Interestingly, one of the best places to show off a beautiful printed velvet is your headboard and bed.  Unlike gathered curtains (where velvet was once the obvious fabric to use), a large, ‘hotel style’ headboard offers the chance to showcase a wonderful pattern on a flat surface, making the focal point of the bedroom.
 
“Printed velvet is certainly having it’s moment as we are seeing more and more being sent to us for upholstering onto beds and headboards” comments Laura, stylist for The Headboard Workshop.  “What’s more, no two are the same.  Because we accept customer’s own material for putting on to our headboards [and beds} we see a huge range or designs - florals and stripes, animals … a bit of everything!” adds Laura.

So, is velvet up to the job of coping with today’s lifestyle?  The answer is a resounding yes!
 
Launched this week, Linwood Fabric's newest printed velvet, Kami, boasts not only rich, jewel colours and a nod to 19^th century design but is also practical as well as beautiful.  Washable, stain resistant and fire retardant as standard (a must for a bed or headboard), Kami is impossible to ignore as the perfect bedroom partner.
 
Impressed by its playful and varied palette, The Headboard Workshop have teamed up in association with Linwood for the Launch of Kami Velvet to beautifully demonstrate the power and potential of printed velvets for upholstered beds and headboards.