Store-bought and DIY bedroom headboard ideas come in all shapes and sizes. From taking your existing headboard and giving it a new life through a simple project, to creating a new headboard altogether. A headboard can transform your sleeping space and will add some depth and texture to the walls behind your bed.
In the list below, you can find the most unique headboard ideas out there to find inspiration for your next interior design venture.
A Simple Half Circle Headboard Design With Vibrant Bedding
This rounded headboard uses simple materials to create an understated design that pairs with the existing decor perfectly. The rolled top edge on this headboard is a subtle detail that adds the needed dimension to the wall of the room.
The vibrant desert tones of the bedding feature elements that both contrast and match the headboard for a complete look.
Styled by Yngfalk interior, photographed by Mia Borgelin for Historiska Hem
A More Traditional Headboard Shape With Grey-Toned Fabric for a Relaxed Bedroom Style
This example shows that DIY headboard ideas can be inexpensive and feature a simple design, yet still be a perfect fit for the bedroom as a whole.
The smooth grey fabric used here allows the bed frame to melt into the background without making itself known. This is ideal for anyone looking for a relaxed, easy-going bedroom.
Photographed by Alice Johansson for Alvhem
An Upholstered Headboard Using Corduroy Style Fabric for a Unique Design
DIY headboards can also serve as a way to upcycle other items in your home, helping to keep additional waste from landfills while also improving the appearance of your bedroom.
For a DIY headboard similar to this one, wrap a half circle of plywood with repurposed corduroy. Additional fabric scraps or other fillers can be used to add padding.
styled and photographed by Therese Jahnson for Historiska Hem
A White Squared Headboard With Dark Blue Walls for Understated Contrast
You can recreate DIY headboard ideas like this one with the help of an old door and a staple gun. Simply drape plain white fabric over the door and attach it with the staples. Pull the material taunt before attaching it for a smooth appearance.
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Matching Headboard Materials and Pillows for an Elegant Bedroom Space
Using a matching pattern on both throw pillows and the headboard can create simple elegance in the room. In this particular example, the fabric used is a great source of visual texture in an overall simplistic space. This design in a guest room is sure to impress any overnight visitor.
via Alexander White
An Oversized Headboard With Built-In Electronics for a Fully Integrated Space
This headboard extends beyond the constraints of the bed frame, allowing the incorporation of built-in electronic components. This design is great for anyone looking to hide wires and create a streamlined, stress-free atmosphere in their bedroom.
A made-to-order or DIY headboard like this could be customized to include built-in lamps, speakers, charging ports, lighting controls, and more!
via Ferm Living and Design Hotel Villa Copenhagen
A Charming Rail Headboard for a Country Aesthetic
This thin rail headboard adds a certain charm to this classic bedroom design. The design and coloring of this wooden headboard pairs wonderfully with the curtain rod and side table, as well as tones in the wallpaper.
Combined with the textiles of the bedding and other decor, the resulting countryside aesthetic creates a cozy atmosphere in the room.
Styled by Martina Mattsson, photographed by Krister Engström for Kvarteret Makleri
A Patterned Headboard Design for Subtle Texture
The thin stripes on this DIY headboard provide a subtle, understated texture to this bright and airy bedroom.
This material provides just enough of a departure from the solid colors found throughout the room to draw the eye to the bed, ensuring that it’s the center of attention. The neutral colors here pair well with touches of black, allowing the room to flow naturally.
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A Tufted Headboard for a Sophisticated Bedroom Space
This tufted headboard enhances the sophisticated appearance of the bedroom. With the wall paint creating a visual texture in slightly darker tones than the headboard itself, the headboard provides a mild highlight effect to the rest of the bed, creating a frame around the pillows that draws the eye and gives a chic appearance.
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A Woven Headboard With a Dark Border for a Slight Island Touch
For a tropical getaway in your own home, try pairing a simple bed frame with a woven headboard. This headboard features dark edges, something that makes it stand out more from the sandy wall paint.
Plants and small pieces of eclectic furniture reinforce this rustic island air, as does the wood plank floor.
Styled by Thomas Lingsell, photographed by Fredric Boukari for Historiska Hem
Tightly Woven Rattan for a Unique Headboard
Similarly to the previous example, this headboard uses a woven pattern to create texture in the room, something that is magnified by the smooth, lighter color of the wall.
The lack of decor above the headboard also amplifies that contrast. This rattan pattern is a tighter and larger weave, removing the need for a darker border to help it stand out.
Styled by Livin Deco, photographed by Mariette Svensson, for sale via Stadshem
A Light Grey Upholstered Headboard for a Graceful Air
This style of headboard is the perfect way to add a touch of gracefulness to your bedroom. The light grey material is the epitome of sophistication and shows the cross-section of headboards that are both inexpensive and elegant.
Styled by Grey Deco, photographed by Fredrik J Karlsson, sold via Alvhem
A Simple DIY Headboard for Seamless Decor
This DIY headboard is fairly easy to recreate with a trip to the hardware store for some wood glue, a tape measure, some paint, and a large piece of plywood. The design acts as a simple frame upon which decorative items can be placed.
This provides additional storage space without becoming intrusive. Using the same dark green bedroom paint that covers the wall the headboard is placed against creates visual appeal and allows the bed to become the centerpiece of the room.
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Wood Paneling for a Simple, Slightly Rustic Headboard
This wood DIY headboard is a simple design, stretching the length of the wall it’s placed against. In doing so, it helps to accentuate the unique layout of the bedroom while cementing the bed as the centerpiece.
Where other headboards may be lower, this headboard is at the desired height appropriate for making an impact.
via Alexander White
Matching Large Pillows as a Cozy DIY Headboard
Though many DIY headboard ideas require a level on ingenuity, you can create a faux headboard in seconds by placing matching oversized pillows against the wall at the head of the mattress.
This gives the bold appearance of a headboard without needing to follow a tutorial or making a trip to the local home center.
via Alvhem
Brown Upholstered Panels for a Neutral Bedroom
This DIY headboard uses material that matches the fabrics on the bed to create a cohesive design. The color palette of this room is full of neutrals, resulting in a contemporary style that won’t soon go out of fashion.
Combined with the light hanging from the ceiling as well as the sunlight coming through the window, the effect is warm and inviting.
Styled by Emma Fisher and Annica Clarmell for Alvhem
Uniquely Shaped Wall Integrated into a Custom Headboard
When faced with decorating around a room with uncommon features, you can use those challenging aspects as part of the design.
This room works with its curved walls instead of against them, using them as a backdrop to the custom headboard as well as continuing their color across the headboard for a seamless look. The light sage green bedroom wall color accentuates both the headboard and the curved wall perfectly.
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An Intricate Wood Pattern for a Beautiful Headboard
For a more detailed headboard, experiment with an intricate wood pattern made of rattan or bamboo. This type of headboard merges contemporary and traditional design ideals into a fresh, visually interesting take. The earthy color palette used here makes the wood seem even more at home.
via Sjöman Frisk
A Lightly Scalloped Edge Headboard Against Classic Floral Wallpaper
Where other DIY headboards focus on detailing or finish, this example pulls in both a stunning color as well as a lightly detailed top edge. The scalloping here complements the classic aesthetic of this bedroom, a look that is created by the vintage wallpaper, chandelier, floor, and side tables.
Styled by Johanna Bradford, photographed by Henrik Linden for Alvhem
A Round, Half Circle Suede Headboard for Bold Contrast
This bold suede headboard fills the space of this wall nook perfectly, appearing as if the room was built around it. The shape, color, and material of this headboard are all unique, making it clear this room was a custom project overall.
A Stunning Headboard Made of Large, Intricate Rattan
As we wind down our list of headboard ideas, it’s important to touch on a headboard design that makes a statement. This large, patterned headboard makes for a stunning impression of the bed when entering the room. The limewash wall behind it adds further depth to the space.
via Alvhem
An Art Deco Headboard for a Vintage Touch
This headboard is a perfect example of breathing new life into a vintage find. Its art deco styling is truly timeless, appearing right at home surrounded by industrial-styled Edison bulbs and a statement chandelier. A smooth wall behind the headboard is ideal in this situation, though the right wallpaper will work as well.
Styled by Linnéa H. Manaberi, photographed by Anders Bergstedt , for Alvhem
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