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Echo Design Wallpaper

Echo Design has a new line of wallpapers made not just of the standard materials, but also embellished with patterns of flocking, suede, and gel. There's a modern-yet-classically pretty quality to e...

Trompe L'oeil for the Home
Roundup

Trompe l'oeil is a french phrase for "trick of the eye." In design terms it means using extremely realistic imagery to create an optical illusion that make the artwork appear 3-D. This is most often...

Rooms With Silver Linings

As we continue into color month, I thought I would venture into metallics with a showcase of silver rooms....

Green Accents & Accesories for the Home
Roundup

Green is next on our Roundup of colors and I feel in harmony just thinking about it. Green represents growth, renewal and life. It connects us with nature and makes us feel fresh and alive. ...

Best Wallpaper Sources 2009

>> Azha by Trove I love putting together this list each year — not only is wallpaper growing in popularity, but it's getting so much better. There are a ton of really beautiful, colorful and...

Accent Walls Using Wallpaper

Accent walls are a hot topic on Apartment Therapy, so here's a look at some rooms that use wallpaper to make one wall standout among the rest. ...

Vivienne Westwood Wallpaper Collection for Cole & Son

Badass fashion designer Vivienne Westwood (she of punk rock) has teamed up with classy wallpaper house Cole & Son (they of the super-popular Woods print) to create twelve new patterns based on h...

Return of a Trend? Extreme Matching

Remember how everything matched in Blanche’s bedroom on The Golden Girls? Do people still match their wallpaper and bedding? Or drapes and cushions? ...

Even More Union Jack

Last month, Geoff posted a selection of images with the Union Jack as decor. The appeal seems widespread — I think it has to do with the symmetry of the design. We see the Stars and Stripes us...

Inside the Marimekko Factory!
Helsinki, Finland

On my trip to Helsinki Design Week, I got to take a quick walk through Marimekko headquarters. The inside was home to design offices, showrooms and the large factory where their textiles are printed...

Paint Your Own Wallpaper

Check out these hand painted walls from Devon’s in Provincetown. Artist Denny Camino used simple, child-like shapes and patterns to create one-of-a-kind wall art....

Dress up your Dishwasher
ApplianceArt.com

Ever thought your dishwasher was too…appliance colored? Well now you can give your kitchen an update in the time it takes to peel a sticker....

Random Geometry Wallpaper by Karen Combs
Design Showcase 2009

Materials: French Mouldmade paper (70% cotton), water-based) acrylic inks and paints Price Point: Retail: $126.00 per 25" x 39" sheet "Nama Rococo wallpaper is hand-screened, hand-painted wallpape...

Graphic Stickers by Hu2

The good folks across the pond at Hu2 Design create the quirkiest vinyl wall stickers that I have ever come across. These are great for making temporary changes to a space, as they peel off and leav...

Eskayel Bespoke Wallpaper by Shanan Campanaro

Brooklyn-based artist Shanan Campanaro creates wallpaper made from digitally manipulated portions of her colorful paintings under the name Eskayel. The resulting patterns are both very graphic and r...

Roundup: Decorating with Feathers

Feather motifs have been popular for awhile and I am not especially partial to them but perhaps that just has to do with my name — I feel sort of protective! I've rounded up an assortment of i...

Textile Arts: Marimekko Fall 2009

Textile Arts is an impressive online resource for popular Marimekko printed fabrics in the US, and they've just made available the Fall 2009 line of new and re-released designs. ...

Skyline Inspired Design & Home Accessories

Cityscapes and skylines are inspiring more and more home accessories and decor — check out this compilation of some of our favorite skyline-inspired designs....

Patchwork Walls: Creating Wallpaper One Piece at a Time

Patchwork walls can be an easy and relatively inexpensive way to decorate a space. Whether your personal style leans towards wallpaper scraps or paper and ephemera — these images should inspir...

Critter Wallpaper: Insects & Spiders on the Wall!

Decorating with insects and spiderwebs — not just saved for Halloween anymore! While you might not be ready to add actual specimens to your decor, these artful representations may be your answe...

Roundup: A Touch of Neon at Home

(Welcome Geoff! — Geoff Bentz is a new daily contributor for Apartment Therapy New York) With summer heating up New York, neon fashions are hitting the sidewalks — but can neon be used t...

The Illusion of Clutter: Simple Products That Tell a Different Story

Perhaps we've passed a mark in society where our over indulgences and pack-rat tendancies can now be explored and satisfied through mere illusions — whether it's multi-colored wallpaper, a pri...

Tearable Wallpaper by Hanna Nyman

This unique wallpaper concept from designer Hanna Nyman allows the consumer to ultimately decide on a custom wallpaper pattern — the dual layer wallpaper can be manipulated to show-off the und...

Marks & Spencer: Furniture & Wallpaper

Are you a Brit missing the influence of Marks & Spencer in the states? Marksandspencer.com has expanded their international delivery and now delivers many products overseas. Checking out their ...

Idea Paint: Make Any Surface Dry Erase

Tired of blackboard paint? Here's a cool little tip/product that I spotted a few weeks back in Swiss Miss's twitter feed: Idea Paint (that we've previously blogged on Apartment Therapy Chicago: Id...

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