Wallpaper- a modern take on an old subject
One of the biggest trends today in home decor is wallpaper and wall décor. This is not a surprise to any of us, but it has taken a completely new twist. What is most interesting is the ability to customize the use of many designs. If you are a retailer, consider carrying some wall covering products to coordinate (not match) to your bedding lines- Many stores coordinate paint colors for the rooms they present, but for a new addition, wallpaper/décor is really the freshest approach for kids rooms.
Wall decals (like the bird cages above) are one of the hottest trends in decorating. The financial investment is relatively low and there is little commitment, and the effect is fantastic. The Single Stone website has so many great wall decals that you could decorate a store or home innovatively & inexpensively for the holidays or anytime using their products!! (The ones above are only $48. For all 3)
I found this image on-line, makes the monsters in the closet not so scary for little ones, a
great decorating idea! I need to make something like these for Whistle & Wink! I don’t have vendor info on this, but isn’t it clever?
I can’t wait to see the movie “Australia”! Why do I mention it? Catherine Martin, the Production Designer for Australia (Academy Award winner for Moulin Rouge Production Design) has a Wallpaper collection with Porters Paints (an Australian paint company) I find her work inspiring. Her kid’s designs are her best, I think. Check out the Porters Paints website for a better look and inspiration ( see products>wallpaper> view the gallery)
This is an Image from Marie Claire Idees, (with instructions on how to make at end of Magazine as usual) but I think it is a great product idea. The horse could be a decal (for those product designers like myself to think of) or cut out of a patterned wallpaper and applied to the wall directly. Here, it’s colored magnetic paint on wood then the pink horse cut-out is applied, thus making it a new kind of bulletin board – how easy is that?
For us grown ups:
Nama Rococo is a wallpaper design company where everything is hand-screened and hand-painted and brilliant! Papers can be bought individually, they become works of art for your wall - these are my personal favorites, I love the playful but sophisticated concepts. Just inspiring! This treatment of framed wallpaper is easy to do for a child’s room and is a great way to have wallpaper without applying to the wall.
These are just a few of the inspiring wall concepts in my files of inspiration. There is an entire range of high tech wall covering, beautiful graphic wall coverings; far too many to mention here- so I’ll continue wall features on-going.
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