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Master Bedroom with Mirror-Band Headboard Wall
About Master Bedroom Interiors
Common questions from homeowners.
It runs as a long horizontal band across the headboard wall at eye level. Two things happen. It throws the daylight from the window across to the darker side of the room, so the space feels brighter without a second window. It also breaks up a tall wall that would otherwise be one flat plane behind the bed. The side niches at each end hold a lamp or a book. The catch is that mirror at bed height shows dust and marks, so it wants a weekly wipe.
A low platform bed leaves the mirror band and the wall above it clear, so the eye lands on the wall, not the frame. A tall headboard would have cut across the mirror and killed the effect. Low beds also make a room feel taller, since more wall shows above the mattress. It is upholstered for a soft edge to lean on, since the unit behind carries the lamps and storage.
That is sage green fluted panelling, run along the lower half of the wall the bed faces. The vertical grooves give the wall texture, and the muted green keeps the room from being all cream and grey. Sage sits well with warm wood tones and does not fight a bedroom's calm. Keeping it to the lower half, under the wall-mounted TV, stops the colour from closing the room in. Painted flat, that wall would have looked plain next to the mirror band opposite.
Both are built into the headboard unit, not standing as separate pieces. The bedside tables float off the floor at each side of the bed, which keeps the base easy to clean under and holds the low, light look. The reading lights are wall-mounted just above, so they free the table tops and point where you read. No cords trail down the wall.
The false ceiling is curved rather than boxed, so the corners turn softly instead of meeting in a hard line. A cove light runs inside it for a warm glow at night, with recessed downlights for brighter light. A ceiling fan with dark wood blades hangs in the centre. Cooling is a split AC set high on the wall, kept off to one side so it does not sit in the sightline from the bed. Together the fan and AC let you pick gentle air or full cooling.
The headboard wall unit is the big cost, because it is one built-in piece that carries the mirror band, the side niches, the floating bedside tables and the wiring for the lamps. The fluted panelling on the opposite wall and the curved false ceiling are the next items, both custom work. The bed, throw and curtains are loose and can suit any budget. If you need to save, simplify the fluted wall first, since the headboard unit is what makes the room.
Most of it scales down well. The mirror band is the part worth keeping, since a mirror does the most for a small room by pushing light around and adding depth. In a tight space you can drop the floating dressing console and keep only the headboard unit. A single wall reading light each side still works. The one thing to watch is the fan and AC, since a low ceiling in a small room needs the fan sized carefully so it does not feel close overhead.
Less than it looks, apart from the mirror. The mirror band and the dressing console glass want a weekly wipe, since both sit where hands and dust reach. The sage green fluted panelling holds a little dust in the grooves, so run a dry brush over it now and then. The upholstered bed and the knit throw are best vacuumed to stop dust settling in. The floating pieces make the floor quick to clean, which is the payoff for building so much into the walls.