SIX STYLISH PROJECTS TO UPDATE A DIVAN BASE AND TAKE YOUR HEADBOARD UP A STYLE NOTCH
SMART LOOK
Using basic pillowcases means washing your headboard is a breeze.
Natural leather 16mm wide, £6.20m, Leather World Store at Etsy. King-size Bow platform bed frame in Oak/Natural, £350, John Lewis & Partners. Gorgeous goose medium standard pillows, £119 each, Secret Linen Store. Linen pillowcases, £35 each; king-size linen duvet cover, £215; flat sheet, £140, all in Natural, The Conran Shop. Hemstitch pillowcases in Ivory White, £62 each, Volga Linen. Cocher Drinker’s table in Natural Oak/Orange leather, £260, Galvin Brothers. Mug, £28, The Conran Shop. Walls in Re:mix Castell Pink flat emulsion, £28 for 2.5ltr, Little Greene
Add leather strapping
Attach lengths of soft leather to secure pillows to the wall for a simple, comfortable and chic headboard. Just switch the pillowcases when you fancy a change.
Give it a twist…
Mix up colours and patterns by swapping plain linen covers for something a little bolder.
LIGHT SHOW
A wall-hung bedside lamp is the perfect solution for when space for a table is tight.
SlatWall acoustic panels in Natural Oak (three shown), £129.99 each, Naturewall. Bold As Brass wall light in Black, from £79, Spark & Bell. Store storage king-size bed in Blotting Paper Clever Velvet, £1,525; Stella floor mirror, £475, both Loaf. White organic hemp standard pillowcases, £19 each; king-size duvet cover, £169; Pleated Polly rectangle cushion, £22, all Secret Linen Store. Yard cushion, £80, The Conran Shop. Dual Colour throw in Tea Rose/Terracotta, £395, Volga Linen. Fluted stool, £570, Galvin Brothers. Jute rug, £98, Rowen & Wren
Use wooden panelling
Create a statement with wall panels. Running the panelling to the ceiling makes a wow focal point and allows the space to feel more expansive.
Give it a twist…
Hang panelling horizontally, allowing the panel to extend outwards beyond the bed.
Paper your headboard
Use wallpaper, such as this vibrant collageeffect wallcovering, as an alternative to fabric, continuing the design around your bed base.
Give it a twist…
Continue the wallpaper in lengths from the floor right up to the ceiling for a dramatic oversized headboard.
Headboard and bed base in Sandra Blow Sea Collage raffia wallcovering in Fuchsia, £860 a 8m roll; throw in Day in Hot Pink linen, Makoto Kagoshima x Chariots On Fire, £130m, both Christopher Farr Cloth. Nordli double bed frame with storage, £429; Lohals flatwoven rug in Natural, £35, both Ikea. Organic cotton Elise Stripe double duvet cover in Ecru/Red, £99; pillowcases, £19 each, all Toast. Totem floorlamp in Brick, £4,200, Palefire. Windsor Quaker chair, from £500, Ercol. Hair brush, £32, The Conran Shop. One of Another Ki
