Wallpapering whole room. Am I woefully out of date or a trend setter?

[PastaandCheese]

Decorating my living room at Easter and I've been looking at wallpapers as it is a large room and I want to make the walls a bit more interesting.

I am drawn to some very subtle and delicate papers and I am leaning towards papering all the walls rather than just a 'feature wall'.

Am I naff or could this look nice? It is a traditional house so I think it could work and the room is big enough to not feel closed in by patterned paper.

Found a couple of Laura Ashley papers I like but any recommendations of other places to look very welcome.

I agonised with the same issue about two years ago! Old house etc.

I compromised slightly, by putting a picture rail up, room could take it as ceiling very high. Lining paper painted above. Light floral faded oldie type paper below. It looks good.

I had thought that if I didnt like it, could always paint over it. But it suits the room very well!

I am inclined to think that papering one wall looks like you can't afford to paper the others!

I think muted, soft, small patterns and vintage designs look best if used on all walls. I'm sure it will look lovely.

Neither, but loaded; t's so expensive! But looks good and makes a room look cosy.

I love that look fabulous. Seen it in lots of my magazines.

We couldn't do a picture rail. The window stretches the length of one wall and comes down to a low sill. It's fair to say we don't struggle with light here which again makes me think we don't need to worry about feeling closed in.

headinhands I can definitely settle for neither!

mini I haven't thought of it like that before but I have had conversations in the past along the lines of 'we can afford that one because we aren't doing the whole room' so I think you are right.

Ooooh, I am thinking of doing exactly the same thing with my new dining room. I think it looks great. Wendy Nichols' house (director of colefax and fowler) is quite inspirational for this and I'd copy it exactly if I could anything like afford it!! Colefax and fowler and Sanderson both good for lovely floral papers if you've not looked already?

Do it, do it! Here's a picture of my black(!) highly decorative bedroom wallpaper, on the whole room. I know it won't be to everyone's taste but I love it and definitely prefer whole rooms papered instead of feature walls

God sorry op, I didn't read the title carefully enough. You'll definitely be a trend setter

Enjoyed the article pizdets. She has a gorgeous home. I'm back from John Lewis armed with some more samples inc C&F.

I am pretty sure I am going to go for it. DH is there for the taking as it will mean less prep for of the walls!

kitsmummy I'm a boring pastel / neutral person myself but I like your bedroom and it doesn't look odd having paper on all walls at all. I think I was a bit worried about being conditioned to seeing it only on one wall but that doesn't appear to be the case.

headinhands definitely not aspiring to trend setting just don't want to be 1980's lady!

absolutely do the whole room - it looks so much better I think. i did my last bedroom in Osbourne and Little wisteria - I never regretted it for a moment. It's definitely not naff - I would say a feature wall is naff although each to his own and all that!

Go for it! I am not a massive fan of "feature walls" myself, would rather paper a whole room, or just paint it all. Let us know what wallpaper you decide on!

I've just done our bedroom in wallpaper and when I asked our decorator if he did much papering he said he is doing more and more especially in the more high end houses

I much prefer a whole room to one wall. Subtle and delicate sounds lovely.

I only do whole rooms.
Feature wall can be lovely but I prefer to do the whole area.
My only compromise was in the main hallway I did downstairs and up the main stairwell but finished the upstairs hallway in a paint.
It looks great.

If m children were more civilised and the dogs less muddy, the cars less scratchy then I would have horribly expensive paper on every wall. I think it is feature walls that look nouveau:)

I think you're a trendsetter. The whole "feature wall" just feels a bit too much last decade to me.

I'm decorating our new house and all of the walls are being papered. Our main living area is a neutral textured paper, and our bedroom is going to be a completely over-the-top pink experience.

Handily DD was in nursery today and DS is 4 weeks so doesn't know he isn't supposed to like wallpaper shops. Have lots of samples to think about.

Leaning towards a Zoffany one if DH agrees. I'll find a link later.

Snooped your paper on Google cooper. It's lovely.

In actual fact I'm not sure why I've been hand wringing about it all as both DCs rooms are papered and they look gorgeous.

I did the same 3 months ago a now I reallllllyyyy regret it!!!! Having it changed this month

I really think it depends on the size of your room when it all comes down to it,this past two years I have had my lounge decorated 3/4 times and have decided that two walls in patterned paper gives the best effect on one of the plain walls I have the same pattern put into picture frames and I am now pleased with the result,some rooms depending on the colour can look very "cave" like when done in the same pattern but some large rooms look magnificent.

Jimmy what sort of paper did you choose?

Glamman I'm lucky enough to have a big, light room. I wouldn't have considered it at my old house which had a much smaller, darker living room.

I'm doing a small study in a pale paper - walls are screwed and it will be an office with lots of shelves so don't think it will be overpowering. Also a very cheap paper!

Oh, go for it. I would've done every wall of my dining room, recently, but the wallpaper was eye-wateringly expensive, so we really couldn't afford it. Ended up papering about half: alcoves beside chimney breast, and the opposing wall, and matched one of the two colours in the paper for the paint on the other walls. Actually, I'm pleased with how it looks, but it would have been lovely to do the lot.

Ours is a william morris print in green on cream background: www.alexanderinteriorsltd.co.uk/category-128/Marigold1875Paper.html

They do loads of those sorts of prints: quite bold/busy patterns, but in really understated colour palettes.

Our interior designer is dead against feature walls. I have wallpapered our bathroom in fab paper - will upload a photo if I can manage it.

this Mulberry paper is the one we have - it looks amazing up.