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The Wicklow headboard in a characterful patterned fabric, styled with linen bedding in a calm, daylit bedroom

Handmade in Wicklow, Ireland

Made by hand, made to be yours.

Bespoke upholstered pieces for your space, crafted to order in Wicklow. Beginning with headboards.

A more considered home

A home should feel like somewhere you never want to leave. The pieces you choose are what make a space yours, the things you notice first and keep longest.

This is a quieter, more considered way to furnish a room. Not chosen from a shelf, but drawn, cut and upholstered by hand, for your space, in the fabric you choose.

Fabric being cut by hand in the Wicklow workshop
Timber being sawn for a headboard frame
Finished headboards in the family workshop

Craftsmanship

Handmade in Ireland

Every Heron Design piece is made to order in our family workshop. From cutting the timber to applying the final fabric, each stage is completed by hand.

It's slower this way. It's also how a piece comes to feel like yours, something to keep, and one day to pass on.

How it works

Three quiet steps

  1. 01

    Choose your design

    Start with one of three hand-drawn shapes, the Burren, the Wicklow or the Adare.

  2. 02

    Choose your fabric

    Natural linens, patterned linens and cotton tickings. Order samples to be sure.

  3. 03

    We make it to order

    Cut, built and upholstered by hand in our Wicklow workshop. Ready in 4 to 6 weeks.

Real homes

Loved in Your Home

Every Heron Design piece is made to order for its new home. Here's a small selection of customer spaces.

Burgundy velvet Adare headboard with pale piping in a customer bedroom

Customer Home

The Adare upholstered in Linwood Omega IV Velvet, finished with Elba Linen piping.

The velvet Adare headboard styled with white bedding in a customer home

Customer Home

Another view of the same made-to-order Adare in its new home.

Bespoke Adare variation in blue Barbados fabric in a customer bedroom

Bespoke Design

Inspired by our Adare silhouette and upholstered in Linwood Barbados.

The Heron community

Follow the journey from the workshop.

Join a growing community putting their own stamp on their homes. We share new fabrics, finished pieces and life in the Wicklow workshop.

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  • A made bed with a handmade headboard
  • The Wicklow headboard in patterned fabric
  • The Adare headboard in Barbados linen
  • The Burren headboard with linen bedding
  • Lydia with a velvet Adare headboard
  • A curved headboard with an open book
Handmade storage ottoman in blue geometric fabric

New to the collection

Storage, made to live beautifully.

Meet the Achill, an upholstered storage ottoman made by hand in our Wicklow workshop and finished in the fabric you choose.

Explore storage ottomans →
The Adare headboard in deep copper rose velvet, the centrepiece of a calm bedroom

Create a space you'll never want to leave.