My clients and I are swooning over the wallpaper choices out there, these days.  So different from my indelible memory of wallpaper from my 70′s childhood (bold, graphic – LOUD), today you can find similarly bold ones (though easier on the eyes), along with all sorts of gorgeous styles and colors.

So here are some different ways to have fun with wallpaper:

For the bold at heart – the bold graphic (retro 70′s is easier to digest in the sofa color):

For the serene at heart, great patterns and colors come tighter in scale, reading like textures:

For the serene – but whimsical – take a slightly bold pattern, but select a more neutral color palette:

For the totally serene, you can still keep the scale large, but pick a softer pattern, in a soft color palette:

And last but not least, here are some great ways to place wallcovering, to have even more fun:

Limit the bold, strong colored variety to an accent wall:

Pick a really girly, busy one for your powder room:

And really last but not least, ain’t this retro-seventies one rendered oh-so-tasteful, tucked into the back of this china cabinet?

My mom had this one all over a breakfast room once.  I am liking it now…..8)

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