Dining Room Wallpaper Reveal
The dining room wallpaper is up and you guys— it really is better than I ever thought it could be. We started this project back in the Spring as part of the Better Home and Gardens One Room Challenge but because of major material delays and a hectic summer schedule, it’s taken this long to get the paper on the walls.
Not every home has a formal dining room anymore and therefore I really wanted to make this space feel special so that even Friday pizza nights feel like elevated occasions. At some point in the 90s any remaining character left in this historic home was ripped away so my first goal was to return all that detail. Over the course of the last year, we had white oak herringbone floors installed and then more recently added chunky wainscoting around the perimeter of the room. Then we painted all the trim and the ceiling Benjamin Moore Blue Note.
For the wallpaper I wanted something whimsical and classic, moody but fun. I fell in love with this Plantasia wallpaper from House of Hackney and knew it would be perfect. The paper has a soft texture to it and the colors are really rich and deep. It has a large scale pattern that makes it look very much like a mural at first glance but the pattern actually repeats itself making it a classic wallpaper. I love the mix of traditional forest with tropical foliage mixed in making it feel a-lot like “Where the Wild things Are.” If you look really closely you can see a the figure of a woman dotted throughout the pattern. - can you find her?!
The only complication was figuring out how to install the wallpaper with a coved ceiling. A coved ceiling is a ceiling design that has curved edges instead of sharp angles between the ceiling and walls. This kind of style was popular back in the day and we decided to preserve this detail when we renovated our home. I decided to install the wallpaper all the way up the cove to where the ceiling was flat to give the effect of the wallpaper “enveloping” the room. It feels like you are literally walking through a forest overhead and the effect is so cool.
So whats left to do? Lighting is next on the checklist for this room. I’m still on the hunt for the perfect chandelier for the space. I’m thinking something modern and clean would compliment all the traditional elements in here right now. I’d also love to add some sconces on the walls for “mood lighting” and to add more dimension on the walls without distracting from the pattern of the wallpaper. Also now that the wallpaper and paint are done, the outlet covers are bugging me. I’ll definitely be switching out the builder-grade whites ones to brass for a more seamless look.
