Decorating
Out-of-the Box Ways With Wallpaper
Jazz up plain interiors with wallpaper in unexpected nooks and crannies
Wallpaper’s 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 zone, wallpaper is an easy, inexpensive way to add colour, personality and interest to any plain room in need of a lift. And best of all, you get plenty of bang for your buck. Today’s wallpapers are paste-free, easy to apply, and simple to remove when the time comes.
Add a theme to your kitchen
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.
See the before and after photos
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.
See the before and after photos
Personalise a 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
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
The same wallpaper has turned this powder room into a work of art.
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’
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’
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 it can also influence how it feels. At night, the soft wall lighting highlighting the framed wallpaper would make this dining area feel positively luxurious. And it’s an inexpensive way to make it so.
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 it can also influence how it feels. At night, the soft wall lighting highlighting the framed wallpaper would make this dining area feel positively luxurious. And it’s an inexpensive way to make it so.
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.
Step inside this monochrome apartment
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.
Step inside this monochrome apartment
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 retains the elegance and charm of yesteryear. 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 retains the elegance and charm of yesteryear. Now, the only question is if you’d like one olive or two in your martini.
Monaco wallpaper in ‘Scrubs’: Tibi at Flavor Paper
YOUR SAY
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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.