Last summer my wife went away for school and since I was all alone (and bored) I figured it’d be a great time to make something for her. So I made her this headboard, using the lessons I learned building a poker table (http://lumberjocks.com/projects/12587)

The frame is a hollow MDF box with biscuit joints at the mitres. That was the first time I used a biscuit jointer (my dad’s.) The second picture shows me using all the clamps I owned at the time during the glue-up. The padded part is upholstered on to 3/8” plywood. The whole thing is hanging from the wall using a french cleat. I finished the MDF using latex paint with a foam roller, this gave it a bit of a rough texture which was unexpected, but I liked it, so I left it.

Oh and my wife loved it.

Well I’ve been a LumberJock for a few years and never posted any of my own projects, so here goes.

I made this poker table a few years ago, way back before I even had a workshop. I used a jigsaw to cut the plywood and glue, staples and screws to put it together. For those of you that are interested in making your own poker table, I found this site very helpful: http://www.scottkeen.com/forum/

I have since sold the table, so I guess this project was also my first sold piece! I plan to make a better one day. I love this one: http://lumberjocks.com/projects/9997 because of James’ design for wooden legs that fold (a necessity for WAF: Wife Acceptance Factor).

Major mistakes were the choice of materials for the playing surface, and the rail foam. I’d also like to the get the playing surface tighter to the ‘race track’ next time.