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By: Ashleigh VanHouten
Clean, simple neutrals are always in – they provide a backdrop for feature design elements, allowing art or statement furniture to pop, and they also provide a calming serenity when vivid brights or patterns won’t do. Some neutral tones can be stark, and while there’s certainly a time and place for black and white, at times a more subtle approach is the way to go. Alabaster, a creamy, smooth hue that is essentially white’s less ostentatious cousin, is clean without being harsh.
By: Lucille Grippo
We have been in the midst of an “Arctic Blast” in the Hudson Valley. Temperatures barely climbing out of the teens combined with a bleak, grey sky is enough to keep anyone in warm clothes under cozy blankets.
York Wallcoverings’ new Ashford Whites wallpaper collection is to the home what the white shirt is to the wardrobe: an essential, and the hands-down height of sophisticated chic.
No one is more visually intuitive than a child. York Wallcoverings and DwellStudio celebrate that innate insight with a fearlessly fun new wallcoverings line for little mix masters in the making.
The designers at York Wallcoverings stay curious, creative, collaborative, and experimental. Their inspiration and joy for thrilling people with functionally beautiful products were clear at High Point Spring Market, where York launched a number of new products:
When Joanna Gaines visited York Wallcoverings’ historic headquarters in York, PA to create the first of two new collections, the synergy between America’s oldest and largest wallcovering company and America’s favorite home remodeler was palpable. Here’s what Joanna had to say about their partnership:
Pantone’s 2017 Color of the Year is Greenery, a bright, vibrant hue that inspires a feeling of renewal and reinvention in home design.
The designers at York Wallcoverings understand the power of wallpaper in changing the look and feel of a room; understated and refined designs as well as bold, dramatic patterns can quickly and easily breathe life and beauty into any space.
Drawing from the bottomless beauty of our global melting pot, York Wallcoverings serves up elegantly patterned wallpapers honoring the common denominators of folk and tribal traditions as well as Scandinavian minimalism.
Starved for art? Not a problem…not even for starving artists. Allow an arts-inspired wallpaper to do double duty as both paint and painting for an impressive — and impressively easy — wall decor solution.
As NASA embarks on ever more fantastic discoveries into outer space – from Mars and Jupiter, to the moon and back – wallpaper and textile designers are creating stellar celestial interpretations in heavenly blues, right here at home. Bringing the brilliance of outer space to our inner spaces is one giant step for mankind’s manses.
By: Ashleigh VanHouten
Wallpaper is an art form, and York Wallcoverings drives the point home with a recreation of Vermeer’s iconic Girl with a Pearl Earring handcrafted entirely from 6,500 pieces of wallpaper.
By: Ashleigh VanHouten
The new Polygons collection from Chella Textiles offers a baker’s dozen of vibrant and unique new colors in solids and patterns, building on its technically advanced indoor/outdoor fabric offerings.
Another busy, beautiful, and inspiring ICFF has come and gone, leaving our minds whirling with near limitless design possibilities.
High Point Market’s bi-annual bounty fittingly elicits the question of trend: What felt fresh? Which influences reigned? Was there an out-and-out “wow” product or trend? From its perch in this marvelous maze, York Wallcoverings shares its point of view on what prevailed.
By: Ashleigh VanHouten
“I got so lucky,” says Chella Textiles president Lee Menichella of his company’s recent collection with iconic ceramicist Roy Hamilton. “He’s such a master in the world of design.”
By: Ashleigh VanHouten
The first day of Spring is coming up on March 20, and maybe with the first hints of warm sunshine you’re feeling inspired to make some refreshing updates indoors as well.
By: Ashleigh VanHouten
Unless you’ve been living under a (non-pastel colored) rock, you know that Pantone managed to make both a bold and somehow still soft statement with their choice for 2016 Color of the Year: for the first time ever, they chose two, a dusty pink called Rose Quartz and and a cool blue called Serenity.
Debra Wittrup has been inspiring people with fun, do-able DIY projects for nearly 12 years. Recently she teamed up with a collaborative group of photographers, stylists, editors, and writers who are passionate about imaginative design to produce the Caruth Studio Blog. After years of creating commissioned content for print publications and websites, she’s focusing on what she enjoys most: fresh, attainable design […]
By: Anne Martin
The Manhattan skyline from The Hearst Tower’s 44th floor is a breathtaking sight. Yet after a cocktail meet-and-greet, the 110 attendees at “Wallcoverings through the Ages” gladly pulled themselves from the stunning views for an equally riveting presentation and panel discussion.
In August, York Contract debuted one of its largest and most varied collections ever in celebration of 20 years serving the contract and hospitality industries.
The fresh eyes of youth are keenly sensitive to the colors, patterns and textures that eventually shape grown-up design sensibilities. Childhood surroundings give rise to one’s personal style, complete with indelible memories attached.
By: Sara Williams Joey Leicht was named as one of the “Designers to Watch” by Chicago’s Merchandise Mart Design Center in 2014. His impressive portfolio of stunning Chicagoland projects garnered him a coveted invitation to transform a Lake Forest Showhouse room in 2015. And his astute fashion sense and artistic eye are evident in his […]
Last February, nousDecor Chief Designer Mark Cutler and Dwell with Dignity founder Lisa Robison announced the launch of “Design Matters,” a fundraising campaign to help decorate and appoint homes for deserving families, highlighting nousDECOR’s mission of demonstrating beautiful design’s power to transform lives.
Call it Bedouin Bohemian, Middle Eastern artistry, or globally gorgeous, but Moroccan designs are definitely having a moment.
By: Anne Martin
The two-hour lunch is largely a thing of the past, but every now and again circumstances merit a leisurely mid-day break in the action – and we felt that York Wallcoverings’ 120th anniversary qualified.
By: Anne Martin
Hotly anticipated each year, ICFF is a darling of design shows for good reason. Products with a high Clever, Thoughtful and Simple (in the truest and best sense of the word) quotient are woven in — mosaic-like — with ingenious inventions, daring left-of-center designs, and materials repurposed for imaginative new uses.
Two years ago, while fantasy house shopping, I drove by a palatial 1920s Tudor in Lake Forest, IL. I’m ever curious about the legendary luxe of North Shore living in Chicagoland, so I had to investigate this estate. Wasn’t I surprised to find out that it was the home of 80s pop movie icon John […]
Inspired by the extensive design archives of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, York Wallcoverings introduces a fresh take on 18th-century design with its new WILLIAMSBURG wallpaper collection, “Trend Meets Tradition.” A beautiful fusion of fine American craftsmanship and international influences, the collection is a timeless delight for a broad spectrum of design sensibilities. John Rocque’s London […]
A wallpaper feature wall can transform a room, and with a modest budget: just a few rolls turn a blank wall into a stunning focal point. Use it to define areas or highlight architectural elements. Here, the experts at York Wallcoverings share six ways to celebrate the feature wall:
By: Ashleigh VanHouten
I spent Easter weekend in Toronto, and had the opportunity to check out a famous boutique hotel that I’ve been meaning to stay in for some time – the Gladstone hotel, which (not surprisingly) is situated on the end of a series of super-cool blocks of Queen Street West, about a stone’s throw from another Toronto hospitality institution, the Drake.
York Wallcoverings’ 2015 Color of the Year is Mink, a versatile and serene chocolate brown/gray. Mink is both sophisticated and comforting, and plays a great supporting role to this year’s bright stars at home and on the runways — corals, blues and greens.
By: Sara Williams
Spring is springing! Linen, crepe and airy cotton pieces are sneaking out of my storage bins after a long winters nap. And, the stores are alive with the colors of the season — dusty pinks and corals, soft yellows, baby blues and alluring aquas feel fresh and new.
We recently had the chance to catch up with Contract magazine‘s associate editor, Mallory Szczepanski in New York. A recent transplant to both NYC and the design and architecture industry, Mallory’s seeing our world with fresh eyes and her enthusiasm shows in her work. Read on to learn about what’s exciting her in the contract […]
By: Ashleigh VanHouten
During my recent trip to New York, I was lucky to attend a Fiercely Made pop-up show in Brooklyn. Fiercely Made is an online collective of over 20 designers and makers in Brooklyn selling handcrafted products and telling the story of their craft.
Precious metals have long been synonymous with luxury and good taste. In 2015, silver and gold have shimmied out of the jewel box and onto the wall — and whether subtle silver or bold gold, wallpapers with hints of metallic are hardly wallflowers.
By: Sara Williams
When considering colors that will be influential in fashion, beauty and home, there are sensational combinations dreamt up by experts and eye-candy enthusiasts alike. In 2015, luxurious combinations are slated to be the backdrop for a new brightness in the home.
By: Ashleigh VanHouten
I recently had the good fortune to stay at the Drake Devonshire hotel in Prince Edward County, Ontario—despite the fact that it’s been almost solidly booked since it soft-opened in September, and will remain so on the weekends through at least August.
Confidence is key in design, and designer Stacy Garcia’s assurance is innate. Her new Paper Muse collection for York Wallcoverings is all about embracing wallpaper with enthusiasm — it would be hard not to, with this wealth of mod optics, sparkly stripes, shimmery velvet flocks and immense, irresistible flowers.