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Decorating: Creative Ways to Go Wild with Wallpaper
A single roll of wallpaper can jazz up rooms in all kinds of unexpected ways. Try these ideas for an instant style boost
Wallpaper is good for more than just walls. It can be a handy helper when it comes to adding oomph throughout the house. Whether you frame it, use it as a liner for shelves and cupboards, or to define a specific zone, wallpaper is an easy, inexpensive way to add colour, personality and interest to any room in need of a lift. Today’s wallpapers are paste-free, easy to apply, and simple to remove when the time comes, so embrace them, and let your imagination run riot.
Emphasise a theme
Without the backdrop to these open shelves, this would be just another white kitchen. The wallpaper adds instant interest and brings to life the beachy theme.
Without the backdrop to these open shelves, this would be just another white kitchen. The wallpaper adds instant interest and brings to life the beachy theme.
Fill a room with art
Why spend thousands on paintings when an expanse of fabulous designer wallpaper will create the look you want at a fraction of the price? Again, a geometric design like this offers your home an instant update, and a cheerful injection of colour to boot.
Wallpaper in ‘Circus’, Cole & Son.
Why spend thousands on paintings when an expanse of fabulous designer wallpaper will create the look you want at a fraction of the price? Again, a geometric design like this offers your home an instant update, and a cheerful injection of colour to boot.
Wallpaper in ‘Circus’, Cole & Son.
Go for glamour
The same wallpaper has turned this cloak room into a work of art.
Be inspired by more inventive uses of fabulous wallpaper
The same wallpaper has turned this cloak room into a work of art.
Be inspired by more inventive uses of fabulous wallpaper
Personalise your space
Sometimes a little creativity is all it takes to make a bland bedroom fun. In this case, the wallpaper is designed to invite the occupant to tape up photos, add drawings and generally be a little silly. It’s just the thing for a teenager finding her way in the world.
Wallpaper in ‘Frames’, Graham & Brown.
Sometimes a little creativity is all it takes to make a bland bedroom fun. In this case, the wallpaper is designed to invite the occupant to tape up photos, add drawings and generally be a little silly. It’s just the thing for a teenager finding her way in the world.
Wallpaper in ‘Frames’, Graham & Brown.
Define a study zone
Squeezing a desk nook into a little-used space is a fine idea, but no one wants to feel like they’re sitting in a wardrobe. Bring in a length of glam wallpaper and it suddenly becomes an inviting place to be. If you’re stuck on which wallpaper to choose, you can’t go wrong with shimmer. The lighter and brighter the nook, the more welcoming it will feel.
Large Floral Trail wallpaper in ‘Sea Breeze’, The Home Depot.
Squeezing a desk nook into a little-used space is a fine idea, but no one wants to feel like they’re sitting in a wardrobe. Bring in a length of glam wallpaper and it suddenly becomes an inviting place to be. If you’re stuck on which wallpaper to choose, you can’t go wrong with shimmer. The lighter and brighter the nook, the more welcoming it will feel.
Large Floral Trail wallpaper in ‘Sea Breeze’, The Home Depot.
Disguise a door
Adorning blank expanses of wall with wallpaper is one thing, but what happens when you paper the doors, too? The right wallpaper applied to both walls and doors will make a room instantly interesting, and the rooms beyond will become secret hideaways.
Adorning blank expanses of wall with wallpaper is one thing, but what happens when you paper the doors, too? The right wallpaper applied to both walls and doors will make a room instantly interesting, and the rooms beyond will become secret hideaways.
Take your dining room upmarket
What you put on your walls can help define both the style of a room – in this case, elegant and traditional, with a contemporary twist – but also influence how it feels. At night, the soft wall lights highlighting the framed wallpaper would make this dining area feel positively luxurious. And it’s an inexpensive way to do it.
Pompadour wallpaper in ‘Du Barry’, Osborne & Little.
What you put on your walls can help define both the style of a room – in this case, elegant and traditional, with a contemporary twist – but also influence how it feels. At night, the soft wall lights highlighting the framed wallpaper would make this dining area feel positively luxurious. And it’s an inexpensive way to do it.
Pompadour wallpaper in ‘Du Barry’, Osborne & Little.
Make your ceiling work harder
Don’t limit yourself to walls when you’re thinking about new ways with wallpaper. The interior designer of this apartment used wallpaper cut-outs on the ceiling to demarcate the kitchen from the living area with more than a little sophistication and style.
Don’t limit yourself to walls when you’re thinking about new ways with wallpaper. The interior designer of this apartment used wallpaper cut-outs on the ceiling to demarcate the kitchen from the living area with more than a little sophistication and style.
Give your sundowner a sense of occasion
Whether you have guests over or not, mixing up your favourite drink can become more of a special ritual when the place you do the mixing has the elegance and pizzazz of a luxe-glam cocktail bar. Now, the only question is if you’d like one olive or two in your Martini.
Monaco wallpaper in ‘Scrubs’, Tibi at Flavor Paper.
Whether you have guests over or not, mixing up your favourite drink can become more of a special ritual when the place you do the mixing has the elegance and pizzazz of a luxe-glam cocktail bar. Now, the only question is if you’d like one olive or two in your Martini.
Monaco wallpaper in ‘Scrubs’, Tibi at Flavor Paper.
TELL US…
How have you used wallpaper creatively? Share your ideas and photos in the Comments below.
How have you used wallpaper creatively? Share your ideas and photos in the Comments below.
Forget the faded florals of yesteryear. Sophisticated geometrics are where it’s at. Tie in the tones of your furnishings to the wallpaper design, and you’ve just turned your living room into a class act.
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