If THESE walls could talk...

Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse 2009; installation designed by Amy Lau using multiple Maya Romanoff wallcoverings

As I was trying to catch up on my ginormous stack of magazines this weekend (Interior Design Oct. 09! Sheesh!), I came across an article about Maya Romanoff Wallcovering. It made me want to share. If you've followed us for a while, you know about our love of wallcovering, and this company's offerings are, to us, some of the best of the best.

We just purchased 2 vastly different selections of Maya for 2 of our clients.

For Client #1, it was Gunmetal Marquetry for a small niche just off of the foyer of her residence. This is what it looks like in more of a Maple-toned finish.

We installed Gunmetal - more of a silver/grey color. Here it is close up:

It's a very thin wood veneer in 18" x 18" blocks. There is such a variation in the way the light hits it, it's breathtaking. It has a little sparkle to it, but it looks like sand, not gaudy, Las Vegas style sparkle. Beautiful sparkle.

For Client #2 we used Bedazzled - which is more like Las Vegas style sparkle. It's tiny little beads. We had it hung in a powder room and it is DELICIOUS!

This is what it looks like from far away, but up close - check it out:

It's made of miniature beads that look like glass. Gorgeous, fabulous and super fun.

Now kick back and peruse this yummy eye candy.

Crystallized:

This is a wood veneer with a Swarovski crystal in the center.

Mother of Pearl Chevron

Yes, it really is REAL Mother of Pearl. Stunning.

This is Beadazzled Bijoux - the small glass beads arranged in a pattern. Aahhhh

The Beadazzled collection has about 10 other variations in pattern and tons of juicy colors.

This is Stitched:

The name speaks for itself.

Blanket

So soft and fuzzy

And last but not least, Anniversary Snowflake

D.I.E. Love it.

I heart wallpaper

Image of grasscloth courtesy of www.sourcesandesign.com, room designed by Jeffrey Elliot




One of Inhabit's favorite materials of choice is wallcovering - better known as wallpaper. In the biz we call it wallcovering but yes, it is the same thing. There are so many things that one can accomplish with wallcovering - it can add texture, warmth and of course, fabulousness.

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Thibaut wallcovering

Alessandra Branca dining room

We do have to talk some of our clients into the concept of using wallcovering. Usually these are the clients that were around when wallcovering meant gold foil and terrible florals, such as:

Just put that image out of your mind. Move on to these beauties:

Gorgeous dining room, courtesy of material girls blog

Wallcovering can also be a bit masculine

Even if you are leery of using wallcovering, try it in a small powder room. The powder room is a great place to get crazy or to do something daring. It's such a small room that you can make a big impact with small costs.

One of our favorite wallcovering companies is Phillip Jeffries. They have great grasscloths, lacquer and all-around blingy wallcoverings. See for yourself:

This one is actually a grasscloth with a cute, contemporary pattern on top

Black Lacquer. Isn't it sexy?


So since we're now officially in the "over the top" category, look at the papers below. They come from a company called Flavor Paper. They make THE most fantastic, wild and funky wallcoverings around right now.


Tutti Frutti. Would you believe this paper is scratch and sniff? WHAT?????????????

Look closely, the wallcovering below has large scale gold chains all over it. This paper may be my darling Italian husband's dream come true. An homage to his giant gold chain!

What we've shown you today is just a teeny tiny piece of what's out there in the world of wallcovering. Whether you are working on a commercial interior design project, a residential interior design project or even just looking at sprucing up your powder room - we say

GO FOR IT!