float??

Using pallet crates and some full extension drawer slides you can make the ultimate space saving Floating Pull-Out Storage Crate system. You won't believe the simple trick to installing the drawer slides perfectly. Visit http://fixthisbuildthat.com/diy-pallet-crate-closet-storage-plans/ for full install details or watch the YouTube video below.

FixThisBuildThat

Antique Shutters = Bedside Tables

I found these awesome shutters at our local antique store and knew I could use them in my bedroom remodel.

Alicia W

How to Create the Faux Granite Look in Five Easy Steps

Welcome to my easy guide on how to create stunning faux granite furniture using old furniture and just a few materials and, most importantly, with a small budget!

Abbie M

Hometalkers' Favorite DIY Bedroom Furniture Projects

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Turn a Cheap Cube Storage Shelf Into a Piece of Furniture!

With this easy project you can make a cheap, boring cube storage shelf look like a modern piece of furniture.

Ashley | DIY & Home Design

How to Use Lace With Wood Icing® Textura Paste

Quick little video showing how to use lace with Wood Icing® Textura Paste I show how to spread the Textura Paste over the top of lace. And I also show how to press lace into the Textura Paste. We paint both with Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan. We used this technique on the Flag project we posted.

Wood Icing® Company

DIY Upholstered Bed

Have you ever eyed something for so long, and then you finally bite the bullet, take the plunge and go to buy it only to find the lead time is 10 WEEKS! Yes? Well, that was me, I had eyed the Alrai bed from Wayfair for SO LONG, however once I went onto the site to purchase it I found there was a 10 week lead time. Truthfully, I don’t have that kind of patience and I really didn’t have that kind of time because I had just sold our bed frame. If you follow me on Instagram then you know this haha @schoolsidedesign.So… naturally I decided to make my own version of this bed, and man I am so happy I did as the overall size fits our space perfectly and its taller than the Alrai bed, which fits our space so much better.Here is the bed that inspired this whole project, its so pretty and I have seen it in so many of my favorite bloggers homes.

Ashley

Grab a Shower Curtain for This Gorgeous Table Flip!

I had an old table that needed a little love - it needed a coat of paint, but I decided not to stop there! Check out the video for more how-to's!

Abbie M

Dresser Makeover With Faux Caning

Ive been eager to try caning on furniture but I didn't realize how expensive it was and hard to find. I really wanted that woven textured look for this $60 yard sale dresser I was planning for the nursery so I decided to use PLACEMATS instead!

Kelsey | A Dabbled Dwelling

DIY Concrete Countertop Overlay!

Here it is! The post on our Cement Countertop Overlay project. It's been about five months, so I can tell you the good, the great and the really annoying stuff about it!

Creatively Living

Turn a Cheap Cube Storage Shelf Into a Piece of Furniture!

With this easy project you can make a cheap, boring cube storage shelf look like a modern piece of furniture.

Ashley | DIY & Home Design

How to Use Lace With Wood Icing® Textura Paste

Wood Icing® Company

DIY Upholstered Bed

Ashley

Grab a Shower Curtain for This Gorgeous Table Flip!

I had an old table that needed a little love - it needed a coat of paint, but I decided not to stop there! Check out the video for more how-to's!

Abbie M

Dresser Makeover With Faux Caning

Kelsey | A Dabbled Dwelling

DIY Concrete Countertop Overlay!

Here it is! The post on our Cement Countertop Overlay project. It's been about five months, so I can tell you the good, the great and the really annoying stuff about it!

Creatively Living

Popular Bedroom Furniture Discussions

Come and join our discussion board on DIY bedroom furniture. There's lots to learn!

Can I make a King Size headboard fit a CA king bed?

Marsha

A few years ago we bought our son a CA king bed and his original king size headboard has never fit. It's too wide. It has matching side tables so we would like to make this one work. Is there any way to manipulate it to fit so it doesn't flop?

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How do I build an inexpensive corner-fitting headboard?

Nonae

I like my bed to tuck in to room 's corner. Approx. 48 to 52 inches high and just deep enough for lamp, a few googaws and my CPAP machine. Oh, and inexpensive; it would probably be made of plywood and likely, painted. Any Ideas? Thank you.

Answer

Is it true that IKEA has discontinued the RAST dresser?

Coolfurniturelady

There are so many fabulous hacks out there for the $35 wooden RAST dresser, but I cannot find it on the IKEA website. Seems to have been replaced by more expensive models of wooden dresser. Tell me it 'ain't so.'

Answer

How can I turn a headboard into a freestanding headboard?

Debbie

Have bed frame that had head and foot board with with wood side rails. No longer using foot board. How can I make the headboard freestanding. I do not want it attached to another frame. Do not want to mount on wall.

Answer

New Bedroom Furniture Projects

Need some new DIY bedroom furniture ideas? We've gathered them here for you.

How to Make an Awesome Pool Noodle Bed Frame in 6 Simple Steps

I recently bought 100 pool noodles and made a super-cool couch using them. Now, I have loads left over so I’m going to make a pool noodle bed frame! This pool noodle bed hack is really easy to do. Plus, it spices up my bedroom with a bright color and fancy shape.Here’s how to make a pool noodle bed, step by step!

Fashion Attack

Trash to Treasure – Serena & Lily Dupe

A friend/neighbor tipped me off that this bureau was on the curb waiting for the garbage trucks in our neighborhood, so I dragged my oldest son along in our golf cart to help me get it. He just loves when I do that. LOLThe piece was dated, as were the handles. It was also pretty dirty. It just needed a paint job and some TLC, and that is exactly what I gave it.Here is the before.

The House house

How To Cover Dresser With Fabric

Do you have any old furniture at home that needs a makeover? Today I want to show you how to cover a dresser with fabric.

Julie McDowell - Design Artist

How to Refresh a Table With the Easiest Texture Paste Recipe

Modeling paste, also known as texture paste or texture medium, is a versatile and useful material in the world of art and crafting. It adds an embossed pattern to various surfaces, allowing you to create interesting effects on your projects.Today, I'll be demonstrating how you can create your own DIY modeling paste to add dimension to furniture finishes.This post was transcribed by a member of the Hometalk editorial team from the original HometalkTV episode.

Julie McDowell - Design Artist