You all know I’ve been tempted to wallpaper the dining room for a while now… and we finally did!
Wallpaper | Rug | Table | Pendant | Stems
It’s even better than I imagined it would be!
Ever since we added the cased opening to make it feel more enclosed, I’ve been tempted to wallpaper it. At one point, I considered using a toile, but I wasn’t fully convinced, and I wasn’t going to make the jump for just any paper. In the meantime, the walls have remained white, teasing me to wallpaper them until I found the one.
And I found “the one.” Actually, I found the one and used it in our Modern Cottage powder bath. I loved it so much that I even saved the scraps and moved them all the way to North Carolina! When I came across them recently, it hit me… This needs to be in the dining room!
I ordered more wallpaper that very same day.
After
Before
Here’s that same angle before we moved in, scooched over the back hallway entrance into the kitchen, and added a cased opening to separate the dining room from the kitchen.
Once my heart was set on this wallpaper, I needed to decide what I wanted to happen with the trim and doors. We actually decided to make the opening into the living room smaller by just 16-in. We still like the flow between the two rooms, but on the living room side, we just wanted a tiny bit more wall space! Our contractors were able to use all the same original trim!
It’s kind of hard to tell in the picture below, but now it’s just a bit narrower than it used to be. Still, plenty of room to walk through!
We decided to paint the trim and doors a beautiful gray-blue (Gibraltar Cliffs, Benjamin Moore), and it reignited my love for contrast trim.
Cabinet | Lamp Base | Lamp Shade | Brass Candle | Candlesticks | Taper Candle Holders
I’m too scared to hang anything on the fresh wallpapered walls right now, so I’m just letting this room breathe for a bit, but I did roll out a Chris rug (Ivory Clay). I love it!
Arch Cabinet | Francis Rug | Swivel Chairs
Love love love!! Just to confirm, is the wallpaper in the charcoal color? I’m looking to purchase it for my office.
Yes it is! It’s McGee & Co. Florencecourt Charcoal.
It looks beautiful! I bought the same wallpaper in the green color for my babies nursery. Do you happen to know what wallpaper paste was used to put yours up? On the cole and sons website it says to use their specific paste, but I could not find where to order that within the US.
Thank you!
my daughter has a sample piece of this EXACT wallpaper on her dressing room wall, waiting for the “funds” to purchase it, and then have me wallpaper. seeing in over a larger area looks so beautiful. you and she have such good taste in design !!
Lovely! The color of the trim really looks good with the wallpaper. Maybe you’ve answered this before, but if you’d ever be interested in doing a blog post on choosing a busier pattern vs a larger pattern and what your thought process is for each space I’d be super interested. Is there a secret to knowing which will make a space look larger or smaller, etc? Another blog post idea would be how to handle wallpaper with peaked rooms. I see you do have a sloping ceiling in this room, but it’s still a pretty easily defined difference between what is wall and what is ceiling. In my little cottage I have some upper rooms where halfway up the wall it starts to peak. Is that wall or is that ceiling? I kind of don’t know how to handle it. I’d like to put wallpaper in there, potentially, but do I wallpaper it all? If I decide to not wallpaper the ceiling where do I stop? Anyway, just some things I’m wondering and I’d love to know your opinions if you have any!
Which color is the floral wallpaper for dining room ? It doesn’t look like either color they have on your link . Thank you