Wallpaper and Interior Design

An Outside Eye Beats A Career Pattern-Designer's Formula

In short: Fromental, one of the wallcovering world's most established hand-painted houses, just handed its first wallpaper collection to a fashion designer with zero prior wallcovering experience...

A Personal Pattern Beats A Safe Repeat

In short: the biggest 2026 wallpaper trends aren't about a bigger print or a louder color — they're about a pattern that carries a real story instead of playing it safe. Five designers, from bl...

The Best Patterns Start Personal, Not Mass-Market

Can a bespoke wallpaper pattern earn a permanent collection before mass design does? Angela Simeone on original, artist-made pattern-making.

A Real Painting Beats A Borrowed Art Movement

In short: Business of Home's May 2026 roundup of new wallcoverings puts two very different kinds of "art-inspired" wallpaper side by side: Harlequin's Pintura, which pays homage to Fauvism, the e...

A Painter's First Wallpaper Is Still A Painting

Christopher Farr Cloth's first Olaf Hajek wallcovering collection tests what a fine artist's pattern promises over a career pattern designer's — and where Angela Simeone's own line sits on the same...

Wallpaper Doesn't Need To Be Hand-Printed To Feel Handmade

A wallcovering doesn't have to be hand-screen-printed to feel made by a person — why the source painting, not the printing method, is what carries the human hand.

This Season's Wallpaper Wraps The Whole Room, Not Just One Wall

In short: This season's wallpaper trend isn't a feature wall — it's the whole room. Designers are wrapping ceilings, moldings, and every wall in one continuous pattern to make a space feel envelo...

Heritage Wallpaper Is Getting A Contemporary Read

Designers say 2026's wallpaper comeback isn't nostalgia — it's heritage craft rebuilt in bolder scale and richer color. Where an artist-made pattern fits.

A Painter's Hand Still Beats An AI Prompt

AI can generate a wallpaper file in a weekend. Here's why wallpaper drawn from a real, hand-made painting still holds an edge the trade can defend to clients.

How to Pick the Right Wallpaper Pattern Scale for Any Room

TL;DR: Wallpaper pattern scale is determined by the largest uninterrupted wall in the room — not by square footage. In small rooms with a tight wall, a large motif often reads cleaner than a small ...