Twin bed frame becomes bench!

I've had this twin bed frame in my basement for a while now:

 

 I wasn't quite sure why I was holding on to it.  Now I'm glad I did.  It has become a pretty little bench:

Here's how I did it...

Step 1 - Cut the foot board down the middle.  I used a jig saw and it worked just fine.  I also inserted 4 pocket holes using my Kreg Jig to each half of the foot board.

 

Step 2 - Attach each halved foot board to the head board and add supports for bench boards.

 

 

Step 3 - Cut boards to size for bench seat.

 



Step 4 - Paint with Chalk Paint and distress as desired.  I then applied furniture wax and attached stained and sealed bench boards.  I forgot to take interim pictures...was too excited.  But here are some pictures of the finished product.

 

~Dee