Or Osbourne & little. These are darker that l picked and the stars are ceiling paper. They have thousands of colorways of course but are perhaps more classic for your home. I can understand you wanting to go light of course, but the lighter paper in there now doesn’t seem to work that well .

I know a lot of people have mentioned Zuber (swoon❤️), sadly it's not in my budget.

I wouldn’t do Zune’s in here as much as I love it. Not really the right look for this room and you needn’t spend that much! The woodwork is the show here; not the wallpaper.

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Candice, I hear you! Go to www.yrmural.com. They do the same wall paper for 1/10th the price. I haven’t priced the Zuber look alike, but take measurements of your dining room wall space and layout and they can tell you up front the estimate without getting your hopes up. The mock ups of wallpaper in this post were all from yrmural NOT Zuber.

Auto correct strikes again! I meant Zuber!;)

Candice, so after reading your post, I am chuckling because I am going to show you the wallpaper I put in my dining room next to the woodwork I have. I love Zuber too, but wanted something much more calming in my dining room. This is cork wallpaper.

Bellburgmaggie it is beautiful! Would you mind if I ask you what materials you have for a dining room table and chairs? Is it a mix of wood and fabric? If fabric, how light did you go? I'm wondering if I'm just so hyper-focused on the walls and the wood and not factoring in how the furniture, accents and art will transform the room. I lack imagination ;)

I just moved from a house that did not have a formal dining room so we are currently using a set we had in our kitchen which is [more] dark wood. So there is no break of wood. It's just layers and layers and layers of wood...you get my point! So basically I need to start from scratch in this room. New table, chairs...everything! I thought starting with the wallcovering would be the best way to start but maybe I have it wrong. Any advice?

It’s all the other things that you add that will provide the sparkle and the light! I would go for drama!

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The answer to the posted question is NEVER EVER paint any of the trim in that house!

And then of course some plants to add life;)

Lynartist a million thanks for the inspiration!

My pleasure;)! The lighting is Visual Comfort. The Mirror ChelseaHouse, the table Jonathan Charles .

Oh, and the chair is Hooker furniture.

I love O&L papers...the Maharani paper is in our powder room and still makes me swoon. But I think you're looking to lighten and tone this room down, so I'll offer the counterpoint to the other great suggestions:

Wallpaper: Schumacher Haruki Sisal in Driftwood

Carpet: Casa Florentina hand knotted rug

Lighting: Mia Medium Barrel Chandelier in hand-rubbed antique brass by John Rosseli (at Circa Lighting)

Love the wood detail. I think you could just paint the walls a pale blue to brighten it up. All this heavy paper is going to make it seem darker.

Here is the room with the grass cloth you liked. Repainted ceiling.

I don't think grasscloth is the way to go.

Candice, no problem. I have similar issues to you in that my house is super traditional with mahogany doors, a winding staircase, etc. I wanted to go lighter, calm and less fussy (more modern) but nodding to my past (what I inherited) and to my future (less stuff and more youthful). I will have to go home and pull the wallpaper out of the box to tell you who it is from because I cannot remember. The photos were taken at night and before the drapes went up, but here you go! I actually did my dining chairs in an Endelmann hide on hair snow leopard print. It’s fun in the summer when everyone is wearing shorts! I have also rotated out the rug to a softer green and put that rug in the living room. I found the chandelier at a antique resale shop. I really wanted a modern chandelier, but the one I picked out was $16,000 and I said forget it and found this one for $2,000 - kind of Russian looking. But where I had to bite the bullet was getting LED canned lights installed in the corners and washing the walls in the dining room with LED light. It made a HUGE difference in how the room feels at night. Mind you everything is on dimmers for control. Even if you have to take the ceiling out get good lighting installed in that room - you will so fall in love with the woodwork. I had to take the ceilings out in my dining room pull the cabinet out and reinstall and it was a dust mess. But I swear good lighting is the key to enjoying these homes not white paint.

That Circa chandelier is to die for.

I love Fornasetti anything. How about this paper. With that circa fixture or a classic Murano chandelier?

bellbrug,,,36K?? lol. someone must really love wallpaper to pay that amount. as frequently as I like to switch out colors and decor, that would be a very bad investment for me.

Here you go Hartman & Forbes & Fabricut.

When you are installing exquisite wall coverings such as Zuber, Gracie, Fromental you are in another league. These papers are used in the great houses of America such as the White House and of Europe. For instance the Italian leather wallcovering in Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey) is not something one changes out. Nor is the historical Zuber commissioned for the White House. Many of these high quality papers were installed in historic homes from New York to the antebellum south. One does not redecorate great houses based upon fad because exquisite taste never goes out of style.

One way to break from tradition is to install a less traditional chandelier. I bid on the large CJ Weinstein starburst chandelier that displayed at the Chicago Exposition but did not get it. The bidding got over my threshold. I wanted it for my entry. My ceiling in my dining is too low, but had I had high ceiling like yours I would have also considered a Chihuly styled piece. And before you scream I cant afford that .....the Chihuly look alikes are from Ebay and are affordable. It will all depend on your paper and how you want to play the room. And of course what inspires you. Food for thought.

OK, I just noticed something - what is the deal with those huge double board room looking doors? Where there originally pocket doors? .I would contemplate loosing them in favor of something with glass - it is way too corporate America looking IMO.

These are the doors I was asking about. They do not look like the ones that go the kitchen. Also is there any lighting in the cabinets? Can you install LED tape lighting i to brighten up the built in dining cabinets?

The room is great. If you paint that woodwork I will have to hurt you.

An area rug, William Morris wallpaper, and proper drapery panels (not Venetian blinds!). Paint the ceiling a bit (too stark white). Forget about lightening the room much, this is more of a library feel.

Jpp221, I couldn’t agree more! It’s easy to see how beautifully these WM designs play next to the rich wood!

Once you decide on what color you would like to go with, fall in love with a wallpaper; then find a beautiful rug! Everything will become easier from there!

lynartist,,,blue one, just above, is gorge. I like a black ceiling w/it too. I know that's not in the pic, but just looking at the black next to the wood is so pretty.

OP wants to go light and airy.

I know but this is a such a distinct style in a period home. It’s a dining room that gets used for special occasions. It is a very special room! It deserves special treatment! Everything that is added will only enhance it; right now it is empty. The “ light” can come from the lighting, the sparkle of crystals, mirror, sconces and rug. If it were me I would probably do blue velvet chairs! But op can do light upholstery too.

I would not rush to replace that wallpaper. I would get a very large light color area rug, light colored furniture as another poster mentioned, and light drapes or roman shades.

Lynartist- how do you do that with adding things to the room? Is it an app? Thanks for the inspiration!

Yes Candace, it’s a tool in the phone app. You take a screenshot of the room . Shop for items in Houzz the go to “ sketch “, hit photo library and pic your screenshot. Now you can pick the items you shopped and insert them.

The Houzz phone app has its quirks from time to time( usually when they do an upgrade!) but this is a nice little feature!

Lynneartist that chandelier is similar to what I put in my dining room. I love cobalt blue - my china is cobalt blue, by stemware is cobalt blue. Is the OP still wanting light and airy??

One last thing, you can order memo samples of wallpaper and tape it up so you can see what it would looks like next to the woodwork and at night. I would caution you that the ceiling is really an off color on our monitor and needs to be repainted.

Bellburgmaggie, your dining room is very beautiful! But you have light trim and it is a very different style even though you do have classic furnishings. I would suggest as you said though to get wallpaper samples and go to better wallpaper stores to see what is there. Once you see how these classic papers play with the woot ones it may be easier to get a vision.

Candice lives in an area were there should be a lot of resources for this style. It would not be a bad idea to hire a designer to help and be able to access some of these resources! The chandelier is visual comfort and does have a distinctive look ! I love this fixture! Here are a couple Bradbury & Bradbury samples I have, these papers are beautiful and the Morris , arts and crafts and aesthetics inspired designs were meant to go with heavily wood paneled or trimmed rooms.

Yes, although I appreciate all the inspiration for what this room could be, I'm still looking for something that fits in with the rest of the furnishings and colors throughout the house. I do absolutely love what lynartist did with the cobalt blue wallpaper, furniture and lighting. It is swoon worthy but I don't think it will work for me because it doesn't work with the rest of the house. I live in a small 1700 square foot rowhouse. The rest of the house is very light with beiges and pale greens, blues and grays. My style is a cross between traditional and trasitional. Traditional in furniture but with the minimalism of transitional. In other words traditional without the fluff ;)

I suppose I could still go bold with a wall covering that pulls from the blues and greens in the rest of the house but it would be stepping outside my comfort zone.

How about antique mirror tiles? It would certainly lighten things up with a fabulous chandelier.

Candice, in that case you may want to hire a professional to help you bridge that style. A diningroom is were you can go a bit more extravagant! ;)))! I wouldn’t want to push you beyond your comfort level! I have no comfort level myself as my motto is “ no guts, no glory!” ;)))!

I have painted more than a few rooms black btw. Love a black room!

Do look at other colorways in these type wallpapers though. There may be something that you feel more comfortable with. Once you do find what you like it will be easier going!

omg, I am just salivating, that is such a beautiful room, I am eager to see the rest of the house!

Please do not paint the wood work.

If the wallpaper is in good condition, please leave it up, it is gorgeous.

You can choose one of the colors in the wall paper to use for your dining room chairs in a velvet, whatever color you like, and for continuity, carry that color (or it's family) through to your living room as well.For added interest you can think about doing the back of the host chairs in a stripe, but Photoshop it into the room first, it might be too busy with the wallpaper.

And as others have suggested, get a chandelier.

If your style is more modern, you can introduce that with your table, chairs and chandelier.

In Italy people use modern furniture in centuries old architecture and it works.

For those interested, including OP, here is a link to a discussion on the panoramic wallpaper alternative sites like yrmural.

https://www.houzz.com/discussions/where-to-find-cheaper-chinoiserie-wallpaper-murals-dsvw-vd~1001193