French Provincial Bench!

Do you ever buy a bedroom set on craigslist and toss the headboard and footboard? I know people that do this…hopefully after you read this, You WON’T!

We bought a Bassett French Provincial set. It is such high quality! It came with a chest and dresser and a headboard/footboard combo. We haven’t gotten to the dresser and chest yet..mainly because the dresser is missing one handle and it is the most impossible handle to find! The chest has the original glass with it too!

Anyway….I see these headboard footboard things pinned on pintrest all the…

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Bed to Bench And All the Steps In-between

headboard footboard bench conversion

If you saw us at St. Louis Vintage Market Days in September, then you probably remember this yellow bench….

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We got an amazing French bedroom set in a few months ago and it came with a claw foot bed. Sadly, the claw feet were not salvageable and it almost killed us. It did have a few other great features.

So why not turn this old headboard and footboard into a bench?

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