Custom Bed Headboards for Old Goa.

Which wall the bed stands against decides most of this in Old Goa. Walls near the Mandovi carry moisture, and thick upholstery held tight to an outer one can grow mould where nobody looks. Stand the padding off the plaster on battens so that air gets round the back, or let the bed carry its own headboard, and choose leatherette or a close synthetic cloth that a damp sponge will clean. In the older houses of the wards there may be a carved wooden bed that should stay as it is; a cushioned pad shaped to the old bedhead gives comfort and leaves the carving alone. Larger bedrooms in the colonies can give a wide panelled design an inner wall.

• Bedrooms on outside walls: a leatherette headboard held off the plaster by battens, so the reverse can breathe through the wet months.
• Old carved beds in ward houses: a removable cushioned pad shaped to the bedhead and tied on, with no screws into old timber.
• Roomy bedrooms in the colonies: a wide panelled headboard on an inner wall, in a wipeable synthetic weave.