Been racking my tiny brain for a while over this. I want to make a rectangular, plywood, double bed with two top hinged upholstered panels, each of which pulls out independently at the bottom to form an angled back rest for either party. Working out how to set and lock the angle without (or even with) mechanical gubbins protruding and breaking up the comfy simplicity is beyond me. I've almost decided just to manually whack a pillow in behind the bottom of the backrest to set the angle but was looking for something a little more mechanical. Any suggestions?

It's a great idea. I guess the top of each board needs a roller at each side running in a vertical guide. Height could be controlled by a concealed cord. I reckon there is a commercial opportunity there for a neat domestic version of the standard hospital arrangement.

Headboard with adjustable backrest?

Jul 22, 2014 22 Replies

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ARW 11 years ago

The makeover programmes only have one bed and 8 pillows. The bed and the pillows are moved about between the finished bedroom shots.

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newshound 11 years ago

Actually while I think you want a "hook" or "jog" for the top one, for the lower one you just need simple slots for the dowels because the leaning headboard will hold the dowel in at the back

The star represents the vertical profile and the O is a dowel

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newshound 11 years ago

Useful link, but they all look a bit "institutional". The merit of the foldout proposal is that they are invisible until deployed. Especially if one was planning to *make* the headboard anyway, to match other decor.

My wife has been grumbling about the headboard of the current bed anyway, so I think I might have a project here.

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