How to Attach a Headboard to a Hollywood Bed

Option 1: Headboard Brackets

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  Purchase a set of headboard brackets made specifically for your Hollywood bed frame.

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  Prepare brackets and headboard per manufacturer's directions for installation.

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  Install the headboard to the Hollywood bed frame using the brackets, and following the steps as provided in the manufacturer's directions.

Option 2: Attaching Headboard Directly to Bed Frame

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  Mark placement of the bed frame's pre-drilled holes (found at the top end of the metal frame) on the headboard.

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  Drill holes through the locations marked on the headboard.

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  Align the headboard holes with the pre-drilled holes in the Hollywood frame.

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  Attach the headboard to the frame with bolts, washers and nuts.

Option 3: Providing Additional Stability to the Headboard

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  Should your headboard be large enough that end bolts only would not keep it stable,
  cut a one-inch thick by 12-inch wide board the width of the Hollywood bed frame.

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  Mark placement of the bed frame's pre-drilled holes (found at the top end of the metal frame) on the stability board.

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  Drill holes through the locations marked on the stability board.

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  Align the stability board holes with the pre-drilled holes in the Hollywood frame.

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  Attach the stability board to the frame with bolts, washers and nuts.
  Attach the headboard to the stability board, screwing through the stability board at eight-inch intervals in a zig-zag pattern with upper and lower rows of screws.