Cabinets, Furniture, Woodworks/older wood headboard

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Expert: Kirk Ryan - 9/12/2010


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Is it possible to adapt a wood headboard that uses wood rails to be used with a metal frame?

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It can be done, usually it has to be done using "bolt connectors." Someone would have to probably drill out some holes in the headboard for the bolt connectors to work. You have to be careful here, usually a professional will hold a block of wood on the other side of the headboard(opposite of drilling)to help prevent cracking or splitting.

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Kirk Ryan

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I can answer many questions about furniture, buying, selling, repairing, and many tricks I have learned over the years. I can also give advice on decorating, color schemes, room designs and layouts.

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My family owns a Scandinavian furniture store here in Massachusetts, I have been working with furniture for 10 years.

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I went to Johnson and Wales University for business and graduated high school.

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