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12 Ways to Celebrate a Fabulous Patterned Headboard
These extravagant bedroom textiles are events unto themselves. Let the revelry begin
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I got into design via Landscape Architecture, which I studied at the University of Virginia. I've been writing about design online for quite a few years over at Hatch: The Design Public Blog.
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I'm advocating breaking one of my design rules. Well, I don't really believe in strict design rules, but generally I try to keep big investment pieces (like beds) neutral, solid and classic, and bring in prints, patterns, bolder colors and trendy fabrics via less permanent items like rugs, throw pillows, duvet covers and window treatments.
However, these gorgeous patterned headboards have been screaming for my attention, and I cannot ignore them any longer. Would you sleep beneath a patterned headboard? If so, what kind of textile or pattern would you use? Let me know in the Comments section!
However, these gorgeous patterned headboards have been screaming for my attention, and I cannot ignore them any longer. Would you sleep beneath a patterned headboard? If so, what kind of textile or pattern would you use? Let me know in the Comments section!
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| Go bold and go for height — dynamic fabrics and exaggerated verticality on a headboard can change the entire feeling of a room. These brilliant textiles add to the Moroccan style of this home, and the wall behind them painted up to chair-rail height tricks the eye, distorting how we perceive the colors and proportions. |
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| Extend the headboard to new heights to show off a beautiful fabric on it and your shams. It would have been a design travesty not to show off this beautiful suzani fabric. |
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| Match a sham or another pillow to the headboard. This will give the bedscape a continuous look vertically, like these damask-pattern shams do. |
by Annette English
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To tie a larger area to the bed, extend the headboard behind nightstands. A bold trellis pattern grounds this bed with the appropriate scale.
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| You don't have to use fabric to execute this idea. At the Upward Bound House, interior designer Vanessa De Vargas used wallpaper to create the look of an extended headboard. |
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You can also use a special traditional fabric. Design Sponge blogger Grace Bonney helped educate the masses about traditional Mexican Otomi embroidery with her famous DIY headboard.
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| Repeat the pattern on twin or triplet beds. Here, an electric paisley pattern repeated on three beds and window treatments enlivens the room. |
by Cherie Marcel
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Use remnants for a unique patchwork design. Creative decorator Cherie Marcel didn't let her fabric samples go to waste; instead, she used them to fashion a fabulous headboard.
| Allow the patterned headboard to be the star of the bedscape. Keep the duvet and shams solid and with minimal detailing, like this hotel-style bedding, and use a minimal amount of coordinating throw pillows. |
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| Coordinate with a bed skirt or a bed platform to create continuity. |
Pay attention to the way the pattern relates to the headboard's shape. Here the vertical stripes emphasize the point at the top of the headboard. Note the way the stripes on the bed skirt and the headboard align.
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| If you don't have a headboard, create the illusion of one by hanging a quilt on the wall above the bed. It can cozy up a room and create interesting proportions with dramatic height. Browse more headboard ideas |
Ideabook published on Sept. 8, 2012.
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I love upholstered headboards and often recommend them for my clients. For one, they are so very comfortable for those of us who love to read or watch TV in bed. Also, they can be a great, even reasonably priced investment. Don't be too concerned with making a statement - depending on the size and shape, an upholstered headboard can be given a new look later with just a couple of yards of fabric and minimal labor costs. So even if you want to make a strong pattern choice, it can be changed to a completely different look with minimum investment down the line.
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P.S: As some of the tutorials are quite lengthy in description, you might wish to print them off using a two-sided, legal size paper, fast draft format.