Working with some of the best quality wallpapers on the market is one the rewarding parts of my job. Here are a few papers I’ve recently installed that may inspire you on your next project. All five of these wallpaper companies have a large array of beautiful papers. Enjoy!
Cole & Son’s Woods & Pears Linen paper makes for a wonderful accent wall especially in a Capitol Hill condo where long, narrow spaces get challenging to decorate.
Schumacher’s Exuberant Singeries chinoiserie paper is a beautiful treatment of a dining room. This is a very fine, hand-painted paper. I’ve included a close up image so you can better see the hand-painting.
Zoffany Elenora paper is inspired by painted panels in the Swedish summer palace, Drottnighholm. It’s combines tradition and modern to fit well in our client’s dining room.
Phillip Jeffries Manilla Hemp presents to look of warm grass cloth throughout the large open spaces of the foyer, stairwell and upper hall in this Alexandria, VA home.
Not unlike today, the Victorian Era was a period of transformation. It was especially pronounced in the decorative arts like wallpaper. Victorians loved their wallpaper. And I love it too.
This week I’m getting to work in one of the houses I’m most proud of papering in Washington, DC. The entire house has been decorated with Victorian paper. The photo shows a section of the living room. The ceiling is covered with Morris ceiling Aesthetic Green and trimmed with an Aster Border and lincrusta in white. Above the chair rail is a Morris Crab Apple paper with a Morris Deer & Rabbit Frieze. Below the chair rail is lincrusta in red. Installing that lincrusta was especially interesting. It is a “wallpaper” that mimics complex plaster work. It looks exceptionally striking in red.
City dwellers know how to get creative with their wall spaces. This week, in a Washington, DC condo, I installed a French panoramic mural in a small vestibule (of all places!). It turned out beautiful. My clients are even considering naming the flamingo who will greet them everyday upon returning home.
