I was thinking of doing the whole room in the 3rd from left, excaliber gray, and then doing the stencil over it with the leftmost color, heaven, but the stencil only behind the headboard. I would appreciate any brutally honest comments as I am very color challenged!

Hi Angie, We love making Mid-Century-Modern homes ring more modern and have worked on several around town (currently in the finish stages on one right now). It looks like your ideabooks feature some brilliant bold design features from rustic modern, contemporary and classic modern. We're a Design-Build-Furnish firm in the Austin area and it would be a pleasure to meet with you. In fact the very first image in your "Stairs" ideabook was a concept inspiration that we tried to encourage one of our clients to consider (but they weren't up for something as bold and unique). Having fun with design and thinking outside the box in a highly customized way is where we thrive. On all of our projects we try to find a way to inject a little Scandinavian Modern and a balance of playfulness and elegance which seems to share a similar thread in your featured ideabooks. Feel free to contact us if you would like to set up a consult to see if we're a good fit. 512-522-3396 info@isarkstudio.com

Wingback headboard beds are available from Grandin Road, Target, Wayfair, Overstock, and of course, higher-end retailers such as Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel and furniture stores. It is also possible to purchase the headboard separately, and also, to pick from various fabric and tufting styles.

Currently our headboard backs up to a large window with a beautiful view of our back yard and miles of valley and trees below. So instead, we face an inside wall that is pretty boring, and there is no other wall that the headboard could be placed without making the layout somewhat awkward. I have contemplated just turning the bed around with the foot board in front of the window so that our view would be directed outside. It might be weird though having the headboard in the middle of the room! But I thought I could place a dresser against the back side of the headboard to hide the end since we would not have the coverlet to hide the end of the mattress and box springs like it does on the foot end. Still thinking on it and might just give it a try one of these days...