INTERIORS
To make a statement, take your curtains
the full width of the wall. It’s even more
Peony Mural at Digetex, www.digetex.com dramatic if you use a rail that can be
fitted to the ceiling so the fabric hangs
the full height of the room.
Decorating as an Art Form
You could use blackboard paint on part
words Julia Neustein, Interior Motives
of the walls in kids’ bedrooms and give
them chalk to create their own ever-
changing art.
B
eing faced with a blank wall can be quite daunting. Should we paint, paper
or combine the two? Recently the trend has been to combine paper and
Have one wall in your bedroom dedicated
paint, by having a feature wall of wallpaper and coordinating the other walls
to open pigeon hole shelving units which,
with a flat paint colour. In my opinion this has been overdone, so here are some
if you are anything like me, could house
inspiring alternatives.
and display your vast shoe collection.
Two lengths of wallpaper, grouped behind a chest of drawers or consol table, can create
Don’t forget the smallest room in the
a new focal point to a room where there isn’t already a fireplace. Or hang one strip of
house. An idea which I have used in the
wallpaper either side of your bed as a more original version of the ‘feature wall’.
past was to cover the walls in pages from
Some wallpaper manufacturers offer large wall panels which are hung like wallpaper
The Dandy and The Beano. You could
but create a large work of art. www.nonoliving.co.uk and www.casadeco.com have
also consider a Rogues Gallery made up
the best examples.
from a collage of photocopies of friends
and family photographs.
Several companies can print any digital image you provide onto large format wall
coverings and these are not prohibitively expensive. www.muraspec.com and Julia Neustein
www.digetex.com
is managing director of
Interior Motives, 163 High
Gone are the days of stenciling… the 21st century version of this is to use wall
Street, Musselburgh.
Tel: 0131 665 7172
stickers. The following websites are excellent. www.marmarco.com, www.caselio.com
www.interiormotivesltd.com
and www.95percentdanish.co.uk
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