What to choose with this wallpaper?

8 years ago

Hi all,

I'm going to be replacing all the old wallpaper in my living room with Cole and Son's Cow Parsley 9051: http://www.cole-and-son.com/en/collection-contemporary-restyled/wallpaper-95/9051/

I have a white ceiling and am wondering what carpet colour would suit it, and also what curtain colour. I'd also like to know if you think this wallpaper all-round will be overbearing. In person it looks much paler and I think will look good all around but I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.

Thanks!

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Amber Jeavons Ltd

8 years ago

Hello Francis,

I think the Cow parsley is a lovely design.. you can really add a lot of texture here with contrasting materials for instance.. Playing with complimentary colours... variations on a theme... Stones, creams, pales and some darker shades... So really the idea is to bring very natural elements in here.. wooden flooring would indeed be very nice and I'm partial as I would personally never have carpet... Why not consider wooden flooring and rugs? : ))

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gchan
8 years ago
We have this wallpaper in blue on one wall of our bedroom. It's beautiful. Depending on how strong the pattern appears and the size of your room, you may wish to restrict to only a few walls. I think ours would have been too bold for our whole bedroom. It's hard to make suggestions about floor and curtains without knowing what other colours will go into the room.
francisharris123
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8 years ago
Thanks for the reply! That's really helpful. If it's any use the room is being completely cleared out, pretty much a blank canvas. The ceiling is white if that helps. Just not sure on carpet or curtain colour.
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gchan
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What look are you going for....something more traditional? Or more contemporary? Do you already have a sofa or other accessories? Do you have any features in your room that you can work with? All of those things will influence it.
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minnie101
8 years ago
I personally think it can depend on the features in the room and the size as gchan said. Often a room that has cornices and picture rail will take a room full of wallpaper, as the paper only goes on 2/3 of the ŵall max. It also depends on other architectural details such as a fireplace, windows, doors, skirts etc which will break it all up. If the room doesn't have any features it could be a little overbearing so would add mirrors, art etc to break it up. I agree re wood floor if possible! Curtains it also depends on the light in the room, I wouldn't choose dark curtains for a dark room, perhaps go a shade or 2 darker than the wallpaper and add colour with everything else or a pale blue or green would work
belsize
8 years ago
I love the wall paper and totally agree with AJ that texture and naturals will look great. So, sisal or seagrass if you can't do wood flooring though that's my preference too. Heavy nubbly linen curtains, maybe sackcloth style and colour with a fine stripe in a nice colour (pistachio, raspberry, yellow). Mid-century style furnitue? Or very full and gathered ivory linen curtains? If you must have carpet, maybe the seagrass imitation style in say herringbone?
irenecb
8 years ago
HI FRANCIS, GORGEOUS WALLPAPER, HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF AN ENGINEERED WOOD OAK FLOOR? SAINSBURYS HOMEBASE HAVE A GORGEOUS LIGHT OAK ENGINEERED PARAWOOD FLOOR CURRENTLY AT HALF PRICE. ITS EXTREMELY HARDWEARING, ITS SO STRONG AND TOUGH, AND YOU CAN SEAL IT WITH EXTRA COASTS OF YACHT VARNSH TO PROTECT IT FOR YEARS TO COME.

WE HAVE IT IN OUR HOME, IT LOOKS GREAT AND EVERYONE WHO VISITS COMPLIMENTS IT.

I WOULD HAVE THE WALLPAPER AS A FEATURE WALL AND I WOULD PAINT THE OTHER THREE WALLS A STONE COLOUR LIKE THE PAPER. ITS SO STUNNING YOU ONLY REALLY NEED ONE WALL. OR THEY COULD GO ALL WHITE WITH WHITE FURNITURE TO LOOK QUITE MODERN OR COTTAGEY.

LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PATTERN IN THE ROOM TO LET THE WALLPAPER BE THE STAR OF THE ROOM. TICKING STRIPES WOULD ECHO THE LINES OF THE PAPER AND GIVE A FRENCH CONTINENTAL TWIST.

YOU COULD KEEP THE ROOM TONAL IN ALL SOFT NEUTRAL PALETTE OR YOU COULD GO WILD WITH TEAL/DUCKEGG/TURQUOISE/PURPLE CURTAINS. IKEA HAS SOME GREAT WINDOW CURTAINS, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO COLOUR POP ORANGE IS A GREAT CHOICE WITH CHOCOLATE BROWN OR BLACK.

I GUESS YOU HAVE TO DECIDE HOW YOU WANT THE ROOM TO FEEL OR THE LEVEL OF IMPACT YOU WANT IT TO HAVE. YOU CAN GET THE SAME DEPTH AND INTEREST IN A TONAL ROOM AS YOU CAN IN A CONTRASTING ONE.

TRY SITTING IN YOUR ROOM, OR LYING DOWN ON THE FLOOR, CLOSE YOUR EYES AND TRY TO IMAGINE HOW YOU WANT YOUR ROOM TO LOOK AND FEEL.

GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR PROJECT, HOPE YOU GET LOTS OF GREAT IDEAS.
ajtoop51
8 years ago
Hello,

I have used this wonderful wallpaper in my north facing living room my ceiling heights are low as I live in a cottage. Therefore I only used two walls the rest was painted, the best thing is farrow and ball paints are great with this paper and I suggest you use test pots first if you have high ceilings you could paint the walls and woodwork the same colour especially if you have picture rails separating the ceiling. I concur with the other suggestions and think the wooden floor would be lovely. One thing to remember is engineered board can vary greatly and although you can re sand it, depending on the quality the results may not be what you expect. An alternative would be Amtico wood effect flooring, the parquet look or chevron is amazing and very hard wearing. Also they do have a good colour range.
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Carmen Urquhart
8 years ago
Lovely choice! I think a carpet/curtains in keeping with the neutral tones of the wallpaper would look great and would allow you to be a little more daring with colourful decor. If you are worried about the wallpaper being overbearing you could always use it on one accent wall e.g behind a fireplace?
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My-Studio Ltd
8 years ago
Hi Francis

I think wallpaper looks great when applied to all walls - fully committed!

However we just installed Cole and Son's wonderful Cow Parsley wallpaper in one of our design projects with coverage just below the dado - great if you are feeling less committed, complimenting it with Farrow and Ball Great White.

Good luck with your project

Clare
gd11
8 years ago
White curtains and beige carpet if you can't have wooden floors. White, white and white will look fab with your lovely wall paper. Think light colours to match.

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