CAVERN HOME

This Blackbird pattern is available on chocolate, forest green, beige, kraft, and white grounds. The Cavern Home website shows installation images and the company's other patterns, including a lacy tiger graphic and an equestrian motif.

twenty2

Brooklyn-based twenty2 produces a modern line of wallcoverings with natural themes and geometric patterns. Shown here is Montague, featuring a ginkgo leaf and available on regular and grasscloth grounds in several colorways.

picture frame wallpaper

"Frames" wallpaper by Taylor & Wood for Graham & Brown inspires creativity and brings your personality to your walls. Best of all, it's only $40 US, so you'll still have some cash for markers and paints.

thibaut: dog breeds

Thibaut's new collection, Small Print Resource Volume II, includes this "Best in Show" dog wallpaper which looks even better in real life than in the image. It's available in six colorways, one black and white and a few with metallic inks. The website lists local retailers and designers.

erica wakerly: british patterns

British designer ERICA WAKERLY launched her first full collection of wallpaper, Collection 01, and plans to follow with additional collections in papers and fabrics. She was awarded the 100% Design Bursary at 100% Design 2006, London, and has also been shortlisted as Best Newcomer for the 100% Design/Blueprint magazine award.
"Houses," shown here, is available in four colorways.
Visit Walnut wallpaper (www.walnutwallpaper.com) in California, Modlivin (www.modlivin.com) in Denver, or www.printpattern.com for more designs and to order.

sandberg: stylish swedish wallpaper

Liven up dull walls with slick helicopters, skulls, or line-art dinosaurs by Swedish firm Sandberg. Their hand-printed fabrics in fish or bird designs could be the perfect accent for your leaded-glass living room windows.
Sandberg's patterns, whether whimsical or classic, are produced to the highest standards - the newest line of surface printed wallpapers requires skilled hands and plenty of time. The result is a glossy, painted-on finish and an old-world feel. Raphael, one of nine patterns in the collection, forms an intricate, leafy mosaic on the wall.
Sandberg's innovative designs, ranging from stately damasks to graphic children's prints, are available stateside through Country Swedish. Sadly, they're sold to designers and architects only (but Domino magazine has some tips on circumventing to-the-trade-only sales restrictions). Papers are sold in single European rolls (21" wide by 11 yards long); repeats vary.
Visit their site to request a few free samples before you place your order. Sandberg produces a fabulous selection of fabrics, too - notice the "Diana" huntress roman shade below.

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hello --
I'm editor of WallpaperNews magazine, a bi-monthly trade journal. While wallpaper seems to be rebounding from its status as an overlooked (and often exasperating) home decor option, the problem is finding fresh designs, or even knowing they exist. While I'm not going to restrict content here to wallcoverings, I'll start with what I know best and expand gradually.
A younger audience is becoming more receptive to layered pattern, mixing carpeting, upholstery, and wall designs. Many of the top interior designers are including papers in their work, and more young designers are creating innovative wallcovering collections.
My sister has some fantastic paint-by-number hammerhead shark wallpaper in her bedroom from Jenny Wilkinson (available through 2Jane.com). I have several rolls of Thibaut's turquoise, lime, and raspberry chinoiserie waiting in a closet for my next address - presently my walls are plaster, which isn't very wallpaper friendly. Still, I was able to line my china cabinet in orange and gold ginkgo leaves from Burrows Design (above), and my closet in a graphic lattice pattern.
Even if you're afraid you'll change you mind two days after the paper is glued tightly to your walls, you can cover books, wrap gifts, and line drawers and cabinets. Commitment-phobes and apartment-dwellers could even hang rolls loose from the ceiling for a splash of pattern and color.