Wallpaper woes

13 years ago

I posted the first two quotes in the kitchen forum yesterday. Read on:

"we came back to NY this week to celebrate DH birthday and see family. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the tile goes in correctly in the guest bath."

"I wouldn't have realized that the wallpaper store never ordered our wallpaper and it's due to be hung in 3 weeks and takes 4 to get here"

Realize that her machine stopped working the day we came and it was a Saturday. She was supposed to call me that Monday to let me know she placed the order and charged our card. I was mentioning to DH the other night that our paper should be in soon. He said, "I don't think I was ever charged for it." Sure enough, the bimbo was waiting for us to call her even after she and her partner specifically said they'd put it through on Monday (3 weeks ago).

Well I haven't heard back about the guest bath but today I got a call from the wallpaper store. We ordered the paper this past Monday, the wallpaper guy is due to come in less than a month, and today I get a call that they were trying to call me yesterday. I was on a plane from FL to NY. Apparently the wallpaper I love for the back wall of my DR, the wallpaper that is a perfect match to the wilmington tan on the rest of the walls and a perfect match to my subway tile in the kitchen that the wallpaper ends at, the wallpaper that repeats the linear feeling in my rug in my LR (open space), the wallpaper that is a string with a print on it in the same color so it gives a pearlescent look to the strings while the print is barely visible, HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED! This after they double checked while I was there on Monday and the distributor said they had it in stock. Well it turns out that I needed 15 yrds and they had it but it was misprinted so now they only have 6 yrds. They will reprint it for me if I take 100 yards! Wow, how big of them.

To say I'm upset is an understatement! I should have known since I couldn't even find the wallpaper book online. I spent 2 hours in the wallpaper store today trying to find something that worked with the wilmington tan, and nothing. Now I don't know what to do. In Florida no one makes flat walls; they always put a texture on them. Well this wall was left "flat" for the wallpaper. I have a project I must finish in the next three weeks, and have no more time to spend looking for wallpaper. I'm furious and upset.

Now if next week when I get back to Fl they dare say I can't get my $50 back for checking out their book (it was being applied to the price of the wallpaper) I will be on the phone to the BBB, etc.

Thanks for letting me vent.

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bestyears
13 years ago
Have you googled your wallpaper name and pattern? You can buy wallpaper online, usually very discounted, and you may find it there....
andee_gw
13 years ago
This is really too bad! I know how hard it is to find the perfect wallpaper. Follow up on bestyears' suggestion and let us know. Can you paint the flat walls for now? And look for wallpaper when things get more settled? Unbelievable behavior by the store.
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cpartist
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13 years ago
I did and it doesn't exist. I tried the distributor, etc. (And I used to be a wallpaper designer and manufacturer!) As for painting the walls flat for now, I can but the wallpaper/painter is coming in a few weeks and wallpapering was already figured into the price. This was a total condo gut job.
caminnc
13 years ago
Perhaps you could hire an interior designer to find a similar paper for you? Or you could show us the paper and we can help. You could hire paintgirl, she does fantastic work.
cpartist
Original Author
13 years ago
Unfortunately I don't have the book. It's in Fl and I'm in NY right now. Otherwise I'd show all of you the paper. I know paintgirl does a fabulous job (I looked at her website) and I love her murals. However, I don't want a mural, and if I did I would probably wind up doing it myself since I'm an artist and was a wallpaper and textile designer for many years. Unfortunately, I lost all my contacts over 10 years ago when I left the business. (And from what I'm seeing many are no longer in the business.) Heck if I was still married to my ex, I could get the wp from my brother in law. His Dad was one of the first to bring over the string wallpapers.
paintergirl94
13 years ago
Can you re-create the pattern? (thanks Caminnc!) Maybe since you are an artist, you can even paint it on canvas and hang it like wallpaper, if you don't want to paint directly on the walls.
And, maybe you can post some of your work!
cpartist
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13 years ago
Hi Paintergirl, I could do one similar but will never copy as I feel strongly about copyright infringement. Probably would create a stencil as that's somewhat what the pattern looked like. Have you ever painted on a string wallpaper? As for wanting to see my work, I've posted a link below.

Here is a link that might be useful: My artwork
dianalo
13 years ago
Wow... cp... you have got some game!
I love all your stuff and think you can easily do something great on that wall that is an original and not someone else's work. I'd much rather see your work if I visited your home than anything mass produced.
paintergirl94
13 years ago
See, now that's what I'm talkin' about! I agree about copyright infringement, that's why I said *re-create* instead of copy. Or heck, come up with your own! Your work is magnificent.
And no, have never painted on string wallpaper, not even sure what that is.
paintergirl94
13 years ago
I just read your bio -- I went to Syracuse, too!
caminnc
13 years ago
WOW cp, you are really, really, really talanted! So sorry about the wallpaper. (((hugs)))
cpartist
Original Author
13 years ago
Weird I posted this morning and now it's not showing up. Thank you all. I was in the textile arts program a LOOOOONNG time ago. LOL. Glad to meet another Cuse person. I will see what to do, as I prefer painting and drawing small.

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