This week we’ve been working again in DC, this time in Kalorama neighborhood. This area is known for it’s embassies and beautiful old row houses (that are long and narrow). My client chose a Graham & Brown dark floral wallpaper for three accent walls. I love how using the same wallpaper in three different places really dressed up and widened the entire 1st floor. Wallpaper can bring out the best of all spaces especially long and narrow ones. You can even use it to hide an ugly electric box (photo #3). Sometimes it’s okay to paper over your problems.
At first glance, the picture (on the left) may look like a mirror reflection but it is actually a glass door into the home of a lovely Maine Ave condo in Southwest Washington, DC. Small areas like entryways and hallways have plenty of wall space but little unusable space. That’s why these spaces are just begging for wallpaper. My clients did a great job selecting this Missoni Dreamland foil from York Wallcoverings to greet guests in their new home.
2020 is the year of the Staycation and a little Accent Wall can move the mountains or beach to you. This week we installed a one-of-its-kind design by Brooklyn, New York textile designers – Eskayel in a DC Columbia Heights high rise. One of the smaller pieces we’ve installed. This impressionistic take on the Hamptons is printed on a paperweave grass cloth material. It’s like an American version of chinoiserie.