Am looking for instructions to turn a couch back and arms into a headboard like I’ve seen on TV. Ideas?

It looks as though the mattress fits right into where the seat cusions would normally go…so you can use the couch back and arms to lounge into while reading in bed.

Essentially, you’re right. But you will need to make a platform that marries up to the front edge of the couch so that you can support the mattress. You will not be able to use box springs with this method, unless you disassemble the front of the couch which is another project.

Make a frame with 2 x 4’s and some cross bars for rigidity. Put plywood to fit on top and secure to the support pieces with wood screws. You can purchase either 2 inch round stock or 2 x 2’s and cut them to the leg length that will make your platform even with the couch front. Attach with angle iron. Or you can do the same, 2 x 4’s.

Sand the top of the plywood smooth so that it doesn’t harm your mattress, and paint with a couple of coats of polyurethane.

You may want to install a lip around the edge of the platform so that your mattress doesn’t slip side to side or off of the end.

If you want to hide the edges and “feet” of the platform and make it look more a part of the couch, go to a fabric store and purchase fabric that is heavy enough to hold it’s shape,
(measure the distance from the edge of the wood to the floor and double it plus 2 inches.) and purchase enough to go on the sides, up to the couch–and across the end. If the fabric comes in widths larger than 36 inches, you may well be able to get two strips out of a width, so factor that in.

Cut the pieces for the sides, fold and tuck a one inch rough edge in on each side so that you have a finished edge. Staple to the edge of the plywood with the fold at the bottom. Repeat for the end–making sure that the end edges are tucked in also–so that no raw edges show. Make allowances for this when cutting the fabric.

Or, buy a bedspread larger than your bed so that it goes almost to the floor all the way ’round your platform. Dust ruffles are available but you would have to have one long enough to cover your wood and extend to the floor. You would have to cut the top off where the platform meets the couch.

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