• Bedroom
• Built-in
• Painted
• Headboard
• Nightstands
• Lights
• Upholstered

Blue-grey headboard wall

A wall-to-wall built-in around the bed, painted the same deep blue-grey as the room: bedside towers with two drawers and lit open shelves, cupboards bridging over the top under a cove crown, and a channel-tufted rust velvet headboard set into the alcove. Brass swing-arm reading lights reach in from each tower, so the nightstands stay clear.

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At a glance

Overall W x D x H

3200 x 541 x 2400 mm126" x 21 5/16" x 94 1/2"

Parts to cut

151

Build steps

125

Boards

11

Sheets

14

Solid wood

19.6 bd ft

Weight

310 kg683 lb

Materials

• Birch plywood
• Poplar (paint grade)
• MDF
• Pine (eastern white)

Finish

• Paint - deep blue-grey, eggshell
• Paint - charcoal, matte

Tools

• Saw
• Square
• Tape
• Router
• Clamps
• Drill
• Pocket-hole jig
• Table saw
• Chisel
• Dowel jig
• Sandpaper
• Brush
• 10mm bit
• Cable clips

Hardware and fittings

• 8 x Upholstered channel: 50mm foam on 9mm ply, wrapped in rust cotton velvet
• 8 x Side-mount drawer slide, 400mm
• 8 x Round knob, 30mm, brushed brass
• 2 x Plug-in LED strip kit, 12V, warm white 2700K
• 2 x Anti-tip furniture wall bracket, steel, with stud screws
• 8 x Concealed face-frame hinge, partial overlay
• 1 x Cove crown moulding, 100mm
• 2 x Plug-in swing-arm reading light, brushed brass

Cut list

The first 3 of 91 lines, in millimetres (inches below), finished size including joint allowances.

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