5 Alternatives to the Traditional Headboard

The bed is so much more than a place to lay your head, it's the focal point of the room and the headboard can either make or break that look. Rather than the conventional headboard, consider one of these creative alternatives from some of our favorite bedrooms featured in Dwell. Slideshow

Go big with an oversized piece of art. Pick something special, a place you'd love to be, or just anything that makes you happy to look at so that you fall asleep content. Residents Toby Barlow and Keira Alexandra chose an oversized landscape mural of the famed Alps for their headboard in their Detroit, Michigan home.