Headboard

 Headboard

The headboard plays one of the most important roles in bed design. This detail can give a sleeping place one style or another. Modern manufacturers produce beds with a variety of headboards. They differ from each other not only in design, but also in designs.

What is and what is needed?

The head of the bed can certainly be called the hallmark of the bedroom. This element always attracts special attention. That is why many people choose bedroom furniture that has a beautiful and thoughtful back, which can effectively complement the interior. Headboards are very different.However, they all have the same goals. These parts cover the wall behind the bed, which protects its finish from the appearance of various stains and dirt.

The back of the bed, you can close the heating system, located behind the bed. This property is very important, since open and hot pipes or batteries in a dream (and not only) can get burned.

It is worth noting the fact that a simple bed that does not have a headboard makes the interior of the bedroom unfinished and inharmonious.

Kinds

Today in furniture stores there are beds with different headboards themselves. They may have a regular geometric or elegant wavy shape. You can choose the appropriate option to any style of interior. Let us consider in more detail the most interesting and attractive varieties.

Bedheads may vary in shape:

  • An interesting appearance can boast beds that have round headboard. With this detail, you can soften a coarse ensemble in the bedroom. Today in the shops you can meet models of bedroom furniture, the backs of which consist of several round elements at once.Such instances will look perfect in modern interiors.
  • Gracefully and concisely in the interior of the bedroom will look bed, having rounded or semi-circular headboard. Such models today are presented in a large assortment. An attractive option can be chosen in an environment made in any way.
  • Elegant appearance possess curved and undulating headboards. Such details can bring light notes of aristocracy into the interior and even make it more elaborate. It all depends on what kind of model you picked up, and what upholstery it has. Beds with curved headboards look harmonious in many interior styles: from permanent classics to a luxurious empire style.
  • Headboard can be made in the form of a textile dome. Most often for such options are selected light and light fabrics that look airy and elegant. Attractive sleeping places, decorated with charming domes, are suitable for both adults and children's bedrooms. As a rule, fabric awnings are attached to the ceiling and gently descend onto the bed.
  • Very popular is oval headboard. Bed with this detail can be chosen for any interior. The oval back will look organically in both classic and more modern ensembles.
  • If you are a connoisseur of luxurious and original interiors, then you should turn to an exquisite bed. with a figured headboard. The trend of recent years are products in which such beautiful backs are upholstered in fabric or leather, decorated with furniture studs or rhinestones. These options look just gorgeous, but they are not cheap.
  • Unusual beds with headboard have stunning appearance in the form of a crown. Such models today are very popular, despite the high cost. They can be painted in contrasting colors and be decorated with decorative elements (rhinestones, studs, carved inserts).
  • Today, beds equipped with corner headboards. Such details are found not only in the classic rectangular, but also in round beds.

The following interesting design techniques can also be used to refer to the head of the bed:

  • Ideal for decorative partitions and beautiful wall panels. Best of all for a sleeper will look details with the original geometric pattern.With these options, you can give the bedroom interior a more modern and complete look.
  • The back of the bedroom furniture can be decorated with openwork and wicker inserts.as well as patterned grids. These beds look not only very original, but also very elegant.
  • Today, many companies produce functional models of beds, which headboards are supplemented by the console, a small rack of different heights and even a full-fledged bedside unit with drawers and bedside tables at the bottom. Popular today are beds in which there are high headboards, equipped with shelves and niches. They can accommodate a variety of decor items, books, plants, etc.
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  • The headboard may constitute capacious storage system with a rising lid on the top (less often - side) parts. One of the most convenient are models with an inclined headboard. Many buyers who have chosen such options, note their excellent comfortable characteristics, since they can be placed as comfortably as possible on the pillows. Similar elements are both static and adjustable.
  • In addition, headboards can be hard and soft. For upholstering soft varieties, manufacturers most often use materials such as leather, leatherette, eco-leather, velue, velvet suede, and various types of textiles. Hard backs may not have a finish at all. They consist of different types of wood, metal, plastic, plaster and other similar materials.
  • Headboards may vary in their design. Today, in the furniture market there are not only traditional models in which the back is a continuation of the bed frame, but also such products in which such parts are removable and detached. As a rule, such headboards are attached to the wall above the bed.

Styles

Different headboards are suitable for different styles:

  • If your bedroom is made in the style of French Of Provencethen a bed with a light and delicate headboard is perfect for her. It can also be openwork and painted in pastel colors. Soft options with charming small prints will look harmoniously.
  • Without a costly headboard will not do style baroque. This direction provides for the presence of many carved wooden elements in the interior. In such an ensemble, high backs with lacquered and glossy surfaces will look spectacular.
  • For glamor style the most successful option will be the headboard, decorated with a scattering of rhinestones. You can also choose a beautiful bed, complemented by a luxurious carriage stitch.
  • For uncomplicated country it is worth picking up the headboard made of a natural tree. You can choose as well-processed, and coarse and rough material.
  • In the room in style high tech a fabric headboard with chrome or metal fringing around the perimeter will look advantageous.
  • AT minimalistic a room should have a bed that has a backrest of simple geometric shape. Extra details in such elements should not be.
  • Unobtrusive furniture in cool colors is presented. Scandinavian style. For such an interior is perfect bed with a medium-height backrest made of natural wood or a variant upholstered in neutral shade fabric.
  • Coarse style loft the back in the form of lined decorative brickwork, decorative stone or laminate will harmoniously look. You can also choose a simple bed with a headboard made of artificial or natural materials of calm or even dark tones.
  • The most popular and fashionable remains classic style. In such an interior should be placed a bed with a headboard made of natural wood. It can be supplemented with beautiful carved details and attractive ornaments.

Materials

Modern bedroom furniture is made from different materials. It can be both artificial and inexpensive, as well as natural and expensive raw materials.

Frame:

  • Virtually any interior suitable quality wooden headboard from the cut of the trunk (or multiple slices). Such detail will not only serve for many years without losing an attractive appearance, but also enliven the interior of a bedroom. Such a unique headboard can be built with your own hands.
  • The headboard will look attractive and original. from the boards. Natural materials can have different sizes and varying degrees of processing.For such a back, such tree species as oak, alder and ash are ideal.
  • No less attractive in the bedroom will look headboard from laminate. Today, in the building stores you can find panels of various colors and shades. They can have unique natural patterns that echo natural wood. Laminate sheets are simply laid out behind the bed. The height of such an improvised headboard can reach the ceiling.
  • This piece of furniture art is carved headboard. The pattern on such details can be very different: from simple to intricate. Often, these backs are complemented by beautiful wrought iron elements.
  • Elite are rattan headboards. This material is a peeled and dried stem of calamus or rattan. Interior items, for the manufacture of which such raw materials are used, look beautiful and easy. Headboards are no exceptions to this rule.
  • Headboards have a unique print. from a slab of a tree. This material is strictly individual and is a longitudinal and transverse saw cut of valuable wood species.In nature, there are no two cuts with the same pattern. Beds with such details are expensive, but their durability and attractive appearance justify the price.
  • With your own hands you can make an attractive headboard from natural branches of various trees. They do not necessarily have to be perfectly smooth and well processed. It is interesting to look at the interior backs of coarse branches of different natural shades with uneven surfaces.
  • Low cost and affordable headboards are from MDF and chipboard. Such items look attractive and are affordable. However, these materials are manufactured using harmful formaldehyde resins. Under high temperature conditions, MDF and LDSP sheets emit harmful substances. Over time, production was modernized, and today the content of hazardous components in such materials has decreased significantly, but they have not yet been able to completely abandon their use.
  • Original looks iron headboard. Such a component can be made of golden brass tubes or aluminum. Beds with headboards made in the form of patterned forging look stylish and elegant.
  • For the manufacture of headboard can be used plain drywall. Many people choose this material, as it is easily amenable to any processing. The back of plasterboard can be finished with wood, sheets of laminate, covered with beautiful decorative plaster, textured paint. Plasterboard headboard can be issued in any way and do it yourself.
  • For a soft headboard frame is ideal ordinary plywood. It is possible to make an interesting figured back or a classic model of regular geometric shape from it. Plywood, like drywall, is malleable, and working with it is quite simple.

For the upholstery of the head of the bed can be used leather, leather substitute or eco-leather:

  • Of course, themselves are expensive specimens, sheathed genuine leather. This material is very durable, durable and attractive.
  • Available are beds with backs, trimmed kozhzamy. However, it should be borne in mind that this raw material is less wear-resistant and does not tolerate temperature differences. Over time, on such a headboard ugly cracks and scratches may appear.
  • The best option for a small budget is eco leather It is softer and more elastic than coarse leatherette.This material serves for a long time, but it is worth treating it carefully. Ecoskin is subject to mechanical damage.
  • Also used for upholstery backs various fabrics. Most often in furniture stores you can meet velvet, velor and flock patterns. Slightly less often natural flax is used for upholstering the headboard. This material can be painted in a variety of colors.
  • For upholstery soft backs often used foam rubber (or mattress pad of cellular foam). It encloses under fabric or skin. So, the result is a soft headboard with a convex surface.

Dimensions

Headboard dimensions can be very different. Choose beds with such elements should be very careful not to visually spoil the layout of the room.

For the bedroom of a small square it is not necessary to choose beds with high and wide headboards. In such conditions, low or medium versions will look harmonious. Their thickness should also not be too large. Otherwise, the furniture will look heavy and heavy in a small room, visually making it even smaller.

In a spacious bedroom with high ceilings will look good bed, having an elongated headboard with a height to the ceiling.It is advisable to choose models in which the backs are not too wide. Also for a large room you can pick up the usual high headboard. If the room is wide and the bed is located near a long wall, then in such an environment a wide and elongated version will look harmonious.

Of course, the selection of the ideal model depends not only on the personal preferences of the owners, but also on the layout of the room.

Colors and prints

Color options for headboard:

  • Refresh the bedroom interior white headboard. It will look harmoniously on almost any background, be it a contrast or similar shade.
  • A stunning image will work if the bed with blue backrest place in a room painted in white, dull gray, beige or pale pink paint.
  • Bring soft and airy notes into the room with blue and turquoise headboard. Such options will look charming on a dull-purple, white, milky, cream, pale turquoise and pale gray background.
  • Bed with detail black color It is recommended to have a contrasting shade (white, cream, gray) on the background of the wall.If you put dark furniture on the same dark background, then the tandem risks getting too dark and monotonous.
  • Bright option red colors It will look attractive on a contrasting white, milky, cream, beige, light gray or pale lemon background.
  • Charming lilac, pink and gently-purple headboard it is able to revive the interior of the bedroom and effectively diversify it. Such colors are especially attractively combined with soft, light and pastel colors of the finish.

The head of the bed can be trimmed with a fabric with prints. Most often - this is floral images, patterned lines, beautiful painted drawings of contrasting colors.

Decor options

The head of the bed can be decorated with the following decorative elements:

  • Carriage screed. Such a design is a backrest plating with a velvet and soft fabric with small furniture studs. The result is a beautiful quilted relief.
  • Case. In textile stores, you can pick up any cover or cape for different parts of the bed. Headboard is no exception.
  • Interestingly on the bed looks pillow headboard. This detail is a convex removable cape on the back, more like a small pillow.
  • Reiki and moldings. Not so long ago on the furniture market appeared the original options, equipped with slats and moldings. Such furniture is not suitable for all interiors.
  • Niche. Also the bed can be equipped with a niche. As a rule, it has table lamps, decorative statues and figurines, small indoor plants.
  • Mirror. Visually increase the available space headboard, equipped with a mirror. It can have a different size and shape.

Beautiful bedroom design ideas

A soft bed with a wave-like white headboard and coffee bed linen will look harmoniously against the background of an accent wall with backlighting, trimmed with a carriage screed (the other walls should be finished with white plaster) and a floor laid with light laminate. In such a room you can make a beautiful multi-level ceiling and complement it with a large chandelier with light shades. Complete the interior with a white vanity with a chair, a white bedside table with a table lamp and a beige carpet.

A bed with an angular rattan headboard and striped blue linens can be placed against the background of a light beige wall and hang from the top two paintings with dark frames. Instead of bedside tables next to the bed is two small wooden tables with metal lamps.

A white bed with a rounded soft headboard will find its place near the soft turquoise wall. It can be supplemented with white bedside tables with fresh flowers and white pillows with contrast prints.

A bed with a high wooden headboard in red can be placed against the white wall. Complete bed linen with red prints and white pillows. Next put a white bedside table with brown lamps, and a window in the bedroom, decorate with thick red curtains.

How to make a headboard with your own hands, see below.

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