Rat-a-tan-tan

Today Molly from The Nesting Game is sharing something she spied on the side of the road over this past holiday weekend. When reading this post initially, seeing the first image, I have to say I wasn't so sure I'd be convinced to feel some love for a rattan headboard any time soon. However, by the end of the post I was starting to think there is indeed some charm to be had here! Read on, and then please share with us your opinion! Rattan or not to rattan?

I love a good upholstered headboard as much as the next design blogger. I have one myself! But while out and about on Memorial Day weekend, I drove past one of these, leaning against a vintage store I'd never been in before. I literally drove back around the block to check it out. (And yet, I didn't take a picture. Go figure.)

Wicker Living

Maybe it was the fact that it was the unofficial first day of summer, but something about this headboard struck me as so fresh. I immediately wanted to snap it up, run home, and paint my guest room a bright blue. Or green. Maybe coral. Or paper it in this:

Beverly Hills Hotel

Rat-a-tan-tan, image found via Apartment Therapy

Luxury, Dahling.

Turns out, I am not alone. The white rattan isn't for the faint of heart, and it probably won't be making its way into a Crate & Barrel catalog anytime soon, but it can be chic and streamlined as long as you let it be the star.

Here it is against a soft mint green:

Hot Pink & Amazing

With some chinoiserie cool colors:

Coastal Living

With some 70's floral flair:

Desire to Inspire

Montana Burnett gave a rattan screen new life as a headboard:

Decor Pad

And perhaps the reason I love it in the first place: in Susan's Monterey ranch bedroom in pretty much the best movie ever, The Parent Trap.

via Hooked on Houses

What do you think? Would you have stopped the car for this headboard too? Or not be able to drive away fast enough?