The Ultimate Guide to Headboard Shapes
Circle, Arched, and Camelback Headboards
When you want to add a little bit of class, a little bit of style — curvy instead of square is the way to go! A circle headboard has curves all around — the only flat edge is the one on the floor or behind the bed.
And these rounded headboards are just scalloped circles!
Arched and camelback shapes have straight sides and curves on top. A basic arched headboard has just a simple curve from one side to the other:
And the gentle arch looks oh-so-good with some lovely wingback arms!
Or how about a reverse arch? Lovely!
The camelback shape has a flatter curve on either side and builds to a taller curved arch in the middle.
And a wing or two never hurt a good headboard…
And these lovely inset camelback plank wood headboards add such texture to the room!
If you mix it up a little bit and add in a few other styles, you get some lovely headboards like these, creating what we’ll call a double scooped arch headboard
And these graduated camelback curves are gorgeous!
And what happens when you start getting creative with the corners of your headboard? Keep reading for beveled headboard styles and more!
See more headboard shapes and styles on the next page –>
IN THIS POST | Guide to Headboard Shapes
page 1: introduction to sizes and styles
page 2: basic flat (rectangle) headboards
page 3: circle, arched, and camelback headboards
page 4: scooped, inset, and beveled headboards
page 5: keystone, stepped, ogee, and peaked headboards
page 6: combination ornate headboards
Hi Cassity and Justin my name is Rick and I am recently retired and I want to hold a head board and I want it to have a scalloped head board but I would like for it not to be upholstery but to have a wooden panel with a wooden molding to go across the top of the head board I also do not want this the molding to have any end grain showing at all I have some experience at
cabinet making an I did it for all living over 44 years ago I also have I fairly well stocked woodshop to work at So U would also build this piece of furinture with the use of all the different types of major pieces of equipment available to me So I will also look at building this out of 3/4 – inch Walnut plywood plywood and the molding would be made out of solid walnut So any ideas u would have about this would be greatly appreciated Oh I will also try to download a pic of a head board that I like the shape of but where the upholstering is I would have the walnut plywood there Thank you Rick
I am redecorating a bed room and have found your information on heights and widths of headboards most helpful. I am hoping you can help with some ideas with using a footboard for the headboard… My daughter has given me the footboard to her queen bed that she is no longer using. I am struggling to attach pictures, but I can share that the back edges are flat just the legs are too short. Also my email address is all lower case.