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Did you know that at Wallpapered we offer beautiful and bespoke world maps printed to your exact wall dimensions?

World map imagery is a classic and iconic way of representing the whole, wide world. They are universally applicable and as well as being an educational source, they also provide an element of topical interest in home decoration.  There is global appeal and practicality within world map designs, which is likely why people choose to display world maps in their homes.

Some of our wonderful customers have sent in their own photographs of how they used our world map wallpapers to decorate their home.

This is our standard world map which is a physical world map showing relief and geographic features. It makes a wonderful backdrop for this bedroom which the client has styled very patriotically with a Union Jack bedspread.

Not only for walls! Here's our standard world map wallpaper ingeniously applied to sliding wardrobe doors. Judging by the huge grins on these girls' faces they are very pleased with their world map.

You don't have to cover the entire wall to still make a fantastic and colourful impact with our world map wallpaper. The smallest size we offer is 150cm width x 95cm height. This picture shows our standard world map used very effectivey in a little boy's bedroom.

Our classic world map wallpaper is another popular choice. This is a political world map which outlines territorial boundaries, states and provinces as well as showing country and city names. Featured here in a little boy's bedroom, the map creates a charming and educational backdrop to this fun bedroom.

The great thing about world map wallpaper is that you can style it any way you want. Shown here in this teenager's room, our classic world map is really striking and stands out as the focal point of this room.

If you are looking for a more artistic and stylised map, our sepia world map wallpaper may be the option for you. Here's a customer photo of our sepia world map which is created in a lovely muted shade. This client used it to decorate the entrance to an attic bedroom.

Here's another photo of our sepia world map wallpaper installed in a client's bedroom. We print our world map wallpapers to a very high resolution using beautiful non woven paper, to ensure clear and crisp detail.

Our black and white world map wallpaper is another favourite design amongst our customers. The greyscale effect offers a clean and tasteful ambience which works really well with the comfy looking sofa.

All of our maps are custom printed to your preferred wall size. Here's our black and white world map wallpaper used as a small wall mural to decorate this lovely kitchen. You can see that it gives you something interesting to look at whilst washing the dishes!

Which style of world map wallpaper would you choose for your home? Check out our full range of map wallpaper by clicking here.

It used to be that one could only view great works of Art when out and about, visiting museums. Wallpapered now offers customers high quality reproduction Art murals available as wallpaper for your home. In today's blog post we would like to showcase a small selection of our prevailing Art wall murals.

This iconic image "The Birth of Venus" was originally painted in 1484 by Italian renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. More than 500 years later, the painting is still considered a classic portrayal of artistry and allurement. This wall mural is stunningly reproduced onto a premium non woven paper and would make a sensational feature wall for any appreciator of classical art.

Timothy Easton is a contemporary painter who uses oil paints to characterize the loveliness of nature. His painting "Lavender Fields in Old Provence" depicts a beautiful amethyst atmosphere alluding to the French landscape in the South of France.

"The Kiss" is arguably the most famous painting by the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt. The work of art depicts an embracing couple entwined in sublime patterns influenced by the Art Nouveau style. Make a dazzling statement in your home with our wonderful reproduction of this iconic painting.

This impressionist painting of "Roses" by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir is an ambrosial portrayal of botanic beauty. The large brush strokes represent the Impressionist art movement of the 19th Century and brings to life the vitality of a rose bouquet.

Want to see more Art wall murals ideas? Browse our full selection of Art wall murals by clicking here.

This time of year, being outdoors in the glorious sunshine is all we really want. But for those occasional rainy days when the great outdoors isn't an option, why not create a heavenly interior atmosphere using spectacular photographic wall murals, bringing the outdoors in to your own home.

A photographic wall mural that lives up to its name - Tranquility by the talented photographer Nicholas Holscher.

Breathtaking photography - Irreler Wasserfälle by Nicholas Hölscher utilised here in this living space creates an instant awe inspiring effect.

The golden glow of Autumn Leaves by David O' Gorman creates a beautifully serene feel to this interior.

This natural, perennial and calming view of Central Park New York Springtime by Mabel Forsyth brings an everlasting greenery into your home for a relaxing effect.

Still looking for your that perfect photographic wall mural? Take a look at a stunning portfolio of natural photography wallpapers available here at Wallpapered.

This weekend sees the much anticipated return of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, celebrating a prolific 100 years of showcasing the best in horticulture and in turn inspiring a huge number of Fuchsia fanatics, Lobelia lovers, Anemone admirers and topiary tamers.

First arriving on the scene in 1913, the Chelsea Flower Show has blossomed into, what the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, called “"the Mount Olympus of horticulture… the world's most famous flower show".

Forever an ongoing source of fragrant inspiration, horticulture appears in an array of beautiful images from surface print designers, photographers and artists. Drawing inspiration from the study of botany and horticulture, flowers remain a constant feature throughout many great artworks. Here's a few floral designs we're lusting after this summer.

The Botanist:

Widely regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance, Albrecht Durer painted this beautiful study - Eight Studies of Wild Flowers as a way of examining the beauty of wild florals. Vivid in colour and delicately considered in style, this stunning wall mural would make a perfect choice for a living space.

The natural craving to study the beauty of florals has never ceased and nearly 5 centuries after Durers explorations, Timothy Easton presented us with his stunning depiction of Irises in pink, blue and gold. Filled with the freshness of spring, his painting of the beautiful bloom exudes light and colour. Place it on your feature wall in the bedroom or living space for the greatest effect.

Herb Harvest:

There's nothing quite like the taste of home grown herbs! Whether they're fresh from a flower bed or plucked from a pot on your window sill, cooking with your own herbs is not only easy, but incredibly satisfying. Deep in the rich colour of Oregano and playful in its use of classical herb illustrations, this print from Elizabeth Olwen, 'Herb Garden', will be sure to satisfy any herb lovers out there! Place it in your dining space or kitchen for a fantastic foliage feature wall.

Contemporary Florals:

Delving into the more contemporary exploration of horticulture, Sabine Reinhart presents us with the fantastic piece Near the River, a highly detailed print design made up of bold floral colours with a unique contemporary feel. If you're looking to incorporate florals into a modern interior space, Sabine Reinhart's print will allow you to achieve that stylishly contemporary feel.

Looking for more floral prints? Take a look at our wide range of floral wallpaper available at Wallpapered.

 Located in Adelaide, Australia, Yenty Jap has a brilliantly unique design philosophy; she believes that designing and illustrating enables the elements of fantasy and reality to be united. This philosophy and her in depth exploration into beautiful bold colours are more than evident in her playfully illustrative collection for Wallpapered.

Playful display of colour and illustration in the beautiful Autumn Day wallpaper design by Yenty Jap

Creating illustrative prints on a larger scale has always been a natural impulse for Yenty. When we asked what made her want to begin designing wallpaper, she told us "I actually always imagined myself painting a wall mural; a big Christmas tree with all the ornaments and elves coming out holding a magic lantern, ready to grant every wish of the passer by". This ability to imagine fantastic whimsical scenes truly characterises her work.

Fresh tattoo style illustration of blossoming Geraniums in lovely floral colours

Animals and Nature are a main source of inspiration in Yenty's collection. Visiting libraries for their rich sources of information and imagery, she will often flip through books until she finds something unique and beautiful which she can elaborate on in her designs. Once her inspiration is sourced, Yenty will spend hours creating clean line tattoo style illustrations or her cute character designs, getting lost in the process of exploring and creating and not tiring until the design is complete.

Cute playful characters make this Flower Head Family wall mural design perfect for the kids bedroom or playroom

This therapeutic process of designing and creating is a big factor in her design style. She told us, "I love the fact that I keep developing my style and it is an adventure of finding that treasure; looking at an artwork and keep on loving it."

"I admire the work by Hayao Miyazaki and Norman Rockwell. I have a bucket list that I want to accomplish in my life. Some points on the list are to have a garden full with giant sun flowers and, of course, to paint wall mural. I suddenly remember I work digitally now; maybe it is time to pick up the brush again!".

Take a look at Yenty's incredible collection of colourfully illustrative wallpapers and wall murals here.

In today's blog post we would like to share with you some stunning photography which features our popular black and white world map wallpaper.

Here at Wallpapered we specialise in custom printing wallpaper for interior spaces, so when we were contacted by Alessandro Pasinelli studio in Milano, Italy to create a bespoke world map wallpaper especially for an interiors setting at Frette Showroom, we could not wait to see the final product.

Frette Showroom featuring Wallpapered's black and white world map wallpaper

Deeply researched, the collections are based on travels by Frette's designers to all corners of the globe. The showroom displays stunningly sophisticated interiors that excites the imagination to dream of far distant places.

Beautiful details, matching our wallpaper to tactile silk accessories in corresponding shades.

Blending our black and white world map with similar shades of creams and greys, the collection entitled 'Interior Worlds' creates a distinctly Art Deco 1930's feel, an age known for its opulence and sophistication. We love the way that they paired the black and white globe stand and relief map book cover with our world map wall mural.

If you would like to recreate this beautiful interior or would like to customise your own wallpaper, you can take a look at our world map range here.

Accredit: Frette Showroom AW 2013 Setting by Alessandro Pasinelli Studio Photos by Bianca Puleo

If you owned a home in the 90’s, and liked a little bit of DIY it was very hard to miss Changing Rooms on the TV. With interior designers such as Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen and Linda Barker, we embraced colour and MDF. In fact, if you couldn’t make it out of MDF at the time, it wasn’t worth having.

Programmes like this showed people that they could be their own interior designers. It showed us that we could experiment with colour and pattern and it made home design accessible to many people. The downside to Changing Rooms was that the focus was mostly on paint, and not on Wallpaper. It wasn’t until some years later that we started to see the resurgence in popularity of wallpaper, and now even programmes such as ’60 Minute Makeover’ do embrace wallpaper and wall murals, showing that using it can be achieved even if time is restricted.

Many of us are fearful of Wallpaper. Afraid of its complexity and the difficulty associated with hanging it. We think of traditional blown vinyl and old fashioned textured paper that stuck to the wall for years and never came away. But wallpaper designs and trends have changed immensely and the variety and choice on offer is now amazing.

I love the impact Wallpaper can have on a decorating scheme. It can give it life and definition where using paint simply cannot. I love that we can be bold or subtle in our wallpaper choices, and that we can add as little or as much into a room as we like.

Beautiful beach feature wall mural - Bay and Beach by Barry Makariou

Wall murals are becoming increasingly popular as it allows us to create a bespoke piece of wall art for our homes. Use your own images or those available to create something unique just for you. I love photographic pieces that speak to you. Take for example, Barry Makariou's Bay and Beach photo wallpaper of a beautiful beach and blue ocean. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to wake up every day and see this feature wall mural in your bedroom staring back at you? Or how about some children's wallpaper? Clever Cats by Anne Scott combines colour and playfulness without being predictable in her cartoon style prints.

Colourful and playful cartoon style print - Clever Cats by Ann Scott

Different and striking wall murals make for a talking point in the home that you will love, like me, for years to come. Don’t be afraid of wallpaper. Embrace it and give it a go. If it really doesn’t work you can try again but once you’ve gone there, you won’t want to go back.

Love Chic Living's Jen Stanbrook has insatiable love of home interiors and design. Her interiors inspiration blog was nominated for Best Home Blog in the MADs National Parenting Awards 2012. She writes a weekly Wallpaper Wednesdays feature which we love. 

We were first introduced to Wendy Kendall when she entered the Ideal Home Show wallpaper design of the year 2013 competition and made the shortlist with her charming and dainty wallpaper design "Petite Street". We met up with the lovely Wendy at the prize presentation where she went onto win the competition! As a result we are delighted to welcome Wendy Kendall Designs to Wallpapered.

"Petite Street" is the Ideal Home Show's wallpaper design of the year 2013.

"Leaf Pod" is another lovely design, which features a pastel colour palette and textured leaf patterns.

Wendy particularly enjoys creating designs aimed at children and this "Sea Life" wallpaper design is perfect for a child's bedroom.

We hope you enjoy Wendy Kendall Designs as much as we do!  Please look out for more designs from this talented designer coming soon to Wallpapered.

Florals have always been a favourite contender in the world of wallpaper, for anyone wishing to create a fresh springtime atmosphere that is unlikely to go out of fashion any time soon. This year, they’re back in full bloom as one of the biggest interiors trends of 2013.

Bold:
Bright and bold 60’s and 70’s prints are resurrected with a contemporary 21^st century twist this year. Full floral prints like that from Yuyu Design Studio add a striking graphic element to your walls whilst radiating colour. Design an impressive feature wall paired with muted shades for the most impact without going overboard.

Retro florals from Yuyu Design Studio - Folkloric wallpaper

Fresh:
Soft and delicate flower prints offer a much more subtle application of the 2013 floral trend this year.  Patterns from Elizabeth Olwen and Rachel Elizabeth create a romantic, airy atmosphere that will turn any room into a fresh and fragrant space. Their light ethereal colours allow you to fill your entire space with pattern without the danger of looking extreme. Perfect for adding pattern to small rooms!

Fresh 1950's florals with a romantic feel from Elizabeth Olwen

Natural:
Photographic style wallpapers are another exciting way to employ the florals trend and are an effortless way of creating compelling feature walls.  The incredible photographic work of David O Gorman looks stunning as a wall mural and adds a sensual element to the surrounding space.

Stunning macro photographic wall mural of a Dandelion by David O Gorman

Textural:
Crossing over with another huge interiors trend of 2013, florals with a textural, tactile feel are set to make an impact this year. Jane Bridge's beautiful hand painted design of fresh flowers in full bloom looks incredible set against bright and bold accessories. Or, pair it with neutral walls to create a light springtime atmosphere.

Textural hand painted Poppies wallpaper design from Jane Bridges

For more floral inspiration for your walls, you can check out the rest of our invigorating floral wallpaper patterns and murals here.

Every time we see the delectable wallpaper designs of Lollie Dunbar, we fall that little bit more in love!

We first met the designer back in 2012 when her charming Heart and Rabbit wallpaper won the accolade of Ideal Wallpaper Design of the year at the Ideal Home Show in London. Designing a range of stunning wallpapers with a vintage British feel, her collection for Wallpapered has gone from strength to strength, so we thought we would go back and take a look at her incredible work.

Lollie Dunbar's Heart and Rabbit: Ideal Wallpaper Design of the Year 2012

Sourcing inspiration from the English countryside, Lollie’s award winning Heart and Rabbit is the result of a collection of random thoughts and ideas. Encompassing the classic British colourway of red, white and blue, its charming feel is a running theme throughout all of her irresistible designs.

This vintage inspired Soap design would look great as a feature wall or in a small bathroom

Lollie finds inspiration everywhere; it could be a film she has watched or a book she has read.  However she always aims to create youthful and fun wallpapers that are unique and timeless.

Soft and touchable Feather wallpaper design by Lollie Dunbar

Her delicate Feather wallpaper design is one of our personal favorites. Playing into the 2013 trend of textural interiors, its soft hand drawn feather pattern leaves you wanting to reach out and touch.

Since winning the award last year, Lollie has been busying herself with freelance jobs within the fashion industry, working with renowned brands including Liberty, Wallis and Lola Rose.

Recently moving into the textile and interior design industry, Lollie continues to add stunning wallpaper designs to her Wallpapered collection and we can’t wait to see what she will create next!

You can see Lollie’s exciting range here: http://www.wallpapered.com/lollie-dunbar