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Bedrooms are boutique in style—with plush velvet, button headboards in regal jewel colours—such as scarlet-red and emerald-green—while damask textiles and carriage-style mirrors evoke the golden-age of train travel.
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
In the presidential suite, dogs can watch cartoons on a private TV from the comfort of a human-style bed complete with carved wooden headboard.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 11 May 2025
Throughout, there are design nods to the building’s former purpose with pleated headboards evoking the folds of judicial robes and legal scales doubling as objets d'art, while the muted color palette feels lifted from a Dutch Old Master.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
In lieu of a pricey pieces, upholster a simple headboard and use the same fabric for the bed skirt to give the illusion of a completely custom bed frame for a fraction of the price.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 1 May 2025
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Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
In the presidential suite, dogs can watch cartoons on a private TV from the comfort of a human-style bed complete with carved wooden headboard.
—Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 11 May 2025
Throughout, there are design nods to the building’s former purpose with pleated headboards evoking the folds of judicial robes and legal scales doubling as objets d'art, while the muted color palette feels lifted from a Dutch Old Master.
—Nicole Trilivas, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2025
In lieu of a pricey pieces, upholster a simple headboard and use the same fabric for the bed skirt to give the illusion of a completely custom bed frame for a fraction of the price.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 1 May 2025
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“Headboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headboard. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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headboard
noun
head·board
-ˌbō(ə)rd 
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a board forming the head (as of a bed)
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