Last updated: 19.08.2025
The Luxury Bed with a Twist: A Reversible Headboard
The Love in Idleness Upholstered Bed is a true original. At first glance, it’s every inch the epitome of French romance, with elegant curves and artisanal detailing. Look a little closer, and you’ll discover something rare in luxury bed design - a reversible headboard.
On one side, a soft striped natural linen brings calm, neutral elegance, perfect for serene mornings and understated styling. Flip it around, and a bold floral patterned reverse instantly transforms the look, introducing drama and personality to your space. It’s like owning two statement beds in one, giving you the freedom to change your bedroom’s mood with the seasons, or simply when inspiration strikes.
As Georgia Metcalfe, our Founder and Creative Director explains:
“We wanted this bed to reflect the evolving phases of our increasingly changeable lives. Now you can change the aesthetic of your bedroom as your mind, your dress, your plans, or your guests, change. We’re female designers (indecisive by nature!) so a reversible headboard was impossible to resist, with the chance to use both our favourite fabrics. The result is a product that gives you so much more; both timeless fabrics, one classic and one contemporary.”
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Four Poster Beds Reinvented
Four poster beds have always carried an air of drama and grandeur, but the Clair de Lune Bed in Wooden and Rattan, takes this heritage design one step further. With interchangeable acorn finials available in medium or tall heights, it offers a rare opportunity to personalise the bed’s silhouette to suit your style, your bedroom, and the atmosphere you want to create.
Taller finials on a modern four poster bed create a dramatic, traditional look, perfect for bedrooms with soaring ceilings or for those who love a sense of opulence. Shorter finials, meanwhile, bring a softer, more understated elegance that blends seamlessly into modern or minimalist spaces.
This flexibility means the same bed can be styled to suit different homes - a personalised approach to luxury that makes the four poster bed just as relevant today as it was in centuries past. For help on how to style your four poster bed, read our blog here.
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The New Era of Rattan Beds
Once seen as purely rustic, rattan has evolved into a material of quiet luxury, perfectly aligned with today’s chateaucore aesthetic. A finely crafted French rattan bed marries natural texture with elegant carving and artisanal detail, showing how this organic material can be elevated into a piece of timeless beauty, and refined enough to become a future heirloom.
Whether styled in a light-filled coastal bedroom or layered with dramatic tones for a Parisian mood, rattan challenges the idea that luxury must always mean polished perfection.
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Statement-Making Upholstery
Not all luxury is subtle. A bed with a patterned or upholstered headboard brings personality into the room in the boldest and most playful way. Pair with crisp linens for a refined contrast, or embrace layers of velvet, silk, and embroidery for unapologetic decadence. Sometimes it’s the bold, unrestrained unique luxury bed choices that create the most memorable and stylish bedrooms of all.
Shop the Pavilion Garden Stripe Upholstered Bed | Shop Upholstered Beds | Read: How To Style An Upholstered Patterned Headboard
Oversized Luxury Beds That Command the Room
Conventional wisdom says furniture should be modest in scale so it doesn’t overpower a space. Oversized beds prove the opposite. Rather than overwhelming a room, a generously proportioned bed becomes the anchor that defines it. An emperor or super king bed offers both luxurious comfort and a bold design statement, showing that the bedroom is a place for indulgence, relaxation, and unapologetic grandeur.
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Why Breaking the Rules (In Style) Works in Luxury Design
French design has always been about artistry, and artistry flourishes when it bends the rules. A reversible headboard, a four poster with a choice of finial heights, or an oversized bed that commands the room all show that true luxury is timeless because it is never afraid to evolve.
The beauty of luxury design lies in its ability to surprise us while still feeling enduring. By reimagining tradition with thoughtful detail, these beds prove that elegance and innovation can coexist in a way that feels both inspiring and deeply personal.
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Shop Unique Luxury BedsFAQs
A luxury bed is a statement piece, defined by craftsmanship, hand-finished details, and timeless design. At French Bedroom, luxury also means features that adapt to your lifestyle, like reversible headboards or adjustable four poster finials.
It’s a headboard with two fabric options, so you can change the look of your bed. Our Love in Idleness Bed offers both classic and contemporary finishes, giving you two styles in one.
No. This feature is rare and designed specifically for those who love change and personalisation. A reversible headboard, like the one on the Love in Idleness bed, is a unique luxury innovation that lets you transform your room’s aesthetic with a simple flip.
Match the luxury bed size to your room and lifestyle. King size balances comfort with space, while super king or emperor beds bring grandeur to larger rooms. See our UK Bed Size Guide for help.
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