No, you need curtains in your dining room, and isn’t a den an old fashioned name for an office? That’s a big space with an attached full bath, wouldn’t it function better as a bedroom?

Since you are asking about the DR can we see it all. I for one would not do wall paper on the wall running into the kitchen for 2 reasons one is it makes poor sense to now add the paper to the kitchen wall since there is notreal break and I rarely like wallpape ron walls with a lot of window . It will be neccessary to see the space and for sure the wallpaper to really get some help. You have a MCM vibe going on some the choice of wallpaper IMO needs to be that style too.

Hi @ShadyWillowFarm the "den" is a multi-function room. It functions as my office during the day, a tv room in the evening and a guest room when we have visitors!

Here are some more pics.

Hi @ShadyWillowFarm the "den" is a multi-function room. It functions as my office during the day, a tv room in the evening and a guest room when we have visitors!

Here are some more pics.

The problem is on the window wall since that is unbroken into the kitchen. It's going to look weird if you just stop wallpaper at the kitchen cabinets.

If you don't like the white cabinets on the white wall you could paint the whole space an actual color. Or if you like the white, add roman shades on the window in the dining area. We can't see the wall perpendicular to the window wall. If you don't already have art there, add some. Some people don't like to have a rug under their dining table, but if you're not opposed, that is another opportunity to add color and/or pattern. All that would make the room look more interesting, which I'm guessing is why you're thinking about wallpaper. Wallpaper just isn't the right answer in this space. I do love your floors.

Also thinking about a built in but not sure how to do that since the light fixture is centered in the room.

Thanks @kandrewspa. 3 little kids and a dog - don't want to put a rug. Painting the walls is an option but yeah the main concern is where the cabinets meet the wall.

I think the right wallpaper could look great in there. I see no issue at all with stopping it where the cabinets and backsplash form a break. It would be like these:

No different than any other type of break, as there’s no open space from floor to ceiling. It would look odd if you had space above your cabinets or no backsplash. Your set-up, though, forms a perfect stopping point.

I say go for it. No reason not to. A person with good hanging skills will be able to fit the paper around the cabinets, counter, and backsplash on that side, just as if they were wallpapering a kitchen:

Omg you have a dead squirrel in the kitchen!

Thanks @jilly! Your first pic is exactly what I was trying to find online!

Sure, why not! I agree with Jilly and will add its your space to put your own creative vision on it.

You have traditional architectural details with brass hardware in your home. The kitchen could be interpreted as traditional also. Your selection of furnishings in the dining area is contemporary.

To me, it's an issue. Based on the size of the area and ceiling fixture, I would have selected a round table for the area. Then instead of wallpaper, I would add drapery panels and art that has color.

What will you do about the door? If you leave it as is, it breaks up the goal of wallpapering.

What about a contrasting, but complementary, paint? Then the door and molding can be painted. Add some interesting curtains and the dining area is very special.

I actually like your idea of a Belton, and then rotate your table 90° so that it goes across the width of the room rather than the length of the room. That would give you enough room at that end, I think.

Built in

J Mig, do you know you can go back and edit your post for spelling???

The problem is this is not a dining room. This room one very large eat-in kitchen. Technically it is one big room and it doesn't work to paper just one end of a room. I like Beverly's large painting idea. You could even get a huge piece of wallpaper you like and frame it above the buffet.

In Jilly's first two pics, there are two different floorings, and either a step down, or a wall of cabinets that define a dining area. You chose to have an open kitchen with no delineation and now are trying to make it feel like a different space and meh - not really working.

An accent wall of paper on the far wall could work, though it would have to be pretty amazing paper to justify the oddity of doing just one wall.

A built-in could be great if is a row of uppers and lowers without a sense of middle.

Love the dead squirrel.

I think wallpaper would be nice as long as it wasn’t too bold. Just my opinion but I would turn your dining room table the other way.

amander97Original Author

3 hours ago

Thanks @jilly! Your first pic is exactly what I was trying to find online!

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You’re very welcome!

I think your idea is a good one, hope you update with what you decide. I’m a bit baffled by some of the comments here.

I agree with Jilly--I was thinking the same thing as I was reading the comments. The wall that meets the cabinets is a perfect stopping point for wallpaper. I think lots of Houzzers dislike wallpaper so that colors their thinking.

The only spot I see as a challenge is on the wall with the pantry door. Could you show a picture of that wall?

The trim in your home is very nice and I love your hardwood floors!

I agree with Diana, and I don’t think you need to swap all your furniture for traditional stuff! I do, however, also like the idea of built-ins (we did that in our open concept dining space), esp if you can use the storage. In that case skip the wallpaper and do, as some already suggested, some nice, colorful (if you’re after more color) curtain panels or custom shades….it could look great. A light fixture can be moved….it’s a bit messy for a few days but not that big of a deal. (Cutting open the ceiling, moving the box and repairing the ceiling, some sanding etc) Good luck!

Even if you choose to install pretty patterned curtains, you can still pair them with a wallpaper. Use the large print on the curtains and a grasscloth or small-scale print on the wallpaper, or vice versa. It adds a nice homey touch!

No, no, Diana! No more than one pattern to a room! Houzz Rule #289.

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(I totally agree with you.)

Hey Jilly, does that follow Houzz Rule #288, no mixing warm and cool colors? or precede #290 all cabinets MUST go to the ceiling? ;)

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And Houzz Rule #350 is to replace all kitchen base cabinets with drawers.

I think wallpaper could be fun but if it were me there would be other things I would do first (address the windows, larger sideboard etc) - such a pretty bright space!

I think the shape of the space, even though it is open, is regular enough and contained enough for wallpaper. Wallpaper can stop at the corner on one side of the opening and against the cabinets and backsplash on the other.

In plan, this is really a room without an archway at one end, it is a complete rectangular shape, in contrast to the blobs of polygonal shaped spaces that bleed into each other with no distinct starting and stopping points seen in many open plans.

If the top and bottom cabinets were distinctly misaligned, if the backsplash was not a full backsplash, if the cabinets did not go to the ceiling, all of those things would make stopping on that wall problematic. But they do all those things giving you a solid stopping point.

No, no, Diana! No more than one pattern to a room! Houzz Rule #289.

The only reason to limit yourself to one pattern per room is because you don't have the skill to pull off multiple patterns. It is so hard to get it right, but pure heaven when you do. I'd love to see multiple patterns in this dining room too, but I'd install some kind of arch to make a more intentional delineation.

Oh, I think plenty of people have the skill. If they don’t feel confident in it or just simply don’t like mixing patterns, they certainly don’t have to.

That wasn’t exactly the point of what I said, though.

No, it's not done because it's DATED....wah

Wallpaper would be nice. Just pick up some colors from the paper into the kitchen. It could be an appliance, small area rug or a picture.