Sometimes there's not a perfect spot in a room for a bed and so one must be created. Oftentimes a traditional headboard won't fit or look right against an oddly sized wall space. I'm funny with where and how I place my beds. I do not want them directly opposite the point of entry. While a bed can be the room's focal point, I don't want to trip on it as I enter, and sometimes the wall that's best for the bed is also the worst. Placing a bed in the middle of a room, particularly a small room breaks up the space and can make the room feel smaller than it actually is. I tend to tuck beds into corners to open up and allow for as much space as possible - especially in children's rooms. I can't have traditional headboards in my boys' bedroom. The two beds are aligned against the far room separated only by a bedside table. The wall behind one bed is larger than the other and so one bad shares space with a wall and a window. A headboard would block the window and block much desired sunlight from entering the small space. The bed in my room, the master bedroom has the same issue. I wanted the bed placed as far away from the door as possible and I also needed wall space for a large dresser and an oversized armoire. In lieu of traditional headboards, I have used pieces of art to mimic an actual headboard. My old masterbedroom had Cathedral ceilings - it was such a lovely room. To accentuate the height of the room I hung two long, white heavy cotton curtains from a wrought iron pole across the top of the wall, directly behind the bed. This acted like a headboard and accentuated the dramatically high ceiling. The room itself was not very wide and a headboard of our king sized bed would have made the room seem smaller in size instead larger.
Jessica