Help with Schumacher Chiang Mai Wallpaper
I need help with this gorgeous wallpaper! I want to wallpaper only 1/2 of the wall in my laundry room, from the bottom up about 4-5 feet. Should the wallpaper end at the top by the counter or at the level of the underneath of the cabinet? next question! I need a border at the top and I do not want to use wood. I found a border by Schumacher, but does the Greek key design go with the wallpaper? Also, the border has gray and cream and my wall is a taupe color. On the top part of the wall above the wallpaper, I will either frame a panel of the wallpaper or paint a mural with dragons and flowers to match the wallpaper. I need help please deciding where to end the top of the wallpaper and a border plus should I paint the top of the wall a different color?
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tozmo1
2 years agoGorgeous paper. Why not do just one entire wall in it? I think stopping it halfway up with that light paint will diminish the impact of the paper. Whatever you do, use a darker paint
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Here's sort of your idea but flipped, paper on the top, paint on the bottom. That IMO, is a more pleasing look and better use of the paper.
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Comments (22)I have had wallpaper in practically every room in my house until about 8 years ago when I did a whole house "face-lift". I will not bore you with the horror stories of removal. Let's just say some rooms got covered with new 1/4" sheetrock. None of my paper was expensive, but most of it was "vinyl coated". Some of it was $10 a roll outlet store paper. It was all WASHABLE. I remember occasionally spraying the kitchen walls with Fantastik or 409 of equivalent type household cleaners - did not harm the paper at all. I even had it for a backsplash behind the kitchen range. I still have 12-13 year old wallpaper in one bathroom (waiting for a total gut job) in a few months. It doesn't even look bad behind the double vanity from years of water splashes and hairspray :). What I meant to say was - it doesn't look worn - it does look "bad" in that it is SO dated (very country). I also still have a "cutesy" blue and yellow Waverly plaid wallpaper in my laundry/mud room on the bottom half with a coordinating floral border that has been up for about 10 years. That room is a TRUE mudroom with all of DH's work boots, hunting gear, etc coming through that room over the years. It has worn well.....considering. http://www.archiexpo.com/prod/waverly-div-schumacher-co/plaid-wallpapers-5211-475982.html Moral of my story - wallpaper has performed well for me over the years. I still get a "hankering" for wallpaper occasionally now that I can afford some of the nicer stuff - would LOVE to have some Thibaut. But 8 years ago, while cursing, ranting, raving, and shedding a few tears upon removal, I made a vow to myself to never hang another piece of wallpaper....See More
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2 years agoThat paper is gorgeous! Spoonflower has some great wallpapers in a Chinoiserie design. Here are the results when I searched for Chinoiserie Dragon. It may take some searching but I bet you could find something you love for less than the Schumacher. I have some wallpaper from them (peel and stick) and it was thick and really nice quality. You're going to want to do more laundry with such a pretty room!
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