Wallpaper Can Boost Any Home’s Decor

Is your home sweet home looking a little drab lately? It’s okay, you can admit it. We won’t tell.

Find out how you can take your home from fab to drab with these suggestions from HGTV.

Here are Some Contemporary Wallpaper Ideas to Get you Started

• A little history never hurt nobody. These days, interior design hotshots are pairing traditional patterns with fresh color.
• Hand printed designs are and always will be considered a design trend.
• Eco-friendly wallpaper is all the rage right now.
• Stripped wallpaper gives the room a 3-D feel, according to HGTV.
• House wallpaper adds a little flair to your home with its 50s and art deco retro feel.
• Make your walls shiny with glass bead wallpaper or bold tone-on-tone metallic designs.
• And paintable wallpaper for the kids to enjoy.

How to Choose your Home’s Next Signature Look

• Pick the right roll width. American wallpaper tends to run 27 inches wide, while English wallpaper is more commonly found and measures 20.5 inches. However, the most efficient way to estimate the amount of rolls needed to transform your home is to consult with a professional paper hanger.
• Bring out your inner diva with metallic paper. Add a bit of sheen and create a moody, sexy appearance with this iconic style. As far as installation, metallic paper with hand-painted details will be more delicate and difficult to hang, leading to lofty installation costs, according to HGTV. Stamped or printed materials are generally easier to work with, more affordable to have installed and usually less expensive.
• Be eco-friendly and create texture with grass cloth. This organic wallpaper is made from carefully woven together strands of grass. It’s the perfect choice for homeowners who are more interested in creating a textural look in a room rather than playing up the color. Professional paper hangers may charge up to 30 percent more for installing grass cloth versus printed wallpaper due to the intense amount of precision required.
• Channel your inner bohemian with floral and botanical styles. From a distance, these types of prints tend to appear to be very busy. Therefore, they’ll look their best if used in small spaces such as laundry rooms, powder rooms or inside closets. Medium-sized floral and botanical prints are often the most popular types of paper since they look just as good in small and large spaces. And large floral and botanical prints are ideal for extra-large rooms such like living rooms and great rooms.

• Bring back the 70s with iconic geometric styles. This is a great choice if you love modern, retro and mid-century-modern decor. Small prints are the easiest to hang, but sometimes the graphic look is too much for a full room. Think outside of the box and consider installing it on a ceiling or on the back of a bookshelf. These little touches add a bit of fun to the room.