DREAMY DIY HEADBOARDS

The headboard is a very useful piece of furniture that easily attaches to the head of the bed. Headboards keep pillows and very often offer comfortable and safe support for the bed on which to lean and relax. In addition, they also provide a decorative theme and focus for the bed and the room as a whole. Headboards can also be used to provide a wide variety of other functions. These include providing storage, fixing various sexual conveniences, or incorporating into the medical care functions required for a patient's bed.
Brief history.

A headboard is a classic piece of furniture, whose lasting popularity is assured due to its useful function, durability and aesthetic value. Headboards have been made from wood for hundreds of years, and wooden headboards remain very popular. Wood remains the most common material to make all furniture because of its natural properties which make it ideal for different types of treatment and techniques. The evolution of handicrafts and mechanical techniques over the last 200 years or more have made headboard production both more commercially viable and faster. The range of contemporary wooden headboards is enormous, and the aesthetic design can be altered by the type and color or shade of the wood, as well as the shape of the headboard itself.

As with most durable classics, headboards are now available in an almost dazzling array of designs and materials. Beautiful but very functional headboards are now available in wood, metal, leather, suede and upholstered fabric. Browse through an online bed outlet, and you will be amazed by the wide range available. Headboards will always be in demand, because of their aesthetic value combined with their practical purposes. A headboard can be found for the widest range of decorative styles, from traditional to modern. A headboard makes a statement, and choosing the right headboard is the best way to decide on the mood or theme of the individual room. Once the headboard is chosen, it provides a focal point, from which the curtains, the colors of the walls and textures, cabinets, dressing tables and dressers can be chosen. Headboards are used in any type of room, homes, hospitals, hotels and palaces!

Design.

Color and texture are essential components of interior design. Headboards are available in a wide range imaginable fabric colors, textures and styles. Leather is also an obvious choice of material for headboards due to its natural properties of durability, its very attractive appearance and its wonderful aroma. Aside from wood and leather, the headboards have also been traditionally made of metal for hundreds of years. The image of a traditional brass bed with a patchwork or quilt is familiar and intrinsically comforting and reassuring for all of us. Metal headboards available from today's finely crafted range, traditional designs often complex, to modern, from geometric styles to clean lines. Metal headboards are made in a variety of materials and finishes are made of brass, iron, cast iron, chrome, alloy, brushed steel and nickel.