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Home » Featured post, Nursery & Furniture, Nursery Decoration Ideas, Wall Stickers, Decals, & Wallpaper

Submitted by NML on Monday, 13 October 20086 Comments

Natalie writes…

I’m a big fan of feature walls and we have a couple dotted around the house, with one in the bambino’s bedroom. Wallpapering the entire room can make it all feel a bit busy and closed in but a feature wall opens up the room and creates the illusion of space. As usual, I have been perusing the wonderful archives of Living Etc and they’ve provided the inspiration for this post.

To get the look:

The wallpaper is from Cath Kidston who also do other retro wallpapers if you’re not of the boating kind. They come in 10m rolls and have a wipeable finish. £22 from Cath Kidston.

If you want to add in some of the other touches from the room, I found a very similar coat stand at Furniture in Fashion reduced from £49.95 to £29.95. This is also the type of thing, if you’re of the thrifty/patient/bargain hunter sort that you may find at your charity shop, local car boot sale, or local furniture store.
silver bedside cabinet with mesh front

I didn’t manage to track down something very similar to the bedside cabinet although…I did find the sexier silver version at The Holding Company although it will set you back £135 making you tempted to put it in your own room… I reckon trawling a few smaller furniture stores, auction houses, or even charity furniture stores could turn up a steal.

Photo credit: Living Etc

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6 Comments »

BabyGeek said:

I am a big fan of the feature wall in your spare room…..it’s jaw dropping :0)

- 13 October 2008 at 5:03 pm

Henry said:

You should also take a look at Designers Guild Kids’ collections http://www.designersguild.com/kids, there are some great retro wallpaper and fabics + loads of wonderful accessories for the nursery and kids rooms.

- 13 October 2008 at 8:16 pm

brenda said:

Hey James
Thanks for the tip, just checked out the site and it has some pretty fab designs for the bambinos nursery.

Hey Henry
I am a big lover of the designers guild goodies, you have just reminded me that I have not visited the site recently, off I go to check it out.

Thanks you guys

- 13 October 2008 at 10:43 pm

James said:

Thanks Brenda!

James

- 14 October 2008 at 8:34 am

NML (author) said:

BabyGeek - It took me a moment to realise what you were talking about! Hush! I told you the previous owner had decidedly iffy tastes. He thought he was an artiste, me thinks he needs to stay away from creativity…

Henry - I am a big Designers Guild Fan. I’m leaning on a few of your rather big pillows and cushions right now I will certainly check out your kids range.

James - Thanks for the tip off. We do love wall stickers!

- 14 October 2008 at 1:10 pm

Jon Burgerman Colouring-in Wallpaper | Mama To Be Goodies said:

[...] on Bambino Goodies, Natalie was writing about creating a feature wall using wallpaper. I loved the idea and think this wallpaper from kooky doodle artist Jon Burgerman [...]

- 20 October 2008 at 10:04 am