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Wake up Your Walls: 10 Wall Decor Ideas

Nothing ruins a potentially fabulous room design like boring blank walls. Wall decor is often the last bit that really brings it all together or adds that extra little touch of personalization. Scroll through our ten wall decor ideas for some inspiration for your own home!

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WALLPAPER THAT FIXES WALLS A new line of wallpapers from Graham and Brown allows you cover up that disaster you call a wall. Cinderblocks, paneling, really bad cracks? These wallpapers will smooth right over them.
WALLPAPER THAT FIXES WALLS A new line of wallpapers from Graham and Brown allows you cover up that disaster you call a wall. Cinderblocks, paneling, really bad cracks? These wallpapers will smooth right over them.
HEXAGON WALL TILES
HEXAGON WALL TILES
DROPIT WALL HOOKS The Dropit hook is a wooden, drop-shaped hook with a strong visual expression and exquisite finish. Hang a single drop on the wall or create a pattern using several Dropit hooks.
DROPIT WALL HOOKS The Dropit hook is a wooden, drop-shaped hook with a strong visual expression and exquisite finish. Hang a single drop on the wall or create a pattern using several Dropit hooks.
THE WRONG IMPRESSION Going for the hand touch isn’t exactly foolproof. An easy way to miss: embossed wall coverings. Lincrusta was originally invented in 1877 as a kind of textile-linoleum hybrid by linoleum progenitor Frederick Walton, and was made with gelled linseed oil backed by a heavy canvas. It functioned as a kind of molded linoleum and was offered up as an economic alternative to hand-carved plaster. It continues to be used today, not only as a wall covering but for all manner of decorative borders, dados, and friezes, the subtle sense of dimension suggesting wood, pressed tin, or even leather.
THE WRONG IMPRESSION Going for the hand touch isn’t exactly foolproof. An easy way to miss: embossed wall coverings. Lincrusta was originally invented in 1877 as a kind of textile-linoleum hybrid by linoleum progenitor Frederick Walton, and was made with gelled linseed oil backed by a heavy canvas. It functioned as a kind of molded linoleum and was offered up as an economic alternative to hand-carved plaster. It continues to be used today, not only as a wall covering but for all manner of decorative borders, dados, and friezes, the subtle sense of dimension suggesting wood, pressed tin, or even leather.
HOME STICKERS In San Francisco we’re frequently confronted with barren bedroom walls—since hanging anything that can fall in an earthquake is potentially deadly. French company Nouvelle Images has a new line of Home Stickers designed to do the trick.
HOME STICKERS In San Francisco we’re frequently confronted with barren bedroom walls—since hanging anything that can fall in an earthquake is potentially deadly. French company Nouvelle Images has a new line of Home Stickers designed to do the trick.
Monochromatic Cloudy pattern.
Monochromatic Cloudy pattern.
For anyone renting or just the trepid trend follower, these colorful cubes would allow you to introduce some easy, low maintenance, and non-permanent vertical greens into your home.
For anyone renting or just the trepid trend follower, these colorful cubes would allow you to introduce some easy, low maintenance, and non-permanent vertical greens into your home.
WALL TEARS Hopefully the only tears on one's birthday are tears of joy or these Wall Tears, designed by Andi Kovel for Esque. The teardrop-shape globes are handmade from recycled glass and look just like balloons, though they'll still keep their shape long after the party's over.
WALL TEARS Hopefully the only tears on one's birthday are tears of joy or these Wall Tears, designed by Andi Kovel for Esque. The teardrop-shape globes are handmade from recycled glass and look just like balloons, though they'll still keep their shape long after the party's over.
FABRIC ALPHABET DECALS Got something to say? Spell it out: on the wall, on your books, on your backpack, wherever the heck you feel like. The lovely Lorena Siminovich creatied these adhesive decals out of fabric, and the reusable letters won't lose their stickum no matter how many times you peel and press.
FABRIC ALPHABET DECALS Got something to say? Spell it out: on the wall, on your books, on your backpack, wherever the heck you feel like. The lovely Lorena Siminovich creatied these adhesive decals out of fabric, and the reusable letters won't lose their stickum no matter how many times you peel and press.