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An Alternative Headboard Made of Pillows

Here's an inspiring bedroom decor idea we spied over at Olivieri, the Italian furniture design brand. Ironically, the high end design site showcases a fairly affordable option for those of us lookin...

Headboard from Across the Universe?
Good Questions

Q: I wonder if anyone has seen a headboard around that looks similar to the one in Across the Universe. I am in love with it right now and wonder if maybe it's an actual, manufactured headboard or i...

Beds For Men: It's a Man's World, Women Just Sleep in it
The Wall Street Journal

Are men and women that different when it comes what they want in a bed? (We'll leave what they want in bed to another blog). Apparently bed manufacturers think so; there's a whole new section of th...

How To: Make A Book Headboard

The other day we shared our dilemma about pruning our book collection down and what to do with the books we were getting rid of. Our options mostly consisted of passing them on to others. JessyRatFi...

How To: Make a Curved, Padded Headboard

You heeded the call! Last week we featured the shipping pallet furniture that a reader diy'ed and we asked you to share what inds of projects you've been up to. Today another reader showed us how th...

Look! Headboard Wall Hanging

In the past, we've shared some of of our favorite DIY headboard ideas, and this idea featured in Homes & Gardens certainly isn't a new one. But this headboard wall hanging is worth another look as man...

Good Questions: How to Make a DIY Canvas Headboard?
Los Angeles

DanaD writes: I have been desperate for an upholstered headboard but I just haven't been able to find one that I like. Well, tonight I was at a fabric store and found the perfect fabric. I bought 2 ya...

Inspiration...Patchwork Headboard

Here's an interesting and inspiring idea for those of you with a love for fabric and DIY, Lockwood Design's Patchwork Headboard, recently featured in Living Etc. The tufting effect might be difficult ...

Good Questions: Identify This Headboard?
Los Angeles

Hi LA Apartment Therapy, I was hoping you would be able to help me. I found this Velvet Tufted Border Queen Headboard in the beautiful chocolate velvet...it was love at first site. I went to purchas...

Inspiration: Bed In Front of Window

We decided to rearrange our bedroom over the holidays and our bed ended up in front of the window (no pics yet because we need new drapes). We always heard that it was bad feng shui and basically not...

How To: Make a Cheap and Chic Headboard

Perusing through the Better Homes and Gardens' website we came across a section on inspiration and DIY projects for headboard ideas. We turned one of the ideas into a project of our own......

Look! Matching Headrest Pillows for the Bed

If you read in bed, do you ever get a crick in your neck? We do...and it's probably because we have a less-than-adequate back support pillow and a DIY headboard project that has been sitting in our ga...

Look! Folding Screen Headboard

We've been all about headboard ideas lately, so here's another to add to the list. Finding a unique folding screen on Craigslist is pretty easy, and we particularly like the repeated black outlines on...

Look! Ikeahacker's Mandal Wall by Alisa

Here's a pretty cool idea courtesy of Alisa who submitted this idea to Ikeahacker: Ikea's Mandal headboard can double as a floating shelf unit. Alisa sawed the headboard down the middle and mounted ...

Look! Tiles in the Bedroom

We've blogged a lot of beautiful tiles lately, from the simple (like those in Cottage Living's Idea House) to the intricate (Susina Bakery, Intelligensia) and we've also blogged DIY headboards. But w...

Headboard Idea: Blue Racing Stripes

We spied this idea on Burnham Design's website: a daughter's bedroom done up in white and a light blue with the smallest touches of lipstick red. But what really caught our attention was the "headboa...

Flickr Finds: Curtain Rod Headboard

We found this over at CXWWW's flickr page: Hotel de Banville's alternative headboard. Mounting a curtain rod to the wall and extending it the length of a bed, the tab-top padded "headboard" slides on...

Eleven DIY Headboard Inspirations

A few months back Abby posted a great list of bedroom headboard ideas via Flickr. We wanted to revisit the subject with a DIY perspective in mind, and have come up with 11 additional inspiring ideas f...

Lucky Luke Design Bedside Lamp Headboard

We've posted several of our favourite bedside lighting options before, showcasing an array of lamps that go above and around the bed where you cozy up to your favourite read. But how about integrating...

Alternative Headboards

Wallpaper headboard from Martha StewartWe like a headboard; we think it anchors the bed and, thus, finishes off the room. Jonathan posted some alternative headboard ideas during Bedroom Month. In ho...

Inspiration: Rustic Headboard
Living Etc. May 2008

Normally, whenever we see anything "white washed" (or I guess "pickling" or "liming" could be another term), we usually associate it with the "shabby chic" / cottage look. While there's nothing wrong ...

LA Good Question: Hollywood Regency Style Headboard?

A girl after our own hearts! Sarah submitted this question: I am looking for a Louis XV/Hollywood Regency style headboard. Are there any antique shops or furniture stores in LA or California that ...

Look! Urban Outfitters Elegant Headboard Wall Decal On Sale!

Coming down the home stretch of bedroom month, we were poking around the Urban Outfitters Site when we noticed this Headboard Wall Decal on sale for $49.00! ...

Look! Using a curtain as a headboard

Image via Casasugar We spotted this over at CasaSugar.com. A reader submitted a photo on how she was able to create the illusion of a headboard combined with bold amounts of color to a colorless room ...

Dreamgate Headboard/Wall Art

An interesting idea from Studio 1A.M.: the Dreamgate Headboard/Wall Art works both as decorative art or as a headboard over the bed. The self-adhesive, reclaimed cork headboard is 2' high and 10' wi...

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