Wallpaper and Interior Design

Can a Large Pattern Wrap a Room Without Overwhelming It?

Last updated: 5 November 2026 In short: It can, when the pattern is built to be lived inside. New York designer Lara Apelian told Apartment Therapy that large blooms "envelop a room and transport y...

Is Pattern Moving Back Onto the Walls, and Can It Carry a Whole Room?

Last updated: 4 November 2026 In short: Yes, according to designers writing over the past year. Rebecca Craig of Sanderson and Morris & Co. says pattern on walls is back in a significant way, w...

Does a Wallpaper Pattern Mean More When You Know the Room It Came From?

Last updated: 3 November 2026 In short: Often, yes. Farrow & Ball's limited Heritage Papers, issued for its 80th anniversary, trace Gothic to a Worcestershire staircase hall, Sweet Pea to a hou...

Are Autumn's Warm Colors Moving From Paint Onto Wallpaper?

Last updated: 2 November 2026 In short: Designers are naming warm, deep colors for autumn 2026: a dusty, sun-washed yellow, maroon, oxblood, tomato red. Their remarks concern paint and upholstery, ...

Is Wallpaper Better When an Artist Draws the Pattern First?

Last updated: 1 November 2026 In short: Often, yes. Dedar's new textile wall coverings, shown in Dezeen Showroom partnership content, include two designs from the illustration duo Icinori, screen-p...

Why Are Designers Reaching for Marbling After Years of Greige?

Last updated: 31 October 2026 In short: Because a flat wall has little to say. House Beautiful reported on 29 October 2026 that designers are turning to marbling, and designer Cara Woodhouse says c...

What Does a Wallpaper Archive Look Like When It Is Edited Down?

Last updated: 30 October 2026 In short: Often, yes. Cole & Son's new Formations collection, covered by Country & Town House on 19 October 2026, refines the house's 1950s geometric archive. ...

Can a Wallcovering Work Like Architecture Instead of Decoration?

Last updated: 29 October 2026 In short: Yes, when the material is built for it. Rebecca Craig of Sanderson and Morris & Co. says wallpaper “is being used in different, inventive and unexpected ...

Can a Wallcovering Carry a Story the Way a Painting Does?

Last updated: 28 October 2026 In short: Within limits, yes. Dallas designer Kellie Sirna says a custom wallcovering let her “tell our story,” and CandysDirt's Candy Evans declares that wallpaper is...

Is a Collaboration Wallpaper the Same as a Pattern Drawn From One Painting?

Last updated: 27 October 2026 In short: Not quite. This season's wallpaper launches are mostly collaborations, a named designer or studio lending a point of view to a house's production. A pattern ...