On trend
Bursting with wonderful wallpaper trends that the world of interior design just can’t keep to itself.
The wallpaperdirect team keep a keen ear to the very smartest walls so we can bring you the inside track on the very latest wallpaper trends exploring, design, colours, patterns and styles.
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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
Your week in colour
It started with Black Friday and Blue Monday. Here’s our colours for every day of the week… Your week in colour If Black Friday is an elbows-out scrap for online bargains, and Blue Monday is the year’s most miserable day, what about the rest of the week? We’ve put our heads together to introduce a … Read more
Wall trends 2016
Trends in colour pattern and feel for wallpaper this year Wallpaper trends 2016 Our studios are filled to the brim with pattern books, swatches and samples helping us keep ahead of the trends. Be inspired by modern geometrics, understated pastels, and refreshing aqua designs. GEOMETRIC Bold geometric patterns are back for 2016, modernising walls for … Read more
The art of Liberty
An iconic collection from an iconic British brand. The art of Liberty Just around the corner from swinging sixties fashion mecca Carnaby Street, one of London’s most iconic fashion and textile stores frames high fashion and art nouveau in a 1920s mock tudor frontage. Arthur Lazenby Liberty’s Eastern Bazaar began changing the face of fashion … Read more
Ginger Lilly Tea
Q&A with our lovely fellow bloggeuse Keri-Anne of Ginger Lilly Tea fame Ginger Lilly Tea This week we’re delighted to bring you a Q&A with the very lovely Keri-Anne, product photographer, craft queen and bloggeuse behind the wonderful Ginger Lilly Tea WD What’s the best decorating advice anyone has given you? KA To decorate your … Read more
Hunker down time
The nights are drawing in, the days are cooling down, it’s hibernation time. Hunker down time Once in a while, luxuriating under the Summer sun on holiday I close my eyes and imagine what it might be like to be a soaring eagle, a majestic lionesses, or a happy dolphin free and fearless in the … Read more
Dazzling deco decor
A visit to Eltham Palace – London’s best-kept deco interior secret Dazzling deco decor It’s Spring Bank Holiday weekend. With an eye on the weather (rain on a bank holiday – surely not?) I’ve got a trip up my sleeve that will make any day fabulous. A visit to London’s best-kept interior secret… Eltham Palace. … Read more
Decorex 2015
A visit to Decorex reveals the hot trends Decorex 2015 We took ourselves off to Syon Park (Kew Gardens’ West London next door neighbour) this week. Once again it was the lovely alfresco venue for Decorex – one of the trade’s most important events of the year. There were hundreds of new designers with thousands … Read more
Post-holiday blues
Our all year round wallpaper cure for the holiday blues. Post-holiday blues August has shed its Summer shorts and September has packed them away in the bottom drawer for another year. The holidays are over, the kids are back to school and we’re all back to work – boo! In a search for a cure … Read more
The Queen of Chic
The ultra-chic Audrey Hepburn look The Queen of chic London’s National Portrait Gallery hosts a must-see exhibition strictly for the super-styish this Summer. Audrey Hepburn – Portraits of an Icon runs until 18th October. Put on your best black and white outfit and pose along with the Queen of chic at her most glamorous. Perfectly … Read more
Blue. Coming soon from Little Greene.
A preview of the lovely Little Greene Blue colour card, coming September 2015. Blue. Coming soon from Little Greene. If you like blue, you’re going to love the new Little Greene Blue capsule paint collection coming out in September. There’s a collection of lovely wallcoverings to complement the colours too – more of those later … Read more
Summer breeze
How to make pinwheels with left over wallpaper Summer breeze Wimbledon withers in record temperatures, the radio is full of expert advice on how to sleep in the merciless night heat, and our dog has swapped his spot in the sun for the shade. Here comes another remarkably Summery British Summer. As usual, wallpaperdirect is … 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
Your week in colour
It started with Black Friday and Blue Monday. Here’s our colours for every day of the week… Your week in colour If Black Friday is an elbows-out scrap for online bargains, and Blue Monday is the year’s most miserable day, what about the rest of the week? We’ve put our heads together to introduce a … Read more
Wall trends 2016
Trends in colour pattern and feel for wallpaper this year Wallpaper trends 2016 Our studios are filled to the brim with pattern books, swatches and samples helping us keep ahead of the trends. Be inspired by modern geometrics, understated pastels, and refreshing aqua designs. GEOMETRIC Bold geometric patterns are back for 2016, modernising walls for … Read more
The art of Liberty
An iconic collection from an iconic British brand. The art of Liberty Just around the corner from swinging sixties fashion mecca Carnaby Street, one of London’s most iconic fashion and textile stores frames high fashion and art nouveau in a 1920s mock tudor frontage. Arthur Lazenby Liberty’s Eastern Bazaar began changing the face of fashion … Read more
Ginger Lilly Tea
Q&A with our lovely fellow bloggeuse Keri-Anne of Ginger Lilly Tea fame Ginger Lilly Tea This week we’re delighted to bring you a Q&A with the very lovely Keri-Anne, product photographer, craft queen and bloggeuse behind the wonderful Ginger Lilly Tea WD What’s the best decorating advice anyone has given you? KA To decorate your … Read more
Hunker down time
The nights are drawing in, the days are cooling down, it’s hibernation time. Hunker down time Once in a while, luxuriating under the Summer sun on holiday I close my eyes and imagine what it might be like to be a soaring eagle, a majestic lionesses, or a happy dolphin free and fearless in the … Read more
Dazzling deco decor
A visit to Eltham Palace – London’s best-kept deco interior secret Dazzling deco decor It’s Spring Bank Holiday weekend. With an eye on the weather (rain on a bank holiday – surely not?) I’ve got a trip up my sleeve that will make any day fabulous. A visit to London’s best-kept interior secret… Eltham Palace. … Read more
Decorex 2015
A visit to Decorex reveals the hot trends Decorex 2015 We took ourselves off to Syon Park (Kew Gardens’ West London next door neighbour) this week. Once again it was the lovely alfresco venue for Decorex – one of the trade’s most important events of the year. There were hundreds of new designers with thousands … Read more
Post-holiday blues
Our all year round wallpaper cure for the holiday blues. Post-holiday blues August has shed its Summer shorts and September has packed them away in the bottom drawer for another year. The holidays are over, the kids are back to school and we’re all back to work – boo! In a search for a cure … Read more
The Queen of Chic
The ultra-chic Audrey Hepburn look The Queen of chic London’s National Portrait Gallery hosts a must-see exhibition strictly for the super-styish this Summer. Audrey Hepburn – Portraits of an Icon runs until 18th October. Put on your best black and white outfit and pose along with the Queen of chic at her most glamorous. Perfectly … Read more
Blue. Coming soon from Little Greene.
A preview of the lovely Little Greene Blue colour card, coming September 2015. Blue. Coming soon from Little Greene. If you like blue, you’re going to love the new Little Greene Blue capsule paint collection coming out in September. There’s a collection of lovely wallcoverings to complement the colours too – more of those later … Read more
Summer breeze
How to make pinwheels with left over wallpaper Summer breeze Wimbledon withers in record temperatures, the radio is full of expert advice on how to sleep in the merciless night heat, and our dog has swapped his spot in the sun for the shade. Here comes another remarkably Summery British Summer. As usual, wallpaperdirect is … Read more