Upholstered Headboard

This is one of our favorite pictures.  It is so simple to do and yet so elegant and inviting. The Upholstered Headboard is made with a lightweight linen blend fabric.  The curtains in this room are simple  custom draperies that match the custom bedding.  Although you cannot see the top of the curtains, it looks like it a simple 1 width or 48″ panel.  A ring top drape or flat top drape is most likely the style of the drape.

The custom bedspread is a fitted style using two Euro Pillows and 2 more decorative accent pillows.  This room could be done so easily online with any of our fabrics. 

The curved style Upholstered headboard is fantastic in any of our solid linen blends.  We sell the majority of our headboards in solids so that you can enjoy them for years to come.  It is nice to add a pop color for the pillow or in this picture there is a 2nd and 3rd fabric used for the pillows to pull the room together. 

The tailored bedspread is unquilted to give it a nice light look.  Perfect for those who do not like a bulky bed covering. 

Today there are a variety of different bed style, mattress thicknesses and frames that boggle the mind.   Just visit a top mattress website and you will see dozens of options.  You might wonder how you are going to mount your new upholstered headboard with all the variables.

Approximately 85% of our customers mount their headboard to the bed frame using the legs that are supplied with the headboard.  The legs are constructed with flexibility in mind that allows for easy installation on most standard bed frames.  Installation takes just a few minutes with common household tools.

A wall mounted headboard is the other option available for installation.  It is a fairly simple installation as well.  We recommend using cabinet hanging brackets pictured here (available here) to wall mount your upholstered headboard.  Half of the bracket mounts to the headboard and the other half mounts to the wall.  Gravity and the weight of the upholstered headboard locks the two brackets together for a secure installation.

Upholstered headboards have become very popular in the nicer hotels.  They are comfortable, beautiful and can add a special pop of color and texture you can’t get with any other type of headboard.  Hotels wall mount headboards for easy room cleaning.  The cleaning crew can easily roll the bed away from the wall to clean dust and more easily change sheets.  The upholstered headboard stays attached to the wall.  You will have this same advantage with your wall mounted headboard.   Now isn’t that worth it?

Upholstered headboard

This a a great picture of a serene bedroom with a padded headboard.  A fabric covered upholstered headboard gives a bedroom a really soft look.  In this picture, it looks like the headboard is mounted directly to the wall.  This is a nice way to have it flush to the wall.  We sell wall mounting brackets for $18 a set.  This is an option for mounting your upholstered headboard but if you want a a beautiful custom looking bedroom like this, order a rectangle headboard in one of our solid cotton duck cloths, paint the walls the color of your choice and add curtains, pillows and a few accessories and you are go to go.

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One of the most beautiful and inexpensive ways to update your room is with an Upholstered Headboard.  An Upholstered Headboard can change the look of the room drastically.  It is easy and will not break the bank.  We love making fabric headboards and we offer over 2000 fabrics including beautiful Waverly Print fabrics.   Select any fabric workroom fabric or your favorite WAVERLY fabric to have us make your  Waverly upholstered headboard.

There is truly no other store around where you have so many selections in fabrics to transform your bedroom to your unique style.

We recently came across one of our headboards that a customer bought and posted a picture online.  This upholstered headboard looks fabulous in this boys room.  We love seeing pictures from customers from all over the country and we will gladly post them to show off your designs.

Often an upholstered headboard is the focal point of the room.  In this particular room, the headboard is in our Dream Red fabric with tufted buttons in Dream White and corded in Dream black.  The 3 colors on this headboard tie in the bedding and pillow beautifully. We love contrast welting on headboards as we wrap the side of the headboard in the contrast color.  This truly gives our headboards a unique look.  Our headboards range from 44″ high to 58″.  This headboard is 58″ high and looks perfect in this contemporary boys room! Amazing.

We ship a lot of headboards out a day!  Most of our customers know exactly what they want when they come to our site, however there are a few ‘terms’ that we want to make sure you know about.

Our Custom Upholstered headboards can be made with or without cording.  Just so you know, the cording is a fabric wrapped welting, referred to as cording that is 1/4″ in diameter.  We use cording (welting) often when making custom window treatment and custom bedding.  This addition to any product really finished it off.

For a more modern contemporary look, you may choose to have no cording at all.  This Straight Upholstered headboard in the picture above is made with a self welt or self cord.  You may opt to use a difference fabric for the cord.  In that case, you would just ask for a contrast welt or cord.  Same thing.

We hope you enjoy your custom Upholstered Headboard for years to come, with or without the cording.

Upholstered headboards are a luxurious and comfortable choice for the top of your bed. With this type of headboard, you can recline comfortably while sitting in bed. This design is perfect for reading before you go to sleep. The idea of an upholstered headboard may seem too fluffy and feminine to fit many bedroom designs, but you can actually use this type of headboard to complement many different decorating styles. With the right colors and materials you can have an upholstered headboard that’s masculine and modern or frilly and girly. Your choice of headboard will set the stage for the rest of the room.

For a sleek contemporary look, choose an upholstered headboard in smooth, cool suede. This will give the room the look of an upscale hotel. Pair your suede headboard with a simple modern design in the bedspread and sheets. Neutral tones like white or beige go well with this type of design. Use clean lines in the rest of the furniture as well. Place a leather chair in the corner or a leather bench at the foot of the bed in a similar color as the headboard. Upholstered headboards in suede are plenty comfortable while still giving the room a very upscale look.

If you want a more feminine look with upholstered headboards, go for floral patterns or beautiful pastel colors. You can accent the edges with contrasting cording to make for an upholstered headboard fit for a little princess. With this type of headboard, you can use soft colors such as rose pink or lavender. Use complementary colors on the bedspread in a different hue. For example, a pale lavender shade on the headboard can be paired with a white bedspread and deep purple sheets and throw pillows. Fold a purple quilt at the bottom for a retreat that’s sure to breed sweet dreams.

If you want an upholstered headboard in a couple’s bedroom, you’ll need a design that is neither too feminine not too masculine. Look for upholstered headboards with a smooth fabric surface. Avoid gathers and ruffles on your bedding but don’t go all the way to dark colors and masculine stripes. A large natural or geometric print will make the headboard as good as artwork at the head of the bed. You can pair this type of headboard with any bedding so long as the colors complement one another. Try an upholstered headboard with a natural pattern of branches with a beige bedspread, cobalt blue sheets and a sage green throw at the foot of the bed.  Not too “Shabby”.

An Upholstered Headboard can be easily mounted to the Wall using our simple Wall Mount Bracket

Made from heavy gauge (1/16″ thick) steel, 18″ long
sold in pairs (one plate mounts to headboard, other plate mounts to wall for simple installation
interlocking design for secure mounts
Needs three screws per plate
Secure wall plate with toggle bolts
Secure headboard plate with wood screws (pre-drill holes)

Seams are a fact of life when using designer fabrics because fabric width is a maximum of 54″. If you are concerned about headboard seams please continue to read.  To make the seam barely noticeable, you need a excellent workmanship and a superior understanding of pattern matching.  We have both.

Full, Queen, King and Cal. King headboards will have two seams in the approximate locations indicated below (unless the fabric is non-directional).  We use two seams to balance their placement.

Two rows of buttons are added to your upholstered headboard. You can use the same fabric as your main fabric or use a contrast fabric.