Design inspirations
We help you find inspiration for your interiors in the most unexpected places
Find out how sunshine in Soho Square, reflections in an evening puddle, a 1970s children’s book, and the most gorgeous holidays can inspire your decorating.
Happy meals
A look at the endless invention of bento boxes Happy meals Lunch is never dull at wallpaperdirect Towers, and this week we’ve been particularly inspired by our Suzie’s scrumptious bento boxes. Ever the creative, Suzie puts a whole new spin on playing with her food, tucking in to lovely little lunchtime stories creatively crafted from … Read more
Anaglypta modernista
Anaglypta has emerged from under the dado to spearhead a modern texture revolution. Anaglypta modernista Anaglypta, once a byword for austere Victoriana, may now be set to become the darling of decor modernistas. Look closely at the cover of May’s marvellous Elle Decoration featuring the #EDapartment (the “best show home in the world”) and you’ll find the … Read more
Lose yourself in florals
Performance art – fabric flower power Lose yourself in florals We love fabrics as well as wallpaper, and if we can wrap up a little artistic expression with that we love it all the more. So can you imagine our joy at stumbling across the stunning fabric photographs of artist Cecilia Paredes? Thanks to Interlaced-Textile Arts on … Read more
Nine new colours on your doorstep
We have a visit from the Farrow & Ball milk float, bearing bottles of colour loveliness Nine new colours on your doorstep Our customers at Brewers have just been treated to a visit from the marvellous Farrow & Ball milk float. Now everybody loves a classic Farrow & Ball cream, and you can imagine how … Read more
We can’t let Maggie go…
We’re even more full of hot air than usual this week, with balloons on wallpaper… We can’t let Maggie go… She flies like a bird in the sky (ay, ay, ay) She flies like a bird and I wish that she was mine… So (way back in the seventies) went the soundtrack to the Nimble TV … Read more
Thoroughly modern metal
Metallic copper wallpaper means never having to say you’re out of fashion. Thoroughly modern metal In the seventies (so they tell me 🙂 no British holiday was complete without a visit to “Ye Olde Copper Kettle” for tea and buns between the showers. As old-fashioned as in their name, copper kettles (along with horse brasses) … Read more
Iconic walls visualised
The biggest walls you’ll never wallpaper! Iconic Walls Visualised Walls are hardly the most exciting discussion point (unless of course they are draped in gorgeous wallpaper), despite serving such an important role. They have marked borders, defended countries and supported the world’s most impressive architectural structures, yet they rarely get the recognition they deserve. We … Read more
Sunny with a chance of smiles
Look out your window, what do you see? Maybe a little sunshine’s bringing smiles our way. Sunny with a chance of smiles We’ve just booked an Airbnb to Bergen in Norway for the Summer. Will we see the Northern Lights? Asked the kids. So I Googled it and no, no chance in August (Bergen’s quite … Read more
The art of the garden
Painterly florals put the garden on your walls The art of the garden Our cultural whirl finds us this week at The Royal Academy of Arts for their show Painting the Modern Garden featuring gorgeous garden paintings from Monet, Matisse and Renoir (and many others) who found inspiration in their own modern gardens. Monet famously … Read more
Let’s do the show right here!
Theatre wallpapers for London and Broadway Let’s do the show… RIGHT HERE! London’s lovely V&A has opened an exhibition celebrating 40 years of the Olivier Awards and the world’s greatest centres of theatre – London and New York. CURTAIN UP runs until 31st August 2016. Displays around Phantom of the Opera, A Chorus Line, War … Read more
Great Interior Design Challenge
Get that GIDC look …if you dare! We’re loving the new series of the Great Interior Design Challenge on BBC2. In the hope that you lovely readers are loving it with us, we thought we’d take our favourite room from this week’s show and help you get the look. The contestants were briefed to take … Read more
Walls à Lacroix
Christian Lacroix’s irrepressible designs on wallpaper at wallpaperdirect. Walls à Lacroix Christian Lacroix designs for a contemporary fantasy world oozing original luxury, and wallpaperdirect is delighted to be home to four fantastic Lacroix wallpaper collections: Nouveau Mondes, Belle Rives, Carnets Andalous and Air de Paris. Museum pieces As a would-be museum curator of fashion, a … Read more
Happy meals
A look at the endless invention of bento boxes Happy meals Lunch is never dull at wallpaperdirect Towers, and this week we’ve been particularly inspired by our Suzie’s scrumptious bento boxes. Ever the creative, Suzie puts a whole new spin on playing with her food, tucking in to lovely little lunchtime stories creatively crafted from … Read more
Anaglypta modernista
Anaglypta has emerged from under the dado to spearhead a modern texture revolution. Anaglypta modernista Anaglypta, once a byword for austere Victoriana, may now be set to become the darling of decor modernistas. Look closely at the cover of May’s marvellous Elle Decoration featuring the #EDapartment (the “best show home in the world”) and you’ll find the … Read more
Lose yourself in florals
Performance art – fabric flower power Lose yourself in florals We love fabrics as well as wallpaper, and if we can wrap up a little artistic expression with that we love it all the more. So can you imagine our joy at stumbling across the stunning fabric photographs of artist Cecilia Paredes? Thanks to Interlaced-Textile Arts on … Read more
Nine new colours on your doorstep
We have a visit from the Farrow & Ball milk float, bearing bottles of colour loveliness Nine new colours on your doorstep Our customers at Brewers have just been treated to a visit from the marvellous Farrow & Ball milk float. Now everybody loves a classic Farrow & Ball cream, and you can imagine how … Read more
We can’t let Maggie go…
We’re even more full of hot air than usual this week, with balloons on wallpaper… We can’t let Maggie go… She flies like a bird in the sky (ay, ay, ay) She flies like a bird and I wish that she was mine… So (way back in the seventies) went the soundtrack to the Nimble TV … Read more
Thoroughly modern metal
Metallic copper wallpaper means never having to say you’re out of fashion. Thoroughly modern metal In the seventies (so they tell me 🙂 no British holiday was complete without a visit to “Ye Olde Copper Kettle” for tea and buns between the showers. As old-fashioned as in their name, copper kettles (along with horse brasses) … Read more
Iconic walls visualised
The biggest walls you’ll never wallpaper! Iconic Walls Visualised Walls are hardly the most exciting discussion point (unless of course they are draped in gorgeous wallpaper), despite serving such an important role. They have marked borders, defended countries and supported the world’s most impressive architectural structures, yet they rarely get the recognition they deserve. We … Read more
Sunny with a chance of smiles
Look out your window, what do you see? Maybe a little sunshine’s bringing smiles our way. Sunny with a chance of smiles We’ve just booked an Airbnb to Bergen in Norway for the Summer. Will we see the Northern Lights? Asked the kids. So I Googled it and no, no chance in August (Bergen’s quite … Read more
The art of the garden
Painterly florals put the garden on your walls The art of the garden Our cultural whirl finds us this week at The Royal Academy of Arts for their show Painting the Modern Garden featuring gorgeous garden paintings from Monet, Matisse and Renoir (and many others) who found inspiration in their own modern gardens. Monet famously … Read more
Let’s do the show right here!
Theatre wallpapers for London and Broadway Let’s do the show… RIGHT HERE! London’s lovely V&A has opened an exhibition celebrating 40 years of the Olivier Awards and the world’s greatest centres of theatre – London and New York. CURTAIN UP runs until 31st August 2016. Displays around Phantom of the Opera, A Chorus Line, War … Read more
Great Interior Design Challenge
Get that GIDC look …if you dare! We’re loving the new series of the Great Interior Design Challenge on BBC2. In the hope that you lovely readers are loving it with us, we thought we’d take our favourite room from this week’s show and help you get the look. The contestants were briefed to take … Read more
Walls à Lacroix
Christian Lacroix’s irrepressible designs on wallpaper at wallpaperdirect. Walls à Lacroix Christian Lacroix designs for a contemporary fantasy world oozing original luxury, and wallpaperdirect is delighted to be home to four fantastic Lacroix wallpaper collections: Nouveau Mondes, Belle Rives, Carnets Andalous and Air de Paris. Museum pieces As a would-be museum curator of fashion, a … Read more