Spotted at the huge bi-annual antiques and junk show in Round Top / Warrenton, Texas this spring.
It reminds me of the tools tucked in the basement of our family wallpaper & paint store back in St. Louis.
Check out this YouTube video of someone restoring one just like it.
The wife grew up in New Orleans and these days she and her husband visit family there regularly. So the city and it’s vibe is ingrained in them.
Enter “New Orleans Toile” in a bright green on white colorway by Katie Kime wallpaper. The design features ionic images of life in that city, including the St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square, Mardi Gras revelers, a second line parade, a paddle-wheeler on the Missippi River, live oak trees draped with Spanish moss, and even alligators in the bayou.
Once the homogeneous sea-foam green paint gave way to this bright wallpaper, the room lightened up and felt festive. When the homeowners walked in, the first thing they did was study the line-drawing depictions. I could tell that they related to the scenes.
Katie Kime products are becoming more user-friendly. As in the past, this particular product came with a selvage edge that I had to trim off by hand. But their intel says that the company has shifted to pre-trimmed wallpapers. This makes installation much simpler and faster, and more DIY-friendly.
KK also has shifted to a non-woven substrate for their wallpaper. While I do like the traditional paper substrate, there are many advantages to the newer non-woven materials. For this room, I did use the paste-the-wall installation method.
Here is a well-written story of one family’s history in the wallpaper industry. This is interesting to me, because my family also had a wallpaper & paint store, in St. Louis, for nearly 100 years, so we went through many of the decades and trends this article talks about.
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