The homeowner has loved this pattern for years, and finally made the jump to paper the powder room. Good move!
The subway tile and flowers actually have a little more blue than comes through in the photos. Either way, it’s a really cool look for this small powder room with its teeny trough sink. The large flowers visually expand the area and make the room look larger.
The paper is by Marimekko, and is a non-woven material. I hung it using the paste-the-wall method.
This a contemporary townhome in the Montrose neighborhood of Houston.
I adore this home – a cute, yellow-brick bungalow directly across from Rice University (Houston). It has been updated, yet kept mostly authentic to its 1930’s roots. I papered several rooms in the main house a few months ago, and was back today to paper the bathroom in the garage apartment.
Originally, the homeowner wanted wallpaper from Hannah’s Treasurers, which would be the real-deal old wallpaper from the 1930’s or 1940’s. https://hannahstreasures.com/ But for various reasons, she ended up choosing this more modern, yet timeless, pattern of ginger foliage. One deciding factor was that the colors coordinate perfectly with the green subway tile in the shower.
The wallpaper has a vinyl surface (resistant to water splashes and light stains) on a non-woven backing (much superior to the paper backing used on lower-end pre-pasted vinyls – read more on my page at the right). It was nice to work with, and should hold up well over many years.
The wallpaper is by York, in their designer line by Antonina Vella. It was purchased from Southwestern Paint on Bissonnet near the Rice Village.
Most everything in this new home in the Woodland Heights neighborhood of Houston is sleek and white. The homeowner wanted to add just a little pizazz to the hall bathroom shared by her two young daughters.
This Paris-themed design, with its pencil-thin lines and three-color palette is just perfect! I love the way the line drawing effect reiterates the lines in the shower’s subway tile. Charcoal grey, white, and just a touch of red are enough to brighten the room, without overwhelming the serene white color scheme. And it’s a fun design to look at. I mean, who wouldn’t love Paris – especially a Paris with a Ferris wheel?
The wallpaper is by York Wall, in their Sure Strip line, and is a pre-pasted product on a thin non-woven backing. It is designed to strip off the wall easily with no damage when it’s time to redecorate. In the meantime, it is thin and hugs the wall tightly, and the seams are practicably invisible. This brand is very reasonably-priced.
The interior designer for this project is Stacie Cokinos, of Cokinos Design. Stacie specializes in helping choose floor plans, finishes (flooring, countertops, paint colors), fixtures (faucets, lights, knobs), appliances, in new home construction and in remodel projects. Her look is fresh and clean, but very livable for modern families. She is a delight to work with.
Like animals? Like the forest? Like a little whimsy? Then this wallpaper pattern is for you!
I hung this in a children’s bathroom in a very nicely remodeled 1939 brick cottage in Montrose (inner Houston). The bottom 1/3 of the walls was shiny white subway tile, and the straight-lined vanity cabinets below were painted a strong, glossy yellow. The navy blue wallpaper pattern looked smart against the white tile, and the color perfectly complimented the yellow cabinetry.
This wallpaper pattern is called “Otomi,” and is in the Emily Isabella line by Hygge & West. This wallpaper can be bought on-line.
This is a nicely done bathroom in an attic conversion of an older home in the Oak Forest neighborhood of Houston. The homeowners loved the look, but, with white subway wall tile, white floor tile, white vanity, pale cararra marble counter top, and white wall paint, they thought the room felt cold. They were right. They were also right when they thought that a subtly-colored wallpaper would warm up the room.
This trellis pattern in grey-on-white is perfect for this room. It adds just the right definition between the wall space and the white tile and wood, while sticking with the monochrome color scheme of the room.
The homeowner originally was thinking of papering only two walls in the room, and leaving several detached walls painted white. I suggested that papering all the wall space would give a more cohesive look. She took me up on it, and once the room was finished, it was very clear that papering all the walls was the right choice.
Because the room was built into the eaves and sloping roof of the home’s attic, there were lots of vaults and angles and tricky turns to work around. These took a lot of time, and ate up more paper than a room with a flat ceiling would. The last photo shows the pile of remnants that were left after matching the pattern and cutting around the angles, doors, and vanity. It also takes extra paper to match the pattern properly in the corners. Again, I’m glad the homeowner listened to me and ordered the amount of paper I recommended.
This classic trellis pattern is by Brewster, and was bought on-line directly from the company. It is a non-woven material, and a paste-the-wall product.
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