Wallpaper Trends
The main advantage of wallpaper is pattern: bold and interesting, with a mix of colours you can’t really get with other wall techniques.
Wallpaper today can be whatever you want it to be, with Shynkaruk describing current offerings as “choose your own adventure.” It can be subtle and muted, adding light touches of texture or depth, or bright and busy, like a room full of your favourite motifs (jungle cats, classic cars, exotic flora, cartoon characters … we could go on). The main advantage of wallpaper is pattern: bold and interesting, with a mix of colours you can’t really get with other wall techniques. Shynkaruk loves to mix different wall methods — such as wall mouldings, plaster effect and paint — throughout a home, and she sees wall- paper as another tool in the box of available wall decoration techniques. “It’s popular because people do truly love it, and it is so worth it. There are so many beautiful wallpapers that add depth and dimension and opulence to the space but that are a lot more subtle,” she says.
Wallpaper can be subtle and muted or bright and busy.
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