Align the mounting holes in the legs (struts) of your headboard with the holes on the back of your bed.

Headboard doesn t line up with frame. Step one is fairly easy: Move the bed from the wall then elevate the head so you can get to the underside of your bed base. Make sure to leave space so the top of the felt pad will still be hidden.

It looks like the lower mounts align, but they are too close to the edge of the metal frame. For those who are wondering how to attach headboard. Find the highest point on the back side of your headboard.

Use a 5/32 drill bit and use a 2 screw with washer and nut. I refuse to pay $400 for the metal bed frame sold by rh so i bought a universal bed frame online. I have added lumber pieces glued and screwed to the inside or outside of the legs and then drill holes for height of frame to adjust for full and queen size differences.

Secure the bedframe to the headboard using bolts that fit through the holes in the bedframe, then use washers on either side of the headboard. Because i was attaching a headboard that's. Put the bolt into the hole in the headboard and push it through so it extends out the hole in the bedframe.

Tighten the connectors first, to fix a squeaky headboard. Align the headboard with the holes in the bed frame by placing it against the. Attach one piece of the first cleat with one wood screw driven into the stud with a power drill.

Slide a second washer onto the other side. Remove the headboard and drill a hole on the mark with a power drill through the back of the leg. This will ensure that you have more than enough space to install the headboard properly.