Creative Ideas From Upholstery To Tapestries

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Another dose of creativity here in a sunny bedroom that wouldn't look out of place in a mediterranean villa. A similar cascade of dried hanging plants could be tied above the headboard in the absence of exposed beams.

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Headboard ideas: salvaged

headboard ideas salvagedRachel Whiting2

Headboard ideas: custom upholstery

headboard ideasBrent Darby3

Headboard ideas: hanging plants

headboard ideas plantsRachel Whiting

Another dose of creativity here in a sunny bedroom that wouldn't look out of place in a mediterranean villa. A similar cascade of dried hanging plants could be tied above the headboard in the absence of exposed beams.

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Headboard ideas: clashing pattern

headboard ideas mixing patternCatherine Gratwicke

In using a densely patterned headboard, you may assume that your bedlinen or quilts should remain neutral, or at the very least complementary. Here, a case for the opposite, and quite a compelling one too.

Read more: How to use clashing patterns in your home

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Headboard ideas: tapestry

alternatives to art decoratingRachel Whiting6

Headboard ideas: added height

headboard ideas vintage fabricNassima Rothacker

This woodland print headboard is a feature unto itself, but the addition of blue wall panelling behind not only highlights and complements its myriad colours, but also provides a tiny shelf to display small treasures and trinkets.

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Headboard ideas: wood panelling

headboard ideas wood panellingJody Stewart

Panelling is also a great design device for framing and zoning a bed, and works to heighten low ceilings as the eye is drawn vertically. It is particularly useful in this case as a base for wall lights – a great design solution in the absence of bedside tables.

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Headboard ideas: DIY

headboard ideas framingPenny Wincer

A DIY piece using some fabulous ticking fabric and a heavy frame. Particularly interesting here is the height – again, a great device for low ceilings – and the fact that it doesn't span the width of the bed, which you might assume would look out of place, but works well.

Read more: 20 savvy ways to decorate on a shoestring

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Headboard ideas: classic rattan

headboard ideas rattanMark Scott

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Headboard ideas: repurposed

headboard ideas shelfPenny Wincer

This velvet hanging headboard it quite lovely in itself, and made even more so with the addition of repurposed decorative moulding. This is a really easy one to copy in your own home.

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Headboard ideas: hanging

headboard ideas hanging fabricCoco and Wolf12

Headboard ideas: a word on going without

headboard ideasHuntley Hedworth

Headboards are simply a design choice rather than a necessity. In the tiniest of bedrooms, a bed frame that can sit flush to the wall in the absence of a headboard will give you a few precious inches of floorspace.

Read more: Design ideas to make the most of small bedrooms

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