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Parents Bedroom with Green Headboard and Arch Wall
About Parents Room Interiors
Common questions from homeowners.
It is a shallow arch cut into the feature wall, with a strip of light hidden behind the curve. The grey plaster on its own would have been a flat backdrop. Lighting the reveal turns it into something with depth, so the headboard has a proper setting instead of a bare wall. It is a quiet trick that looks expensive, though it is mostly plasterwork and an LED strip rather than costly material.
The green is the one saturated colour in an otherwise grey and cream room, so it does the job of making the bed the main event. It is upholstered, which softens a hard wall of plaster right where you sit up to read. The thin gold rail above lifts it from looking heavy. Green and gold together lean a little formal, which suits a parents' room more than a bright or playful scheme would.
That is a second arch, this time in ribbed green, built to hold the wall-mounted TV. Repeating the arch shape from the bed wall keeps the room feeling designed as one piece rather than two unrelated ends. The ribs break up what would be a flat panel and hide the usual mess of cables behind the console. A cane-fronted unit underneath keeps it light instead of another block of solid wood.
Yes, and most of it is hidden. The bed is a platform on drawers, so the base you would normally waste becomes deep storage for bedding and off-season clothes. Built-in shelves flank the headboard in place of loose bedside tables, which keeps the floor clear. There is also a small desk with open shelving in the window corner. Nothing here is a bulky standalone cupboard, which is what keeps the room feeling calm.
It is set up as a small sit-and-work nook. A rust armchair and a round table make a spot to read away from the bed, and the tall window gives it the best light in the room. Next to it a compact desk with a round mirror doubles as a dressing point. Pulling these to the window keeps the middle of the room open and puts the daytime activities where the daylight actually is.
A couple worth knowing. The drawers need clear floor in front to pull out, so you lose the option of pushing furniture right up to the bed on those sides. A gas-lift version stores even more but costs more and is heavier to open. Against that, you gain a large amount of hidden storage without adding a single cupboard to the room. For most bedrooms that trade is an easy one to make.
Yes. The curve is built out from your existing wall in board and plaster, so no structural work is involved. The only real requirement is leaving a channel for the concealed light strip and a nearby point to power it. It adds a few centimetres of depth to the wall, which is worth checking against a tight room. Beyond that it is a finishing job most carpenters and false-ceiling teams can do.
Warmth is the thing to watch with grey, and this room fixes it in a few ways you can copy. The wood floor and the cane TV unit bring in a natural warm tone underfoot and across the room. The rust armchair adds a genuinely warm colour. The concealed lighting is kept on the yellow side rather than white, which changes the mood of grey completely. Balance those against the grey and it feels restful, not clinical.