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Wallpaper Murals: Traditional and Contemporary

click thumbnails for larger pics A wallpaper mural can make a big statement, as we've seen in house tours and previous posts. There are a couple of ways you can use them: either in a traditional cont...

Vintage Glamour Collection Wallpaper by Cole & Son

click thumbnails for larger picsCole & Son recently unveiled a collection of wallpapers that is designed to "recreate the glamorous feel of the 1920s to 1950s". It was designed with The Royal Oak Fou...

A Modern Bead Curtain: Shimmer Screen

click thumbnails for larger picsWe watched an old movie over the weekend - Pink Panther Returns. In Clouseau's apartment, he has a beaded curtain as a room divider. It got us wondering if this concep...

Inspiration: Natural Wall Coverings from Phillip Jeffries

Phillip Jeffries specializes in handcrafted wall coverings. No vinyl here, just natural materials like raffia, paper weaves, grasscloth, hemp, linen, and even gold leaf. The look is simple and free ...

Words and Symbols for the Home from TastySuite

Cheap, simple, and sometimes pretty funny, these vinyl decals from Etsy shop TastySuite allow the surfaces in your home to communicate clearly. We love the text decals, especially the directives inc...

Experimental Wall Treatments by Mashallah Design

Have you ever thought about tacking up your shoe collection to the living room wall, or covering the hallway walls in Turkish carpets? Berlin-based firm Mashallah Design takes these madcap ideas and t...

Classic Prewar Chicago Apartment by Alessandra Branca
House Beautiful

The current issue of House Beautiful features a Chicago apartment designed by Alessandra Branca. According to the article, the age of the building was vintage, but the apartment itself was "a concret...

Best of Three: Black & White Wallpaper by Lisa Bengtsson

It's been a month of beautiful color here on AT and as we begin to wrap it up, as a bit of a visual palate cleanser, we are looking at some great B&W wallpaper from designer Lisa Bengtsson. What do y...

5 Cheap Ways to Spruce Up Your Walls (Besides Painting)

As the Fall Colors Contest rolls on, we've been looking at lots of ways to use paint in your home, but there are other options for your walls as well. Click below for a few suggestions including eas...

Clip File: 8 Great New Wallpapers (and one Classic)

Since some wallpaper shopping is in our own near future, we gathered together 8 great new wallpapers from designers around the globe, including some green options and murals...and even though this gro...

Hot or Not? Two Different Wallpapers in One Room

What do you think of the trend we've been seeing of mixing two different patterns or colors of wallpaper in a single room? Jump below for voting, links and info:...

Gray Rooms from Jocelyn Warner

Soothing grays are the neutrals of the moment. We've been noticing them everywhere, and Jocelyn Warner's new wallpaper patterns are among the most complex shades we've seen... ...

Best of Modern Wallpaper: Trove

Spotted at ICFF - Trove's gorgeous, moody photographic wallpapers. The brainchild of Randall Buck (graduate of the School of the Art Institute, Chicago) and Jee Levin... ...

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 unp...

Embossing: White on White

Minimalism meets maximalism. Most closely associated with paper, embossing can apply to other materials as well: tile, metal, and glass for example. We love the look of white-on-white embossed mater...

2008 AIA Award: Thomas Roszak's Glass House

Flipping through the Spring issue of CS Interiors, we noticed that one of the recipients of the 2008 AIA Honor Award for Interior Architecture is based here in Illinois. Thomas Roszak designed his o...

Hidden Patterns in the Home

If you're squeamish about busying your home with a lot of pattern, but you like the look of modern wallpapers and fabrics, try hiding prints in unexpected places. Hidden patterns have a special, cla...

Wallpaper in Small Spaces

Although it might seem like wallpaper is too busy for a small space, used thoughtfully it can actually make a room appear larger. By choosing one accent wall or one architectural detail to highlight...

Best of Modern Wallpaper: Studio Nommo

Studio Mommo has a lock on colorful, whimsical patterns for your walls. Based in Istanbul, they work with an eclectic group of designers. More great looks below: ...

Wallpaper in the Bedroom

Writing our post on Jill Malek, we started thinking about bedrooms and wallpaper. For our money, the bedroom is the perfect spot for wall coverings. Use paper in small doses as a headboard, or creat...

Jill Malek Wallpaper at Urban Source

Chicago design shop Urban Source has some of the best wallpaper options in the city. They carry designs by Ferm Living, Erica Wakerly, Florence Broadhurst, by Hanna, Nama Rococo, Mod Green Pod, Pala...

Lekker: Unique Home Furnishings

A great online shop for specialty items, pieces from Lekker have been profiled on AT a few times. Always stylish and easy to search, we especially like to see what shows up on the "Hot" list. Click ...

Tiles Wallpaper by Hanna Werning

Following along on the paper "tile" theme started by Jessica's post, we found this new design from Hanna Werning. It's a paper version of classic ceramic Italian tiles intrpreted by a Swedish designer...

Surface View

Browsing at Retro to Go, we stopped short at this amazing image. It features a super decorative, mega-sized wallpaper mural from Britan's Surface View. Surface View has a fantastic site, making tryi...

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