Category: wallpaper

How to Pick Wallpaper for Your Living Room

By Hunter Boyce From Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wallpaper is back in a big way this year, and that means it’s finding its way into every room. Many homeowners are beginning to experiment with bringing wallpaper into the living room for a more vibrant and varied aesthetic, so the interior design pros are offering their advice to…


Install Beadboard Wallpaper

Wallpaper that looks like beadboard paneling is a clever way to add charm and texture to an ordinary room. This lookalike wallcovering is a less expensive upgrade and easier to install than beadboard paneling, a pricey improvement that requires carpentry tools, not to mention carpentry skills. The beadboard wall covering makes any room more appealing…


Wallpaper Isn’t Your Enemy Anymore. It’s Back in Style Once Again

Copyright Kaitlyn Keegan From Hartford Courant Over the years, wallpaper has been all the rage. Step into a house renovated from the 1950s to early 1990s, there is probably a lot of wallpaper. Current generations remember the sticky, smelly glue that soaked into your sheetrock and ruined anything it touched. As we turned into the…


How to Wow With Wallpaper

By Cathy Hobbs From Tribune News Service In case you haven’t noticed, wallpaper is back — and it appears that it’s here to stay. A signature staple in the ’70s, wallpaper later fell from favor. Labeled “dated,” those looking for bold color opted for painted accent walls instead of wallpaper. These days, wallpaper can be…


If Walls Could Dream

With the right decor, a room can be an experience, breathtaking and transportive. The master artisans at de Gournay, the world-famous British luxury interiors company, delight in curating these experiences. Delivering exquisitely hand-painted, custom-made wallpapers that fit a room like a couture dress, they’re reviving a pre-industrial Chinese art form—the laborious process that produces the…


Select the Perfect Wallpaper

The wall covering you choose can make a room appear bigger, warmer and brighter (or vice versa) and even hide imperfect elements. So it makes sense to spend a little time consider the best option for your walls and for your house. Take a cue from color. Color can set the mood in a room….


Chinoiserie: Reimagining the East

How the whimsical, hand-painted wallcoverings have captured the imagination of artists and homeowners for centuries Precious exotic items from China, such as fine porcelain, silks, and lacquer panels started to trickle into Europe beginning in the early 16th century. These decorative items quickly gained popularity with Europe’s aristocracy. By the late 18th century, nearly all…