Spruce up your bedroom with a bespoke headboard design

Headboards can be a statement feature within your bedroom design, offering more than simply a place to rest your head. This transformative design feature can be wild and bold, or soft and calming – it all depends on the aesthetic you’re aiming for.

A bespoke headboard design is guaranteed to fit any space, big or small, allowing you to design your room around this focal piece, or match the colour and style to the room you have already designed, perfectly complementing your sleep sanctuary.

In this article, we are taking a look at a variety of headboard styles and colours, and explaining how to design your dream space with your headboard in mind.

Choosing a headboard that’s right for you

Headboards come in a range of textures, materials, shapes and sizes and can elevate and energise the space, or create a calm and comfortable environment. Some designs such as those using neutral colours and soft textures can easily be incorporated into a bedroom, whereas others can be used as an eye-catching feature to grab attention and brighten up a child’s bedroom or even a playroom!

Let’s take a look at the different options available when it comes to choosing a headboard design that works for your space.

Moana-themed bedroom with a bespoke headboard

Feature wall 

Feature walls are a great way to personalise your space and fill wall space with something textured, colourful and exciting! Fun and playful for children, or elevated and luxurious for a mature bedroom, feature wall headboards draw attention and can often act as the focal point of an entire bedroom’s interior design.

Open frame 

Open bed frames are minimal and stylish. Whether they are made from metal or wooden slats, an open-framed headboard can suit any bedroom, without being overpowering and taking away from other key design elements, such as statement curtains, bedding or light fixtures.

Peter Rabbit themed headboard in child's bedroom

Corner headboard

Corner headboards are a superb solution for making the most out of your space. Pushing the bed up against one of your bedroom walls creates a cosy nook and in turn, frees up a lot of floor space. This headboard design is open to an extended range of design possibilities, whether it is used to create a corner canopy in a forest-themed bedroom or to add extra cushioning to your guest room daybed.

Neutral floor to ceiling headboard overlooks red bedding

Upholstery 

Headboards can inject a new lease of life into your bedroom if they are upholstered with gorgeous fabrics that match your room’s interior design. Switching up the material, colour and pattern of your headboard can revamp your entire bedroom, without needing to renovate the whole space.

Velvet, leather and woven materials are all popular choices for creating an elegant and luxuriously soft headboard. This headboard design choice can help you add a pop of colour to your space, and soft furnishings can be colour-matched to tie the room together.

Tall white floor to ceiling headboard in neutral bedroom

Floor-to-ceiling 

Floor-to-ceiling headboards can create the illusion of a larger, taller and more spacious room and are a great option for rooms that feel slightly cramped.

With this headboard choice, cushioned panelling is a popular option as the blend of vertical panels of differing widths, elongates and widens the space behind the bed frame. However, it is not uncommon to see wooden or quilted floor-to-ceiling designs or even headboards that encompass entire walls, further extending the length and width of a room.

Rocket themed headboard in space style room

Bold 

For a bold headboard design, take the upholstery to the next level with the use of colour, patterns and shapes. Headboards should be adapted to and considered within a room’s design, whether it is for a playful child’s room, a maturing teenager’s room, or an adult space. Although the headboard may appear extremely bold, it can balance the bedroom’s design and create a striking focal piece to distract from or tie in with other vibrant patterns and wallpapers.

Grey headboard in neutral bedroom

Complimentary 

Bold bedroom designs aren’t everyone’s preference and opting for a subtle, complimentary headboard design is a great way to help tone down other bolder features and design choices.

The headboard you choose may be plain and simple to compliment the wallpaper and draw focus elsewhere, but it’s still important to consider the design of this headboard. Choosing a neutral colour and a simple quilted or panelled design still creates a welcoming impression while allowing other elements of the room’s design to shine through.

Purple and mauve headboard in neutral themed double bedroom

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Headboards can work for everyone!

Whether your headboard is a statement feature wall or a more subtle subdued piece, it is important to consider how you will incorporate the headboard into the overall design of your chosen space.

For children’s bedrooms, anything with visual appeal, character and colour is a good place to start, and there is no right or wrong shape, size or texture. At Q Interiors, we create bespoke handmade headboards based on popular children’s characters, the perfect addition to any themed room.

For spaces designed for adults, the possibilities are endless as there are many headboard design choices that can be adapted to suit a variety of styles. Ultimately, much like any interior design choice, it is down to personal preference!

Designing your space around your headboard

If your headboard design is the focal point of your space, you will likely want to design your room around your headboard. By choosing complementary accessories, it is easy to blend the headboard with your design ideas and come up with a finalised design that matches your original vision.

Embrace different colour trends, patterns and fabrics for your accessories and soft furnishings to match your headboard design. On the surrounding walls, you may also wish to incorporate hanging or mounted lighting to brighten the area and pull focus.

Let us help with headboard design in your home

Ultimately, headboards are functional, as they add comfort and stop your pillows from slipping. However, from a design perspective, they are so much more than that. Each unique headboard design has a visual impact and can transform a room into a well-designed space. When designing your bedroom, pay attention to your headboard, and what role it plays within your overall room design.

It can be challenging to put your design ideas down on paper and that’s why at Q Interiors we work with our clients from start to finish. From building a concept board and transforming it into a virtual design to creating your bespoke headboard and installing it for you, we can help bring your ideas to life.

If you’re interested in bespoke headboard design or you are considering investing in other soft furnishings that work from season to season, contact us to start transforming your space.

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