The tongue and groove cedar lining is installed in the manner explained under chests in Chapter 3. The socalled Hollywood styling in beds has not only lowered the springs of the average bed, but has entirely eliminated the footboard. The headboards are upholstered in a variety of materials from leatherette to zebra skins, and take on a diversity of silhouettes, from strictly rectangular to an ornate series of curves. If the springs and mattress of a conventional bed are in good condition, conversion to the streamlined Hollywood type is not too difficult for the home mechanic. Since the footboard is to be removed, it will be necessary to box the springs, either by upholstering them in a casing of varicolored bed ticking, tacked to a flat wooden frame under the metal framework of the springs, or by constructing a wooden box to contain them. If the former method is preferred, it will be necessary to construct an underframework of hardwood to which the bottom of the metal framework of the springs can be attached, either by drilling for bolts or rivets, or by means of suitably placed angle irons. The wooden framework is then available as a base to which a cottonduck foundation can be tacked, covered lid Support Fig. 8.15. Bureau reformation. modernizing old beds SALVAGING DISCARDED FURNITURE 435 in turn by two or more layers of felted cotton, and held tightly in place by a casing of standard mattress ticking. A cambric or muslin backing is then tacked to the underside of the wooden frame as a dust seal. In order to eliminate upholstering, the springs can be literally "boxed" by a framework of %in. lumber, 7% in. or more in width, as shown in A of Figure 8.16. Unless the lumber is 12 or more inches in width, front and side stub legs will be required. The headboard should have the two rear legs built into it. As will be noted in detail A, the box frame can be buttjointed, with its ends jackplaned, filed, and sanded into rounded corners. Cleats are screwed into the lower inside edges to hold the springs, after the corner blocks have been glued and screwed into place. Both the front corner blocks and the cleats should be wide and thick enough to accommodate ]4>m. dowels or tenons to hold the four stub legs firmly in place. The front and sides of the box frame can then be padded with a layer of cotton and covered by whatever.material is selected fer the headboard. The front corners are turned by means of tabs formed by V cuts on the inside. Tacks hold the top and bottom edges of the covering material to the inside of the frame. In the dusty corner of many an attic, there lies an old wooden headboard m a paneled form, which can be easily upholstered inside the rails and uprights. For a curved effect, the headboard can be cut from 4in. plywood with the rear 436 FURNITURE MAKING AND CABINET WORK legs mortised into the sides, or it can be built up into the stuck panel frame indicated in detail B.