A mountain mural fails for one of two reasons: the peaks end up hidden behind the headboard, or the file is photographic and the wall is four feet away.
A custom mural is non-returnable, so the measuring tape decides more than the artwork does. Here is the sequence that keeps a living room mural from arriving four inches short.
Most board and batten looks wrong for one reason: the spacing was chosen to suit the lumber instead of the wall. Ten minutes of arithmetic before the first nail fixes it.
Transform your master bedroom with a statement wallpaper accent wall. Learn how to select and install the right wallpaper for a dramatic, personalized look.
In a small bedroom the accent wall is almost always the headboard wall, and the color that makes the room feel bigger is usually the dark one. Here is why.
Most blue bedrooms fail after dark. The shade that looked calm at noon turns purple or gray under warm bulbs, and nobody tested it before two coats went on.
The bed covers the bottom half of whatever pattern you hang behind it. Choosing a design without accounting for that is why so many papered bedrooms look unbalanced.