I'm building a new home and will wallpaper the dining room in a big bold black and white. I love wallpaper

Whether u choose wallpaper or paint really doesn’t matter as far as how hard it might be to picture how it looks. If u want wallpaper then go for it n cross ur fingers. Lol. :). think positive. I’m sure whatever u decide on will work out just fine. good luck.

You could send the lighting to me please, I would use it somewhere, I'll follow to what you come up with for your dining room.

Wainscoting is a rather traditional look. If you want contemporary wall paper I suggest removing the wainscot. It may be a matter of semantics though. Perhaps you could show examples of what you consider contemporaneity wall paper. It also would help to know what your dining furniture looks like.

you can paint the whole thing the same color, including the chair rail.

How did you enjoy the process of taking the wall paper off? Adding it again means putting yourself through that again sometime or the next buyer. Wall paper closes in a room. Is that what you want? I would consider removing the picture rail under the crown molding. Do you have an inspiration picture?

Before you choose anything get thelighting done .That will help with seeing true colors and IMO you need to pick a style before making any more decisions. I think wallpaper in DR s is a nice idea

I could never have wallpaper because I love art too much. With wallpaper you're rather limited as to what else will look good on the walls. However, the work involved would stop me from even thinking about wallpaper.

Lots of people hate on wallpaper. If you've already had wallpaper, presumably you're not amongst the haters.

Farmhouse-y... warm blues, greens and greys...

What about this?

It's Farrow and Ball. If you go check their website, it even recommends coordinating paint colors. It also comes in green, grey, and a blue and aqua colorway.

Or a pen-and-inky Countryside Toile?

A Swedish stencil pattern, right out of a Swedish Country house?

A more modern silver tree pattern?

What's your pleasure? Graphic? Floral? Scenic?

Florals can be modern, too:

love the last one Holly posted, the black and white. I'd like it better w/a wainscot.

some ideas

Keep the picture rail. Those sorts of architectural details are a treasure. I like Beth's wainscotting suggestion. It's actually not a terrible DIY project, as long as you aren't MY husband.

I can also dig up some more wallpaper suggestions, if you give me an idea what to home in on. (I've been wallpaper shopping for my own new build - haters be d**ned! - and I have a pretty extensive Pinterest trail)

Ebay the light fixture, it's fantastic. Please notify us when it goes online :)

I think paint and suggest as the room isn't large, that you use the same color as in the adjoining room.

Dang, look at the prices for similar fixtures! Antique library lamps. I'd love to see it work it's way into your decor somewhere because that's farmhouse where I grew up!

It's a shame that those small tone-on-tone wallpapers of the past are gone the way of the Dodo bird. They looked wonderful with art on them, and the furniture and curtains always looked better. Broken color is more pleasing to the human eye than flat color, and that's what they gave one - subtle broken color. At least there are still stripes.

I'm not a fan of wallpaper that is the "story" unless it's de Gournay. And that takes a very large house and a very thick wallet!

Angliophilia what kind of wallpaper are you looking for? Lots of tone on tone available (damasks, swirls, geometrics) in large and small formats, but perhaps you're looking for a particular type of material.

If you don't find it at a U.S. store, try looking at U.K. :)

For comparison, I saw this one at an antique store this past week for $90.

I would not wallpaper that room. And in general, I would not wallpaper above wainscoting. Nothing will get you a more dated look faster.