| Throughout the 1990's painting was the trend | | | | your home that your relatives will remember |
| for all rooms in a home. However, since the | | | | in which room they spent the holidays. |
| turn of the century, wallpaper has been | | | | |
| making quite a comeback in popularity. Once | | | | Kitchen: |
| again you are seeing it grace the walls of | | | | |
| powder rooms, full bathrooms, dining rooms | | | | Kitchens are another great place to accent |
| and kitchens. It is a nice trend to see. | | | | with wallpaper. Like the powder room, the |
| Rooms that accent the house with wallpaper | | | | kitchen is an excellent place to experiment |
| add new dimension, interest and texture to an | | | | and reintroduce wallpaper back into your |
| otherwise predictably painted environment. If | | | | life. In this room, the cabinets and tile |
| you are in the design phase of home building | | | | backsplash take up so much of the wall that |
| project, you should give wallpaper some | | | | you are left with a minimum amount of space |
| serious consideration. As with many home | | | | for any finish material. Wallpaper is also a |
| improvement products, more designs are | | | | fairly easy surface to clean in the kitchen, |
| available to the general public now than ever | | | | which has become the hearth of the home in |
| before. | | | | today's designs. |
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| Powder Room: | | | | Care with Selection: |
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| One terrific place to use wallpaper as an | | | | Tasteful selection is the key here. In this |
| accent in your home is the powder room. This | | | | writer's opinion, you should stay away from |
| usually small space is perfect for making an | | | | anything at which you could look and think, |
| impression on your guests. It is also a very | | | | "How dated will this look in five years, in |
| limited way to reintroduce wallpaper into | | | | ten years?" If you are wondering what would |
| your life, but still be able to enjoy an | | | | fit into this category, think about extremely |
| interior design statement which makes your | | | | oversized floral prints, overly bright colors |
| home unique. Don't be afraid to select dark | | | | and old style metallic papers. If you even |
| or textured wallpapers for the powder room. | | | | have the slightest feeling that a paper would |
| Even though it is small, drama is what you | | | | become outdated, then do not select it. |
| are after here, or you would just be painting | | | | Instead, for example, look for natural |
| it the color of the rest of the house. | | | | fibers, like silk and woven papers such as |
| Darkness and textures deliver drama. | | | | the newer grass cloths. Spend some time |
| | | | looking at top of the line wallpapers and |
| Master Bath: | | | | then depending on your budget, locate |
| | | | something that is most similar to the more |
| Wallpaper is also making a comeback in the | | | | expensive papers. Since wallpaper can be used |
| master as well as other bathrooms of the | | | | as an accent, paying a bit more for luxurious |
| home. Remember the days when each room of a | | | | wallpaper is a very controlled way to do |
| house might have a different colored carpet? | | | | something special in your home. |
| One great thing about wallpaper in a bathroom | | | | |
| is that it allows each member of the family | | | | Installation: |
| to express their own tastes while allowing | | | | |
| the other elements, like carpet and trim | | | | Finally, if you live in a home that was |
| color, maintain the home's continuity. | | | | constructed with all textured and painted |
| | | | walls, it requires a bit of an effort to |
| Dining Room: | | | | retro-fit any room with wallpaper. Of all of |
| | | | the do it yourself jobs, that would be an |
| Wallpaper in the dining room is an excellent | | | | excellent time to leave it to a professional. |
| way to make it known that you have excellent | | | | Call a drywall company and inquire about the |
| tastes in interior design. How many houses | | | | process it takes to prepare textured |
| have you been into today that have a living | | | | sheetrock for papering. The good news is that |
| room right across the entrance from the | | | | there are some very heavy gauge papers on the |
| dining room? It is usually the large table | | | | market that can be applied over a very |
| and chairs that gives away which one the | | | | lightly textured wall. If you are designing a |
| dining rooms is, but if it weren't for that, | | | | home or have bought one early on in the |
| who would know? Wallpaper is a great solution | | | | construction phase, let the architect and |
| for rooms that lack personality. However, if | | | | builder know that you have plans for |
| you are tempted to buy the fabric that | | | | wallpaper in certain rooms. That way they can |
| matches the wallpaper, then you have gone too | | | | have their drywall people prepare the walls |
| far. There are too many beautiful fabrics | | | | accordingly. |
| just waiting on the bolt for you to | | | | |
| coordinate with your new wallpaper to create | | | | Enjoy the process of rediscovering wallpaper. |
| an intensely interesting room. Considering | | | | It can be a beautiful addition to any |
| wallpaper in your dining room is a wonderful | | | | décor and give a home, which lacks |
| idea, and you will make a room so unique in | | | | personality, an interior designer look. |