Interior Designers Champion Multi-Wallpaper Rooms
Modern interior designers are bringing back the Victorian trend of layering various wallpapers within a single space, infusing it with contemporary flair. Notable designers such as Paloma Contreras, Ariel Okin, Ali Milch, Anissa Zajac, Jenny Holladay, Kim Scodro, Jenna Hopkins, Summer Thornton, and Corey Damen Jenkins offer insights on pattern mixing. In West Texas, Contreras combined chinoiserie wallpaper with a graphic design. Okin showcased two Schuyler Samperton wallpapers in Oyster Bay. Milch blended grasscloth with chinoiserie in a nursery setting. Zajac adorned a dining room ceiling with scenic wallpaper, while Holladay incorporated Soane Britain's Scrolling Fern and Archway House in her kitchen. Scodro matched Thibaut floral walls with a bamboo lattice ceiling, emphasizing the importance of balance and smooth transitions.
Key facts
- Victorian elite used multiple wallpapers in single rooms, often with arsenic.
- Paloma Contreras paired chinoiserie and graphic papers in a West Texas project.
- Ariel Okin used two Schuyler Samperton wallpapers in an Oyster Bay guest room.
- Ali Milch combined grasscloth and chinoiserie in a nursery.
- Anissa Zajac used scenic wallpaper on ceiling and neutral on walls in a dining room.
- Jenny Holladay used Soane Britain's Scrolling Fern and Archway House by Hamilton Weston in a kitchen.
- Kim Scodro paired Thibaut floral walls with bamboo lattice ceiling.
- Corey Damen Jenkins installed Schumacher mural and pixelated geometric ceiling in a dining room.
Entities
Artists
- Annie Elliott
- Paloma Contreras
- Ariel Okin
- Ali Milch
- Anissa Zajac
- Jenny Holladay
- Kim Scodro
- Jenna Hopkins
- Summer Thornton
- Corey Damen Jenkins
- Mario Buatta
- Schuyler Samperton
- Hamilton Weston
Institutions
- Soane Britain
- Farrow & Ball
- Iksel
- Thibaut
- Schumacher
- Baccarat
- House Seven Design
- Archway House
Locations
- Washington, D.C.
- Houston
- West Texas
- Oyster Bay
- New York
- Richmond
- Virginia
- Chicago
- Austin