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From the lens Historic Wallpaper: If Walls Could Talk.

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  • JziE May 30, 2012 @ 10:40 pm | delete
    wow. thats a full course history
  • Millionairemomma May 27, 2012 @ 2:30 am | delete
    I want to smack some of these on my walls now. Exquisite.
  • SoundFinance May 23, 2012 @ 5:13 pm | delete
    I had no idea that wallpaper had been around for so many years! Wonderful information here
  • SecondHandJoe May 22, 2012 @ 3:59 pm | delete
    These old wallpapers here are terrific- I have been watching a meticulous restoration on a local home from late 1800's and they have revealed some beautiful wallpaper that the owners are now going to have reproduced.
  • JoshK47 May 22, 2012 @ 2:04 pm | delete
    What beautiful wallpaper. Thanks so much for sharing this. Blessed by a SquidAngel!
  • paperfacets May 17, 2012 @ 3:55 pm | delete
    I would love these old papers for folding.
  • mel-kav May 4, 2012 @ 10:05 pm | delete
    Great information. And the wallpaper? They truly are masterpieces.
  • SayGuddaycom Apr 10, 2012 @ 12:07 pm | delete
    wallpaper is incredibly under appreciated and can make a dull room magnificent.
  • ProfessionalSolarPower Apr 7, 2012 @ 7:03 am | delete
    Hello! Truly gorgeous wallpaper designs. They are beautiful pieces of art.
  • GypsyOwl Apr 3, 2012 @ 10:54 am | delete
    Beautiful wall paper history page and information! I love interior design and I believe I am learning my style preference which your wall paper history article called "Art Nouveau"

    I have always loved Victorian but with a little less clutter... and to me the Art Nouveau style fits nicely into my preference. I think wall paper is still a great way to decorate if done right. Your resources would be great for anyone who is considering using wall paper as part of their interior design.
  • KateHon Apr 1, 2012 @ 8:12 pm | delete
    Super lens, great detail, wonderful content! Great job!!!!!
  • aesta1 Apr 1, 2012 @ 5:50 am | delete
    Enjoyed reading your lens with its beautiful pictures.
  • miaponzo Mar 19, 2012 @ 3:16 am | delete
    Wow! I never knew so much about wall paper before :) Blessed!
  • TheCheshireCat Feb 25, 2012 @ 7:19 pm | delete
    Beautiful wallpaper. Wish I had a house instead of an apartment where I could use it.
  • MelonyVaughan Feb 25, 2012 @ 12:16 pm | delete
    Love your idea for this lens! Well done!
  • Lifeboost Feb 25, 2012 @ 2:19 am | delete
    What an interesting topic! Really great information on wallpaper history. Thoroughly Blessed! :)
  • charlino Feb 23, 2012 @ 4:36 pm | delete
    This is a wonderful source of information and products related to wall paper, and will come in handy for those restoring a historic home or building.
  • cffutah Feb 23, 2012 @ 9:23 am | delete
    Fun article for me to come across this morning, I just published a peacock article last night myself.
  • YellowHammer Feb 22, 2012 @ 8:29 pm | delete
    I would love to have the green wallpaper from the 1700's for a certain room at home. I wonder if there are stores that actually sell vintage wallpaper like this.
  • ---Chazz Feb 23, 2012 @ 12:31 am | delete
    Hi there - no need to wonder. We have a huge inventory of new vintage repro 1700s hand printed wallpaper. See http://www.restorationfabricsandtrims.com and http://www.oldhouseinteriors.net and follow the links there to our ebay shops for even more. We have many not listed on line so let us know if you are looking for something particular and how many rolls you would need.
  • 23squidoo Feb 22, 2012 @ 5:03 pm | delete
    Both beautiful and informative. Angel Blessed!
  • hermaniv Feb 22, 2012 @ 4:25 pm | delete
    Some of these are really beautiful. I love the 1800's styles and may need to take some inspiration from this for a couple rooms in my home!
  • gottaloveit Feb 22, 2012 @ 9:43 am | delete
    My house was built in 1857 and I'm just about to redo my foyer wallpaper. Might pick one of the nice styles from late 1800s to dress up this old house.
  • webstudio2ucom Mar 7, 2012 @ 6:12 am | delete
    History gives many ideas. Can you imagine that many of the decorative elements were handed down from generation to Poquelin thousands of years. Each symbol means something and says - it is a language
  • ptnjust007 Feb 21, 2012 @ 8:55 pm | delete
    good lens
  • greenlungsofpoland Feb 21, 2012 @ 3:15 pm | delete
    Awesome lens so glad i found this today - you never know what squidoo will surprise you with next!
  • fullofshoes Feb 21, 2012 @ 8:20 am | delete
    Your lenses never cease to amaze me!
  • leahjsongs Feb 20, 2012 @ 4:37 pm | delete
    Hanging wallpaper border later! Neat lens. I always love the walls in buildings used in British melodramas and Jane Austen-based flicks.
  • LiteraryMind Feb 20, 2012 @ 10:50 am | delete
    Wonderful lens (as are all your lenses). So full of information. Beautiful to look at.
  • Tipi Feb 19, 2012 @ 10:47 pm | delete
    Another wondrous presentation by you and another front page honor, congratulations. Wallpaper has always been a little magical to me and am adding a little angel dust to yours.
  • gonzalezdenise Feb 7, 2012 @ 6:31 pm | delete
    You are very welcome, I really enjoyed and will be coming back for more ideas.
  • Graceonline Feb 3, 2012 @ 12:13 pm | delete
    I do love to visit a well-papered room, as we often see in a bed and breakfast or one of the finer old hotels. Thank you so much for the history and all the lovely images. Blessed.
  • d-artist Feb 2, 2012 @ 4:26 pm | delete
    I found an old German book that had my grt.grt. grandfathers Renaissance Revival (Neo-Renaissance)"Villa Meyer" documented choice of wallpaper...how odd I found that!
  • OhMe Jan 24, 2012 @ 5:11 pm | delete
    Beautiful. I loved seeing these historic wallpapers and reading about them. I am sharing with my friends at Pendleton Historic Foundation.
  • flycatcher Jan 21, 2012 @ 5:17 pm | delete
    I keep coming back here... you need about seven "Like" buttons. :)
  • JoyfulPamela Jan 20, 2012 @ 7:51 am | delete
    Very fascinating history of beautiful wallpaper! =D
  • Deadicated Jan 18, 2012 @ 10:18 pm | delete
    You have the BEST Lenses!!!
    I'm a little prejudiced though, me being a screen process printer by trade.
  • jimmyworldstar Jan 16, 2012 @ 5:12 pm | delete
    Interesting lens about the history of wallpaper use. I can imagine the stuff from the 18th century and before being incredibly expensive and rare today. I never would've expected Chinese style wallpapers to show up Western homes, just seems too strange!
  • Ladymermaid Jan 10, 2012 @ 9:22 pm | delete
    I love vintage and old pattern whether rug, wall paper, or cloth just grabs at my old heart strings. What a truly informative and delightful trip into the wonderful world of wallpaper you have provided. Excellent.
  • thesuccess Jan 2, 2012 @ 6:27 am | delete
    Came back to give an Angel's Blessings
  • Image_Girl Jan 1, 2012 @ 9:40 am | delete
    Learned a lot....and am thrilled to find someone else loves wallpaper!
  • Niche-Diva Dec 20, 2011 @ 9:20 am | delete
    hi
  • Niche-Diva Dec 20, 2011 @ 9:19 am | delete
    I absolutely LOVE historic wallpaper. I have 3 rooms featuring beautiful prints: 2 dipicting nature (flowers and a japanese blossom) and one fornasetti featuring the beautiful face of Lena Cavalieri in various plate designs...thank you for a truely fascinating lense.
  • mismatch Dec 14, 2011 @ 4:36 am | delete
    This is a very nice lens about trends and fashion in using Wallpapers -- and History.
  • mismatch Dec 14, 2011 @ 4:32 am | delete
    This beautiful lens is blessed right now!
  • Luv2help Nov 30, 2011 @ 4:28 pm | delete
    Love your lens! I used to be a wallpaper fanatic, but with kids and time my wallpaper days have faded along with the product! I have to scrape the bathroom paper off as it divided at the seams after 7 years. Because it was so expensive and now takes a lot of time removing, I'll stick with paint for a while.
    SMILES!
    ~Wendy
  • davies86 Nov 29, 2011 @ 5:04 am | delete
    really interesting lens.
  • EMangl Nov 26, 2011 @ 9:50 am | delete
    If i make my first million on Squidoo, i call you to decorate my new home
  • cdevries Oct 19, 2011 @ 11:37 am | delete
    Very well done - fascinating subject. Your Lens would be a good resource for interior and scenic designers. Squid angel blessed.
  • MelissaInTheSky Oct 16, 2011 @ 2:24 pm | delete
    Fascinating! As an artist, I am always interested in what colors and images folks choose to have around. This is a great lens!
  • jgelien Oct 4, 2011 @ 12:47 pm | delete
    I love the look of antique wall paper. It'd nice to see that there are replicas of these amazing old patterns that can be purchased today. Very nice lens.
  • daria369 Sep 14, 2011 @ 8:45 am | delete
    I had absolutely no idea the wallpaper was this old! Nicely done lens & helpful resource. ***Angel blessed*** :)
  • NAIZA Sep 13, 2011 @ 6:00 am | delete
    Very precise lens. I enjoyed all these historical wallpaper design collection here. What a wonderful resource too. ~Blessed by a Squid Angel~
  • kougar Sep 13, 2011 @ 12:36 am | delete
    Wonderful lens. Great information. Thank-you
  • Runnn Sep 3, 2011 @ 4:51 am | delete
    Beautiful lens. Thanks for sharing.
  • Candlemakingsupplies Aug 27, 2011 @ 1:41 pm | delete
    Thank you for liking my lens! Going through and liking a bunch of yours now!!! Smiles!!
  • ForestBear Jul 17, 2011 @ 5:05 am | delete
    This is a great lens, I really enjoyed it. Thank you
  • pilegirl Jul 2, 2011 @ 8:31 pm | delete
    Thanks for sharing this information. I enjoyed it. :D
  • Duane_Jackson Jun 26, 2011 @ 4:42 pm | delete
    nice work.....well done!
  • TheWhistler Jun 21, 2011 @ 11:07 am | delete
    My grandmother has some lovely wallpaper, and amazingly she had dishes to match. I always remember it. I often see it on television shows set in the Victorian period. I always find it comforting. I do have to say that with painted walls it is so much better to redecorate and clean the place up. My great-grandparents lived in a house with gas light and within no time new wallpaper would have turned yellow. So my mother tells me. Thanks for the lens.
  • Mujjen Jun 6, 2011 @ 4:42 am | delete
    Well-presented lens on historical topic, I loved it!
  • CofCJenny May 6, 2011 @ 3:04 pm | delete
    there's something about vintage that you just can't recreate the same way. love all these patterns & designs!
  • Gloriousconfusion May 5, 2011 @ 4:25 am | delete
    Very interesting lens and beautiful pictures - Angel Blessings for you
  • chrispell017 May 4, 2011 @ 8:58 pm | delete
    very nice lens! well done
  • ComputerSecurityExperts May 3, 2011 @ 1:34 am | delete
    Never really thought about wall paper that in-depth. Thank you for this information!
  • Homelust May 2, 2011 @ 5:13 pm | delete
    You put a lot of hard work making this lens, well done!
  • Debs May 2, 2011 @ 2:04 pm | delete
    gorgeous lens with exhaustive research ...an inspiration!
  • SmartChica Apr 27, 2011 @ 11:29 am | delete
    Beautiful lens, so informaotive and well documented. Blessed by a Squid Angel
  • Puckwudgie Apr 26, 2011 @ 10:55 pm | delete
    Thank you for posting such a well-researched, well-written, and beautifully illustrated lens! The peacock wallpaper in your introduction is gorgeous, and I loved the part about Mr. Hickey's wallpaper being hung so as to harbour no worms!

    My husband and I once renovated a small Craftsman (though I'm far fonder of Victorians). It had fallen into disrepair as a rental house. In one room the wallpaper was at least seven layers deep. One layer was a crumbly ecru monstrosity (I'm guessing from the 50s or 60s?) with poorly done line drawings in brown and white of churches. Chapels and spires everywhere! Too bad I couldn't scrape it off before my stepmother-in-law, a devout Catholic, saw it - she thought it was beautiful and wanted me to preserve it! LOL
  • victorianpassage Apr 21, 2011 @ 10:14 pm | delete
    My husband & I have a piece off an old plantation home that was falling to the ground.It was a house just down the road from the well known Nottoway Plantation in Louisiana. It was attached directly to the brick which was behind the wallboards. It has a canvas back to it. The design & paint colors seem to suggest around the 1820s or 1830s. Its a fascinating piece. We only wish we could have saved the house. =( But sadly it was too far gone.
  • Joan4 Apr 17, 2011 @ 5:55 pm | delete
    Beautiful old wall papers. We lived in an old colonial home once and it had a gorgeous mural running up the wall beside the staircase. In those days it was so hard to find great information like this! I hope the new owners managed to salvage that beautiful paper!
  • DinosaurEgg Apr 17, 2011 @ 4:34 pm | delete
    I enjoyed that! We visit lots of historic houses with vintage wallpaper. If you've got the space then modern reproductions can look amazing too.
  • ---Chazz Apr 13, 2011 @ 10:50 am | delete
    Thank you for such wonderful comments. We know how busy you are and really appreciate the time you took to leave such thoughtful, personal, and supportive comments!
  • sukkran Apr 13, 2011 @ 12:19 am | delete
    wow. great collection of wall papers and details. ~blessed~
  • LauraSchofield Apr 6, 2011 @ 8:37 am | delete
    I LOVE old wallpaper. I even used a sample pattern from some wallpaper that adorned the Houses of Parliament (I think) back in the 1700s for my personal website background with a little change of color: The original was a stark black and white I think. Another place I remember fantastic wallpaper is on the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disney. I'd LOVE to hang wallpaper if I ever buy a home!
  • scss Apr 5, 2011 @ 8:46 am | delete
    Love this lens, and love wallpaper - ever since I worked in soft furnishings and interior decorating in the 1970's when wallpaper was popular. Glad to see some classic designs and borders still hang in there for popularity.
    Helene Malmsio
  • SereneSea Apr 3, 2011 @ 12:15 pm | delete
    This is an outstanding lens on the history of wall paper, the images are great. I loved your introductory image, it is stunning.
  • 06BlackHeart Mar 31, 2011 @ 1:04 pm | delete
    You made it!! You submitted this lens for the top Arts & Design lens section and you made it to the top 5 ... Be sure to go check this page: http://www.squidoo.com/top-5-arts-design on the first of the month to see what your position in the top 5 is and don’t forget to tell your friends and visitors about it too
  • ---Chazz Apr 1, 2011 @ 6:53 pm | delete
    Thank you.
  • Brite-Ideas Mar 29, 2011 @ 7:15 am | delete
    very interesting!
  • Rafick Mar 26, 2011 @ 4:14 am | delete
    I like wallpaper. When I was a child I lived in a house with wallpaper.
  • Coe Mar 1, 2011 @ 9:32 am | delete
    Wonderful lens! The historic wallpaper designs are so lovely.
  • capriliz Jan 31, 2011 @ 3:49 pm | delete
    Wall coverings have certainly advanced, but there is still a lot to be said about the historical wallpapers. Thanks for such an informative lens.
  • EditionH Jan 9, 2011 @ 2:27 am | delete
    This is a great read...I am glad I heard about your lenses!
  • ---Chazz Jan 9, 2011 @ 6:06 am | delete
    Thank you. I'm glad you liked it.
  • Bookworm25 Jan 8, 2011 @ 5:49 am | delete
    Wow...fabulous lens, I like the layout, the information and the music that I had accompanying it courtesy of Utubes video. I think there are some amazing wallpapers and if only they COULD talk, what tales they would tell! :)
  • ---Chazz Jan 8, 2011 @ 9:47 am | delete
    Thank you so much. Appreciate the compliments and the time you took to write this and let us know.
  • phdondesign Oct 22, 2010 @ 8:07 am | delete
    wow...great lens....like the content and how it's organized and the links. Learned a lot. I will be back. Thanks.
  • ---Chazz Oct 23, 2010 @ 12:43 pm | delete
    Thank you all for the supportive comments. Glad you find the lens helpful.
  • renee7 Mar 11, 2010 @ 9:51 pm | delete
    Thanks for all of the great information. Using vintage wallpaper designs can really add depth to the look of a room. Nice lens.
  • Cbear53 Mar 11, 2010 @ 10:42 am | delete
    I have used Old House Interiors for all of my fabrics and wallpapers for restoring my 18th century home. Their advice and customer service have been right on the money. Anything they recommended did not disappoint me. I would recommend this company without any reservations.
  • MediaWeasel Feb 28, 2010 @ 4:46 pm | delete
    I thoroughly enjoyed that article. Interesting, beautifully written and compelling reading - a first class lens.
  • ---Chazz Nov 1, 2009 @ 9:40 am | delete
    Thank you Brian, Glad to be part of one of the best groups I've found in squidoo's ocean.
  • BrianS Nov 1, 2009 @ 3:42 am | delete
    Nice lens, welcome to the Interior Design, Soft furnishings and Decor Group
  • Mary Alterral Aug 31, 2009 @ 10:14 am | delete
    I just received my wallpaper from oldhouseinteriors and was so happy. The quality is superb and the colors are so beautiful. Best of all, the price was below wholesale. I would highly recommend using this store to anyone not only restoring their historic homes, but may just want a beautiful wallpaper.
  • Jack Sherman Jul 30, 2009 @ 2:45 pm | delete
    I am an interior designer working in Manhattan. My elite clientele are extremely particular. Old House Interiors meets the expectation of my clients by offering high quality wallpaper. I was pleasantly surprised at how reasonable they we were in terms of price. Definitely worth taking a look!
  • Jeffrey Epps Jul 30, 2009 @ 2:25 pm | delete
    I recently purchased historic reproduction wallpaper from old house interiors. The detail of the hand printed wallpaper was exquisite! The cost was below retail. I highly recommend this company.
  • Celia Schoenfeld Jun 8, 2009 @ 3:48 pm | delete
    I have recently purchased an old brownstone in Harlem, NY. I have been looking for wallpaper that would be appropriate to use as part of my restoration project. I was so happy when I found Old House Interiors. I was able to purchase exaactly what I wanted...and didn't need to spend my entire budget on just wallpaper! Their service and prices are the best I have had the pleasure to encounter in many years. It has been a breath of fresh air to do business with this company. Thank you.
  • Catherine Urso Jun 8, 2009 @ 3:43 pm | delete
    It was so wonderful to find a place that actually carries an entire line of wallpaper and fabrics that I am able to buy to restore my 1800s home in Connecticut. Not only is there a wide selection, but the prices are unbeatable. Also, they are very pleasant to work with and responsive to customer needs. I love this place!
  • lunazorro May 22, 2009 @ 11:15 am | delete
    great selection. great service. very informative article. I would not buy wallpaper from any where else!
  • Liz Martin May 22, 2009 @ 11:02 am | delete
    What a fascinating essay on the history of wallpaper. what a great selection you carry. one stop restoration shopping! And friendly, fast service, too! Thanks!
  • ---Chazz May 10, 2009 @ 5:52 pm | delete
    Thank you for visiting us! Let us know what other topics related to old house interiors you would like to see addressed in a lens, ask a question, leave a comment or suggestion, or just say "hello"...we can't respond to every question but we will reply to as many as possible in a future listing.

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