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They’d be comfortable sleeping anywhere. But here are some creative ways on how to give our furry little friends a good night night sleep with these DIY dog bed ideas.

Converting Old Furniture Into a Dog Bed

Who wouldn’t want the best dog bed for their fur ball, but without spending a fortune. Here are some ideas that use old or thrifted furniture.

1. A suitcase dog bed

From Morenas Corner

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2. A DIY pet bed made out of an old chair

From Home Remedies

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3. Old crib DIY dog bed crate

From My Repurposed Life

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4. Chew proof and indestructible tire dog bed DIY

From Practically Functional

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5. How to make a side table and elevated dog bed combo

From DIY Network

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How to Build a Dog Bed From Scratch – Plans and Ideas

6. DIY wooden large dog bed

From Ruggy DIY

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7. Built in dog bed under the stairs

Built by Kay and her Father – see the step by step post here

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And let’s finish this DIY post with some pictures of cute cute puppies sleeping

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Building your own DIY tufted headboard is pretty easy to do and cheap. Most of the tutorials below follow pretty much the same set of instructions (foam and plywood, thread buttons, etc.). The more challenging part is in designing an elegant and professional looking headboard. The 4 steps I’ve outlined below will take you through how to design your own.

STEP 1. The Shape: Will you be going for the classic rectangle or cut your own shape?

The first step is going to be getting a backboard for your headboard. Which means figuring out the shape that you want. Most people will go with the simple rectangle. But it wouldn’t be so hard to create your own custom shape. Here are two ways of creating a shape

A. A sheet of plywood and a power jigsaw (you can see an example of a custom cut headboard in the ‘Border’ section below.

B.Transform an old headboard or thrifted one into a tufted headboard.

Here are a few shape ideas to choose from:

And here is a tutorial by Cre8tive Designs Inc for transforming an old king headboard, with an elegant shape, into a tufted one:

STEP 2. A Border: Do you want to build a border?

The next step is deciding if you want to have a border. Most people don’t, which creates a classic look.

Some people like to add studs, but that can be hard to pull off a professional look. A more stylish option is to create a simple border for your tufted headboard. Just like Amy did over at The Idea Room.

Or how about creating a cozy wingback DIY upholstered headboard. You can find instructions to build the headboard in the picture below over at DIY Network:

STEP 3. The Buttons: How would you like to layout your buttons?

There are a few choices here. You have the more popular diamond shape, seen in this queen sized DIY bed by Homemade Carmona:

There are also square tufts – a tutorial by Remodelaholic:

Or you can go with less buttons to create a more minimalist and modern wall mounted tufted headboard by Shift Ctrl Art:

STEP 4. The Fabric Choice: What look are you going for?

Fabric for the DIY Headboard: The bed takes up the most space in the bedroom, which makes it a focal point. This means the style of your bed determines the style of the bedroom. And the includes the headboard, sheets, and bed frame. Imagine if one day you had black bedsheets, then the next day red. It will completely change the feel in the room.

This all means that you’ll want to take some time to think about the fabric that you want to use for your DIY padded headboard. What color bedsheets do you like using and do you use, and how will this match/clash with the color of the headboard.

Simple and elegant choices include dark grey, light grey, and cream/off white cloth.

Fabric for The Buttons: There are 2 options when it comes to the buttons 1) Buy pre-made fabric buttons or 2) Buy a button kit (get one here) and use the same fabric as your headboard.

Those are the 4 steps to designing your own DIY tufted headboard. Send pictures here if you make your own. For more ideas and inspiration, check out my other headboard posts:

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A DIY involving hairpin legs usually can be built quite fast. The furniture ideas below can be built in a day. Most DIYs involving hairpin legs can fall into two categories 1) seats and 2) tables.

1. The Stacked Plywood Hairpin Leg Bench: Inspired by the plywood media consoled shown below – Vintage Revivals.

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2. DIY Bedside Bench: Upholstering is another way to go, instead of just using a sheet of wood – A Beautiful Mess.

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3. Hairpin Leg Stools: These can be used as a seat or used as a simple bedroom hairpin leg nightstand. As seen in the bench above, the stool could of also been upholstered, or instead of wood have a top made out of something like a slab marble – The Fresh Exchange.

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4. Wood and Hairpin Leg Lap Desk: It looks like a mini desk – The Merry Thought

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5. Hairpin Leg Coffee Table: Using a live edge piece of wood creates a more rustic and expensive looking DIY – I Spy DIY.

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6. Solo Hairpin Leg Desk: You can fit a home office anywhere in the house with this DIY idea (Home Office Ideas Mood Board Collection) – Apartment Therapy

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7. The Flip Desk: Ben at Homemade Modern didn’t just stop at a simple hairpin leg desk. He added some hinges to create some flip tops and extra storage in this DIY desk project – Homemade Modern.

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8. Plywood Media Console: Again, Ben at Homemade Modern stacks up the plywood and adds the hairpin legs. This time making a custom media console table – Homemade Modern.

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9. Hairpin Leg Dining Table: An easy to make designer looking piece – Nicole Franzen.

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