Beautifully Upholstered Headboards to Inspire

This classic style can look at home in both traditional home and more contemporary interiors. Varying in degree of sculptured shape, a Serpentine headboard can be made more exaggerated or less defined, depending on the size of your bedroom.

The most elaborate upholstered headboards are shaped. They are ideally suited to all-out interior design. Maximalist room decor and eclectic styling is about taking an idea, a colour scheme, a period, or even a print and running with it.

In the same way as a classic serpentine, an arc headboard can be more or less defined. The simple shape, however, works wonderfully in any interior. Its versatility is timeless and lends to both small designs and larger patterns as it has a broad canvas. Painterly effects and abstract fabrics particularly shine on these pieces.

These boxy shapes showcase just how great a modern geometric print looks on a headboard. The clean lines and angular shapes work wonderfully to create a dynamic finish that can either be punchy or subtle, depending on the pattern. The perfect canvas for experimenting with different scales across your scheme, a geometric headboard adds movement, texture and fun into your design.

From classical regency designs, to more modern, experimental lines, our collection of striped fabrics has designs in all scales, colours and sizes. One of our most popular patterns due to their versatility, most striped designs do not have a pattern repeat, so can be easily aligned and mixed and matched. Also, often available in wider-widths, these make them ideal as you can often avoid having any joins, allowing the design to flow seamlessly across your headboard.

There are lots of ways to elevate the design of your upholstered headboard. Button-backs are one of the most popular, especially on a tufted headboard. This is when diamonds are created using the fabric as it is stretched across the board.

Another option is to add trimmings like fringes, pom-poms and contrast piping. They provide a splash of quirkiness and balance large designs. Needless to say, there's plenty of room for experimentation and self-expression, and our bespoke headboards team are happy to help you find the perfect embellishment.