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Last weekend, I created a headboard from a (broken) mirror frame.

This weekend, I hung the finished headboard … among other things.

I wanted the heabdboard to hand on the wall a few inches above the bed. More akin to a “legit” headboard than a piece of art.

I’d also picked up a small ANEBODA set of drawers from IKEA that I intend to use as a nightstand. Of course, I hadn’t finished putting it together when my friend J came over to help hang the headboard. So I wasn’t quite sure where to hang it, but we jumped in nonetheless.

We both agreed we weren’t fans of using wire to hang anything. It “gives” too much, permitting fluctuations in location. After some discussion, we had an idea of what we were seeking, but realized it would come down to what my local hardware store had on hand.

Ingredients

Job Foreman Inspects Work Area

In the end we went with a couple of “keyhole” type devices we attached to the back to the headboard. We raised them using washers to give plenty of room for the screws to slide in and up.

Drilling

Hung Via Raised "Keyhole"

Then came, what I consider, the “tricky” part. We had to figure out not only where I wanted the headboard to go, but where the anchors and screws should go to get the headboard in that position.

J had a brilliant idea, use painters’ tape!

Determining Location for First Screw & Anchor

Using Painters Tape to Outline and Install

If you look closely at the second (lower) picture of the painters’ tape, you can see that the corner of the headboard is outlined, and the screw is installed in consideration (measurement of this). It was a brilliant idea. Saved the newly painted wall, especially considering how easily removed painters’ tape is.

Painters Tale Guides the Way for Anchor Placement

Screwing into the Anchor

Checking Our Work

Checking the Other Side

With the days getting longer, it’s harder for me to tell what time it is or how long things take. While we did get sidetracked with another project I have in mind, hanging the headboard took longer than either of us expected, I think. Not that I’m complaining; I’m in love with the results!