Glass Panel Headboard

Materials: 2 Billy Olsbo glass doors, your choice of fabric/paper/etc, blue painters tape, comand picture hanging strips.

Description: I really wanted a headboard for my Ikea bed, but didn't find one in the store that I liked. So I decided to make my own.

This headboard is mounted onto the wall behind the bed, but still looks really great. And it's easy to customize to your decor depending on which fabric you use. You could also use wallpaper or wrapping paper, or even family photos.

1. Unpack the bookcase doors and lay front side down on the floor.
2. Cut your fabric to cover each of the glass panels and tape in place with the blue painters tape. (I used a fabric shelf liner that looks like a bamboo mat to make my headboard, but you could use anything you like.)
3. Measure and mark where you want your headboard to be mounted on the wall. you will mount one glass door on top of the other one. I mounted the first one just at the top of my side tables, about an inch or 2 above the top of my bed frame.
4. Follow instructions on the command picture mounting strips to mount each door onto the wall, placing them on the wooden part of the door. Be sure to use enough of the picture mounting strips to hold the weight of each of your completed doors.

You're done! (I waited about half a day to make sure the headboard would stay on the wall and the command strips adhered properly before I slept on the bed.)

~ Shannon

Billy doors = picture frames

Materials: Billy Olsbo, cardboard boxes, exacto knife, tacks, hammer, custom mats, art


Description: While perusing the discount section of Ikea, I found these Billy Olsbo glass doors (which appear to be discontinued) for $2/ea and immediately saw use for them as picture frames. I had an entire calender of botanical art that I have been saving to frame for awhile now. So, after a quick trip to Michaels, I ordered custom mats to fit the art and the glass doors for $4/ea.

I made the rest of the framing materials out of the heavyweight cardboard boxes and hammered in tacks, as I was being too lazy to go out and buy the proper framing supplies. All in all, each picture ended up costing less than $7. I only wish I would have bought more than 3. I'll eventually replace the cardboard with proper frame hangers, but for now, they work.

~ lemurific