I love your wallpaper, Sheri! And I'm sick to death of the way everything that isn't brown or gray is "feminine" these days.

I have to wonder about this feminine nonsense with furnishings. I am happy to report all the men in my life like flowers and birds just fine and have no allergy to pink. If we were talking about hearts and bows and the like, sure, but flora and fauna, no.

And I would never consider using a wall paper that was intended for commercial applications in my house. People have always had wallpaper in their bathrooms! Wallpaper in their shower, that's innovative, and done. This is not.

Great wallpaper. That is going to look gorgeous.

Pal, just like the only tile recommended lately is boring white subway! Some people are afraid to commit to a bolder design and they project those fears to everyone else. You do have to be a bit more careful with going bolder and mixing colors and patterns, but it can work and look amazing.

Fun, love the colorS. For me I wish there was more negative space but This reads very cheerful.

Sheri, that wallpaper is all sorts of gorgeous. I have no practical experience or suggestions to offer (other than removing some horrid wallpaper from the apartment I bought many years ago). Please come back when the project is finished so we can see how it turned out and live vicariously through you : ) .

Sheri, I'm going to high-jack your post and put up some great wallpaper photos that I saved in my ideabooks. I love bolder more colorful designs so I always save those photos when I come across them in the ocean of gray photos!

A bit monochromatic, but bold patters:

Adorable kids bathroom (don't love the mirror they used)

That's not my kind of thing, and yet I totally love your paper -- it would make me feel happy every time I walked into the room! :)

Crazy thought: you could pair it with a hot pink vanity, rather than just with a few colored accessories...

It is beautiful, and you will enjoy it every time you are in the room! Just because something is extra special (or more expensive) doesn't mean it needs to go where it will be seen by all. I'm all for decorating for myself/my family, and if friends see it (or not), who cares! I did a La Maison Pierre Frey in the Jack & Jill bath used by our two grandchildren (a boy and a girl), as well as overnight guest (few and far between). It brings me joy every time I see! I also did a mural paper in the powder room, it is a dream. I hope you will post photos once the master bath is finished.

Thank you everyone, you've sold me on the wallpaper! It will be a little while before it's finished but I will for sure post pictures! We were in our last house for 21 years and had no plans to move because we are very tied to our neighborhood (all 3 of our children own homes within walking distance) but our new house came on the market and we couldn't resist. It's one of the original homes in the area that has become a typical neighborhood over the years but this house still sat at the top of the hill on 3/4 acre. The previous owners (who moved literally across the street) did not do many upgrades in the past 14 years they lived here so we've had a lot of work to do inside and out to update it. Luckily DH and I like this sort of thing so we're enjoying ourselves.

acm: those hot pink vanities are definitely a statement but I don't know that I could be that bold, lol. I will probably keep most of the furnishings a bit more neutral to offset the brightness of the wallpaper.

And Allison: I remember seeing pictures of your powder bath before and it is absolutely beautiful! I also love the grandkids bath, I bet they love how fun it is. I decorate for myself as well and this wallpaper just makes my heart smile. We have a lot of friends and family events in our home so I'm sure anyone who I would care to see it will end up seeing it anyway because our "guests" are never really guests.

I keep coming back to have another look. Those colours!

Love, love, love that wallpaper! Thibaut has some of the best designs and colors, and I hardly think you should shy away from it. Ignore the naysayers, and go for it! Depending on the size and layout of your bathroom I would maybe install either tile or a painted wood wainscoting part way up to really feature the wallpaper.

Since you're renovating your bathroom, make sure you use a good exhaust fan to avoid moisture buildup. We installed Fantech fan/light combinations, which are in the shower and the toilet room. They are super quiet--the motor is in the attic--and they clear all the steam from the shower before it gets into the main area of the bathroom. I never have any condensation on the glass or mirrors outside of the shower.

Looking forward to seeing your finished room!

In our previous home we had a bold yellow and red Thibaut chinoiserie wallpaper in the powder room. I never tired of it--14 years strong. However, I have to say the single man who purchased our house was not fond of it. He told me to take it with me--lol.

mom2sulu, I hope he was joking and didn't actually think you could take wallpaper with you!

When we sell our house I will wish that wallpaper was portable, as the studio that made my master bedroom wallpaper is no longer in business.

ps. I know there are some removable wallpapers, but they don't look like the ones discussed in this thread.

Yes, he was joking, but I would have taken it if I could!

It saddened me that someone bought my house that didn't love the beauty of Thibaut paper....especially when you consider the cost! :)

i think thats the biggest downside of wallpaper, its not portable and the odds of someone else actually wanting your choice - a plus in buying your house, for example.. is close to nil. i fully intend to remove my thibault before i ever put my house on the market. its just limits the buyer pool too much to have a distinctive dining room.

Haha, ninigret, it amazes me that people can't see beyond wallpaper (and other furnishings, paint colors, carpeting, etc.) when they search for a home. They just have no vision, and that's where someone who CAN look past that to the structure, architecture, and integrity of the home can get a good deal.

have a bold wallpaper in my 1950s bathroom and I thank heavens everyday that they kept it up. I love a wall papered bathroom

I think you can take wallpaper with you if it’s installed a certain way, like they do with the even more expensive handpainted ones, but that would cost even more. And how Would you know you had enough for your new project?

diana i have to say i would be leery of buying a home with wallpaper now, too. even wallpaper i half way liked. you have no idea if the sellers did a competent job of sizing or priming underneath. especially over plaster.... which is a nightmare if it starts coming off with the paper. removing the paper ahead of time gives the room a clean bill of health.

My tip on bathroom wallpapers and wallpapering in general is to keep it general unless you fell in love with it.

We remodeled several bathrooms and we keep it simple with a color that is general and has a nice finish. Especially if your the type that moves often, and needs to sell it in the upcoming year or two.

The only time we really go out and design with a theme is for children's room or bathrooms that can add creativity and depth.

Ah, but Inner City, don't you love a bathroom that has real individual character? Yet again, I can't get Houzz to let me access the Houzz photo insert function, but check this out: https://www.houzz.com/photos/traditional-bathroom-traditional-bathroom-london-phvw-vp~21891084

Rina, we love bathrooms with character! we love them so much. However, in Los Angeles, California more often than not we have standard colors with less character. That is why its become a norm for us. My personal bathroom is royal blue cabinets, darker counters. with white tile floors. I love the charm. But the ideas is that in Los Angeles average amount of time a homeowner keeps the property is less than 6 years. Spending a fortune on custom bathroom that you would only like makes no sense for resell value.

Sad ^^^^

OT Allison, this thread has me looking at bathrooms, so I went to Waterworks’ IG and found a familiar bathroom!

It really is sad that in this throwaway culture even homes are disposable and you need to live with the bland because of some future buyer. I've been a wallpaper fan for a very long time, but I don't move much. The wallpaper I installed in my up and down hall have been in place for over 30 years. It is a discontinued Thibaut pattern and when I have any work done in the hallway (floors refinished, trim repainted) I make sure the workers know to be VERY careful not to damage it!

I love wallpaper in bathrooms, but I would not choose that wallpaper. That is way too busy, way too colorful, and is not appropriate for a bathroom.

Do people really want to put their lives on hold because they might move and a mythical buyer might not like their choice of finishes?

Perhaps there are some lifestyles like being in the Army in which there is an expectation that one will move frequently but in my own life, I don't know any people who move with such frequency after they have passed the stage of grad school/first apartments or homes.

I'm in Los Angeles and my friends have retained the same homes they moved into after their first starter homes with no plans to move and they have remodeled and redecorated to suit themselves. When my parents retired, I can't remember my mother wondering for a nano-second whether anyone buying the place from her would like her design choices - wallpaper and all :-).

I love the wallpaper you are considering. I have it on our list for when we re-wallpaper our powder room. So much better than boring grey! I think it would look amazing with lots of white tiling and towels etc.

Helen, there are a lot of people in Los Angeles that are investors buying and selling homes. That is one situation that designing specifically to your own taste would not make much sense. Secondly, there many cases of family members passing away and inherited property needs to be remodeled and sold off. Standard colors of white, and shades of gray with some pop stand out to most buyers.

Now I am not stating that every project should be designed with this approach. However, more often, homeowners are choosing neutral colors for purposes of selling. Even if you are not selling, some people change their minds often and designed pattern today looks great can easily look annoying 2 years down the line.

Its just our experience talking and our bathroom designers take our experience and suggestions from homeowners before we finalize any remodeling design. At the end we are here to help homeowners, whether its simple neutral colors, or something wild

Even if you are not selling, some people change their minds often and designed pattern today looks great can easily look annoying 2 years down the line.

Then again, there are others, like me, who remain remarkably consistent in their tastes : ) .

I started compiling a binder of shelter magazine tearsheets in high school more than 40 years ago, and looking through it recently, there's very little I still don't like and wouldn't want in my house. If anything, my love of pattern and color has strengthened each year (I'm now in my early fifties).

@Inner City - Obviously there are people flipping houses and they have to do it in a way that appeals - or more accurately doesn't offend - so they eschew any kind of personal finishes. Or if you are remodeling for immediate resale for some other reason which results in the ubiquitous gray marble bathroom - boring :-).

But if you are decorating to actually LIVE in the house then why worry about what someone down the road may or may not like.

The OP has no plans to move and therefore why should she worry about whether someone down the road may or may not like the wallpaper she has chosen - so long as SHE likes it.

Based on my friends' circumstances most people - even in Los Angeles - don't deliberately move frequently from home to home either.

I am finishing up a gut remodel and told my designer no gray, no beige, no brown because the only person I need to please is myself since I have no immediate plans to resell and I am not going to spend time living with someone else's taste because I am worried that I might lose a potential mythical sale when I am not planning to sell. If I thought that way I wouldn't have bothered to put in lots of stuff that were expensive but wouldn't impact the resale value - expensive idiosyncratic hardware; pricier hand made tiles; expensive appliances when most people just know "stainless steel"; shower guard glass on showers; expensive shower and bathroom fixtures which I could have gone for less expensive Delta - not knocking Delta but just pointing out that my choices were NOT driven at all by attempting to realize the maximize net gain if I sold.

I think it may be easier for companies like Home Depot, and HGTV to sell people on making safe upgrades with a promise of return on investment.

As we have discussed here before on many threads, real estate values have little to do with bathroom or kitchen finishes. Houses are about the market for the dirt the house is built on. Nice finishes sell houses faster, perhaps, depending on the market. Where I live people either can afford to put whatever they like into their new houses and would cheerfully rip out the highest end Dornbracht and marble bathroom to replace it with whatever else suits their fancy, or they have had to stretch so far to afford the house they can't possibly change so much as a lightbulb.

As far as I am concerned people spend far too much money on the interior finishes of their houses in some unfortunate quest for a higher ROI instead of spending on interior decoration that gives the house warmth and personality.

Love<3 the wallpaper! It would be a pleasure getting dressed &ready with that !

As far as I am concerned people spend far too much money on the interior finishes of their houses in some unfortunate quest for a higher ROI instead of spending on interior decoration that gives the house warmth and personality

Amen.

And then the new buyers end up in the Home Decorating and Design Dilemma forums wondering how to banish the blah and add interest.

As far as I am concerned people spend far too much money on the interior finishes of their houses in some unfortunate quest for a higher ROI instead of spending on interior decoration that gives the house warmth and personality

Or on a nice vacation to some place special.

I love wallpaper of all shapes and sizes and would smile every time I walked in a room with that paper. The room would actually ”pay” me back everyday.

Thank you everyone for your help and comments! I loved it too as soon as I saw it and know I'll enjoy it for many many years. I can't wait to design the rest of the bathroom around it!

Make sure you post photos!

The only time people moved frequently in LA was during the real estate boom, were people started flipping and trading up and flipping again, as a source of additional income.

With Prop 13 I find that people actually move a lot less in LA (or CA) than they do in other states.

For those not from CA, Prop 13 bases your RE tax on the purchase price of your home and not on current market value. So if you bought your house 20 years ago for $500K and it is now worth $2 mill, you pay taxes based on the $500K. There are capped yearly increases. You can also pass down your house to your children at that reduced rate. If you bought that same house 40 years ago your taxes are probably based on a $100K purchase price. Yeah, why would you move, except to cash out and go to a cheaper state!

I have papered three bathrooms, properly 'sized' (not just any old primer but actual size made for wallpaper applications) and even without a vent fan....no problems. That's a great, happy pattern. please share when the room is finished. Good luck!

Sheri, I love that pattern so much - I just suggested it as a fabric option for ottomans / large cushions in a Houzz poster’s very beautiful great room earlier this week . You go, girl ! I admire people who follow their instincts and decorate with things they love, not just what convention tries to dictate . It’s going to be beautiful ! Please do share with us some pics. of your finished space.

Zalco, yes! Waterworks loves DD1s bathroom!

You can take it with you, it just needs framing instead. DD1 framed Schumacher panels for her bedroom.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT WALLPAPER! I can't wait to see the finished product! I don't understand the "you'll get tired of it" comments. If it makes your heart sing now it will continue to sing! 6 years ago when I put honed marble in my kitchen I was "warned" on this board that I would regret it. Six years later my heart still leaps when I see it and I'm in love with it! So please post pics of your bathroom! I'd love to see all of your remodeling projects!

I just discovered this picture in some of my web browsing. Wow, how beautiful your paper looks with that dark, rich cabinet. LOVE it!

My, that wallpaper is...exuberant! I love it. But not close up. It needs to be seen from a distance, and in a bathroom you'll be seeing it close up.

From a distance all the colors blend. But close up you see the sections of flat color; it's like looking at an impressionist painting too close up. It would be more successful in a living room or dining room where you are never close to it.

But it's your bathroom, so do what makes you happy. It's a swell design, and really joyful.

tatts, you are seeing a photograph of the wallpaper on a computer monitor. In reality, the paper is anything but flat. Thibaut paper has a wonderful rich dimension and handmade quality to it. It's going to be wonderful!

I think it's lovely...I would wallpaper again (I diy and I enjoy it) but I just finished removing wallpaper in my house that was papered directly over sheetrock...so I'm a bit worn out!

Just a word that I'm sure you know already...you mentioned that your house isn't new (not that that matters too much), so maybe check your corners and walls for plumb(-ness??). It makes things so much easier for anyone who's doing the papering.

I also have framed wallpaper in my dining room (three panels). We have textured walls and it was an easy (and inexpensive!) way to bring a particular look into the room without having to plaster or use a liner paper.

I have both vintage and new Thibaut hung in my house and with both you can see the layers of pigment built up on the paper.

I love wallpaper and have it in most of the rooms in my house. Some of it has been there for decades and is still in excellent condition. Having said this, I have told my children that when they haul me out of here, dead or alive, to remove all the wallpaper before putting the house up for sale. People are terrified of removing wallpaper - think it will destroy the walls (if drywall and not properly primed, it might!), or will cost a fortune to remove. So I told them to only leave the wallpaper in two bathrooms - both are done in a Farrow & Ball strie paper and they make the two baths.

As to wallpaper and using it in a bath or kitchen. One is no longer limited to "kitchen/bath vinyl wallpaper. I chose a gorgeous french documentary paper for my kitchen when we were moving here in 1984. I was worried about using it as a backsplash in my kitchen (which is what one did in those days), and a rep in the Brunschwig & Fils showroom in LA, told me to just send it to ResistFlame in Cincinnati. They would coat it with vinyl and I'd be good to go.

I did this and have done it many times since. One has a choice of matte finish (my choice) or glossy, and it can be single/double/triple coated depending on the wear/tear one expects it to have to endure. I've always done single coating and that has been fine. It is totally wipeable/scrubable with a Dobie pad. The company is so easy to work with - I usually just have the paper drop-shipped directly to them. They coat the paper and then ship it to me. It's really quite reasonably priced.

This is a pic from a project referenced in the Before and After section - Shore house by virginia tesi designs. You have to click on the project, Sea Bright, to get to it. But I thought it was another good visualization if a bold pattern in a bathroom. Great look, I think (tho I'm not a fan of that vanity...)

I love the wallpaper and can not wait to see the after photos!