Coniston Beds

There's a middle ground between high-shine velvet and deep, soft chenille — and that's where Coniston beds belong. Coniston is a woven fabric family with genuine surface texture: a structured, matt weave that adds depth and interest to an upholstered bed without the gloss of velvet or the fuzzy pile of chenille. If you want a bed that feels crafted and considered rather than plush or shiny, Coniston is the fabric to look at first.

Where Coniston sits in the range

Coniston is one of seven fabric families offered by Adeline Waterson, alongside Plush Velvet, Crushed Velvet, Crushed Ice, Chenille, Naples and Dumfries. It shares the matt, woven character of Naples but brings more visible texture to the surface — the weave reads as part of the design rather than receding into a flat finish.

That texture is genuinely useful in a bedroom. It softens large expanses of fabric on a tall headboard, breaks up flat colour on side rails and footends, and gives the whole bed a more substantial, made-feeling presence. In a room with other textured elements — a wool throw, linen-look curtains or a woven rug — a Coniston bed ties those materials together.

Coniston across the bed range

Because Coniston is a fabric option rather than a bed type, it's available across the construction families:

• Upholstered bed frames — headboard, side rails and footend upholstered in Coniston.
• Divan beds — a upholstered base with optional drawers, paired with a matching Coniston headboard.
• Ottoman storage beds — a gas-lift base lifting from the footend, finished throughout in Coniston.
• Luxury headboards — a standalone Coniston headboard to upgrade an existing base.

Choice: sizes, colours, storage and headboards

Every Coniston bed is made to order, with the fabric as the first of several decisions:

• Size — Single 3ft, Small Double 4ft, Double 4ft6, King 5ft and Super King 6ft.
• Colour — Coniston is offered across the colour palette, from grey, silver and cream through to navy, blue, green, mustard, beige, teal, maroon, mocha and mink.
• Storage — gas-lift ottoman storage (end lift) for the full compartment, or divan drawer storage in 2-drawer, 4-drawer and footend options.
• Headboard — 48", 54" floor-standing or 60" tall, in styles including winged and wingback, buttoned, diamond-buttoned, chesterfield, sleigh, stud and panel.

How to choose a Coniston bed

Coniston suits buyers who want texture without sheen. In a contemporary bedroom, a Coniston frame in a neutral grey, mink or beige gives you a calm base that still has visual interest up close. In a more traditional room, Coniston pairs well with buttoned and chesterfield headboard styles, where the weave adds depth around the tufting.

On storage, think about how you use the space. An ottoman Coniston bed lifts from the footend to reveal the whole under-mattress area — useful in smaller rooms where wardrobe space is tight. Divan drawers keep storage reachable at the sides or footend and suit buyers who'd rather not lift the mattress each time.

On headboard height, a 54" floor-standing or 60" tall headboard makes the most of Coniston's texture, giving the weave a larger canvas. A 48" headboard is the lower, more understated option for rooms where you don't want the bed to dominate.

Why Adeline Waterson

Every Coniston bed is made to order in the UK and delivered across the UK. You choose the fabric, colour, size, storage and headboard, and the bed is built to those choices rather than taken from stock. A 10-year warranty upgrade is available, and the full set of UK sizes — from a spare-room Single to a master Super King — comes from the same range.

Explore the Coniston beds below, filter by size and storage, and find the combination that fits your bedroom.