Made to Order

Harper

Winged headboard with large flutes. Hand built in Britain, with a 15 year frame guarantee.

£3,049
Built for you, estimated delivery

1Fabric

Colour on screen is never the same as in your room.Order swatches →

4Feet

5Delivery

6Add a mattress

Optional. Choose a range, then pick one mattress — we add it in the bed size you selected.

Fast Track Production +£300
Your bed moves to the front of the build queue and is with you within two weeks. Same makers, same checks.
Mainland UK addresses only

Your specification

Change your specification free of charge within 24 hours of ordering.

Made in Britain
15 year guarantee
90-Night Comfort Exchange
Delivered by our own team
The design

Harper

Floor-to-ceiling fluting flanked by tall side wings. The Harper makes the wall behind the bed.

The Harper is the most architectural headboard in the range. The central panel is fluted in deep vertical channels that run the full height of the headboard, framed on either side by tall plain wings that extend forward at right angles to the bed. The wings are nearly the same height as the central panel, so the whole structure reads as a three-piece architectural backdrop rather than a conventional headboard.

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This is the bed for a high-ceilinged room. Period drawing rooms, country house bedrooms, listed buildings with cornicing and ceiling roses. The Harper is sized for those proportions. In a low-ceilinged modern room it will overwhelm the wall, which is why we recommend measuring carefully before ordering.

The footboard is low and rolled, the legs short turned dark wood. Available exclusively as a non storage frame. The headboard height and wing structure are designed to be seen on legs, and the proportions don't translate to a flush-to-floor base.

If you've been looking at headboards from Sweetpea & Willow or Darlings of Chelsea in this style and finding them either underbuilt or wildly overpriced, the Harper is the answer. Same architectural ambition, our manufacturing.

Crafted not assembled. Handmade to order in our British workshop by the same craftspeople who have supplied Britain's leading bed retailers for over two decades, in a family business making furniture since 1968. Solid FSC beech frame. Fluted panels hand-stitched channel by channel. Slats 3cm apart, rated for our heaviest natural-fill mattresses. 15 year frame guarantee. Delivered and installed by our own team, not a courier.

Made your way. Choose from over 100 fabrics across velvets, linens, bouclés and weaves. Available from Double to Emperor, including European King. Bespoke sizing on request.

Want to see it first? Order swatches before you commit, 50p each. The image shows a soft mushroom velvet, but the same shape carries deep heritage tones, navy, espresso, oxblood, cream linen.

Harper. Floor-to-ceiling fluting, tall wings, made in Britain.

The mattress sits inside the frame, so the upholstered side rails show along each edge. The rails frame the mattress and give the bed its full upholstered depth.

Harper
Step three, explained properly

Five bases. One decision that changes the room.

The base changes the height, the floor line and how much you can store. Non storage sits on legs. Every storage and adjustable base sits flush to the floor. Tap a base to choose it.

Why it takes five weeks

Your bed does not exist yet. That is the point.

Nothing sits in a warehouse waiting for you. Once you order, your frame is cut, upholstered and checked by hand in our British workshop, in your fabric and your size.

Honest pricing

One price ladder. No sales.

We do not discount, so the price you see today is the price everyone pays. Every size and base adds a fixed amount, shown here in full.

To scale

Will it fit?

Your selectionStandard Double for reference

Getting it into your room

The headboard is the largest single piece.

  • The side rails, base and platform are smaller parts, each packed separately, and our team assembles them in your room.
  • If we cannot get your bed into the room on delivery day, you can cancel your order, so you can buy without the worry.
  • Tight stairs? Send a photo of your staircase, landing and doorway to sales@thesleepco.com and we will check before we cut.

Which mattress fits?

Made to order, still covered

Bespoke does not mean you carry the risk.

15

Year guarantee

On the frame of every bed we make, including the ones built in your own choice of fabric.

90

Night Comfort Exchange

Made to order beds included. If it is not right within 90 nights, talk to us about an exchange.

24

Hours to change your mind

Change your size, base or fabric free of charge within 24 hours of ordering.

Gee Golisz, Founder
A note on the Harper
“I drew the Harper for tall rooms that swallow an ordinary headboard. The wings and flutes are sized to hold a high wall, so please measure before you fall for it.”
Gee Golisz, Founder
Before you order

Questions about made to order

Why does it take five weeks?

Your bed is built after you order it, in your fabric and your size. The 25 working days cover cutting, framing, upholstery, a final inspection and booking your delivery slot.

Can I get it sooner?

Add Fast Track Production for £300 and your bed moves to the front of the build queue, with delivery within two weeks. Fast Track is available to mainland UK addresses only. If you need a bed within days, our Quick Ship range holds a small number of finished beds ready to go.

Can I change my order?

Yes. Change your size, base, fabric or feet free of charge within 24 hours of ordering. After that your fabric is cut and the build has started.

Will it fit up my stairs?

Your bed arrives in separate parts, the headboard, the base and the fittings, and our team assembles it in your room. The headboard is the largest single piece. If access is tight, send a photo of your stairs, landing and doorway to sales@thesleepco.com and we will check before we cut.

What if it is not right for me?

Every bed carries our 90-Night Comfort Exchange, made to order beds included. Because your bed is built for you, it cannot be returned for a refund unless it is faulty or not what you ordered. If it arrives faulty, we put it right at our cost.

How is it delivered?

By our own team, not a courier. Choose drop off or two man installation above and we will not ask again at checkout.