Headboard design (66 photos): beautiful upholstery and decorative ornaments

We go into the bedroom. Shades and colors, lighting and soft textiles, energy of two and ... Her Majesty, a bed. That bed is the main, starting, focal point in the bedroom. The style of room decoration begins with it and ends with it. But what can be changed in it? How to add charm and lightness, creativity and sophistication? Impossible? Everything is possible! And the design of the head of the bed carries away, captivates, attracts like a magnet ...

Headboard: 2 main functions

An interesting design of the head of the bed is a unique and capacious process. In order to see exactly what was meant at the beginning of the decoration in the end result, it is worth considering dozens of subtleties / details / nuances. And it will be easier to do, outlining the tasks that the head of the bed does well.

It:

1. Decorative function. Even an old bed with a wide headboard, which with you can change for several years if you decorate its back with soft or hard materials. It is necessary to observe the style and harmoniously fit the headboard into the interior, "without tearing" it out of the general decoration. At the same time, do not forget that any backrest is able to expand / narrow the space of the room, visually increase the ceilings. Unique and simple decorative move!
2. Practical function. For example, a bed with a soft headboard will allow you to conveniently rely on it when reading books; a hard headboard will protect the wall from rubbing, unkempt appearance over time, minor mechanical damage. You can quite afford the snow-white color of the bedroom or any pastel shade, after taking care of the head of the bed.

So, high-quality design of the head of the bed is thoughtful little things. That is, choosing a headboard to your liking, decorating a bedroom with certain materials, you should take into account:

• own tactile sensations. The headboard that you will touch should be cozy, gentle, pleasant and warm;
• the overall style of the bedroom. A certain style - specific materials, color palette, the possibility / need of a picture or ornament;
• lighting. The area near the bed is special, so attention is paid to lighting here: it should be sufficient to read the press before going to bed and muffledly languid for privacy. The headboard can serve as a zone for built-in lamps or baby sconces, this must be taken into account when choosing a finish;
• safety and comfort of the head. Pay attention only to high-quality fittings, safe materials, ergonomic shape if the headboard is made of solid materials. No one should be hurt by sharp corners or a poorly fixed decor element. The headboard should lull, envelop like a cocoon;
• criteria for sound and thermal insulation. In the heat of the head, it should give coolness, in the winter cold - to warm. To achieve this is simple by choosing natural materials for decoration;
• the possibility of caring for the headboard.Just remove the cover and wash, clean the pillow in a dry-cleaner or wipe the surface with a sponge - and there is no hassle!

Headboard: the pleasure of independent work, or the predictability of a designer

Ordinary double beds from particleboard, single from an array, other options do not differ in refinement and originality. The manufacturer offers a solid, durable and reliable option. Therefore, in order to find a bed with a high headboard or with a headboard with a carved back, for example, you should contact the designer.

But not everyone can afford the design option. Should I stop wanting in my bedroom a bed with a soft headboard made of eco-leather or textile? Of course not! Choosing one of the many ideas, you can translate it into reality yourself. Fantasy of the creative process and excellent result are provided!

Headboard and distinctive styles

A unique bed with a high headboard for Provence, eco or ethno styles is, first of all, decoration with pillows or textiles. The soft headboard perfectly emphasizes the velvety and romantic style, allows you to tune in a lyrical manner and completely relax.

Pillows in the form of a headboard are bright and non-trivial. Pillowcases on them should be made of natural materials with a floral pattern or ornament. Shades - lilac and turquoise, coral and pink, blue and terracotta. The pillows are fastened by hinges or ties to the bar previously fixed to the wall. You will not see this anywhere!

For the natural styles of the backrest, any textile material is suitable. Part of the backrest can be chipboard, then - sealing material, the top layer is decorative. A monochrome shade will make the space frozen for a moment, emphasize the contrast of existing shades, and a drawing or pattern on the fabric will fill the bedroom with magic, fabulousness, lightness.

When choosing a bed with a high back in one of the natural styles, you can use textile wall panels for decoration. They will give the bedroom luxury and sophistication, tenderness and fragrance. A bright idea is a peculiar patchwork pattern created on a single headboard space from several pieces of panels.

When choosing materials for the back, consider the texture of the selected material. She can emphasize individual details, highlight them and fix them in the mind, or look away from some object in the room and direct to another.

Attention: color! The choice of the shade of the headboard is a very important point. It should be characteristic of natural styles, that is, it should be one that occurs naturally in a cloudless morning, at sultry noon, or in the evening when it rains. Properly choosing the color, you can make the space of even a small bedroom more spacious, deeper and more voluminous, freer. For small rooms in which a minimum of furniture other than a double bed, select pastel shades, translucent fabrics, decor in the form of lace, embroidery, and possibly appliqués. Spacious bedrooms do not hold back your imagination!

Authenticity of country style, rustic and the like: only natural materials

Proper design of the head of the bed in one of these styles implies the choice of wood or metal as the main material. It is possible to design using textiles, but such an idea is for more sophisticated distinctive styles.

A bright bed with a wrought-iron headboard is always attractive. Especially if the backrest has a non-standard shape, the pattern is florid, unique and mysterious, the skill of a skilled craftsman is visible with the naked eye. In this case, it is worth considering the thickness of the metal threads and think about color. Bronze, silver and other classic shades will present a certain massiveness, solidity and monumentality of the whole bed.A bed with a forged back will become a piece of furniture that will attract the eyes of everyone who enters the room, gives a piece of natural, inexhaustible energy.

Wooden design - dozens of options and ideas. For a rustic style, it will be quite enough to have several roughly knocked together and pre-cleaned boards, for example, for others you can use a kind of wooden panel, slats, and carved parts / elements assembled together on a chipboard sheet. A special luxury is wood processed using the craquelure technique (artificial aging of furniture). Such a headboard will become a real sensation, a masterpiece, which, however, does not cost anything to do on your own!

Attention: screen and drapery! Any of the natural styles will decorate the head of the bed, created using a piece of fabric draped to your taste or a paper / textile screen. This idea is a kind of economical option if the soul asks for any changes, but you did not plan them in the near future. It will be necessary to spend money only on a screen or fabric.

Modernity and classic: headboard in weave

Interior styles of a modern person - lack of decor, practicality, coldness, functionality. Therefore, a bed with a high headboard in the case of hi-tech style or minimalism is, first of all, the competent use of the usable area. And therefore - shelves and niches in black, chocolate, gray shades of chiseled shapes. Nothing extra.

As an option - mosaic or decorative tile from the latest collection of a well-known manufacturer. In this case, it will be possible to choose not only tiles for the back, but also pencils, and borders, and panels. Bold and unusual, only for the innovator!

A non-trivial idea is a headboard covered in leather, its eco-friendly version of a good substitute. It is stylish, catchy and emphasizes, adding charisma and sophistication to the room. The rest is restraint and complete harmony with other pieces of furniture.

An important point, or not forgetting about the form

Headboard shape - compliance with style, taking into account the area of ​​the room. Choosing a non-standard option, considering an exotic idea, correlate them with the decoration of the bedroom and its color, the style of other items of the bedroom set, and the textiles on the windows. Given the forms inherent in a particular style, choose to:

• natural styles oval / semicircular head with smooth lines, no corners. It will emphasize the mood of the bedroom and connect all the pieces of furniture and interior together;
• historical styles ornate (with monograms, for example), irregularly shaped back. It is made in silver, burgundy or gold, emphasize the luxury of the bedroom, chic and pretentiousness, will convey the full correspondence of the old era;
• modern styles headboard with crisp shapes and straight lines. Such a back will give the bedroom dynamics, creativity, movement. Endless.

It remains only to say that your choice is a stationary, suspended, attached headboard. Depending on preference. The first option is a part of the bed, so in order to transform it, you need to disassemble, and after that - again assemble the main subject of the sleeping set.

The attached option is equal in width to the bed itself and can be not only a flat back, decorated with textiles, made of metal or wood, but also a separate piece of furniture, however created in the same style with the bed. It can be a mirror, chest of drawers, cabinet. A suspended option is a variation on the theme “above-below”, with which you can visually adjust the size of the room. And you understand that decorating the head of a bed is a more exciting and voluminous process than you thought at the very beginning.