Wallpaper and Interior Design

Atelier Berry Silvered Champagne artist-designed wallcovering, drawn from an original painting by Nashville artist Angela Simeone, from a post on why a wallpaper pattern needs a reason behind it.

Why a Wallpaper Pattern Needs a Reason Behind It

Narrative is the word the wallcovering trade has landed on this season. What separates a pattern with a real source from one with a good story about one.

Flourish Artichoke and Lilac artist-designed wallcovering behind a linen dining chair, drawn from an original painting by Nashville artist Angela Simeone, from a post on whether a pattern's origin changes how it feels to live with.

Does a Pattern's Origin Change How It Feels to Live With?

When a wallcovering is drawn from a real archive sketch or a real painting, does that lineage change the room — or is it a story told over any printed roll?

Flourish Marigold and Grey Large Scale artist-designed wallcovering wrapping a room around a fireplace, drawn from an original painting by Nashville artist Angela Simeone, from a post on immersive hospitality wallcovering.

Immersive Without a Commission: What a Wallcovering Does to a Room

"Immersive art" is a named 2026 hotel trend. A considered wallcovering can do the same atmospheric work as a commissioned installation — here is how and why.

Deco Black and Cigar artist-designed wallpaper wrapping a bathroom wall behind a freestanding tub, drawn from an original painting by Nashville artist Angela Simeone, from a post on where wallpaper patterns come from.

An Archive Stays Current by Handing Someone Else the Key

In short: Heritage wallpaper houses stay current by periodically handing their archive to an outside eye — a guest designer who reinterprets it, then hands it back. It is a genuinely good model, an...

Atelier Blue Haze Medium artist-designed wallpaper wrapping a room behind a sofa, drawn from an original painting by Nashville artist Angela Simeone, from a post on papering ceilings, niches and small rooms.

Ceilings and Niches Become the Season's Best Wallpaper Decision

In short: The single feature wall is giving way to the wrapped volume — ceilings, niches, powder rooms and alcoves papered continuously so the space reads as one decision. Small, contained rooms ar...

Flourish Artichoke and Lilac artist-designed wallpaper on a dining room wall behind a brown linen chair, drawn from an original painting by Nashville artist Angela Simeone, from a post on what designer wallpaper pricing actually buys.

Designer Wallpaper Prices a Person, Not a Roll

In short: The gap is mostly distribution and authorship, not paper. A mass pre-pasted roll is printed in very large runs and sold through high-volume retail, so the cost per yard falls. A designer ...

Flourish Greige artist-designed wallpaper on a primary bedroom wall behind a linen headboard, drawn from an original painting by Nashville artist Angela Simeone, from a post on who actually authors a wallpaper house's patterns.

Legacy Wallpaper Houses Borrow an Eye. A Painter's Line Keeps One.

Heritage wallcovering houses stay current by commissioning outside designers. What that means for provenance, and the three tiers of wallpaper a spec sheet hides.

Flourish Marigold and Grey artist-designed wallpaper at large scale on a contained fireplace wall, drawn from an original painting by Nashville artist Angela Simeone, from a post on where a wallpaper pattern's scale is decided.

Pattern Scale Gets Decided Long Before Your Wall Sees It

Designers warn that a large-scale pattern needs a contained room. The real variable is where the scale was set — at the original artwork, or at the printer.

Chic Stripe Winter White wallcovering installed in a room, a pattern drawn from an original painting by Nashville artist Angela Simeone.

Handmade Became a Sourcing Question the Year AI Arrived in Interiors

Designers are asking where a pattern actually came from. What separates a wallcovering with a checkable origin from one that only looks handmade.

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A Wallpaper Made to Look Old, and the Difference Between Patina and Costume

Aged-looking wallpaper is everywhere in 2026. What separates real patina from a pattern in costume — and why the origin of the artwork decides which one you get.