I have given Carmen the task of choosing the wallpaper for my new house, have I lost my marbles? Though it pains me to say it, when it comes to selecting wallpapers, my maid of all work does have good taste. I remember a disparaging remark made some years ago about my past wallpaper choice, by an acid tongued friend of mine, he cut me to the quick by saying the bark effect blown vinyl I had in my living room is the same they have in Trades Hotel in Blackpool.
I've given my maid strict orders, no Wilko, no B&M Bargains, no chintzy florals or Damask (I see creepy faces in it) nothing with birds on and *shudders* bark effect blown vinyl. The only choosing I'll be doing will be for my own bedroom and I need your help, I can't make up my mind, out of the selection of wallpapers below which one should I go for? If you are stuck for something to do, feel free to browse the links below and suggest a suitable paper.
Wayfair
John Lewis
Graham and Brown
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| Do The Stretch Green |
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| Zebra White and Gold |
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| I just threw this one in, to see if you are paying attention. |
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| Betula Blush and Rose Gold |
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| Animal Print, too common? |
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| Tropical Parakeet suitable for a bedroom? |
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| Hourglass Night or Hanging Bats as I like to call it. |
I quite like the Zebra White and Gold, and Betula Blush and Rose Gold might work if you hung a load of pictures on the wall, but the rest? No! I particularly could not live with the dead bats or that "Odeon foyer" green one in the first picture. I'd get a migraine. Jx
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That's 1 vote for the Zebra, White and Gold.
DeleteThat's Graham and Brown £40 a roll, I've just looked on Amazon, they have the exact same (the model number matches) £16.75! They also have customer's reviews and photographs and it looks very Coronation Street, if you know what I mean.
John Lewis do a similar one for £25.
I dislike wallpaper.Mostly because I've had to hang miles of the stuff. And could I just point out that the last one looks not unlike the poster from a gynaecologist's office.Shudder....
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DeleteHa ha! Thanks for the image, Dinah!
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Oh, cripes! That was one that I actually liked, too. I'm goingto have to rethink this...
DeleteI'm not a fan of wallpaper either, I've spent too much time stripping it off to ever think about slapping it up. The walls of woodchip I've stripped - ruined my hands.
ReplyDeleteAt a push I agree with Jon.
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The previous owner's living room, had a floral wallpaper, a floral border in the centre, below the border they had a dado rail and below that, a plain green wallpaper. Hideola! I not fussed for wallpaper either, I would have liked painted walls but the removal of the dado that had been stuck on with No Nails and had to be chiseled off had marked the walls and having the serving hatch bricked up, it became unsuitable for painting. I'll have to think about what can be done with the 1970s arch that separates the rooms.
DeleteThat's 2 for the zebra, which is good, cause I've just ordered it.
I always wanted a house with a serving hatch. Think of the fun you could have with it!
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Thanks for the link. I remember that advert the first time round.
I'm quite fond of the palm trees. I hate wallpaper with tasteful, tiny little patterns.
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I do too, but not with the monkeys. My granny had a wallpaper called Dolly Mixture, minute flowers, played havoc with the optic nerves.
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I prefer paint to wallpaper.
ReplyDeleteIn an unofficial survey based on too much time spent watching telly, I've noticed that the Brits are more likely than Canadians or Americans to choose wallpaper over paint.
Are you familiar with Artex? It's a bit like stucco but used indoors, it got slathered on walls and ceilings with a pattern etched into it, before that came on the scene, some people use to wallpaper their ceilings!
ReplyDeleteI think it's a generation thing, older people see bare walls in a home and think poverty, in the same way I do when I see laminate flooring. You can't beat a nice shag.
Sometimes it's only the wallpaper that's keeping the ceiling up. Honestly, wallpaper can cover a multitude of sins.
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I'm reading Anne Glenconner's book, "Lady in Waiting." She didn't like laminate flooring either.
DeleteDid you use to cover your text books with wallpaper when you were at school?
DeleteI mentioned something about a Lady in Waiting in your comment box a while ago, how uncanny. I love marble though, as I am sure lady muck does too.
I can remember other kids covering their text books with wallpaper but I don't recall if I ever did that or not. I recall covering the books with kraft paper and making my own illustrations.
DeleteRead Lady Muck's book if you enjoy a good read about royal tittle tattle.
I covered mine with Kraft paper too, and then cut up old birthday cards for the illustration bit. As I got older I covered my school books with centre posters from my Jackie mag. Happy days.
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Where is Mitzi?
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Maybe Carmen's pasted her up on the wall in a wallpapering frenzy?
DeleteI'm busy having fun with some embroidery silks and PVA glue.
DeleteDid you finally nail last pic's vaginality on your bedroom's wall ?
ReplyDeleteBrave !
I'm having the zebra white and gold, he's coming next week to put it up and then he'll start on the wallpapering!
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