Tucked away somewhere, I think I still have the very first issue of Wallpaper* magazine, and the above quote was the strapline appearing below the title. Interestingly when it launched in the mid 90s, lining your rooms with patterned paper, couldn’t have been less in vogue, and for me and my contemporaries, the word wallpaper, only ever referred to the monthly (originally bi-monthly) publication. Since then, of course, the pendulum has swung again, and we are indeed surrounded by the stuff. There is now more choice than ever before, and I’ve certainly shot a huge range. Here are just a few.

Toiles

Bedroom by Stephen Ryan

14-64-38

 

WC by Frances Horn

14-84-15

Birds & Animals

Sitting room with Cole & Son‘s Hummingbirds

14-17-02

Bedroom by Sarah Ross

14-40-13

 

WC by Sophia Wigram, using Jardin de Mysore by Pierre Frey

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Bedroom by Shaun Clarkson

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Vintage

Study & Attic Bedroom in a Bristol home

14-80-30

14-80-22

Geometric

Bedroom by PH London , using Cole & Sons, Geometric range

14-45-18

Foliage & Flowers

Bathroom by Amber Jeavons, using House of Hackney‘s Palmeral

14-48-11

Stairwell & WC by Architect, Nick Umney

15-02-10

15-02-15

A floral home in Putney

14-92-13

14-92-04

14-92-02

 

A kitchen & bedroom by Nesterova Interiors

14-86-50

14-86-01

WC by Juliette Byrne

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Bedroom by Sophie Paterson, using de Gournay‘s Japanese Cherry Blossom

14-71-24

Maps

A Mayfair Apartment by Interiors With Art

14-91-04

Traditional

A sitting room by Stephen Ryan

14-76-16

A Bedroom by Nesterova Interiors

14-86-40

Faking it

Logs, in a hallway designed by Sarah Ross

14-40-31

Bookshelves from Mr Perswall in a sitting room by Stephen Ryan

14-76-03

Corrugated metal by Andrew Martin,  in a hallway by Stephen Ryan

14-76-30

Button-backed Ivory Colonial by Andrew Martin, in a bedroom by Stephen Ryan

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And timber panelling also by Andrew Martin in a WC by Stephen Ryan

14-76-38

 

Stripes

Bedroom by Stephen Ryan

14-76-23

Bathroom by Nesterova

14-86-10

Illustration

Child’s bedroom in Osborne and Little‘s Cockatoo by Quentin Blake

15-10-08

 

Bespoke

A bespoke design from Cole and Son, for a bedroom by Stephen Ryan

14-76-20

Chinoiserie

Sitting room by Sally Dernie

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Dining Room in a home by Architects, Studio Indigo

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Oh, and just as a reminder, here’s a look at the cover of the  Wallpaper* first ever issue.