Custom Bed Headboards for Dona Paula.

Bedrooms in Dona Paula's villas are big enough for a headboard to become the whole wall behind the bed: full width, with reading lights, switches and sockets set into it. Settle where each one goes with the electrician ahead of the upholstery work, because moving a socket afterwards means remaking a section. Two local conditions shape the rest. These rooms are bright, with glazing to the floor, so a board in the path of direct sun wants fade-resistant fabric, or leather kept conditioned. And where the bed wall faces the sea, mount the panels slightly proud of the plaster with sealed backing, so that any damp in a salt-laden wall can dry out behind them.

• Master bedrooms in villas: a full-wall panelled headboard with built-in lights and sockets, planned with the electrician.
• Penthouse rooms with floor-to-ceiling glass: a wingback or tall panelled headboard in fade-resistant fabric, wherever the afternoon sun reaches the bed wall.
• Guest bedrooms on the seaward side: leatherette or synthetic weave on a sealed board, fixed a little off the wall.