Add panache to a bedroom with a painted headboard, like the red one seen here that serves as a unifying element to the mix of bold patterns and colors.
Red, White and Blue Bedroom With Painted Headboards
In order to unify the two full beds in this bedroom, matching upholstered headboards were added as well as a joined painted decorative headboard. The mixed blue-and-white patterns of the bed linen add a further visual twist.
Bedroom with Colorful Geometric Painted Wood Headboard
The geometric headboard above the bed is a custom walnut bed and headboard created by Susan Jamieson of Bridget Beari Designs using custom paint colors named for dogs (proceeds go to rescue groups). Brass lamps rest on black nightstands and a chunky knit gray throw is at the foot of the bed. The room was designed by Jamieson for a Southeastern Designer Showhouse in Atlanta.
A white painted headboard with turned posts in a room with palm-green walls brings a cottage feel to this room. Brown buttons on the menswear inspired throw pillow picks up the color of the brown bedspread and a tropical print pillow brings a touch of the islands.
For a twist on a bookcase headboard, try a storage headboard. The vertical DIY project from Lowe’s is a creative idea with a commanding presence in a bedroom.
A simple white painted headboard and nightstand serve as a quiet backdrop for colorful patterned bed linens and accessories. Using a dresser as a nightstand is also a space saving move.
Featuring a transportation theme, this boy's bedroom includes red hanging letters, graphic bedding and a painted headboard. The red, white and blue color palette is classic and versatile for years to come.
Fresh white linens and a painted headboard create a dreamy look in this Mediterranean-inspired bedroom. A tasseled Roman shade and an urn table lamp are romantic accessories, while rough-hewn beams add rustic character to the feminine design.
After cutting and cleaning two old wooden doors to fashion a one-of-a-kind headboard, Karen Cooper, a DIY blogger from Atlanta, painted the headboard in DecoArt New Life chalky finish paint.
French Country Bedroom With a White Wood Headboard
The subtle sheen of the damask bedding picks up light from a petite glass lamp in this neutral bedroom. An embroidered detail on the sheets echoes the leafy pattern in a painted wood headboard without being too matchy. A black contrast welt on a throw pillow draws the eye to the statement-making headboard.
White wooden panels are used as headboards for a pair of beds in this blue bedroom. Painted hardwood floors, white trim and neutral bedding brighten the room.
Lilac accents appear in the bedding, curtains and patterned chairs of this eclectic bedroom. A hand-painted wall mural of a white blossomed tree rests behind the headboard.
Neutral Contemporary Bedroom With Leather Headboard
Turn a headboard into a style statement by stretching it all the way up the wall, as this contemporary bedroom does with its tufted leather headboard. The blue and yellow painting on the wall brings in the room's only color.
