28 Unique Bedroom Headboard Ideas to Transform Your Space

By Ofelia Young

Texture takes center stage in these bedroom designs. A carved wood headboard can add bold color or a soft white finish, while shiplap brings clean horizontal lines and a more relaxed backdrop for pillows, throws, artwork, and bedside pieces.

Green Carved Wood Headboard

Bedroom with Green Wood Carving Headboard

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A bright bedroom corner is accessorized with plants in macrame hangers and a vintage bedside table. Above the queen bed, a wood shelf displays three vintage landscape prints. The bed has a white duvet and matching pillows, while its headboard is a large green wood carving.

White Carved Wood Headboard

White Wood Carved Headboard with Vintage Light Fixture

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Under the windows, a seating nook fills the large windowed alcove used for bedroom illumination. The traditional rug combines white and gray, and a large white bed is dressed with multiple white and beige throw pillows, a shag throw, and a carved wood headboard. A large vintage light fixture hangs from the double-tray ceiling, while the wainscot bedroom wall completes the setting.

Horizontal Shiplap Headboard

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The bed is covered by a twin plaid quilt in black and white, with a horizontal shiplap headboard made of wood behind it. A wire rack next to the bed holds books and toys. Mounted on the wall is a black industrial light.

Woven Headboard in a Neutral Taupe Bedroom

Neutral Bedroom with Woven Headboard

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A matching woven bench stands at the foot of the bed, holding a fur throw and glass pumpkins. The bedroom uses a neutral palette with warm taupe walls, and its woven headboard sits below a lettered sign on the wall. Two glass lamps with wicker shades are placed on the bedside tables.

Rustic Gray Queen Pallet Headboard

Unique Queen Headboard with Rustic Pallets

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Light wood and white details fill this farmhouse bedroom. A large window lattice and a cotton wreath hang in the room, along with two hanging wood signs. The rustic gray pallet headboard is made for a queen bed. A matching wood side table sits nearby, while a teal-and-white quilt and a matching teal-and-white throw pillow rest on the headboard.

Vintage Dark Brown Bedroom Lamp

Vintage Bedroom Lamps with Beige Pleated Shades

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Beige, gray, and white bedding lies on the beige painted wood headboard. The two dark brown vintage bedroom lamps sit on rustic wood bedside tables with frosted glass fronts, which flank the headboard, and their beige pleated rope shades rest on the lamps.

Farmhouse Headboard with Three Vintage Doors

Farmhouse-Inspired Three Door Headboard

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An antique side table sits next to the white bed in the farmhouse bedroom. Above the bed is a large brown hand-lettered craft paper sign, while two octagonal paintings hang above the side table. The bed has a white finish, the wall is white shiplap, and the headboard is made from three paneled vintage doors.

Large Wooden Crown Wall Hanging

Wood Crown Headboard in Rustic Bedroom

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Across the farmhouse bedroom wall, a large crown-shaped wood wall hanging combines light and dark wood. The white duvet and throw pillow rest in the room, with a beaded chandelier positioned above the duvet.

Rustic Queen Headboard in Wall-Mounted Wood Shiplap

Rustic Wood Shiplap Headboard

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The queen bed is the main feature, set against a rustic wall-mounted headboard made of wood shiplap. Gray, pink, and cream bedding covers it, with multiple large windows and a white sign above. A vintage stool is at the foot.

Large Ornate Carved Headboard for a Wood Platform Bed

Wood Platform Bed with Wood Carved Headboard

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The platform bed is made of wood and has a large, ornate carved wood headboard. White and orange bedding covers the bed. A wood side table stands next to it with a carved wood lamp on top. A potted tree sits beside the bed, and a nearby window has plantation shutters.

Black Wood Headboard

Black and White Bedroom With a Large Black Headboard

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A traditional brown and white rug sits on two wooden stools. Each stool has a pillow on it. The large black wood headboard stands behind a bed covered with a white duvet, with white and black pillows and a gray knit throw on top. Two wicker reading lamps hang at the top of the headboard. Beside the bed is a white dresser with two white lamps paired with it.

Gold and White Bedside Lamp

White and Gold Lamp on Stained Wood Nightstand

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White shiplap covers the bedroom walls. A louvered headboard made of stained wood works with the matching nightstand, which holds the lamp in white and gold. White and beige bedding rests against the headboard.

Modern Bedroom Headboard

Black Screen Headboard in Modern Bedroom

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A wreath in dark green hangs at the center of the black screen headboard. The queen bed has a white duvet, while a wood trunk stands beyond its foot on a traditional red rug. Above, a wood tongue-and-groove detail is set on the tray ceiling.

Curved Bamboo Headboard

Unique Bamboo Headboard in White Bedroom

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Two drawings, one of a cat and one of a dog, sit inside two gold frames on a nearby wall. The room is large and white, with oak hardwood underfoot and board-and-batten treatment on the wall. At the bed, a curved bamboo headboard supports a white duvet, pale pink throw, and pale pink pillow, while a potted olive tree fills the corner beside it.

Leather Strap Upholstered Headboard

Upholstered Headboard with Leather Straps

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A black lamp rests on a wood side table. Above the table, a wood shelf holds multiple printed landscape images. The bed has a white duvet and multiple gray and white throw pillows. Its upholstered headboard has two leather straps on it, and the bedroom wall has white beadboard.

Reclaimed Wood Headboard With Wreath

Picket Fence Headboard

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The reclaimed wood headboard is built from distressed fence pickets and has a wreath of white dried flowers hanging at its center. Multiple pillows in white and gray sit on the bed, while a gray knit throw rests at the foot; a white side table next to the bed has a metal lantern.

Dark Gray Baseball Bat Headboard

Teen Boy Room with Baseball Bat Headboard

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A teen boy’s bed has a dark gray headboard made from baseball bats. The bed sits against a white wall with an orange stripe on it, and the bedding is white and gray.

Tall Wood Queen Headboard

Tall Wood Headboard Between Two Windows

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Two windows frame a tall wood headboard set against an off-white wall. The queen bed below it is dressed with a black comforter and assorted white pillows, and a wood bench sits at the foot on an off-white rug.

Antique White Door Headboard

Antique Paneled Door Headboard

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An antique full-length rustic mirror stands in the corner. Behind the queen bed, white shiplap walls and a cream curtain frame a wood-frame headboard, which has a white rustic door built into it. The bed holds a textured white pillow and a gray knit throw. Rustic side tables sit beside the headboard, each topped with a lamp, and the two lamps match.

Large Lace Stencil Headboard

Guest Room with White Stenciled Headboard

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A white headboard with a lace stencil anchors the bed, which is dressed in a natural-weave duvet and a matching pillow. A metal lantern holding candles sits on a wooden stool. The stool is opposite the bed, with a potted tree beside it.

Sage Bedroom With Pallet Headboard

Pallet Headboard in Farmhouse Bedroom

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White bedding and a plaid pillow in black and white furnish the queen bed in this sage farmhouse bedroom. Two pallets serve as its headboard, with an old-fashioned industrial light draped over their top. A lamp sits on the rustic side table beside the bed.

Wicker Tryptic Headboard

Tryptic Wicker Headboard in Bohemian Bedroom

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The wall has large-print floral wallpaper, and the bedding brings in white and orange. A queen bed sits along that wall with a wicker tryptic headboard. Underfoot, a sisal rug is layered with a shag rug, while a tasseled light fixture hangs above and an orange ottoman matching the bedding is at the foot.

Rustic Herringbone Wood Headboard

Rustic Wood Herringbone Headboard

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A large rustic headboard made of multi-tone wood dominates the bedroom wall. A golden wreath hangs between two black, wall-mounted industrial lights. Behind it sits a bed with a white duvet and gray and burnt orange throw pillows.

Wagon Wheel Headboard

Wagon Wheel Unique Headboard

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The bedside table is made of wood and sits beside the bed. Above it, a large wagon-wheel-style backboard covered in eucalyptus leaves serves as the focal point against a gray farmhouse wall with shiplap patterning. A vintage lamp and a white pitcher holding daisies rest on the table, while the bed has a beige throw pillow and a white woven blanket.

French Provincial Carved Wood Headboard

French Provincial Bedroom with Wood Carved Headboard

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At the foot of the queen bed, a wicker bench sits on a traditional white and gray rug. The bed has a cream duvet and a large carved wood headboard with a distressed blue provincial finish. A vintage dresser stands beside the bed in the warm-white French country bedroom.

Bohemian Peacock Headboard

Bohemian Bedroom with Unique Peacock Headboard

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White and pink pillows add color in this bohemian bedroom, where a cactus and small plant sit near the furniture. A modern side table stands beside the large metal headboard, with a gold lamp on top, while round woven wall art hangs nearby. The headboard has a peacock-inspired design.

Barnwood Headboard

Barnwood Headboard with Blue and White Pillows

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The beige-sheeted bed has a barnwood headboard behind it and two pillows in blue and white. Off-white curtains cover the bright window, and the dark wood floor extends beneath the setting. A white bench sits beside the bed with a white throw blanket, a white tray of small plants, and a clay pot.

Vintage Farmhouse Lattice Headboard

Vintage Window Lattice Headboard

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At the foot of the twin bed, a wooden tray holds a small potted plant and a large mug. The bed belongs to a vintage farmhouse bedroom and is dressed with a white duvet and matching white pillows. Behind it, a wall-mounted headboard made from vintage window lattice is flanked by two galvanized tin vases mounted on the wall.