How to get to the head of the board

Dressing up your headboard will give your bed — and your bedroom — a much-needed lift, says Kya deLongchamps.

A HEADBOARD creates instant focus in a bedroom, signalling the main event and giving some vertical thrust and anchorage to a recumbent mattress otherwise hovering in the room. If you don’t want to add a new frame or commercial board there are plenty of ways to a bit of DIY bespoke beauty.

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