Master Bedroom With Mustard Tufted Headboard

The teal was chosen so the mustard headboard has something to push against instead of a white wall behind it. Warm mustard and cool teal sit opposite each other, and that contrast is what makes the bed the first thing you see. Below the paint runs a panelled wainscoting in the same teal, which gives the lower wall some texture. Paler patterned wallpaper covers the return wall so the room is not teal on every side.

The greige wardrobe fills the wall facing the bed, with hinged shutters and slim vertical wooden handles that break up the matte fronts. Set into it is a lit display niche lined in wood, plus a bank of drawers with the same wooden pulls. Hinged doors were used here rather than sliding ones because you get to the full shelf in one pull. They do need clearance to swing, so the bed sits far enough back to let them open.

The television is wall mounted on a panel of textured wallpaper, so the screen has a backdrop instead of floating on bare plaster. Under it sits a low oak dresser with a run of drawers and cabinets, deep enough to take clothes or bedding. Keeping the storage low leaves the wall above it open for the TV and a clean sightline from the bed. The oak was picked to warm up a wall that is otherwise beige and flat.

A swing arm wall light hangs over the nightstand on each side, so you can read without a table lamp taking up surface space. The arm folds in and out, which lets you aim the shade at a book or push it back against the wall. Recessed downlights in the false ceiling handle the general light, and a cove above the bed throws a soft glow up top. Between them you can go bright to get dressed or low to wind down.

Most of the money here is in the upholstery and the leather, not the carpentry behind it. A full height channel tufted headboard uses more fabric than a standard one, and each flute is stitched and stuffed by hand. Velvet and real leather cost more than a woven fabric or rexine, so the material you pick moves the figure the most. The teal panelling and paint are the cheaper part. Ask for two fabric grades before you decide.

Yes, with two changes. Drop the headboard height so it does not overwhelm a low wall, and keep the tufting but lose the leather wings that eat side space. A greige wardrobe still works, though in a tight room sliding shutters save the swing clearance the hinged ones need here. Keep one teal wall rather than teal plus wainscoting, so the colour does not close a small room in. The low dresser and wall mounted TV suit a compact layout well.

The velvet headboard is the main thing to look after. Brush it down every few weeks so dust does not settle into the pile, and blot spills rather than rubbing them. The matte wardrobe fronts show fingerprints less than a gloss finish, so a dry wipe keeps them clean. The oak dresser wants a soft cloth and no standing water on the top. Everything else here, the paint and the wallpaper, only needs the usual dusting. None of it is high maintenance.