I make headboards by hand,
and I have for as long as I can remember.
Sempiternal Home is not a brand, exactly. It's a small atelier — one woman, one worktable, one bolt of linen at a time.
I came to upholstery the long way: a grandmother who kept her own linens pressed and folded, an apprenticeship that began in a friend's workshop and never quite ended. Today I make four to six headboards a month, no more. Each one passes through a single pair of hands — mine — from the first sketch to the last covered button.
What I want to make is the kind of piece that gets handed down. A bed that becomes the centre of the room, and stays there. A headboard you'll still love when the rest of the bedroom has been redone twice over. Something sempiternal — which is the loveliest old word for lasting.
Three quiet commitments
Made by hand
No factory floor, no production line. Each piece is shaped, stitched, and tufted by a single pair of hands.
Made to last
Hardwood frames, eight-way hand-tied padding, couture-grade cloth. The kind of build that outlasts the trends.
Made for you
Every piece — even the ones from the collection — is finished to your specific room, your fabric, your bed.
I would rather make a few pieces, slowly and well, than many pieces, quickly and forgettably.— The maker