Bespoke Headboards

The Anchor of the Bedroom Decor

At Marshall & Stewart, we believe a headboard is never a simple accessory — it is the anchor that gives the bed its presence, its comfort, and its voice in the room. A headboard defines proportion, frames the space, and changes how you experience your bed every single night.

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As Brent Cooper, explains:
“When you see a bed without a headboard, it always looks unfinished. A proper headboard completes the picture — and the experience.”

Matching Headboard
to the Bed.

When clients visit our showroom, a headboard is never considered in isolation. First, we help you find the bed that works for your body. Then we guide you through shapes, heights, and fabrics, ensuring that the headboard amplifies — not undermines — the architecture of the bed.
This is how we create harmony: bed and headboard working together, structurally and aesthetically.

Built Without Compromise

We use the same principles for headboards as we do for our beds: only the finest materials and uncompromising craftsmanship.

  • Hardwood Frames

    Kiln-dried timber prevents warping and guarantees stability.

  • Layered Upholstery

    Multiple foams and felts provide both resilience and softness, unlike mass-market boards that use a single slab.

  • Luxury Fabrics

    Partnering with houses such as Pierre Frey, Dedar and Warwick, we upholster headboards in fabrics that combine strength with elegance. When we work with interior designers, they will often specify their own fabrics, which we are happy to oblige.

  • Finishing Details

    From deep-buttoning and piping to studwork and tailored channel stitching, every detail is crafted by hand.

Craft Secret: Proper headboards are lined and hand-tacked, not glued. This ensures the fabric holds its tension and never ripples or sags with time.

Styles & Proportions

  • Traditional

    Winged, arched, or deep-buttoned Chesterfield styles.

  • Modern

    Panelled, minimalist, clean silhouettes.

  • Statement

    Oversized or wall-spanning designs that create grandeur.

  • Design Your Own Headboard

    We can manufacture any shape or size of your choice.

Brent often notes:
“Every bedroom is different. That’s why our headboards are made to measure. Standard sizes rarely do justice to the space.”

Interior designers frequently size headboards wider than the bed itself, creating a boutique hotel-like effect of scale and balance.

Comfort and
Function

A headboard does more than complete the look of the bed:

Provides support when sitting upright to read, watch TV, or work on a laptop.
Acts as a buffer against cold walls, improving thermal comfort.
Creates a sense of enclosure, which many clients describe as cocooning and secure.
Brent explains:
“People don’t realise how much a flimsy headboard undermines the bed. The difference when you lean back against a properly made one is night and day.”
The Cullinan bed and headboard in a studio apartment

A room
that feels complete

Clients often tell us that with a tailored headboard, the transformation is immediate:

“The headboard changed the whole look of the bedroom.”
“It turned the bed into a statement piece — not just furniture, but the centre of the room.”
“I didn’t realise how much comfort it added until I leaned back with a book.”

Discover your perfect headboard

A headboard isn’t an afterthought. It is the element that completes the bed, enhances comfort, and transforms the room.

Every Marshall & Stewart headboard is made to order — built with solid wood, upholstered by hand, and tailored to your style and proportions.

Book your private consultation at our London showrooms to explore fabrics, shapes, and bespoke designs. Because only then can you feel how a headboard changes not just the bed, but the whole room.

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