A garden in your home

Whilst browsing my back copies of World of Interiors magazine, I found this decoupage wallpaper from the 1930's.

We have made large size decoupage papers at The Stencil Library, but not on this scale. I think it's quite fab.  The idea is that you bought the different elements for your garden room and they arrived ready cut from paper. They were then pasted to your wall.  If you were clever in applying and overlaying your plants, butterflies and the like, your room could look something like this.

Of course you know I am going to tell you that you can achieve a similar look with stencils.   We have a large collection of plants, flowers and garden architecture in our Garden Room range of stencils.  The narrow photograph shows a detail from the pages of the June 2008 issue of Easy Living magazine.  The page was created by Sophie Martell and the photography is by Graham Atkins-Hughes.  They show hollyhocks, lupins and foxgloves from the our collection.  Sophie has chosen spring-like, ice-cream colours for her interpretation of a garden room unlike the colour drenched printing of the John Line wall paper.  I am loving that crockery from Albert Hall (on the tray).   It will be on my wish list.  We do a lovely decoupage pack of teacups which would complement that cushion rather well.  Here is the complete page from the magazine:   

Click on the picture to see detail or better still buy the magazine. It has a lot of good stuff this month.

My friend Michelle wanted a Garden niche creating in her French farmhouse some years ago.  So we had a Stencil Library trip and stencilled the entire house.  My Mum and Sabina stencilled this nook for her.

My own bedroom has a bit of a Garden Room vibe going on. I will save photos of the full room for a 'Tour our House' post but here is a preview.   Helen.