It seems a bit too cloudy and dark to take photos of finished craft work today- so I thought instead that I would post these pictures of gorgeous wallpapers I've been finding inspiring lately. These are pages from a wallpaper book- The Papered Wall- which I found at the library and have been poring over. Quite a few of the wallpaper prints are in black-and-white which I think must have looked pretty dramatic in a house once upon a time.
Certain wallpaper prints are nostalgic and can evoke rather strong memories- in much the same way vintage household goods are memory-laden and old textiles hold such meaning for us- especially childhood items like bedspreads and curtains. Looking through this book has made me think about the wallpaper in our house when I was little (pasted by my grandmother, I think- those big ornament-style gold circles with flowers and curlicues) and the yellow design in the home of my other grandparents- (this one) and then of course the floral Laura Ashley style my mum chose in the 1980's.
I love wallpaper (and use it for other things such as wrapping) but feel a bit wary of pasting it up in our rented house- so I will admire it in the book for now.
