{"id":1656,"date":"2019-03-04T14:08:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T21:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steamboatsir.com\/blog\/?p=1656"},"modified":"2019-03-04T14:08:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T21:08:54","slug":"wall-coverings-interior-desig-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/steamboatsir\/blog\/2019\/03\/04\/wall-coverings-interior-desig-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wall coverings are this year\u2019s big interior design trend.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you thought white and gray interiors were never going to end, the truth is that the popular neutral color scheme is not going away anytime soon. The good news is accent walls are now trending to create texture, contrast, and depth using a variety of wall coverings, from wallpaper and tile to 3-D panels.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s another great way to add visual interest without overpowering a room,\u201d says Michele McCarthy, Interior Designer at Vertical Arts Architecture<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing it in bedrooms, entryways, bookshelves, and even on ceilings.\u201d McCarthy says if you\u2019re not ready to plaster your walls with bold patterns and colors, a good place to test this trend in your own house is to try it in a small powder room. Whatever the space, McCarthy says wall coverings add another layer of design to a room that makes it look more custom, polished, and pulled together.<\/p>\n

\"\"Not your Grandmother\u2019s Wallpaper
\n<\/strong>Interior designers prefer the term \u201cwall covering\u201d to \u201cwall paper,\u201d but either way, this isn\u2019t the stuff you had to peel off the walls as soon as you moved into that old house. Wall coverings today feature bold designs, colors and textures that create a focal point for a room and are rarely used on all four walls. \u00a0\u201cOne thing that\u2019s definitely popular right now is floral wall paper in large scale patterns, not the small traditional print but something that creates a focal point in a room,\u201d says McCarthy. She says the variety and ingenuity of wallpaper today is mind-blowing. \u201cThere are modern, geometric patterns with clean lines that offer dimension, bold metallics to create a luxury element, and fun textured patterns. There are even facades, like brick, which are fun to use as an accent without the construction cost of real brick. And it\u2019s less permanent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The third dimension: 3-D Wall Panels
\n<\/strong>Another growing category in wall coverings are three-dimensional wall panels. 3-D Wall panels are made in a variety of materials \u2013 gypsum, wood, MDF, PVC, leather, fabric, metal and glass are the most common \u2013 and in a variety of sizes, ranging from more traditional 18×18 and 24×24 tiles to odd sizes such as 29×32 or 41×14, depending on the pattern used. \u201cThey\u2019re super textural and thick and have all kinds of surfaces and visual textures,\u201d McCarthy says. \u201cGreat on backsplashes, ceilings and accent walls, they create texture, give visual expanse to a space and add drama.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pile on the Tile
\n<\/strong>Finally, tile is being used in ways that takes it beyond the classic bathroom wall or backsplash, creating visual interest in unprecedented ways. \u201cTile today is amazing. Tile companies are offering collections of tiles with different sizes and finishes that can be mixed and matched in all kinds of ways,\u201d McCarthy says. In addition to tiles in odd sizes (large tiles are currently very \u201cin\u201d) there are also tiles with three-dimensional textures, raised patterns, and a combination of patterns in the same tile. There are even tiles designed to look like fabric (though McCarthy notes wood patterned is on its way out). Tile layout is also always changing to create more interest (for example, the ever-popular subway tile is now being stacked vertically rather than in the traditional pattern) and grout has come into the fold as a design element.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGrout lines are being purposely enlarged in a color that contrasts with the tile color,\u201d she says. \u201cThis is a huge departure from when grout lines were being rectified, made super thin so they would almost disappear. Now it\u2019s about letting them show as part of an overall design.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on these interior design trends, or design questions in general, Vertical Arts can be reached at 970.871.0056 or online at vertical-arts.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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