The phrase "as a headboard" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an object or piece of furniture that serves the function of a headboard in a bed setup.
Example: "She decided to repurpose an old door as a headboard for her bedroom."
Alternatives: "in the role of a headboard" or "serving as a headboard."
Rustic reclaimed wood acts as a headboard in one of the bedrooms.
One side serves as a headboard and provides bedside storage, while the other side offers closet space.
Ms. Kudrav provides a demonstration, lowering the technological marvel and proudly demonstrating how two large pillows can be employed as a headboard.
Others have made plexiglass boxes that can be stacked and used as a headboard for the bed, as supports for the bed and desk, and, when covered with a pistachio-colored square of foam, remarkably comfortable seating.
He put the bed in the middle of the room with a desk doubling as a headboard (and translucent vaselike desk lamps doubling as reading lights) and drawers tucked under the mattress -- like a deluxe camp site, said the owner, Shahé Kalaidjian.
Or, if it is a taller fireplace that has been sealed off, place your bed up against it, letting the moulding of the fireplace act as a headboard.
It showed off both the building's architectural features, with exposed brick and ironwork, as well as its original purpose, with a headboard made out of a colorful collage of fabrics.
In the bedroom, he also built a wall of closets to replace the one lost to the bath, and he designed a headboard for storage, as well as attractive covers for the radiators.
In the principal bedroom is a custom-made cherry-wood storage unit that doubles both as wardrobe space and a headboard.
For beds, the Headboard Workshop will work with your fabric (or multiple fabrics), and also makes walls of upholstery that serve as a huge headboard, just like those seen in many high-end properties.
She carried boxes of books, a headboard, a coffee table.
