Wallpaper and Interior Design

Should Wallpaper Cover the Whole Wall or Only Part of It?

Designers now stop wallpaper at the wainscot or let it carry the upper wall. How to plan the line, and why a pattern from a painting suits a half wall.

What Makes Wallpaper Look Considered, Not Trendy?

Last updated: 16 October 2026 In short: Wallpaper looks considered when it carries a story and a real surface rather than an effect. Designers quoted in 2026 trend roundups call imitation textures ...

Does Digital Printing Keep the Artist's Hand in Wallpaper?

Last updated: 15 October 2026 In short: Digital printing can carry an artist's hand into a wallcovering, because it holds the detail of the original painting that other methods flatten. Wallpaper d...

Who Is the Hand Behind a Designer Wallpaper Collection?

Last updated: 14 October 2026 In short: A designer collection is worth the hand behind it. Calico Wallpaper's Cadence, made with Athena Calderone, credits a French decorative painter whose hand-ren...

Can a Printed Wall Feel as Quiet as a Hand-Raked One?

Maya Romanoff's CEO says design can foster calm. What makes a printed wall restful, and how a pattern drawn from a painting earns it.

Is Wallpaper Handmade if the Original Was Painted by Hand?

What handmade means on a wall: when a pattern starts as a painting and is then printed, and why precision beats a vague claim. A painter explains.

Is the Wall Being Treated Like Art This Autumn?

Angela Simeone · Last updated: 11 October 2026 In short: Increasingly, yes. Designers interviewed by Homes & Gardens for fall 2026 describe textiles hung as art, one color carried across walls ...

Is Wallpaper Turning From Motif Into Material This Autumn?

Angela Simeone · Last updated: 10 October 2026 In short: Yes. Selected Wallpapers' autumn 2026 trend report (28 August 2026) says "Luxury shifts from what you see to what you can almost feel," with...

What Changes When a Wallpaper Pattern Begins in an Artist's Hands?

Last updated: October 9, 2026 In short: Artist-designed wallpaper starts with a real artist's work, and the print is the format. Calico Wallpaper's Botanica collection began with ceramicist Cody Ho...

Does Human-Made Wallpaper Still Matter When AI Can Draw a Pattern?

A wallcovering maker tested seven artists against AI. What it found, what the artists said, and why a pattern drawn from a painting has an author.