How To . . . Decorate with Wallpaper Time Out Chicago

How To . . . Decorate with Wallpaper
Time Out Chicago

Wallpaper, wallpaper. Although we love the idea of patterning walls with the amazing modern designs out there, we consistently stick with painting. But the timing of a recently discovered (during unpacking) giant box of wallpaper scored at a Maya Romonoff sale back in '06 aligns nicely with a few ideas in the recent Time Out Chicago issue...

Jessica Herman writes about creative uses for wallpaper, with helpful input from Rose Tejeda-Navarre and Jennifer Rossignuolo, owners of Urban Source. Our favorite is the recessed door panel covering. We'd hate to cover up beautiful, well preserved doors, but ours are pretty fug (painted over and probably from the early 60s), and a great patterned paper on the recessed portion might help us not hate them.

Also covered in the Home section of this issue: Casey Gunschel's Palace Papers, available at Urban Source. We're looking forward to seeing her newest design, Heroine, released this summer.

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Rose Tejeda Navarre and Jennifer Rossignuolo own Urban Source at 1432 W. Chicago Avenue, not Verde.

posted by gogochicago on June 6th 2008 at 7:27am
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I have used wallpaper to decorate things or to make crafts.
I always get a lot of compliments about it, even if it does not come out right.

posted by rhianna on June 6th 2008 at 7:52am
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Ahh, I need to think more creatively. In my attempts to do with less clutter, I recently passed up a wonderful roll of vintage wallpaper at a thrift store since I knew I would never do a room or even a wall with it and I couldn't think of any projects that I could use it on. I love these ideas!

posted by r8ermom on June 6th 2008 at 8:00am
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The door thing is perfect - I have Panels of Fug, too.

posted by LaughingSara on June 6th 2008 at 8:01am
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Those wallpapered door paneled on the right would absolutely drive me to crack, because the cartouche is off-center. That said, in some vintage wallpaper books, they show examples of using the wallpaper in this very way. No kidding. Mainly in the 1940's, I think.

posted by Curtis on June 6th 2008 at 8:12am
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Wow, I love the bookshelf idea.

posted by Cupajo on June 6th 2008 at 10:52am
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thanks gogochicago - that's what i meant : )

i changed the text to read Urban Source.

posted by heather on June 6th 2008 at 12:25pm
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