DIY Headboard Ideas

The headboard is a very useful piece of furniture that attaches easily to the head of the bed. Headboards retain the pillows and very often provide a comfortable and secure backing to the bed upon which to lean and relax. Furthermore, they also provide a decorative theme and focus for the bed and the room as a whole. Headboards may also be used to provide a wide variety of other functions. These include storage provision, the attachment of various sexual conveniences, or incorporation into the medical care functions required for the bed of a patient.

Brief history.

A headboard is a classic piece of furniture, whose enduring popularity is ensured 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 for making all furniture due to its natural properties which make it ideal for various kinds of treatment and techniques. Developments in craftsmanship and mechanical techniques during the past 200 years or so have made headboard production both more commercially viable and quicker. The range of contemporary wooden headboards is enormous, and aesthetic design may be altered by the type and colour or shade of the wood, as well as the shape of the headboard itself.

As with most enduring classics, headboards are now available in an almost dazzling array of designs and materials. Beautiful, yet highly functional headboards are now available in wood, metal, leather, suede and upholstered fabric. Browse through an on-line headboard outlet, and you will be amazed by the wide range available. Headboards will always be in demand, due to their aesthetic value combined with their practical purposes. One can find a headboard to suit the widest possible range of decor styles, from traditional to the cutting edge modern. A headboard makes a statement, and choosing the right headboard is the easiest way to decide on the mood or theme of the individual bedroom. Once the headboard is chosen, it provides a focal point, from which the curtains, wall colours and textures, wardrobes, dressing tables and chests of drawers can be chosen. Headboards are used in any type of bedroom, from homes, to hospitals, to hotels and palaces!

Design.

Colour and texture are vital components of interior design. Headboards are available in the widest imaginable range of fabric colours, 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, headboards have also traditionally been made from metal for hundreds of years. The image of a traditional brass bed with a patchwork quilt or eiderdown is familiar and intrinsically comforting and reassuring to us all. Metal headboards available today range from finely crafted, often intricate traditional designs, to modern, geometric styles with clean lines. Metal headboards are made in a variety of materials, and finishes include brass, iron, cast iron, chrome, alloy, brushed steel and nickel.