Dare to Commit to Brilliant, Bold Wallpaper
Why not let your walls tell everyone about the things you love most in life?
I am an architectural design writer who often focuses on how environment can affect behavior. Before consulting privately, I received my MA in writing and ran a design boutique in Los Angeles.
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After recently checking out Paris-born artist Alix Soubiran’s magnificent home and wall designs, I am newly in love with wallpaper. Loving texture and blacks/whites/mahoganies, I sometimes turn away from the idea of wallpaper because of its bold statement and requirement to commit.
I need an attitude adjustment. Wallpaper can immediately infuse a home with personality — it can turn a home with mediocre architectural structure into a completely pleasant atmosphere, and a home with great bones into a masterpiece. And there’s hope for those who, because of renting or the (ahem) fear of such large commitment, want less permanent wallpaper. Check out, for instance, Tempaper’s self-adhesive temporary wallpaper. And (key point for me): Wallpaper can have stark and bright color like this first photo or be bold and memorable through texture and pattern as much as through color.
Yet why not fully commit to a paper that will have you walking into the room simply to view it and smile? Why not commit? Why not let your walls say, this is what you love, this is who you are. Take a look at how each of these spaces have been made into their own little wonderful worlds, through their walls.
I need an attitude adjustment. Wallpaper can immediately infuse a home with personality — it can turn a home with mediocre architectural structure into a completely pleasant atmosphere, and a home with great bones into a masterpiece. And there’s hope for those who, because of renting or the (ahem) fear of such large commitment, want less permanent wallpaper. Check out, for instance, Tempaper’s self-adhesive temporary wallpaper. And (key point for me): Wallpaper can have stark and bright color like this first photo or be bold and memorable through texture and pattern as much as through color.
Yet why not fully commit to a paper that will have you walking into the room simply to view it and smile? Why not commit? Why not let your walls say, this is what you love, this is who you are. Take a look at how each of these spaces have been made into their own little wonderful worlds, through their walls.
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by Faiella Design
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| While the calm neutrals throughout this loft bedroom would offer a calm vibe, this wallpaper turns the space into a memorable piece of art. |
The white background of this wallpaper opens up this small nursery while providing detail and eliminating the need for more stuff around the room. Sometimes it only takes one wall.
by Amoroso Design
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This bold and elegant wallpaper beautifully finishes this dining room and pulls together the various shades of slate and black. Bold doesn't have to mean super colorful.
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| This red wallpaper provides the continuity of red throughout this parlor. Why not just paint the wall red? Paper can provide subtle texture and pattern as well as color. |
Wallpaper need not cover an entire room to make a bold statement. This section of covered wall provides a substantial backing for this unusual and beautiful Euro-chic bed.
by huntley & co
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This simple bathroom becomes almost a gallery with its textured striped wallpaper, not to mention the sink, hardware and mirror. Wow.
by mymodernmet.com
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Kate Spade is for the bold, and her shop exemplifies the energy and brilliance of chic wallpaper. The pattern continues across the floor. Touches of the colors appear throughout, balanced by white.
This pattern is disproportionately large for this small bathroom space, which completely makes the space and adds an elegant element of surprise.
by Niche Interiors
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Niche Interiors, one of my favorite groups on Houzz, show their functional chic style once again with this bathroom. Without adding anything that obstructs the function of this narrow bathroom, this space shows that even the toilet room can be fabulous.
I'm not the only one who adores this wallpaper for its marriage of Eastern and midcentury modern sensibilities, for its ability to shock and yet provide a consistent background for the sleek sideboard and mirror. Bravo wallpaper!
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Ideabook updated on April 18, 2012.
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To Becky-Congratulations! Glad to hear you're making progress overcoming your wallpaper commitmentphobia!