Wallpapers as seen on tv, at the pictures and maybe even in your local café…
If you’re curious about a groovy wallpaper design you’ve seen on TV, or at the pictures, or wherever, we’re here to help
If you’re of a certain age, how could you forget Hilda Ogden’s marvellous ‘muriel’, taking pride of place in her Coronation Street living room?
Send us a picture or message us about what you’ve seen and where and we’ll do our best to get to the bottom of your wallpaper mysteries.
Wallpaper book club – LLB Signature Wallpaper
We take a page by page look through LLB Signature Wallpaper collection. As one of the world’s most recognised Home Designers and with a portfolio of fine art spanning over 35 years, this is a collection of intense creativity and phenomenal originality.
Couture for the home
Having fun in Chelsea, checking out new collections at Design Week… Couture for the home London Design Week 2018 We’re having an interiors reboot this week at the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour.It’s the place to go to see the best in design and decoration for the home all under one roof. The showrooms are looking suitably bright and … Read more
New Year tonic
New Year tonic It’s the time we all like to hibernate when the evenings are still dark and cold so a bit of feel good television is the perfect companion, alongside the last few remaning cheeky chocolates! Not so much the box sets for me but an hour at the end of the evening is … 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
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
Face to face with Sophie Robinson
Face to face with Sophie Robinson Sophie Robinson stylist superstar We had the pleasure of working with the lovely Sophie Robinson – one time rally driver turned interior designer and stylist supreme on our latest wall trends look book for autumn/winter 2015. We’ll be showcasing those trends here soon – watch this space. In a … Read more
Bring me sunshine
Spring cheer with Morecambe & Wise as temperatures soar with sunny wallpapers Bring me sunshine Morecambe and Wise are singing “Bring me Sunshine” on the radio, and the April weather is obliging with an unexpected heatwave. Turn the sound up and treat yourself to a minute of silliness with this clip of Eric and Ern’s … Read more
(Academy) award winning colour
Exploring the colourful corridors of the Grand Budapest hotel (Academy) Award-winning colour Last week’s Academy Awards saw Wes Anderson’s exquisite film The Grand Budapest Hotel seize the Oscars for best production design and best costume design. And the design is top to toe gorgeous. Immaculate colour floods every impeccably-framed scene from beginning to end, from … Read more
Wolf Hall …and stairs? …and living room?
Decorating with the tudors Wolf Hall …and stairs? …and living room? I’m spending Wednesday evenings on the sofa with the BBC’s fantastic adaptation of Wolf Hall. Will Anne Boleyn manage to keep her head if she re-decorates Hampton Court? The precious light in those cold, candlelit rooms gives us vignettes of vibrant colour and opulent … Read more
It’s a jungle out there!
I’m a celebrity. Decorate my house. It’s a jungle out there! It’s been a rough week in I’m a Celebrity. Maybe you lap it up. Maybe it turns your stomach – but the hugely popular celebrity competition to be crowned king or queen of the jungle is certainly not for the faint-hearted. There’s no way … Read more
Guest blogger – Dominic Myland
The Managing Director of Mylands tells us the story of a great London brand A little Lambeth Luxury, courtesy of Mylands paint Our guest this week is Dominic Myland, Managing Director, Mylands. Designerpaint (DP): Can you tell us a bit about your Company’s history? Dominic Myland (DM): Mylands is Britain’s oldest family owned and run … Read more
Wallpaper book club – LLB Signature Wallpaper
We take a page by page look through LLB Signature Wallpaper collection. As one of the world’s most recognised Home Designers and with a portfolio of fine art spanning over 35 years, this is a collection of intense creativity and phenomenal originality.
Couture for the home
Having fun in Chelsea, checking out new collections at Design Week… Couture for the home London Design Week 2018 We’re having an interiors reboot this week at the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour.It’s the place to go to see the best in design and decoration for the home all under one roof. The showrooms are looking suitably bright and … Read more
New Year tonic
New Year tonic It’s the time we all like to hibernate when the evenings are still dark and cold so a bit of feel good television is the perfect companion, alongside the last few remaning cheeky chocolates! Not so much the box sets for me but an hour at the end of the evening is … 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
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
Face to face with Sophie Robinson
Face to face with Sophie Robinson Sophie Robinson stylist superstar We had the pleasure of working with the lovely Sophie Robinson – one time rally driver turned interior designer and stylist supreme on our latest wall trends look book for autumn/winter 2015. We’ll be showcasing those trends here soon – watch this space. In a … Read more
Bring me sunshine
Spring cheer with Morecambe & Wise as temperatures soar with sunny wallpapers Bring me sunshine Morecambe and Wise are singing “Bring me Sunshine” on the radio, and the April weather is obliging with an unexpected heatwave. Turn the sound up and treat yourself to a minute of silliness with this clip of Eric and Ern’s … Read more
(Academy) award winning colour
Exploring the colourful corridors of the Grand Budapest hotel (Academy) Award-winning colour Last week’s Academy Awards saw Wes Anderson’s exquisite film The Grand Budapest Hotel seize the Oscars for best production design and best costume design. And the design is top to toe gorgeous. Immaculate colour floods every impeccably-framed scene from beginning to end, from … Read more
Wolf Hall …and stairs? …and living room?
Decorating with the tudors Wolf Hall …and stairs? …and living room? I’m spending Wednesday evenings on the sofa with the BBC’s fantastic adaptation of Wolf Hall. Will Anne Boleyn manage to keep her head if she re-decorates Hampton Court? The precious light in those cold, candlelit rooms gives us vignettes of vibrant colour and opulent … Read more
It’s a jungle out there!
I’m a celebrity. Decorate my house. It’s a jungle out there! It’s been a rough week in I’m a Celebrity. Maybe you lap it up. Maybe it turns your stomach – but the hugely popular celebrity competition to be crowned king or queen of the jungle is certainly not for the faint-hearted. There’s no way … Read more
Guest blogger – Dominic Myland
The Managing Director of Mylands tells us the story of a great London brand A little Lambeth Luxury, courtesy of Mylands paint Our guest this week is Dominic Myland, Managing Director, Mylands. Designerpaint (DP): Can you tell us a bit about your Company’s history? Dominic Myland (DM): Mylands is Britain’s oldest family owned and run … Read more