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Look! Wallpaper Walls, Doors and Ceiling

081208_wallpaperaround.jpgGot some issues with your apartment? Here's one solution, courtesy of design firm WORKac: wallpaper EVERYTHING. Well, maybe not everything, but almost: designers Amale Andraos and Dan Wood worked within their client's rental lease restrictions (only the surfaces can be changed) and papered the walls, ceiling and doors with the same circle design, creating a fun room that camouflages ugly molding and clunky hardware.

 
 

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posted by hmr on August 12th 2008 at 11:42am
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fun

posted by shari on August 12th 2008 at 11:43am
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i like it... its kind of a busy pattern but because its mostly white and all over it doesn't seem as overwhelming to me.

can anyone place that wallpaper?

posted by eribear12 on August 12th 2008 at 11:47am
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I don't think I'd pay a designer to tell me to wallpaper everything- I definitely think the ceiling is too much!

posted by mcq on August 12th 2008 at 11:51am
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I could never live there, but I love it.

posted by abigailm on August 12th 2008 at 12:00pm
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i've seen this done other pales (sans door) and really liked it, but here i am not a fan.

posted by rainyday on August 12th 2008 at 12:04pm
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makes me nauseous

posted by stinkypants on August 12th 2008 at 12:07pm
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It's just too much! There is no way I would be able to live with that!

posted by suzy8track on August 12th 2008 at 12:14pm
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I think it solves the "white ceiling addiction" beautifully.

posted by Miss Elly on August 12th 2008 at 12:17pm
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I... actually really like this. It may be busy, but its in a hallway where people will be moving around anyway. It works for the space, and I think it's fun.

posted by kellylc on August 12th 2008 at 12:37pm
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This sorta looks like a carnival funhouse room.

Just sayin'.

posted by RQinGeorgia on August 12th 2008 at 1:02pm
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The fact that it is in b/w makes it work.

Also, being an open-circle design, it seems spare. Especially in comparison to the neutral surrounding rooms.

I think an entry like this may be treated like a powder-room.

The less time spent in a room, the wilder a design can successfully be.

posted by amygdaloides on August 12th 2008 at 1:13pm
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"ugly moulding"? Looks like the molding is the only thing not covered....

posted by Emmakat on August 12th 2008 at 2:00pm
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Where can I get that wallpaper?? :)

posted by fishbat on August 12th 2008 at 2:06pm
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This was fashionable in the late 1960's, and everyplace which has been conserved from that era should suffice to make everyone regret it....

posted by Daniel Poitiers on August 12th 2008 at 2:29pm
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I'm dizzy.

posted by judy in TO on August 12th 2008 at 2:45pm
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It looks like a scene out of a Ken Russell movie!

posted by btoddster on August 12th 2008 at 4:14pm
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How about that floor? Is that epoxy?

posted by thebradseed on August 12th 2008 at 5:36pm
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Does anyone know a supplier for the wallpaper?

posted by Overdressed Adventuress on August 15th 2008 at 1:53am
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