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Wallpaper or stencil?

13 years ago
I really love this wallpaper but my husband is totally against doing wallpaper in our dining room. It might even be a fight for me to stencil. What are your thoughts, will it be a pain to remove if/when we want to change it? And if I go with a stencil does anyone have any recommendations where I could find one? I can't find anything remotely similar.

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  • 13 years ago
    Oh sorry are you in the UK too?
  • 13 years ago
    Nope, in the US. So far I haven't been able to find a store that will ship that wallpaper outside of the UK. Any recommendations?
  • 13 years ago
    Is it the rajapur design? Try fabricsandpapers.com. They do worldwide delivery
  • 13 years ago
    It sure is!! I will look there now. Thank you!
  • 13 years ago
    Do you think the print is too much or too trendy?
  • 13 years ago
    Or in New York Lee Jofa stocks Cole and Son according to their website.
  • 13 years ago
    I think its lovely and might pinch the idea for my own dining room!
  • 13 years ago
    Ok!! Thank you so much for your help.
  • 13 years ago
    We have this chair in our office so I thought it would be fun to do the same print in the dining. :)
  • 13 years ago
    As long as you 'size' the walls, it will come off easily when you tire of it. Sizing goes on like paint.
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    Wallpaper, is the way to go. It adds warmth, color and texture to a room. I love your idea to match the chair. Another option would be just to wallpaper one wall, then add a muted tonal color to the other three walls. This can look gorgeous and gives impact without too much expense.
  • 13 years ago
    Beautiful paper, don't stencil- it will look dated right away. I'm not a fan of of papering one wall- it just looks like you ran out of of paper or paint ( the dreadful painted accent wall).
  • 13 years ago
    So just thought of something, will it look weird if I have wallpaper in the dining and nowhere else? It opens up to our living room
  • 13 years ago
    I think its beautiful. What about paper 2/3 of the three walls, with wainscot on the lower 3rd
  • 13 years ago
    I absolutely love wainscoting. It was another one of my ideas if the husband shoots down the wallpaper. Lol! I even took a picture of what I want last weekend. :)
  • 13 years ago
    I think it would be very pretty. Not many men like wall paper. That I know of anyway
  • 13 years ago
    Cutting edge stencils offers a "Paisley Allover Stencil" that could look terrific. You could even go tone on tone (semi or glossy stencil color over the same or almost the same color in flat or satin paint finish) for a subtle, elegant result. You could even stencil the top half over that wainscoting.
  • 13 years ago
    All great ideas! Is it expensive to have someone do wainscoting? It looks like the one I saw had just painted white wall and then the molding pieces on top of it. I thought wainscoting was an entire new piece of wood and that I might have to remove the base board to do it.
  • PRO
    13 years ago
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    All the ideas are great mentioned above. I would use some paper in the dining room. It would be absolutely lovely. Because it is an inset room, I think I would only paper the upper portion of a wainscotted wall. There are lots of stencil companies online. I've seen a few that would be able to custom create a stencil from your fabric. I'm sorry, I don't know which ones they were. Maybe you can google for that. I love the pattern. You can also stencil the design with a soft irridescent pearl or silver metallic over the base color. It's so elegant.

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  • 13 years ago
    You could just add a chair rail instead of the whole enchilada. Wishihadthat.com has lots of pictures to inspire you and I've found their products easy to paint and hang. Having someone install a real, wooden chair rail wouldn't cost much and wouldn't impose a "traditional" tone on the connecting rooms.
  • 13 years ago
    Icon, it would be nice to see what your dining furniture looks like, or what you plan on buying. It's (almost) always better to talk about paint, walls, ceiling, and accessories after the furniture has been chosen.
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    I agree with Chris. The simple chair rail is great too.
  • 13 years ago
    Right now we don't have any furniture. :) We moved into the house about 2 months ago and it's almost 1,000 sqft larger!! The plan is to do a trestle table with cream/white upholstered tufted chairs with nail heads. This is the chandelier that will replace what is currently in there. The next pic is similar to what I envision and then this is a mirror that I plan to paint a soft white; it's a little too yellow for this house.
  • PRO
    13 years ago
    Love your vision and chandelier.
  • 13 years ago
    I think it might be a good idea to figure the layout, buy the right-sized furniture, live with it a bit, then come back for ideas for finishing the space (like a beautiful rug, walls, etc). It's not exactly a traditional space, and it would be a shame to have the (expensive) wall paper you love hung, and then look too froo-froo/feminine with your furniture. Give the space time to evolve. There are a lot of people here who can help with size, scale, and placement of furnishings.
  • 12 years ago
    Royal Design Studios has a wide range of paisley and damask stencils that would re-create this look for a lot less money than expensive wallpaper, plus you can choose your own color scheme, add metallic hints, and paint over the whole thing when paisley goes out of fashion!
  • PRO
    10 years ago

    I custom design patterns and hand print stencils, but have made stencils and mailed the to people before. Paint is a great option if you want it to be scrubbable and durable and easy to change! Could replicate or design any pattern! patina-designs.com

  • 10 years ago

    @Patina, this is an old post, but I looked at your website, and enjoyed what I saw.

  • PRO
    10 years ago

    I know! forever old! It just popped into my view now for some reason - figured I'd write anyways :) thank you!