Pepper Design Blog

A Bold Move: Four Walls of Wallpaper

Wallpapering an entire room is daring & bold — it’s both painstakingly permanent (at least the application process feels that way…) and uber trendy (will I really love this pattern in 5 years?). But if you’re up for the challenge, the results can be marvelous.

It’s important to try new themes out on an old room. Even if you’re after the new, and you want to just get the project finished, get the home insurance sorted and start enjoying the house, careful planning can benefit you in the long run. Through doing so, you’ll end up with a new, bold look for the room, and the experience will teach you loads about decorating regardless of how enamored you are with the result.

Here are six fantastic living room examples from House to Home that offer casual {and very livable} wallpaper patterns on all four walls of a living room. I have a feeling these won’t be going out of style anytime soon…

Make a bold move in one of your rooms — this could be a great solution for a reading room or family den that really needs a ‘pop’. Wallpaper can also make an excellent accent on a single wall, in a small recessed cubby space (think window seat or alcove) or on a wall overhang (where your tv might be mounted or your fireplace juts out). Read on for more inspiration! Read more »

Fabric of the Day: Nina Campbell

Sometimes one rich pattern can make an entire room or party — it can be the focus of all decorating inspiration as a single, fabulous piece like a chair or ottoman, or for a party as a table runner or dessert buffet backdrop. Nina Campbell provides much inspiration with her fabric line, Perroquet, based off of the whimsical elegance of Paris.

Most of her prints having a collaborating or matching wallpaper — just in case lining the backdrop of a bookcase, framing a beautiful swatch or papering the single wall of your bedroom is more what you had in mind! I love to cut wallpaper into placemats to provide an unexpected, easy to clean plate charger for a meal with friends! Don’t you love these patterns?

Easy DIY Patterned Wall Art

I love the idea of adding splashes of color and pattern to rooms through DIY wall art that is easy to create and even easier to switch out on a whim. Plus, you can take advantage of scrap material, end cuts of fabric, left over wallpaper and scrapbooking paper designs that you adore! From framed paper (upper left) to fabric ‘upholstered’ blank canvases (upper right), to wallpaper cutouts applied with glue (next page) and repeating pattern designs (next page), the possibilities are endless — and the price tag, very low!

Amy Butler has released the quintessential dream line of modern fabrics, follow the jump to see a short sample selection (try searching eBay for remnants and amazing prices), and Bradbury & Bradbury launched it’s mod sixties collection that I’m head over heels for! (above)

I made my own version of paper wall art by framing patterned fabric squares that I found pre-cut for quilters (project made even easier!) and a fabulous Pottery Barn remnant from Craigslist. The four inspiration board ideas shown are courtesy of the incredibly inspiring bloggers at The Nest!

To check out the collections and find more great ideas, follow the jump. Read more »