Headboard Ideas | 35 Unique Headboard Design Ideas - Budget, Best Overall and Luxury

• Process: Embossing

• Material: Felt

• Thickness: 20-50 mm
• Cost: Rs.300 per sqft

3. Jute Headboard:

• Process: Carpentry
• Material: Wood & Jute fabric.
• Thickness: 2mm
• Cost: Rs.300 per sqft

4. Wood Strip headboard:

• Process: Paint Scarp wood strips & arrange on a base board.
• Material: MDF, Wood, Chipboard, etc.
• Thickness: Uniform or Uneven based on desired finish.
• Cost: Rs.500-800 per sqft

5. Tapestry headboard:


• Process: Installation
• Material: Printed Fabric
• Thickness: 6-10 threads
• Cost: Rs.500-2500 per piece

6. Sustainable headboard:


• Process: Brick Laying or Clay tiling
• Material: Clay bricks or Clay tiles.
• Thickness: 10mm-8 inches
• Cost: No additional cost if taken care of in architecture stage.

7. Wooden Rafter headboard:


• Process: Wood Log cutting
• Material: Pine wood, Rubber wood, Engineered wood.
• Thickness: 3-6 inches
• Cost: Rs.1200 per rafter

8. Cementboard Engraved headboard:


• Process: Laser Engraving
• Material: Cement board
• Thickness: 16-20mm
• Cost: Rs.800 per sqft

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9. Perforated headboard:


• Process: CNC Cutting
• Material: MDF
• Thickness: 20-25mm (recommended)
• Cost: Rs.1000 per sqft (varies based on intricacy of design & thickness of material)

10. Marble/ Tile headboard:


• Process: Cutting of material into smaller sections by skilled labour or Waterjet Cutting.
• Material: Marble, Granite or Tile supported on Mdf base.
• Thickness: 10-20mm (recommended)
• Cost: Rs.500-2500 per sqft (varies based on material used & cutting process)

11. Embossed MDF headboard:


• Process: CNC Routing
• Material: MDF
• Thickness: 20-25mm (recommended)
• Cost: Rs.500-2500 per sqft (varies based on intricacy of design & thickness of material used)

12. 3D headboard panel:


• Process: CNC Routing
• Material: MDF, PVC
• Thickness: 20-25mm
• Cost: Rs.1300 per sqft

13. Staggered Chevron headboard:


• Process: Carpentry
• Material: Wood
• Thickness: 3/4-1.5 inches
• Cost: Rs.700 per sqft

14. Metal Inlay headboard:


• Process: Laser cut & handmade
• Material: MDF, Plywood & Metal
• Thickness: 1.5 inches
• Cost: Rs.2,500 per sqft

15. Mirror headboard:


• Process: Laser cut & handmade
• Material: MDF, Plywood & Mirror
• Thickness: 1.5 inches
• Cost: Rs.3,000 per sqft

16. Exposed Concrete headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted & machine cut.
• Material: Exposed Concrete & Metal
• Thickness: Plaster thickness
• Cost: Rs.1,200 per sqft

17. Stainless steel headboard:


• Process: Laser Cutting
• Material: Stainless Steel
• Thickness: 2 - 4 mm
• Cost: Rs.2200 per sqft

18. Acrylic headboard:


• Process: Laser Cutting
• Material: Acrylic
• Thickness: 4 - 8 mm
• Cost: Rs.500 per sqft

19. Herringbone headboard:


• Process: Carpentry
• Material: Solid Wood
• Thickness: 1.5 - 3 inches
• Cost: Rs.12,000 onwards

20. Veenered/Laminated headboard:


• Process: Carpentry
• Material: Plywood or MDF & Veneer or Laminate.
• Thickness: 1.5-3 inches
• Cost: Rs.700 per sqft

21. Plaster of Paris (P.O.P) headboard:


• Process: Molding
• Material: Plaster of Paris
• Thickness: 10 mm
• Cost: Rs.50 per running sqft

22. Versailles headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted or CNC Routing.
• Material: Wood & MDF
• Thickness: Based on layers of materials.
• Cost: Rs.1000 per sqft

23. Tufted headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted
• Material: Wood, MDF, Foam & Fabric.
• Thickness: 4-6 inches
• Cost: Rs.600 per sqft

24. Upholstered headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted
• Material: Plywood & Fabric
• Thickness: 2 inches
• Cost: Rs.800 per sqft

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25. Artistic headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted or machine cut & assembled.
• Material: Fusion of materials.
• Thickness: based on number of overlaps or layers.
• Cost: Rs.2500 onwards

26. Royal Emboss headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted or machine cut.
• Material: Wood, MDF or Metal.
• Thickness: 1.5 inch
• Cost: Rs.20,000 onwards

27. Mandala headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted or machine cut.
• Material: Wood or MDF
• Thickness: 1.5 inches
• Cost: Rs.2200 per sqft

28. Metal art headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted or Machine made
• Material: Metal (steel, copper, brass)
• Thickness: 2-4mm
• Cost: Rs.1800 per element

29. Vintage headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted
• Material: Antique Wood
• Thickness: based on design
• Cost: Rs.1,00,000 onwards

30. Solid Wood headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted or machine cut.
• Material: Wood or MDF
• Thickness: 1 - 2 inches
• Cost: Rs.50,000 onwards

31. Tactile Handcrafted headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted or machine cut.
• Material: Marble
• Thickness: 20-40mm
• Cost: Rs.1,50,000 onwards

32. Moroccon Jali headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted or machine cut.
• Material: Wood, MDF or Acrylic.
• Thickness: 4 - 12 mm
• Cost: Rs.1200 per sqft

33. Wire Ornamented headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted
• Material: Metal Wire & framing.
• Thickness: 1-2 inches
• Cost: Rs.50,000 onwards

34. Motif headboard:


• Process: Handcrafted or CNC Routing.
• Material: Wood, MDF or Metal.
• Thickness: 4-6 inches
• Cost: Rs.3,500 per sqft

35. Jali Panel headboard:


• Process: Laser cutting or CNC cutting.
• Material: MDF or Metal.
• Thickness: 4mm - 20mm
• Cost: Rs.1,200 per sqft




You could also DIY a few of them.