A Reader Question:
Dear Muffy,
I have recently been drawn to wallpaper, maybe because I have been seeing so much of it on social media lately. It seemed to go out of style and now am wondering if it is making a comeback.
We are having some work done on our house, so I have been thinking of adding some wallpaper once the carpenters are done. What is your or SWNE readers opinions on favorite wallpaper companies and patterns? We do have two children under 10. Do you have any tips or suggestions for putting it up? I am not sure if this is a task I could handle or, is it advisable to bring in the professionals?
Thank you
I have stripped wallpaper, and I have patched, sanded, primed and painted rooms in our house. I leave hanging wallpaper to professionals so it doesn't look sloppy near windows and trim.
ReplyDeleteWith young children, make sure it's wallpaper that is easy to clean & can take a beating.
Schumacher. I just used the Cloud Toile in Quartz. Use a professional hanger.
ReplyDeleteYou won't find anything more SWNE than Sister Parish. And, as Andrew said, leave the installation to the professionals.
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Battalions of paper minded males
Talking commodities and sales
While at home their paper wives
And paper kids
Paper the walls to keep their gut reactions hid
--"Harry's House" by Joni Mitchell
I went to YouTube to look up that song, then spent the next half hour listening to other tunes on that album. I had never heard of the album. Pretty fantastic.
DeleteYup. Just about all of her stuff is pretty fantastic.
DeleteI won't use wallpaper but should you choose to, heed the advice above and hire professionals. My home had dated/trendy wallpaper in two rooms that had to be removed ( reduced the price of the home though :D ) and after attempting to remove it myself, I decided that I would never wallpaper anything.
ReplyDeleteIn an earlier time, I was an interior designer. And, once that bug bites, it never really quits. To my mind's decor eye there is nothing more beautiful than a wallpaper design (with coordinating fabric) by the houses of Brunschwig & Fils, Scalamandre and very few choice others. I realize that this posh look does not resonate with most these days. At the same time, in the right house and with choice pieces of fine furniture, nothing is more stunning or classic in an interior. As a child, my nan had a treehouse built me for me. Needless to say, she climbed right up that ladder, and together we thumbtacked wallpaper to its walls ... Collars up !!!!
DeleteYou are so right. Nothing sets off a room like the right wallpaper. Let’s all go back to Zuber. Even now there are fresh takes on classic designs and patterns. Anyone for marbled wallpaper? It’s perfect for library accents and powder rooms.
DeleteAlmost all the walls in our house are wallpaper, even the showers. Use vinyl wallpaper for them papered over waterproof sheet-rock. It's cleanable and good for children's grubby hands. Definitely hire (if you can find an experienced person) to hang it , especially if it's patterned with flowers or designs which must line up around corners, along baseboard and ceilings, etc. The wallpaper has lasted for decades. Our walls are going on twenty plus years without needing painting. I just noticed a sample square in a bathroom where the wallpaper has been fine since 1975, so I guess there are plans to be getting that redone....
ReplyDeleteHas anyone ever heard of the imaginative phrase -"busier than a one-armed wallpaper hanger." ?
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