If You Buy A Headboard What Else Do You Need

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If you buy a headboard what else do you need.

Whether you prefer to paint the wall as your headboard use a piece of art at the head of your bed or you want to roam free and use no headboard at all the choices are endless. In the same way a proper headboard serves as a buffer between your head and the wall a streamlined pile of pillows can also act as a forgiving buffer. With a natural or painted finish the casual beauty of wicker rattan and natural fiber excels in a coastal or country home. Highlighting the green and tan colors of the room with bright white and dark wood accents makes for great contrast.

I think that you can use any bed structure frame you want as long as you will provide vertical support for the headboard. Same with my child s twin bed. This light woven material is all about texture. Whether you want to incorporate a platform bed into your room you simply want to embrace a minimalistic look or you re on a tight budget nixing a headboard can be an easy way to save money and update your space at the same time while we love a beautiful headboard as much as the next home decorator it s no longer a necessity to create a finished bedroom.

However if you are using the wall or a wall with art at the head of your bed it s important to use an internal wall rather than external. Headboards add a stylish decorative touch that complements the rest of a bedroom suite. Well if you place the bed just at the wall headboard between bed and wall it s not quite necessary given that the headboard will stand still but any proper connection between headboard and bed wooden steel frame is ok. This helps to define the bed and is also a great way to add color and texture to your space.

Just because you might not need a headboard doesn t mean you won t want to emulate this faux fix. Is a headboard useful. Wicker rattan or natural fibers. Complete this no fuss look by mixing and matching different colored cases like nyc based yogi krissy jones did in her zen soho studio.

Decorative pillows create the headboard in this room as does the white paneling on the bottom half of the wall. Matching styles and taking care of installation falls to the buyer but the price tag is usually lower. Just a headboard footboard attached to each other with more wood panels then wood slats to keep suport the boxspring mattress. Photography by cody guilfoyle.

One of my favorite headboard alternatives is hanging a rug or a blanket or other textile behind the bed as seen in this photo from project bly via popsugar.