Spotted, admired, coveted recently: painted silhouette-cutout headboards, in projects as diverse as Ilse Crawford's Das Kranzbach hotel in the Bavarian alps to a rustic bedroom in rural Sweden.

Above: A bedroom in Sweden, via My Scandinavian Retreat.

Above: A fanciful headboard and Flanelle pillows in a bedroom by architect Sabrina Bignami of B-Arch Studio in Prato, Italy.

Above: A bedroom at the hotel and spa resort at Das Kranzbach, designed by Ilse Crawford. 

Above: An attic bedroom in Suffolk, England, via Light Locations.

Above: A headboard made from a repurposed antique footboard painted white; spotted on Lake Jane.

Above: Cote Bastide's classic headboard painted French gray.