Showing posts with label wallpaper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wallpaper. Show all posts

Friday, May 17, 2013

The French Touch....

Hey all!! 
It's Friday....
and we are soooooo in LOVE
with this Wallpaper book.....


Imagine the pitter-patter of our hearts
 as we saw this at the paint store.....
we
HAD
to bring this one home
to 
DROOL
and 
DROOL
some more!!!


"Bruxelle Linen"
'The family crest, well known in European history,
 inspired this masculine design on a rich linen ground.'


{we are of course showing the pictures of the wallpaper in use
so that you can drool right along with us!}


"Biblioteca"
'A fine etched-style pattern depicting romantic European architecture'


What we love about wallpaper
{besides that it adds sooooo much to a room}
Is that if you see it in one color....


It's available in another shade!


We also LOVE getting 
AMAZING ideas 
when we look through the books!


Just look at this pattern on the wall
in the paper sample here...oh my!!!

"Empire Damask"
'A single damask shape inspired by French empire design styles,
 rendered on a rustic linen ground.


you can see hot this paper has a bit of metallic
in it.....GORGEOUS!!!!

Now....
check this one out.....


"Manuscript"
'A pattern reminiscent of distressed plaster work
with a modern take on manuscript etchings.'


We LOVE how they
style the wallpaper for pictures
 ~ just look at those cool vintage clocks!



 "Balustrade"
'A lightly distressed ground with soft metallic threads 
combined with a pattern reminiscent of antique wood carvings'



Then this one gets a lot of
oooooo's and ahhhhhhh's
from everyone.....


"Etamine"
'A rich moire background texture supports a Nouveau Style damask 
to create a rich yet subtle effect'


LOVE
that it has this matching pattern!


Well....
it's Friday
and we are in LOVE with
 "Maison Gallerie"
wallpaper book
by Seabrook

Hope you enjoyed 
our little visual journey of France...

Thought you'd enjoy a little
"Bal Petite Bal" 
with Eartha Kitt....



go ahead....hit play
then head back on up to look through this 
delicious wallpaper again!!

Friday, November 25, 2011

Wrap It Up!

Watch in amazement
as we take the cupboard that we painted this fall,


then take some left over Christmas wrapping paper...



And...
(here's where the magic begins!)
attach it to the back of the cupboard
(because puprple background just wasn't working with our Christmas theme...
plus we'd like to go back to the purple again...)

A perfect backdrop for little $$
Got to love it!


What can you "wrap up" this weekend?!!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

What's On Your Drawers?

If you didn't know it already - we love wallpaper
Since we don't have anything to wallpaper on the walls in our homes at the moment, we're looking for some furniture, because we love this!


image from Better Homes & Garden
The wallpaper just makes these drawers pop!
One roll of wallpaper is all you'd need for something so pretty - just imagine the possibilities!




This decoupaged dresser from Martha Stewart
How about vintage botanical, floral or bird prints? Look on eBay or estate, or garage sales for wall paper remnants, pages out of books, blueprints, anything to put on the drawers - you just need some wallpaper paste - and voila!




Fast and fabulous decorating projects article from Better Homes & Garden

Pick your paper out first, then pick out a fabulous paint color that compliments the paper.


photo from Better Homes & Gardens

Don't have a dresser?
How about a cabinet or shelf?
Wallpaper makes anything pop!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Tools of the Trade

We've been busy!
The past two days we have been working on wallpapering Karla's bedroom.
(Now...we just want to clarify...we are NOT professional wallpaper gals...
but we do get the job done!)
We do, however, use the "tools of the trade" and the most important ones are:
The Level - this is a MUST - especially in an old house!
The straight edge and knife - to cut the top & bottom off straight
Then, the scissors, the wallpaper brush...to get out all of those bubbles and...of course, the paper!

You may remember that Karla is having a king headboard made out of a full headboard that was in her attic. It was from the original owners in 1905. (See the post here) Well, the headboard has been assembled, now it is ready for our favorite faux finisher, Jill, to distress it next week....so that means....

priming the walls, painting the ceiling, trimming around the woodwork, baseboards & ceiling with a base color from the wallpaper (that way if we mess up around this woodwork - it might not be noticeable!!)

Many people have a fear of wallpaper - but with patience around corners like this

and light sockets like this

(by the way - that tan color was what it was painted before....forgot to take the "before" picture!)


But in the end, it really is worth it. We love adding pattern in certain rooms - and we are so in love with this paper right now! It flows into the hallway so nice...and even brings out the color of the bathroom. Geese, it even goes with the old bedding, curtains & sheets right now - we couldn't go wrong bringing this pattern in!

Stay tuned for the finished pictures...complete with the "new-old" headboard!!

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