Bold Geometric Wallpaper Replaces “Stucco” On a Dining Area Accent Wall

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Today I worked in homeowner-run vacation rental apartment in the Riverside neighborhood of Houston. The owners wanted a look that was updated, but still fairly neutral, because all sorts of people will be staying in the unit (honeymooners, medical patients, sports fans, vacationers) The wall was originally a thick faux stucco finish (1st photo) and had to be smoothed before the new wallpaper could go up.

Smoothing the wall took several hours. Next I sealed / primed with Gardz, and once that was dry, I hung the paper. The house dates to 1940, so you can bet that the walls and floors and ceiling are not plumb or level. That made working with a geometric pattern rather tricky. I used a few tricks, and got it to look pretty straight at the crucial points.

This wallpaper is by Graham & Brown, and is paste-the-wall product (rather than pasting the back of the paper). Unlike the thick and stiff P-T-W papers I have worked with recently, this paper was thin and pliable and nicer to work with. Tt was lightly embossed, giving it a light texture, and the design included some shading, which gave a 3-D effect.

Tags: accent wall, dining room, embossed, gardz, graham & brown, houston, paste the wall, riverside, stucco, texture, vacation rental, wallpaper