Waverly Wallpapers, Borders and
Appliques Offer a Wealth of Design
Possibilities

When it comes to decorating magic nothing beats the ease and versatility of wallpaper. The range of patterns by Waverly that can beautify your home is staggering, with motifs to suit every decorating style. Rooms take on a whole new look in practically no time at all. You can change the mood, going, for example, from lively party space to relaxed retreat, simply by changing the paper.

And you can improve the dimensions of a less then perfect area, just as easily. Stripes and vertical patterns give the illusion of a higher ceiling while horizontal designs seemingly push the walls out, creating the impression that a room is larger than it actually is. Use light, airy motifs to brighten a dark space. Troubled by awkwardly angled walls and sloped ceilings? They tend to disappear when the all the surfaces – ceiling as well as walls -- are covered in the same all-over design.

With all the colors and patterns available, design possibilities are limited only by your imagination. Use two or more papers in one room, mixing patterns or pairing a patterned paper with a textured solid. Separate the papers with a border design and you have still more visual interest.

Or mix paper and paint for a different look, perhaps papering one wall and painting the remaining ones in the room. Other possibilities include papering only the top or bottom half of walls and painting or installing wainscoting on the remaining half. Papering just the ceiling, especially in a bedroom, is another eye-catching option.

Wallpaper borders, available in a range of widths and decorative edge treatments, and individual appliqués provide still more decorative possibilities. When used with complementary sidewall papers, they add a pleasing complexity to the design scheme but they can also be great decorating tools when used alone.

Borders with a scalloped or free-form edge, for instance, positioned at the top the wall, create more visual excitement than simple molding. Use two borders side by side and the decorative rewards multiply. Borders are also ideal for framing windows, walls and doors and creating faux panels on bare walls. As for appliqués, they have indeed grown up and moved out of kids’ rooms and into the rest of the house where adults can appreciate the opportunity to personalize any surface.

Murals are another easy way to put your stamp on a space, especially when the mural transports you to another time or place. In this vein consider, for example, two very different mood setting murals: the delicate Asian-inspired Lightfoot House mural in the Waverly Williamsburg The Language of the Garden collection and the delightful tropical swaying palm trees in the Waverly Coronado collection.

There are wallpaper patterns to match every mood and color scheme, and because Waverly products are designed to work with one another, you’ll find coordinating and complementary decorative fabrics and home fashions to go with many of them. To help with your decorating plans, go to the Product Finder to see the complete line of Waverly wallpapers, borders and coordinating decorative fabrics. To determine how many rolls of wallpaper you’ll need for a specific project and for additional ideas on how to use wallpaper and borders as decorative accents, visit the Project Center.