THE ART OF WA L L PA P E R by DIANE FRANKLIN
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Quarters magazine / FALL-WINTER 2017
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G E T T I N G C R E AT I V E with wallpaper doesn’t begin and end with the wallpaper pattern. Creativity extends to the many ways wallpaper can be used inside the home. San Francisco–based Heidi Wright Mead has been hanging paper since her high school days, in the 1970s. She says she’s seen an evolution in the way homeowners use wallpaper to enliven their living spaces. “What I’m seeing is a shift. People are now using wallpaper to create a feature wall,” she says. Patterns for feature walls tend to be large-scale and geometric, imparting impact, says Mead. Imagine such a pattern, rendered in a trending powdery blue or pastel pink, used to create a feature wall behind the headboard in a bedroom. That’s contemporary design at its finest. Another eye-catching option for a feature wall is the wallpaper mural, which adds visual interest and personality to an interior space such as a foyer or a dining room. “Wallpaper today is becoming more like art,” Mead says. “Without a large out-
Photography courtesy of Doug Barnum, DLC-ID Jon de la Cruz, John Lee Pictures, Stan Fadyukhin and Stephan Blachowski
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