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Small but Mighty: The Case for Small Print Wallpaper
It is the most modest pattern in the book, and one of the most useful. The small print, the ditsy,...
Wallpaper Ideas, Style by Style
Florals and geometrics, toile and tartan, grasscloth and plaster. A guide to every pattern we sell: what it is, where it came from, and the rooms it suits best.
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A Touch of Plumage: The Case for Feather Wallpaper
Soft, iridescent and quietly theatrical, the feather has signalled glamour and status for as long as anyone can remember. Feather...
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The Romance of the East: The Case for Asian-Influence Wallpaper
Cranes and cherry blossom, pagodas and prowling dragons. Three centuries after the first hand painted papers reached Europe, the romance...
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Why Some Things Never Date: The Case for Classic Wallpaper
Fashions come and go with dizzying speed, yet certain patterns have quietly furnished good rooms for three hundred years. Classic...
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A Room Full of Life: The Case for Animal Wallpaper
A hare mid-leap, a bird among the branches, a scattering of jewel-bright beetles. Nothing brings a room to life quite...
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A Little Paradise: The Case for Palm Wallpaper
Elegant, sculptural and effortlessly glamorous, the palm has long been shorthand for the good life. Palm wallpaper brings a whisper...
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The Wild Indoors: The Case for Jungle Wallpaper
Dense, dramatic and gloriously alive, jungle wallpaper brings the untamed world into the tamest of rooms. It is escapism at...
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The Call of the Sea: The Case for Nautical Wallpaper
Ships and shells, ropes and rolling waves: the sea has a pull on us that never really lets go. Nautical...
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The Beauty of the Well-Worn: The Case for Vintage Wallpaper
There is a particular comfort in a room that looks as though it has always been there. Vintage-inspired wallpaper gives...
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The Pattern That Never Dies: The Case for Floral Wallpaper
Trends come and go, but the flower endures. Floral wallpaper is the oldest decorative idea there is, and somehow the...
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Order Out of Chaos: The Case for Geometric Wallpaper
From the first patterned pot to the Bauhaus, humankind has always found deep satisfaction in a well-drawn line. Geometric wallpaper...
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The Dream of the Cottage: The Case for Country Wallpaper
Almost everyone, at some point, has dreamt of a cottage: the low beams, the flagstone floor, the roses round the...
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The Tree of Life: The Case for Jacobean Wallpaper
Jacobean design was born in embroidery, in the age of exploration, and at its heart stands the tree of life....
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The Story in the Cloth: The Case for Toile Wallpaper
A shepherdess by a ruin, a couple at a fountain, a whole pastoral world sketched in a single colour. Toile...
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The Beauty of Imperfection: The Case for Plaster-Effect Wallpaper
A wall that looks as though it has weathered a century of sun, damp and gentle neglect. It sounds like...
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Into the Woods: The Case for Woodland Wallpaper
Every fairy tale begins in a forest. Woodland wallpaper taps into that deep, storybook pull of the trees, and brings...
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The Beautiful Blur: The Case for Ikat Wallpaper
That soft, feathered blur where a pattern seems to bleed at the edges is no accident and no flaw. It...
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The Teardrop That Travelled the World: The Case for Paisley Wallpaper
The paisley is properly called the boteh, and it began life in ancient Persia. Few patterns have lived so many...
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Understated Opulence: The Case for Damask Wallpaper
Damask is that rare pattern with a birthplace written into its name. A thousand years on it still lends a...
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A Promise of Sunshine: The Case for Tropical Wallpaper
Lush, warm as a July afternoon, tropical wallpaper carries the glamour of the golden age of travel, and it never...
