Wallpaper has been an uncommon choice in Canada for about two decades now. I think this is mostly do to the cost and the amount of labour involved, but I don't see it much even in high-end design magazines that cater to people who presumably could afford it. It's all paint, paint, paint.
My computer used to be full of pictures of wallpapered interiors - I photograph the wallpaper whenever I visit historic buildings. Unfortunately, I lost those files during a crash last year.
Hahaha :D I took pictures of the wallpapers in my house before I started renovating it (it hadn't been altered since late 50's, early 60's)
This is a picture of my bathroom wallpaper, clearly I had to save a piece to frame as a nostalgia picture. (keep clicking on the right side and you'll see more of the old wallpapers) Unfortunately a lot of them are worn and dirty so I need to remove them. But I love the green wallpaper in my hallway (tapet-hall) so I'm kinda sad I'm going to have to change it.
Here it's the other way around, design magazines have pictures of expensive wallpapers and all-white-rooms besides one wall of crazy wallpaper. I wish I could afford the crazy prices, but for one wall as an accent wall I tend to splurge. I used to have this in my apartement (and it was only a rented one so now someone else gets to use it for free) (it's from Midbec's collection Imagine)
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Date: 2009-12-04 09:50 pm (UTC)I have done the bedroom, the library and now just (5 mins ago) finished the tv/livingroom.
Compare the bedroom with what it looks like on the sellers website
Compare the library with what it looks like on the sellers website (this is a reprinted old wallpaper found at a local theater during a renovation, it's originally from ca. 1870-80)
Compare the tv room with what it looks like on the sellers website
Beautiful!
Date: 2009-12-05 03:46 am (UTC)Wallpaper has been an uncommon choice in Canada for about two decades now. I think this is mostly do to the cost and the amount of labour involved, but I don't see it much even in high-end design magazines that cater to people who presumably could afford it. It's all paint, paint, paint.
My computer used to be full of pictures of wallpapered interiors - I photograph the wallpaper whenever I visit historic buildings. Unfortunately, I lost those files during a crash last year.
Re: Beautiful!
Date: 2009-12-05 11:00 am (UTC)This is a picture of my bathroom wallpaper, clearly I had to save a piece to frame as a nostalgia picture. (keep clicking on the right side and you'll see more of the old wallpapers) Unfortunately a lot of them are worn and dirty so I need to remove them. But I love the green wallpaper in my hallway (tapet-hall) so I'm kinda sad I'm going to have to change it.
Here it's the other way around, design magazines have pictures of expensive wallpapers and all-white-rooms besides one wall of crazy wallpaper. I wish I could afford the crazy prices, but for one wall as an accent wall I tend to splurge. I used to have this in my apartement (and it was only a rented one so now someone else gets to use it for free) (it's from Midbec's collection Imagine)
Another crazypriced but awesome wallpaper manufacturer is http://www.intrade.se/
Re: Beautiful!
Date: 2009-12-05 10:44 pm (UTC)Umm, if it's okay with you I going to friend your journal, or subscribe, or whatever it's called on dreamwidth. :)
Re: Beautiful!
Date: 2009-12-06 11:15 pm (UTC)Re: Beautiful!
Date: 2009-12-07 12:27 am (UTC)