#Wallpaper

British India – New Collection from Bethany Linz

Emma Stergoulis Design

Jun 3, 2013
1 min

British India – New Collection from Bethany Linz

Before I begin my journey from San Diego to San Francisco, I thought I would keep you in suspense for a couple more days to share a little news from Sydney creative Bethany Linz, who’s beautiful work has featured in a couple of my posts. During my interview with Bethany (back in October) she mentioned that she would be releasing a range of wallpapers and textiles for Sparkk, and I am really excited to get a little sneak preview for you. The collection, due to be released this

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Emma Stergoulis Design

Apr 5, 2013
3 min

Creatively Speaking – Kerrie Brown

Friday is with us again and that can only mean one thing, time for an interview with another fantastic creative in the world of design and interior design. If you are looking to add a shot of colour, history and culture into your home then Sydney based designer Kerrie Brown is a must stop. So grab your coffee, tea and a chocolate brownie and sit back and relax…. How would you describe your work and style? My style has developed from my years as a set decorator and so is qui

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Creatively Speaking – Louise and John Wakefield – Beware the Moon

Emma Stergoulis Design

Mar 29, 2013
7 min

Creatively Speaking – Louise and John Wakefield – Beware the Moon

When I posted on the father and daughter duo that make up the UK based funky wallpaper company Beware The Moon last year, I should have realised that their interview would be anything other than as colourful and fun as their work …. So grab a cuppa and sit back and enjoy……. How would you describe your work and style? John – Anarchic, perfectionist. Louise – Erm… incongruous, lunatic, absorbing, mischievous What, where and/or who inspires you? John – Imagination and Nature Lo

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Spice of Life – Indian Interior Influence

Emma Stergoulis Design

Mar 11, 2013
2 min

Spice of Life – Indian Interior Influence

Source anindiansummer.com India is synonymous as the country of colours. whether it be the colourful culture, the streets, the tales that you hear told, the religious symbolism or the sari’s and jewels. From the deep reds of a wedding dress, the orange marigolds displayed in celebrations, or the spices and dyes that laden the markets. Source – Open Travel Source roughdreams.com (Calcutta Holi Best) One commentator on colour has suggested that; “a country as diverse and cultur

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Emma Stergoulis Design

Feb 20, 2013
1 min

Treasure Trove of Wallpaper

With a client base including Nobu Restaurants’ private dining rooms, Club Monaco, Fairmont Hotels, W Hotels, McCann Erickson, Suffolk University and celebrity residence, New York based Trove, led by creative design duo Jee Levin and Randall Buck, have obviously got some thing right with the formula of their wallpaper and window covering creations through their company Trove. Randall Buck and Jee Levin Inspired by New York City’s 100-year-old flower market in the middle of Man

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Expressions of Interest – Scandinavian wallpaper with a little difference

Emma Stergoulis Design

Jan 17, 2013
1 min

Expressions of Interest – Scandinavian wallpaper with a little difference

Sydney is pretty famous for the lavish New Years spectacular of fire works exploding from the bridge and various vantage points in the famous Harbour itself. Perhaps with this still in my thoughts I was drawn to a mural from the new “Expressions” range called “Fireworks”. I think their is because it was full of colour, a little unusual and also has the capacity to sit well with the old as well as modern furniture. Certainly more interesting than a plain wall. The “Expressio

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Getting Creative With a Little Quercus Style

Emma Stergoulis Design

Jan 16, 2013
1 min

Getting Creative With a Little Quercus Style

You may recall one of my Friday interviews late last year was with the lovely Adam Jones from Sydney Wallpaper company Quercus & Co. Well Adam, as a thank you kindly sent me a very generous sample of his beautiful “Tapestry” wallpaper (above)….. which has been elegantly waiting in the corner of my room for me to get creative and display it. “Tapestry” – really gorgeous wallpaper – Thank you Adam Now, when it comes to choosing colours and furniture for other peoples homes I a

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Creatively Speaking – Adam Jones – Quercus and Co

Emma Stergoulis Design

Nov 23, 2012
4 min

Creatively Speaking – Adam Jones – Quercus and Co

I have posted a couple of posts on Quercus & Co which is a newly established wallpaper company in Sydney. Adam Jones the founder and creative talent behind the beautiful wallpaper has kindly agreed for me to interview him and, well time to grab a cuppa, sit back and relax and read on…… How would you describe your work and style? “I started Quercus & Co earlier this year to design and print wallpaper. I love pattern in general but it’s the all-surrounding eye bending nature o

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Emma Stergoulis Design

Nov 9, 2012
2 min

Caravan – Quercus & Co

I posted on Sydney based wallpaper company Quercus & Co a couple of months ago on their range of Australian flora and fauna designed wallpaper. Well in time for those looking to do a spring / summer make over Quercus & Co have just launched their bohemian inspired “Caravan” Collection. The collection is based on vintage fabrics and embroideries from Europe and the Middle East, and the colours and tones are disigned to make the paper look like it is melded like paint to your

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Beware the Moon – Wallpaper with Attitude

Emma Stergoulis Design

Nov 8, 2012
2 min

Beware the Moon – Wallpaper with Attitude

UK based “Beware the Moon” is a wallpaper company with a difference. It is a collaboration made up of father and daughter John and Louise Wakefield, who have combined their skills of design, renovation and photography, with a dash of their experiences from vast travel and sprinkled this with their, perhaps more obscure, interests from atomic energy, lucite guitars and microlights, to sharks, perfumery and herbal medicine. Beware the Moon is an expression of their creative co

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Emma Stergoulis Design

Nov 7, 2012
1 min

Wallpaper Paint

UK based Clare Bosanquet stumbled across these paint rollers in a market in Romania, where they have been used for the last 100 years or so as an alternative to wallpaper. Through her company The Painted House and easy shop, Clare has bought the roller back to life. There are two types of rollers, one for fabric and one for walls. Her website shows a number of techniques and ideas which are fun, from simple bunting to whole rooms! The rollers on the walls probably require a

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Creatively Speaking – Interview with Marcello and Bruce “Little Owl”

Emma Stergoulis Design

Oct 5, 2012
2 min

Creatively Speaking – Interview with Marcello and Bruce “Little Owl”

Friday is here again and it is time to put on the kettle and make yourself a nice cup of tea for another interview with a creative partnership of Marcello and Bruce that is “Little Owl”. Work by Julian Schnabel We thought of reversing the process, and putting the paintings on the plates, not broken of course. The idea took some time to evolve, and even now two years on we continue to discover new ways of combining the two mediums together. Little Owl’s personal collection You

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Stone Walls and Paper Tiles – Louise Body

Emma Stergoulis Design

Sep 20, 2012
1 min

Stone Walls and Paper Tiles – Louise Body

Louise Body – source aluncallenderblog.com Louise Body is an internationally acclaimed British designer whose collection includes wallpapers and fabrics. Louise’s wallpapers have been included in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s selective wallpaper archive and as part of collaborations with iconic british designers and brands such as Paul Smith, Dr Martens, Liberty, Ted Baker, Selfridges, Laura Ashley and Topshop who have all chosen Louise’s designs to adorn the walls or coll

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Queen Bee Style – Unleashing the Inner Goddess (well so they say)

Emma Stergoulis Design

Sep 12, 2012
2 min

Queen Bee Style – Unleashing the Inner Goddess (well so they say)

As you will have seen from an earlier post, one of the images that caught my attention during my exploration of the Vatican Crypts was the image of the bee (pictured above). A bee is a symbol of many things it would seem, but one theory I particularly like is that, by virtue of the fact that they are ruled by a Queen, they are the Symbol of the Goddess…..So maybe my inner goddess is drawn to these little creatures!!! (Just humour me OK!) So to add a little subtle Goddess to

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Emma Stergoulis Design

Aug 28, 2012
1 min

Hanging Up Some Brooklyn Style

I am loving this collaboration between Netherlands-based company NLXL and Merci of Paris, who have created a new range of wallpaper called “The Brooklyn Tin”. As the name suggests, the paper has been designed to mimic the look of vintage painted tiles found in factories and warehouses in North America at the turn of the century…. and indeed many of the Australian terrace properties of the same period. The paper comes in a range of looks from the rust through to the pastel pa

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Emma Stergoulis Design

Aug 23, 2012
1 min

Dutch Sky – Little Owl Design

You may recall a post that I wrote a while back on a Dutch company called Little Owl Design and their “altered Perspectives” collection which upcycled plates and discarded canvases…. Altered Perspectives – Fisherman Under the Palm Trees Well the creative forces of Bruce Wayland and Marcello De Simone have come up with a new product to add to their collection. Inspired like many Dutch masters and creatives before them, the duo have used the Dutch sky as their inspiration to

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Emma Stergoulis Design

Jul 11, 2012
2 min

Magnetic Charm – Introducing Sian Zeng

As a child / teenager I was always told to not touch the wallpaper and definitely not to attach any of my AHA or Duran Duran posters to the walls covered in wallpaper for fear of damage. Well this fear of parents from the 70’s and 80’s may no longer be a worry with the Magentic Wallpapers of London Based Design company of Sian Zeng. Established in 2010, products from Sian Zeng’s design company are known for their fairy tale style designs designs which have a magical charm. 20

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Hollywood Influence – From Film Roll to Roller Blinds

Emma Stergoulis Design

Jun 11, 2012
2 min

Hollywood Influence – From Film Roll to Roller Blinds

Not many textile designers can say that they have an Academy Award nomination under their belt, but Sydney based Kerrie Brown can claim just that. Taking the influences of her 25 years as a set decorator, Kerrie has launched a dramatic soft furnishings collection which has created a limited edition range of lampshades, cushions, blinds and tableware. Kerrie uses her research of different centuries and cultures, which she used to decorate a number or well known film sets, an

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Emma Stergoulis Design

May 30, 2012
2 min

Polly Put The Kettle On – Teapot Style

True to my English roots I would say I am rather partial to a cuppa, I never really enjoyed coffee so I am not too good on the best coffee houses in town, and to be honest could not tell the difference between a flat white, or a soy cappuccino with extra froth or a macchiato. Now give me a Gun Powder Green or a Rooibos and I am your girl. I have always had the philosophy that a good chin wag over a cuppa solves everything, you can have a good chat and put everything into pers

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Emma Stergoulis Design

May 28, 2012
2 min

Plate Up

If you are looking for an idea to cover up the walls, or make a statement then look no further than your dinner plate. If you are struggling with the diet then why not take away the vessel that holds all that keeps you from loosing those couple of extra pounds and relocate it to another use…. below are a few simple ideas to inspire…. Bedroom A headboard with a difference ( although you need to place them a little higher than your head as you may be wearing your dinner plates

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