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Plus I ended up just drilling some long screws of my own through the sides into the headboard to hold it enough to put the screws in. I did the typical steps of upholstering a headboard cutting the foam to shape, using spray adhesive to attach it to the headboard, then stapling the fabric and batting on top.

Robot or human?

I opted for a daybed because for this room I think you need either a daybed or a twin bed that sticks perpendicular to the wall. Just awesome. The bed you set up looks really comfortable and I was wondering what you use of the mattress and the covers… it looks like your little one is sleeping in a cloud! I waited on getting the mattress until I could see what else is out there.

I ended up having my little boys help me and eventually we got it. It will be easier to attach to the bed later since the pre-drilled holes are already in the perfect place. The blanket is a comforter from IKEA. I love the elephants too. I fell in love with this from 4 Chairs furniture. I purchased foam, batting, and fabric from Hobby Lobby and Home Fabrics.

Manual IKEA HEMNES Day Bed

After that I carefully nailed in my nailhead trim which was actually super awful because the nailheads I bought were very cheap and bent super easy. Attaching the headboard to the sides was the hardest part. And if she does, she has seven pillows to catch her. This bed pulls out to be a full size as well as having the drawers underneath.

Love your headboard hack. However, it would be a lot easier if another person or two is helping you. But I eventually got the hang of it. Right now they hold all her other baby blankets. So daybed it was! Of course I ended up putting someone on upside down and had to backtrack about 10 steps to fix it, but that always happens, right?

I love this as a base for this bedroom. I love doing kids rooms and so redoing her big girl rom excites me! After I made the headboard, I took it upstairs to her room with the rest of the Hemnes bed pieces. I need it to be somewhat cute while I get around to all the things I want to eventually do to her room. I am so happy I decided to do this instead of just staying with the original headboard.

I just followed the instructions for the IKEA bed just subbing in my homemade headboard instead. I agree with what you are thinking: That is way too many pillows for a 3 year old! But I also wanted to do a statement upholstered headboard for it as per my inspiration photo. So I turned her bed against the wall in the middle of the room and I liked it.

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This is sad, sad, sad. Thank you!

Her old bedroom was one I had labored over for a year and finally got it perfect. I just built the daybed last night and I really like it. I went back and forth on building my own vs hacking the Hemnes, and ultimately decided to hack. So I started with her bed. I just use a regular twin size mattress.

After that, it went pretty smoothly, as far as IKEA assembly goes. But the point is that she is safer and probably not going to fall out of bed. Which one to choose? I then laid the original back piece over the top and drilled through the pre-drilled holes into the MDF below so it would have the same holes, as well as marking and drilling the holes on the side.

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