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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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