Horizontal Line Tall Headboard Bed

Horizontal Line Tall Headboard Bed The Horizontal Line Tall Headboard Bed is the only design in the Legend Beds tall-headboard group where the channelling runs across rather than up. Broad horizontal padded bands stack from the base of the headboard to the top, with the same treatment repeated on the footboard. What makes it different Direction changes everything about how a tall headboard sits in a room. Vertical channels stretch a headboard upward and can make a low ceiling feel lower. Horizontal bands do the reverse — they read as a series of stacked levels, which visually widens the bed and settles it into the wall rather than pushing it up. This is the tall headboard for a room where you want the height but not the drama. It is the most conventional-looking design in the group, and deliberately so. How it handles light Horizontal channels catch overhead light along the top edge of each band and shade underneath, giving an even, ladder-like gradation down the headboard. Vertical channels lit from above show almost no variation at all. If your main bedroom light is a ceiling fitting rather than lamps, horizontal banding is the treatment that will actually be visible. The fabric Soft grey upholstery over deep padding. Grey is the practical choice on a headboard in daily contact — it hides the marks that cream shows and the dust that darker fabrics show. Practical notes Tall headboard: measure floor-to-obstruction behind the bed first. Sills, radiator shelves and picture rails are the usual conflicts. Horizontal channels collect dust along the top edge of each band more readily than vertical ones, which shed it. Run a brush attachment along the bands rather than down them. Fully upholstered side rails and matching footboard; no valance needed. Compare within the range For the same treatment turned vertical, see the Vertical Channel Tall Headboard Bed. For a simpler two-panel face, see the Low Double-Panelled Bed. For real depth rather than surface banding, see the Chesterfield Tall Headboard Bed. Made to order in the UK Upholstered to order, with band spacing set out to the finished height so the top and bottom bands match rather than leaving a narrow one at the top.