The Case for a Headboard That Reaches the Ceiling
A standard headboard sits at the worst possible height. Going taller fixes the proportion problem most bedrooms have and costs less than new furniture.
A bedroom is the one room with a single job, which is why it is so often overworked. It does not need a feature wall, a gallery of frames and a bench at the foot of the bed. It needs to be the room where your shoulders drop when you walk in.
That comes down to a few things done properly: a bed that is the right visual weight for the wall behind it, light you can turn down rather than only off, textiles that feel like something, and somewhere for the things that would otherwise end up on the floor. Everything in this section is aimed at that — calm without coldness, and personal without clutter.
A standard headboard sits at the worst possible height. Going taller fixes the proportion problem most bedrooms have and costs less than new furniture.