At Big Cedar Furniture (510 South Main Street; 979-364-3722; bigceDavid Dicksoncom), David Dickson, a lumberman-turned-artisan, sells custom headboards, chairs and lamps made from trees cut within a 40-mile radius of Calvert.
The oversized custom headboards (reminiscent of backgammon boards) are fashioned from Calico walnut and leather, and the Waldorf Astoria beds provide both support and comfort.
During West Elm's sale, which runs through March 21, all bedroom furniture, including custom upholstered headboards in 30 fabrics, bed frames, dressers and bedside tables, is 15 percent off, both online and in stores (the Serpentine Storage six-drawer dresser, originally about $800, is about $680; the Ellipse metal canopy bed, regularly about $500 to $800, is about $425 to $680).
The hosts Jason Cameron and Tony Siragusa turn his unfinished basement into a bedroom and lounge for Mr. Humphries and his buddies, installing a kegerator, a dry bar and a king-size bed with an upholstered headboard custom-made to fit the 6-foot-9 basketball player.
Every detail is considered across the 100 guest rooms and suites like the glossy teak flooring, leather-upholstered blue and caramel headboards, custom-made Italian furniture by Tedeschi in shades of airy blue, crisp Italian linens by Casa Rovea, and every room from standard to presidential flaunts a private terrace.
The rugs are sold at Todd Alexander Romano in New York, and Nathan Turner in Los Angeles, while the headboards can be custom ordered.
J.C. Penney offers the Rhonda buttoned headboard, which can be custom-made in a variety of fabrics, for $299 to $449, depending on the size (800-322-1189 or jcpenney.com).com
Size notwithstanding, my cozy room was well designed and gave off the vibe of a futuristic ship cabin with all the wood, its stylish custom bed with light switches embedded in the headboard and a gently curving backboard that extended almost up to the ceiling and over the length of the bed.
The rustic wooden furniture is custom-made, and the headboards are embedded with the Hobbit House logo, a hobbit door with a red light — and on the headboards, it's a real red light.
The master suite centers on a custom bed with nightstands and lighting built into the wooden headboard and space-saving drawers around the base, similar to those Santalla created for the Flint Hill Public House.
In addition to the 13 bins paid for with funds from the beverage contract, several campus organizations, including Cal Dining, have ordered the custom-designed units independently, adding their own logo to the headboard, says Walsh.
