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The Ultimate Guide to Headboard Shapes

Written by Cass

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Keystone, Stepped, Ogee, and Peaked Headboards

When the curves and cutouts move from the corners up toward the highest arch of the headboard and form ornate “shoulders” — did you know that headboards can have both shoulders and arms? 🙂 — you can get lovely shapes like these!

The shape we call “keystone” has a large arch or square in the middle with either flatter or curved sections to either side — you could consider it the dressed-up cousin of the simple camelback shape.

pink patterned keystone headboard via Metropolitan Musings

via Metropolitan Musings

diamond tufted keystone headboard via Remodelaholic

tutorial by Hodge Podge via Remodelaholic

The most commonly popular keystone headboard shape combines a short scooped corner with a short stepped edge leading into the keystone arch, like these:

neutral tufted keystone headboard via BHG

via BHG

Great Headboards from the Utah Valley Home Show @remodelaholic

from the Utah Valley Home Show

keystone chalkboard painted headboard via Remodelaholic

via Kudzu featured on Remodelaholic

simple cathedral scooped keystone headboard in green flower print via Country Living

via Country Living

Great Headboards from the Utah Valley Home Show @remodelaholic

from the Utah Valley Home Show

royal blue velvet inset keystone headboard via DecorPad

Shelter Interior Design via DecorPad

red otomi fabric stepped keystone headboard via Design Sponge

via Design Sponge

gray with contrast white nailhead trim keystone headboard via DecorPad

via DecorPad

This variation is more cloud-like, with curved corners building to a curved arch — perfect for these twin girls’ headboards!

curved keystone headboard via Designer Trapped

tutorial at Designer Trapped in a Lawyer’s Body

Or you can get a little bit fancy and add in a couple of peaks like these:

keystone coral headboard with white trim via DecorPad

Meredith Heron Design via DecorPad

upholstered keystone headboard slipcover tutorial via BHG

via BHG

Or flatten out the curve on top to look more like one of these:

tall custom arched keystone headboard in green with contrast trim via HGTV

via HGTV

Great Headboards from the Utah Valley Home Show @remodelaholic

from the Utah Valley Home Show

tall stepped keystone headboard in white with nailhead trim via DecorPad

B Metro via DecorPad

The graceful curves of this scooped keystone style are perfect for a neutral headboard against a bold wall:

neutral stepped keystone headboard with vibrant accent wall via DecorPad

Lucy and Company via DecorPad

but it also looks lovely in a bold pattern on the headboard itself!

patterned scooped keystone upholstered headboard via DecorPad

HGTV via DecorPad

A stepped headboard has square or rectangular “steps” going up either side.

pink patterned stepped headboard IKEA hack via Remodelaholic

Organized Design featured on Remodelaholic

Great Headboards from the Utah Valley Home Show @remodelaholic

from the Utah Valley Home Show

geometric stepped shoulder headboard via Attic Mag

via Attic Mag

pink corduroy stepped headboard, Emily Henderson

Style by Emily Henderson

And the addition of a couple of curves makes it even sweeter!

scooped stepped headboard via The Hunted Interior

tutorial from The Hunted Interior

stepped scooped keystone headboard in turquoise, via Sadie and Stella

via Sadie and Stella

Top it with a triangle and we’ll call it a peaked headboard.

scooped peaked upholstered headboard via Attic Mag

via Attic Mag

stepped peaked headboard via Remodelaholic

via Houzz

Doubles always welcome 🙂

double peaked headboard in stripes via Sarah Richardson Design

via Sarah Richardson Design

And bring those lovely side curves (shoulders) up to a point and create an ogee or pointed arch shape — it resembles a teardrop and is a great way to add the modern Moroccan style that is so popular!

pointed arch ogee headboard via Spicer and Bank

via Spicer and Bank

teardrop ogee orange floral headboard, Abney and Morton via Blue Chickadee

Abney and Morton via Blue Chickadee

double ogee peaked headboard via Attic Mag

via Attic Mag

Headboard Shape Guide on Remodelaholic.com

Martha O’Hara Interiors via Houzz

Ready for more lovely headboard shapes? Keep reading!

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

The Remodelaholic Guide to Headboard Shapes -- almost 100 headboards organized by shape! #headboardweek Remodelaholic.com

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Published: July 4, 2014Filed Under: Decorate, Informative, Remodel Inspiration By Room, Upholstery Tagged: Design Inspiration, Headboard Week, Headboards

About Cass

Cassity started Remodelaholic with her husband, Justin, to share their love for knocking out walls together. Since then, Remodelaholic has become a great community and resource for all those wanting to know how to make their builder-grade home BEAUTIFUL on a budget!

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  1. Rick Golwitzer says

    March 22, 2018 at 9:33 pm

    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

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  2. Melissa says

    May 28, 2018 at 5:45 pm

    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.

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