Outstanding Upholstered Headboards, a collection by Linda Bassert
Muse headboard, from Hickory Chair.
The Naomi Headboard, from Hickory Chair's Made to Order collection.
If you have room to free float the bed away from a wall, this upholstered sleigh bed has the presence to rule the room. By Alexa Hampton for Hickory Chair.
This classic shape is given a wood frame and upholstered side rails and bed rails. By Suzanne Kasler for Hickory Chair.
Another unusual shape in a modern upholstered headboard, from Hickory Chair.
This shows the bed, but is the number for the headboard. By Susanne Kasler for Hickory Chair.
A dramatic and complex shape, with contrast welting. By Alexa Hampton for Hickory Chair.
This fully upholstered bed includes a headboard with different proportions to the "frame" around the center upholstered sections. It seems to work well to have the wider uppermost section, in balancing the upholstered base. The narrower choice on the sides is dictated by the overall width of the headboard, and the depth of the side rails.
A long and low upholstered headboard on a modern platform bed works to protect the sleeper from the brick wall, but is similar in color, so the headboard is not as noticeable as the cylindrical bolsters used instead of the sleeping pillows. The modern client has an eye for sculptural forms, and the bolsters are a huge part of the impact here.
A high contrast light color welting on a chocolate upholstered bed is unexpected, and effective in drawing our eye immediately to the bed. Flanking the bed with red chests of drawers for nightstands keep the bed from being lost in the chocolate carpet.
A diamond pattern fabric works well with the almost triangular shape of the headboard, but the subtlety of the contrast between wallcovering and headboard make the details of the shape more difficult to discern. I wonder if a closeup of this headboard is available?
A side view shows the generous padding in a custom upholstered headboard. A nice variation to a classic shape.
The straight headboard is given some emphasis with the wings beginning wider at the floor and angling inward at the top, steering our eyes to the center of the bed.
The curving wing of this upholstered headboard is a great variation.
A classic shape to this headboard, with no frame to the padding, and nailhead detail to outline the shape crisply.
Was the shape of this headboard inspired by the zebra hide? A whimsical approach to an upholstered bed.
Would love to see more of this headboard shape. Wrap around bed rails also upholstered, and with nailhead outline.
Button tufting is particularly effective and luxurious with a velvet fabric.
A riot of patterns play together in this bedroom. The headboard is nicely padded; I'm not sure if the base of the bed is a dustskirt in the same fabric or upholstered siderails and footboard.
The flat silhouette on this upholstered headboard is an interesting shape. It feels postmodern to me, and I like it.
The curves on the sides sweep up to a center arch on the headboard. the headboard has greater impact because it rises against a deeper accent wall.
Tall channeled headboard
Channeled headboard
I like the fully upholstered bed, with shaped footboard, which mirrors the headboard but is lower.
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