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Wallpaper Behind Open Shelving and Glass Cabinets: A Kitchen Trend

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  Open shelving looks beautiful in photos. In real life, a bare wall behind your favorite dishes can feel a little flat. That's the gap this trend fills. A layer of pattern or texture behind the shelves turns a plain backdrop into something that frames everything you've styled in front of it. The same idea works behind glass-front cabinets, where the paper peeks through every time you open the door. It's a small detail that makes the whole kitchen feel finished. One easy way to test the look is with a peel-and-stick option like the Lillian August Luxe Haven Porto Tile in Riviera Blue , which mimics a tiled backdrop without any grout or tools. If you've been eyeing the look but weren't sure where to start, here's how to make it work in your own kitchen. A Patterned Backdrop Makes Open Shelves Look Styled Open shelves put your wall on display. Whatever sits behind your mugs, bowls, and cookbooks becomes part of the picture. A subtle pattern gives those items somet...
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Chinoiserie Wallpaper Ideas for Dining Rooms, Bedrooms & Beyond

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  Few wallpaper styles feel as effortlessly elegant as chinoiserie. The flowering branches, exotic birds, and quiet garden scenes have been gracing beautiful homes for centuries, and they're having a real moment again today. An iconic pattern like Schumacher's Chiang Mai Dragon shows exactly why the look endures. The best part? This is one of the most versatile styles you can choose, working just as well in a grand dining room as it does in a tiny powder room. If you've fallen for the style but aren't sure where it belongs, here are chinoiserie wallpaper ideas for room after room, plus the colors that make each one sing. What Is Chinoiserie Wallpaper? Chinoiserie is a Western take on East Asian decorative art, known for its hand-painted look: blossoming trees, cranes and songbirds, pagodas, and delicate landscape scenes. It's pronounced, "shin-WAH-zer-ee." Traditionally, it appears in blue-and-white, but today you'll find it in soft greens, warm neut...
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Powder Room Wallpaper Ideas: Big Impact in a Small Space

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  The powder room is the one room in the house where you can be brave. It's small. It has no shower, steaming up the walls. And your guests actually spend a minute or two in there, with nothing to look at but the walls you chose. That combination makes it the perfect place to try a pattern you'd hesitate to commit to anywhere else - think a bold floral like Schumacher's Hydrangea Drape that would feel daring across a whole living room but looks just right here.  So if you've been playing it safe everywhere else in your home, this is the room to let loose. Here are powder room wallpaper ideas that turn a small, often-overlooked space into the most memorable one in the house. Why the Powder Room Is the Best Room to Go Bold Being small is the powder room's secret weapon, and it works in your favor in two ways. First, you need very little wallpaper, so a premium designer pattern that feels out of reach for a big living room suddenly fits the budget. Second, because no...
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Peel and Stick vs. Traditional Wallpaper: Which One Is Right for You?

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  The question comes up constantly. You've found a pattern you love, it's available in both peel and stick and traditional paste wallpaper, and you're not sure which version to order. A friend tells you peel and stick is easier. A designer tells you traditional is better. The internet tells you both things simultaneously. The honest answer is that neither is objectively superior. The right choice depends almost entirely on your situation, the room, the walls, and how long you want the installation to last. Here's how to decide. What Is the Actual Difference Between the Two? Peel and stick wallpaper uses a pressure-sensitive self-adhesive backing. You peel away the liner, press it to the wall, and smooth it into place, no paste, no tools, no soaking required. If you misalign a strip, you can pull it back and reposition it. When you want it gone, it peels away from the wall without chemicals or scrapers. Traditional wallpaper comes in two forms. Pre-pasted wallpaper has a...
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How Much Wallpaper Do I Need? A Room-by-Room Guide

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   It's the question that comes up right after "which pattern do I want?", and it's the one that makes most first-time buyers hesitate. Overorder and you've spent more than you needed to. Underorder and you're hunting for a matching dye lot that may no longer exist. The good news is the calculation is more straightforward than it looks. Here's exactly how to think through it, room by room, before you place your order. Step One: Measure Your Walls, Not the Room The most common starting mistake is using the room's floor area. Wall area is what you actually need, and the formula is simple. Take the room's perimeter in feet and multiply it by the ceiling height. That gives you the gross wall area. Then subtract your openings, a standard door removes roughly 20 square feet, a standard window removes roughly 15 square feet. What's left is your net wallpaperable area. Here's a real example. A 12 × 14 foot bedroom with 9-foot ceilings has a perimet...
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