On A Roll Extras

More Ways to Revive a Room with Wallcoverings

Great Ideas

By THERESA ROH-ROBERSON

• Use wallpaper in a bedroom to create the illusion of a headboard.

• Don’t forget the fifth wall, the ceiling, to create some excitement in a room. You may want to paint the walls or use one wallpaper design on the walls and a coordinated paper on the ceiling; try with a glass beaded design, a classic flock or a large non-directional pattern.

• Have very high ceilings and want to make a room seem cozier? Use wallpaper up to about eight feet high, install a molding and a dark paper above the molding and across the ceiling. The overall effect minimizes the height of the room, while adding or enhancing other architectural features.

• Try a new approach to “faux” faux finishing! Achieve the rustic aged look of antique plaster by hanging a darker faux paper first. Next take a lighter faux paper and tear it in large pieces and strategically apply it on top using vinyl over vinyl adhesive in a layering effect like decoupage. (See photos below.)

[IMAGE]

As you can see from just the few ideas listed above, there are more ways to use wallcovering then perhaps you ever thought possible … and this is just the beginning! The wallpaper industry is working hard to bring even more design ideas and innovations your way.

Theresa Roh-Roberson has a four year degree in interior design. She has practiced interior design and was an account executive in the wallcovering industry for 12 years. She currently works for Seabrook Wallcoverings Inc. at the corporate headquarters in Memphis, Tenn., as the director of marketing and public relations.

For the full article and more ways to revive a room with wallcoverings, see the Nov./Dec. 2010 issue of Vision.