A headboard in Sangolda is usually one part of a planned bedroom, and it is worth choosing with the curtains and the bedside furniture in front of you. The inland air suits fabric: linen blends and velvets stay fresh here in a way they would not beside the sea, provided they can be vacuumed. New villas have bedrooms large enough for a full-wall panel carrying lights and sockets, and the electrician should know the positions before upholstery begins. In the old family houses the bed itself may be an heirloom. Its carved frame can be kept, with a padded panel fitted inside it or the cane renewed, and nothing cut or drilled.
- Villa main bedrooms: a wide velvet or linen-blend headboard with integrated reading lights, drawn up together with the wall finish.
- Carved old beds in family houses: an upholstered insert sized to the existing frame, removable without marking the wood.
- Row-house bedrooms: a button-tufted or wingback headboard fixed to the bed, in a fabric taken from the same range as the curtains.
Sangolda is a village along the road from Porvorim towards Saligao and Calangute. That road is known for its furniture, antique and lifestyle stores, and the village behind it has old houses, a chapel-dotted landscape and new villa developments.
Sangolda homes are a mix of old family houses and newer villas and row houses, many owned by people with an interest in design, given what the main road sells. Furnishing tends to be considered and coordinated.
The village is inland on gently rising ground. There is no salt, moderate humidity, and good shade from trees. Houses on the main road get dust.