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Wallpaper by Camilla Diedrich

Swedish designer Camilla Diedrich's wallpapers are stunningly beautiful, full of movement and excitement. We simply can't get over the luminescence she is able to achieve. (Note: some of the sample...

Green Style: Amazing Shaker Design Wall Curtains

Insta-wallpaper for renters? I've loved Shaker peg rails for a long time, especially because they are so multi-purpose. BUT I'd never known that the Shakers also used them during the winter to help ...

Wallpaper Stripes

Over on Apartment Therapy Los Angeles, a house tour featuring the home of the founders of Lark had us grinding our teeth in envy at their effortless ability to mix and match furniture, styles and co...

How To: Make a Dictionary Page Wall

Our friend Karine over at BODIE and FOU recently added another great DIY project to her blog: she stripped her bathroom wall of its outdated wallpaper, and recovered it with with book pages......

Peony Eco-Friendly Wallpaper by Graham & Brown

No need for a coffee table conversation piece, the walls do all the talking here......

Kreme Life: Wallpaper
ICFF 2009

This was the brightest booth we saw! Another new entry this year, Cadee Wilder founded Kreme Life just last year and produces stunning wallpaper that is low VOC, eco-solvent, and designed & manufac...

Ferm Living
ICFF 2009

We've long been fans of Trine Anderson's colorful, retro designs for Ferm Living, and when we passed Ferm's booth at ICFF, there was certainly a lot to love. But our favorites were definitely the...

Birds Bumping into Your Windows?

We have vivid memories of a bird that repeatedly bumped into the kitchen window in our childhood home. It was genuinely heartbreaking and a hard memory to forget. We'd never heard of "bird deflec...

Reclaimed Wood Iconic Panels by B&N Industries

Ooooh, check out these neat reclaimed wood panels – so graphic and pretty! B&N Industries recently teamed up with TerraMai to update their original collection of carved relief panels with reclaimed ...

Minimize Your Water Footprint with GOOD Magazine's Latest Transparency

This transparency produced by Good Magazine shows how much water daily tasks use and some simple alternatives that might help you save some water. Some of these ideas are good, but I just can't do wit...

Eco-Friendly Screen-Printed Wallpaper by Mark Giglio

Following up on our earlier post on eco-friendly wallpapers, we'd like to add these cool screen-printed wallpaper patterns by Mark Giglio, an artist and designer who works out of his studio, Pen Pen...

Angela Adams Climbs the Wall: Eco-Friendly Wallpapers

Oh, Angela, how we adore your abstract nature patterns, your soft and subtle colorways, and — wait, what? Now you're making sustainable wallpaper? It's currently offered to the trade only but ...

Graham & Brown Eco Wallpaper

We'll be honest: When we hear the word "wallpaper," we think of the awful floral pattern that ended up in our parents' kitchen, stayed there for 20 years, and then just wouldn't come off. We've never ...

Inspiration: Natural Wall Coverings from Phillip Jeffries

Phillip Jeffries specializes in handcrafted wall coverings. No vinyl here, just natural materials like raffia, paper weaves, grasscloth, hemp, linen, and even gold leaf. The look is simple and free ...

Two DIY Snowflakes from Paper

Instead of purchasing plastic holiday decorations, here are two beautiful snowflakes you can make out of paper....

Wall Coverings from Bamboo Fencer

Bamboo can be used as beautiful wall covering akin to hardwood paneling or marble. So says the "Bamboo Fencer." We found some cool papers and woven cloths that would bring natural texture to your hom...

Best of Modern Wallpaper: Judit Gueth

Judit Gueth is a designer based in Toronto. We recently saw her wallpaper which is a bit art nouveau, a bit geometric and a bit floral - in other words, an interesting mix. It's also eco-friendly; as ...

Constellation Wallpaper by Aurélie Mossé

This is such a beautiful concept that we hope we do not have to wait until 2030 to see it in production. But if it takes that long, we're willing to wait. The paper has two layers: the outer surface...

Green Birdcage Wallpaper
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We think we know why the caged bird sings, and it's probably because of this kicky wallpaper by Woodson & Rummerfield. This wonderful green birdcage wallpaper is made with recycled paper and vegetab...

Mod Green Pod: Vinyl-Free Wallpaper

We're always on the lookout for things that are simultaneously green and just a little funky. That's why we love the wildly designed Sigg bottles and also why we are really happy to have found Mod ...

Wall Coverings from Bamboo Fencer

Bamboo can be used as beautiful wall covering akin to hardwood paneling or marble. So says the "Bamboo Fencer." We found some cool papers and woven cloths that would bring natural texture to your hom...

Best of Modern Wallpaper: Pottock

Brand new, very interesting and green: hand silkscreened wallpapers using water based inks, without chemical treatments and on recycled paper by artist Geoff......

Vintage Wallpaper Animal Graphics at The Treehouse

We're amused by this wall graphic when we walk by The Treehouse in Berkeley on our daily commute. ...

Gift Fair: MIO Sustainable Design

It's no secret that we're big fans of MIO. The Philidelphia-based company continues to turn out affordable and environmentally-conscious products. We've raved about their Nomad Wall System, Beehive ...

Environmentally Friendly Flensted Mobiles

Flensted mobiles have been our favorites for some time, but we were even happier to discover that they're made in Denmark in a very unusual, low-carbon manner. As Flensted's distributor explains,...