Coordinating wallpapers across multiple rooms
I’ve found a beautiful but very distinctive paper for the master bedroom (see pic), and would like there to be some synergy between the bedrooms so the design flows, but I don’t want the house to look like a hotel with a theme.
I’m wondering if I just need to paint the other rooms complimentary colours if I’m going to commit to such a bold paper in the master bedroom?
The house is a three-story Victorian villa with two bedrooms (inc the master) on the first floor and two bedrooms on the second floor. Three of the bedrooms will be guest rooms, but we may use one as a home office and eventually use one as a nursery.
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7 years agoI would definitely paint the rooms in complementary colours using different tones too. Which way do the rooms face? Are you just having an accent wall? I might just use something like a raw silk for the potential office and maybe just paint for the potential nursery, you can probably go a bit bolder for the guest room. These are all zoffany papers, the last one is somewhat expensive but beautiful and would sit well in a a victorian house but it's worth looking at their papers, too many lovely ones to choose! You can also use different accent colours for each room that are complementary although that may sound a bit boutique hotel :)
Shirelle Grant thanked minnie101- 7 years ago
Thank you both, it's really kind of you to help.
The master bedroom is quite large with high ceilings as it would have originally been a drawing room, so I'm planning to paper all the walls in that room as opposed to having just a feature wall. With a complimentary paint colour above the picture rail and the ceiling. Following your advice I think I'll then paint the first floor guest room (come nursery) in one of the warm accent tones from the paper.
I've found the paper is also available in a beautiful blue so I'm thinking I'll use this in the front second floor guest room, and paint the second guest room on that floor in a complimentary paint colour. That plan could be boarding a little with the boutique hotel look though which I wanted to avoid : /
You've really helped! Thanks so much.
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