I have one from Room & Board, purchased several years ago (I'll link to the one I have -- the headboard extends 27-28 inches from the top of the mattress, which is 1 mattress, not a mattress+boxspring, because this is a platform bed w/metal slats). I don't like a lot of throw pillows on the bed, but I do love my 2 Euro shams there that coordinate with my comforter, and those shams give me a little more cushioning in the back when I'm sitting up using my laptop or reading. Plus, if I thought I'd stain them with anything, they're a layer of protection. But quite honestly, I don't think that's ever been an issue. If you think there might be, you can always spray a fabric protector on it (all over on the upholstered parts, not just the headboard). I'd also be smart about which fabric you chose -- even touching the samples will tell you which need to be baby'd and which are tougher. By the way, I use a vacuum cleaner tool to "dust" the fabric when I need to, so a light cotton upholstery probably would be a bad choice. Here is a link that might be useful: R&B's Ella bed

Fabulous!!!! You are inspiring. I have wanted to do a upholstered headboard for our bedroom for literally years now. I have never been able to get my hubby on board because he will not attach it to the wall. Now I know what to do, thanks to you! Gorgeous room!

I understand exactly what you're thinking of doing! I am sure that this can be done, but it might require a furniture-maker to arrange the frame correctly. If you are handy though, I don't see why you couldn't make it work. Could your upholsterer come over and share his opinion? Our guy both could and would do that (come over *and* rebuild the piece). We are planning to do the same thing, only with a new sofa, because of my issues with arthritis and a bad back, to give me lots of support in bed. Our favorite local furniture dealer said that he'd be able to get us the upholstered frame only of any sofa we wanted. The only thing we'd need to do is get accurate measurements so that our queen mattress and box spring would slide in. Of course, it will look like an always open sleeper sofa, but with the right combo of upholstery and bed linens, that would be fine with me. Good luck with your quest. I'll be interested in knowing what happens.

I like the first one because of its graceful lines. The second one seems over powering and the third a little unusual looking. We have a tufted one and haven't had a problem with staining but we don't use much on our hair and I've never noticed that our heads go up that far anyway. We do have a cat but after one try of scratching we firmly told her no and she hasn't done it since. I would look around on the internet a bit more before making a decision; there are so many sources our there. We got the one we wanted rather inexpensively and it's the perfect style, color and size for us. Please ignore the ugly chest and funky ivy over the window. This was in 2009, the chest and ivy are gone and we've added pale gold floor length curtains that are on the French door over the bed to control the light.