Thank you. the current tiles in there are really quite big - much bigger than this size on the paper. To be honest I'm trying to do as much cosmetic improvement to the house as possible using as little money as possible so I hadn't thought of removing the bottom tiles and doing that whole wall with this paper but yes I think that would look good, much better than doing half. I imagine we could remove the current tiles ourselves but would then get someone in to re plaster that bit of wall? If so, how long is it before you can paper a newly plastered wall?

Work finally finished. Still to put stuff on the shelves etc but after months of living in a building site we are getting there! Went for white behind the shelves and putting the colour in the sofa and cushions instead. Photo as promised. I need advice on a rug but will post separately as I am unsure if these updates bump the post up the list or not.

Having looked at damask wallpapers in the photos on Houzz, on the whole if the curtains are a different colour to the wall then they are plain. If a different pattern is used in any soft furnishings then they are in the exact same colour as the wallpaper. I would think a stripe would go, as long as the background colour matches the wallpaper. However, it might be worth looking at some of the fabric and wallpaper designers websites or in a soft furnishings shop to see how they treat different patterns within the same colour collection. I suspect it will be to do with scale, ie put a small pattern against a big pattern. Another option is to use a sumptuous plain, such as a moiré and have a contrasting colour leading edge on the curtains which you then pick up in patterned cushions.

I would go with a shade or two lighter than Cashmere. It seems like you want understated elegance in this room, and you’ve chosen a stunning wallpaper which provides a lovely texture and anchors the grey palette.