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Each suite also features padded headboards, tray ceilings, writing desks, espresso machines, refrigerators, and height-adjustable compact tables that unfold for in-suite dining.
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Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
For those with a modern style, adding wood paneling to the headboard can serve as a further extension.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026
Serendipity includes rich fabrics in various shades of brown and gray, Luxura combines copper tones with elegant leather headboards and mother of pearl accents, and Loft has bright white walls, beige details, minimalistic furniture, and original wooden beams.
—Meredith Bethune, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
At just over five feet, the headboard extends dramatically above the frame, giving it an instinctively authoritative silhouette—this is a bed for a primary suite.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 2026
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Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
For those with a modern style, adding wood paneling to the headboard can serve as a further extension.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026
Serendipity includes rich fabrics in various shades of brown and gray, Luxura combines copper tones with elegant leather headboards and mother of pearl accents, and Loft has bright white walls, beige details, minimalistic furniture, and original wooden beams.
—Meredith Bethune, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
At just over five feet, the headboard extends dramatically above the frame, giving it an instinctively authoritative silhouette—this is a bed for a primary suite.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Headboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headboard. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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headboard
noun
head·board
-ˌbō(ə)rd 
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
: a board forming the head (as of a bed)
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