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Tufted King Beds

Orlando white velvet king bed with a channel-tufted wingback headboard and its LED strip lit, in a bedroom

A tufted king bed has a padded headboard stitched down in a pattern, with buttons, diamonds, squares or vertical channels. We have nineteen, fifteen for a 76 x 80 inch king mattress and four for a 72 x 84 inch California king, and fifteen need no box spring, as their makers say.

The tufting changes the look more than the size: deep diamonds look formal and traditional, while rows of buttons, square panels and vertical channels look plainer and more modern. Each product page gives the outside size and the fabric. For every padded headboard, tufted or plain, see our upholstered king beds, and for velvet only, our velvet king beds.

Checking the wall space first? Our guide to headboard sizes gives the widths and heights.

Comparing every headboard type? See our king bed frames with headboard.

In California king, the Healdsburg has a 58 inch gray diamond-tufted headboard and the Modesto a 54 inch headboard with a beige faux leather panel, diamond-stitched with buttons.

Other tufting styles: button tufting on the Nashville, a gray panel in a brown wood frame; square tufts on the 50 inch Carmel and on the Fremont California king; and diamond tufting from headboard to footboard on the Mystic canopy bed.

Related styles: wingback king beds and velvet king beds.

For a tufted king sleigh bed, pick the Natchez in velvet, the Lafayette in gray velvet or the carved Stamford in antique brown faux leather.

If the tufted bed you like asks for support underneath, our guide helps you choose between a box spring or foundation.

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At a glance

Models
19, from $359.99
Mattress size
King 76 x 80 in or California king 72 x 84 in (see each frame)
Outside width
74.8 to 92 in
Headboard height
38 to 87.4 in
Delivery
Free shipping — we email your delivery date within 1 business day.
Box spring
Not needed on 15 of 19 models

Sizes are the makers' figures, listed on each product page.

Sizing and buying guides

Before you choose

Which tufted king bed for you?

Diamond tufting

Diamond tufting pulls the padding into deep diamonds held by buttons. The Charlotte is a cream velvet king bed with a diamond-tufted wingback headboard and a scalloped footboard tufted to match. The Natchez is a sleigh bed in beige or black velvet whose headboard curves forward at the sides. The Mystic is a black canopy bed covered in diamond-tufted flannelette from headboard to footboard, posts and top rails included. The Richmond is a formal dark brown faux leather bed with deep diamond tufting and nailhead trim, 76 inches tall.

Buttons in rows

The cheapest tufted bed here is the Augusta, a black low post bed with a cream diamond-tufted headboard; next comes the Mobile, with two rows of buttons on a gray linen headboard. The Santa Fe adds a button-tufted linen headboard to an all-metal frame with an LED strip and four drawers. The Beaumont frames a diamond-tufted gray faux leather panel with an LED strip in a white bed. The Lafayette is a gray velvet sleigh bed with deep button tufting and silver nailhead trim. The Nashville sets a single row of buttons in gray fabric inside an open brown wood surround, and the Stamford a button-tufted faux leather panel under a carved crest.

Square tufting

Square tufting divides the headboard into a grid. The Austin has a 49 inch gray panel with square button tufting on splayed wooden legs, and the Carmel a 50 inch headboard in a gray linen blend quilted into square tufts, over a padded base that sits low on the floor. Two California king beds use the same grid: the Sonoma, a light gray fabric headboard in a gray-washed rubberwood frame, and the Fremont, light gray linen-look fabric with padded rails.

Channel tufting

Channel tufting runs the stitching in vertical lines instead of points. The Biloxi pairs a white channel tufted headboard and padded white rails with a slim black metal four-post canopy frame, 77.7 inches tall.

Velvet, linen or faux leather

Four beds are in velvet (Charlotte, Lafayette, Natchez, Orlando), three in linen or a linen blend (Mobile, Santa Fe, Carmel) and three in faux leather (Richmond, Stamford, and the Modesto California king). The Mystic is in flannelette; the Nashville, the Austin, the Sonoma and the Fremont are in polyester, and for the Healdsburg and the Biloxi the makers say fabric without naming it. Two more California king beds have diamond tufting: the Healdsburg, gray fabric framed by pale cream wood, and the Modesto, a beige faux leather panel in a light brown farmhouse frame.

Size, support and delivery

Outside, these frames measure 74.8 to 92 inches wide and 83 to 98.5 inches long, and they stand 38 to 87.4 inches tall. Fifteen carry the mattress on slats and need no box spring, as their makers say; the Richmond needs a box spring or bunkie board, and the Healdsburg, the Modesto and the Stamford a box spring or foundation. Thirteen come by carrier to your door, in 1 to 3 boxes. The Austin, the Nashville, the Mystic, the Stamford, the Carmel and the Richmond come by freight truck.

The 19 tufted beds side by side

BedTuftingUpholsterySizeOutside (W x L)HeightBox spring
Augustadiamondcream fabricKing76.4 x 83.7 in51.2 inNot needed
Mobilebuttons, 2 rowsgray linenKing80.5 x 87 in46 inNot needed
Charlottediamondcream velvetKing77.91 x 84.33 in48.35 inNot needed
Santa Febuttonsgray linenKing78.9 x 87.7 in41.7 inNot needed
Orlandochannelwhite, light gray or black velvetKing78 x 84.4 in47.2 inNot needed
Biloxichannelwhite fabricKing79.29 x 83 in77.7 inNot needed
Natchezdiamondbeige or black velvetKing80 x 86.75 in43.25 inNot needed
Beaumontdiamondgray faux leatherKing78 x 84 in43 inNot needed
Sonomasquarelight gray polyesterCalifornia king74.8 x 87.99 in47.24 inNot needed
Fremontsquarelight gray polyesterCalifornia king76.25 x 91.5 in38 inNot needed
Lafayettebuttons, nailhead trimgray velvetKing84 x 98.5 in53.5 inNot needed
Healdsburgdiamondgray fabricCalifornia king79 x 91 in58 inBox spring or foundation
Modestodiamondbeige faux leatherCalifornia king79.5 x 95.75 in54 inBox spring or foundation
Austinsquare, buttonsgray polyesterKing78 x 87 in49 inNot needed
Nashvillebuttons, 1 rowgray polyesterKing81 x 84 in46 inNot needed
Mysticdiamondblack flanneletteKing83.6 x 88.3 in87.4 inNot needed
Stamfordbuttonsfaux leatherKing84.25 x 92.5 in73 inBox spring or foundation
Carmelsquaregray linen blendKing87 x 91 in50 inNot needed
Richmonddiamond, nailhead trimdark brown faux leatherKing92 x 97 in76 inBox spring or bunkie board

Sizes and figures are the makers' own, as listed on each product page, where you will also find the materials.

Tufted king beds: questions people ask

What is a tufted bed?

A bed whose padded headboard is stitched or buttoned down at regular points, so the fabric forms a pattern: diamonds, squares, rows of buttons or vertical channels. Some, like the Charlotte, the Natchez and the Richmond, are tufted on the footboard too.

What is the difference between diamond and channel tufting?

Diamond tufting pins the padding at points, usually with buttons, so it puffs up between them in diamonds: it is the classic, formal look, as on the Richmond. Channel tufting stitches it in straight vertical lines, with no buttons, for a smoother, more modern look, as on the Biloxi.

What is the cheapest tufted king bed?

The Augusta, a black low post bed with a diamond-tufted cream headboard and slats included. Next come the Mobile and the Charlotte.

Do tufted king beds need a box spring?

Fifteen of our nineteen do not, as their makers say: they come with slats. The Richmond needs a box spring or a bunkie board, and the Healdsburg, the Modesto and the Stamford a box spring or a foundation; each product page says so.

Do you have a tufted California king bed?

Yes, four: the Sonoma and the Fremont with square tufting, and the Healdsburg and the Modesto with diamond tufting. All our California king frames are in our California king collection.

Which tufted king bed has a velvet headboard?

Four: the white, light gray or black Orlando, the cream Charlotte, the gray Lafayette and the beige or black Natchez. You will find all our velvet frames in velvet king beds.

Is there a tufted king bed with storage?

The Santa Fe has a button-tufted linen headboard and four drawers under the frame, two per side. For more, see our king bed frames with drawers.

How are tufted king beds delivered?

Thirteen come by carrier to your door in 1 to 3 boxes. Six heavier beds come by freight truck. Shipping is free to the lower 48 states and Washington, DC.

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