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how to make headboard taller?

last month

Not at all like the website photo where it's about a foot taller. The headboard will be totally obscured by the pillows, the height is why I ordered it😩

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ilikefriday

last month

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Send it back since it's not the same. If you cannot send it back, detach the headboard from the base and hang it on the wall at the height you want it to be. It will appear to be attached even though it is not as long as the pattern of the headboard is covered by a little of the mattress when assembled. Otherwise you will have a gap with the wall showing.

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Jeanne Cardwell
last month
It’s not the same headboard.
Susan L
last month
Do you by any chance have a box spring under the mattress? That may be your problem. If you look at the pic the mattress is half buried into the lower part. Yours is not. Remove the box spring.
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Susan L
last month
Oh you’re right Jeanne. It’s also not the same at the foot. The foot is filled in in the pic while the OPs is not.
kcooz07
last month
I agree it's not the same item. Did you measure the height of the headboard you received and compare to the online specs?
chispa
last month
What do the specs/dimensions say? I just looked. This is a bait and switch. There is no way the photo perspective matches the written specs. The photo shows what would be a 60" high headboard.
kcooz07
last month
The customer photos also show it's not that tall.
Tara
last month
If you want to keep it, and you know someone handy, extend the bottom of the headboard with wood or metal. That's what I did with a metal headboard that was the same height as the footboard - a steel bar was bolted to the bottom of each post. You can't see it because it's attached to the rails and covered by the mattress and pillows and such.
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lisedv
last month
I show below some differences I notices comparing your bed with the one on the website. Doesn't look like it's the same base. If you don't like it you can return it..

https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/wade-logan-avelle-queen-upholstered-storage-platform-bed-w010614106.html?piid=866905210
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