Oh yeah, that Vendome Road house would really fit my lifestyle. Maybe I could rent it out to the royal couple as a vacation home. And the ID who is responsible for that family room ought to be shot, preferably with pink floral bullets. There aren't any homes over $1M for sale in my town, and only one in adjacent towns. Of course, it's waterfront and apparently not heatable. Here is a link that might be useful: NH white kitchen and wallpaper obsession

I do think that decorating follows fashion, and we definitely look at fashion to predict trends in furniture. It is a lot easier to change clothes than to change furniture. I also think that it is important for clothes and decor to be compatible, and I have at times felt very out of place when my clothes clashed with an interior - especially when I flew Alaskan Air from Seattle to San Francisco in 1981. I was wearing a magenta shirt with turquoise linen pants, and the plane was decorated in hideous brown earth colors. The next time I flew, I called the air line to ask what color scheme they had in their planes so that this would not happen again, but they were unable to give me that information :(. By the way, I clashed with the entire city of Seattle and was only there as a stopover from Vancouver, where I normally spent most of August when I lived in San Francisco. I watched the first Fashion Police this week and noticed that their set had changed drastically. Gone were the white painted chairs, and the new chairs looked like a reproduction/spin-off of [a Milo Baughman chair[(https://www.houzz.com/products/pair-chrome-steel-lounge-chairs-attributed-to-milo-baughman-prvw-vr~1324969), except that the metal appeared to be gold plated instead of steel. Perhaps the new trend is to gold/brass instead of steel/nickel, but I doubt I will go that road again. Once in the '80's was enough. Lars

Found this phone number for Charles Rupert Designs in Victoria, BC. It's likely defunct since the business is now closed, but wouldn't hurt to try it: (250) 384-1892. Or see if you can find a way to contact Stuart Stark, who was the company's design director: http://meadedesigngroup.blogspot.com/2009/08/in-conversation-with-stuart-stark.html

I will disagree with Jan. Doing one wall in paper can turn out nicely and allow for a busier paper than would otherwise be comfortable, especially in a small space. I have hung wallpaper in many rooms myself including those I've pasted and those that were prepasted, but I've never done peel and stick. I'm not sure how it would work as, part of hanging paper, is being able to slide it so that you can get the seams to line up perfectly so they don't show. With it sticking on contact, I would think that would make it much harder. If you do decide to paper yourself, make sure you book the paper (folding each strip glue side to glue side and letting it rest). Also I've found that the fuzzy part of a paint roller, not in the handle, is a great smoothing tool...it allows you to apply enough pressure without scratching the paper at all. And absolutely prep the walls before hand or you will hate yourself when you decide to remove it.