DIY Inspiration: Bold Wallpaper

So, on a whim last fall, we bought 3 rolls of this cool retro wallpaper from Graham & Brown, called Boheme: Green. 

We intend to install it on a wall in our kitchen, and it will (hopefully) look something like this:

from retrotogo

The project is a bit intimidating, which is likely why we haven't done it yet.  A big linear pattern in an old home with crooked walls just scares me.  AND I believe the color is now discountinued.  AND I'm not entirely convinced we ordered enough to allow any room for error. 

There are so many great wallpapers out there now that wallpaper has made a comeback.  I'm loving all the bold patterns I'm seeing.  For your own inspiration, here are some great images I've collected.

from amoroso design via raenovate

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from cococozy (paper by Graham & Brown)

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from Nina Freudenberger via raenovate

from cococozy

DIY Inspiration - Future Stair Project?

This is what our staircase looked like when we bought the house.  Since then we've pulled up the carpet runner and painted the walls (we've painted ALL the walls seen here - no more orange sherbet or mint green!).  Now we've got these beautiful wood treads, but UGLY risers full of staple holes and cracked wood.  I think the cheap luan they used to cover the risers would need to be replaced, and that just seems like way too much work, so I started wondering if wallpaper might conceal some of these flaws.  Not that wallpapering would be an easy task, but I do think it would look pretty frickin' cool! 

 

Shawna's stairs, from Door Sixteen, using Ferm Living Bindweed wallpaper

 

from Design*Sponge

 

from Sugar City Journal, using a fabric pattern printed on regular paper, applied with Mod Podge