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
WC by Frances Horn
Birds & Animals
Sitting room with Cole & Son‘s Hummingbirds
Bedroom by Sarah Ross
WC by Sophia Wigram, using Jardin de Mysore by Pierre Frey
Bedroom by Shaun Clarkson
Vintage
Study & Attic Bedroom in a Bristol home
Geometric
Bedroom by PH London , using Cole & Sons, Geometric range
Foliage & Flowers
Bathroom by Amber Jeavons, using House of Hackney‘s Palmeral
Stairwell & WC by Architect, Nick Umney
A floral home in Putney
A kitchen & bedroom by Nesterova Interiors
WC by Juliette Byrne
Bedroom by Sophie Paterson, using de Gournay‘s Japanese Cherry Blossom
Maps
A Mayfair Apartment by Interiors With Art
Traditional
A sitting room by Stephen Ryan
A Bedroom by Nesterova Interiors
Faking it
Logs, in a hallway designed by Sarah Ross
Bookshelves from Mr Perswall in a sitting room by Stephen Ryan
Corrugated metal by Andrew Martin, in a hallway by Stephen Ryan
Button-backed Ivory Colonial by Andrew Martin, in a bedroom by Stephen Ryan
And timber panelling also by Andrew Martin in a WC by Stephen Ryan
Stripes
Bedroom by Stephen Ryan
Bathroom by Nesterova
Illustration
Child’s bedroom in Osborne and Little‘s Cockatoo by Quentin Blake
Bespoke
A bespoke design from Cole and Son, for a bedroom by Stephen Ryan
Chinoiserie
Sitting room by Sally Dernie
Dining Room in a home by Architects, Studio Indigo
Oh, and just as a reminder, here’s a look at the cover of the Wallpaper* first ever issue.
