Pair dark walls with light cabinets… In this eclectic kitchen, white cabinets are paired with deep purple walls painted in Brinjal by Farrow & Ball. The contrast is heightened by the successful mix of modern and traditional in the room – period furniture sits alongside slickly modern cabinetry, while a black Aga has a copper splashback.
Why Wallpaper over paint? Wallpaper can transform a room in ways that paint just can’t. Paint is very flat. Wallpaper adds a very different dimension. And with so many options to choose from today like fabrics, grass cloth, cork, and metallics, in addition to conventional paper the effects that can be achieved are limitless.
Don’t want to wallpaper an entire room or even a wall? Add a bright patterned wallpaper to the inside of a cabinet. This is a great way to experiment with wallpaper. Adding the colour and making a statement, without much commitment.
Not sure you want to look at that wallpaper all night long? Why not use it on a single wall behind your bed? It’s a great way to add a jolt of pattern without the risk of you get tired of it too soon.
Not every room lends itself to wall coverings. Wallpaper looks best on a big square wall with nothing on it. When you start twisting and turning, it starts to look more homemade. It gives it a less finished look.
Using a wallpaper with a lighter background on the ceiling actually lifts the ceiling and draws your eye up. Wallpapering a ceiling is always a little unexpected and can be easy on the budget.
Using a glamorous, geometric paper above the tiling and right onto the ceiling, the bathroom was transformed. An easy way to enhance your boring old bathroom!!
Wallpaper. Covering the ceiling is a great way to add a large print that might otherwise overwhelm the space.
Work with wallpaper - Patterned wallpaper can transform any vacant vertical surface into a statement-making feature wall, but if you want to make a bold(er) statement, apply it to your ceiling instead
Baby pink hues, today are used everywhere. Use it to transform your bedroom into an eclectic space for your guests. It adds a soft touch of colour, and brightens your room, without overpowering it.
To give a Royal feel to your master bedroom, opt for giant headboards for your bed. In this way, the headboard, reflects grandeur and adds the 'kingly' feel to your bedroom.
If you are also of the old school of thought, that walls should be subtle, and have a neutral colour. You can always add colour to your room using other elements. Like here. The clever use of colour in the Carpet and Curtains has given the room, the pop of colour.
When working with colour, its always a great and very safe idea to work with similar tones of the same colour. This adds texture and space to the room, without adding too much colour. Maintianing the subtlety and charm of your room.
Nothing more welcoming, then a bright living room here. When working with colours, its very important to make use of similar hues of colours. Blues, greens and yellows always work great. They merge well into each other, creating the perfect semblance to give your room a punch of colour, yet subtility at the same time.
Wallpaper can be used, to create a dramatic statement in your house. Like this modern wall paper lining the stair case here.
Use wood effects to create texture. There are so many great faux wood wallcovers available in beautiful neutral colors. This wallpaper is stunning and creates a textural elegance that is definitely not boring.
The powder bathroom, always benefits the most, when you use wallpaper. The small space, gets its own touch of Sophistication, and Identity. And it will definitely leave it's mark on your guests!
A Small cabinet, is brought to life, when wallpapered with bright, statement wall covering. Like this bar cabinet, screams out glamour and has the party vibe to it, as soon as it is opened.
Great way to store your Kitchen utensils. To the naked eye this base cabinet looks like a typical three-drawer configuration. But when you pull the top drawer open you find this great way to organize utensils without storing them on the countertop (and creating visual clutter).
If you want to add something unique to your bathroom. And want to do something out of the ordinary. Why not opt for a shelf that looks like a ladder.
Storage can be found in the most unexpected of places. As here under the staircase! Visualise space options, and you may solve your storage problems for real!
Another great idea, is to paper only a section of the room. Here, by papering only the chimney area the designer has emphasized the three-dimensionality of the room. It gives the whole room texture.
Wallpapers have a lot of different ways you can use them. If you want to try something off beat, you can frame your most favourite wallpaper! Large framed panels create a clean, symmetrical backdrop. And if you get tired of it, you can always switch patterns.
Behind shelves. Create interest in a room by wallpapering the backs of bookshelves. Highlighting bookshelves in this way makes a special display space for treasured accessories and family photos.
White is a colour of harmony, peace and freedom. For nuetral spaces such as your dining room. White adds space and calm to any room. Like this room. Vary a white colour scheme with various shades of off-white, cream and pale grey, to add more dimensions to the simplicity and classic theme of the room.
3. Eclectic An eclectic design brings together a variety of styles and periods through furniture and décor elements. While this style provides a perfect way to project your personal aesthetic sense, there is a risk of the décor ending up as a mess. The trick is to find harmony through scale, proportion and composition. The variety of pieces, different in colour, texture and design need to find a rhythm when put together. This is achieved by creating a focal point in the room and finding a common ground among the furniture and accessory pieces.
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