Wall Decor Options

Want to Quickly Narrow Your Search for Home Wallpaper?

Zero in on home wallpaper you want by visually searching for color, by book name or number, by design theme and more. Even if you don't intend to purchase your wallpaper online, it's a good way to create a short list of options to take to your local dealer.

Like a Dress

Home wallpaper is like clothing for the inside walls of your home. Just like clothes can set a tone, walls with well-picked-out paper can set the exact mood you want. It can be casual, warm, stately, child-friendly, etc. We often have people complement our the paper on one of our living room walls. It's striped and helps the cathedral ceiling look high up. And the color stripes blend well with the magnolia wallpaper borders.

Bulleted List If Fits

No doubt you have your own particular wishes when it comes to home wallpaper for your wall. Maybe you can find a category listed below which fits your interest...

Where to Buy

I've looked hard, but so far the only place you can visually search by color - not by a color name such as "amber" - is American Blinds and Wallpaper. BBB It's one of the more useful ways to search for your home wallpaper. Most places online provide ways to search by book name or number, pattern number, manufacturer, theme, etc.

Star Decorating is another place to look for home wallpaper although it doesn't offer the visual color search mentioned above. You'll find all the other search methods.

Of course the "big box" stores like Home Depot and Lowes carry wallpaper and you can probably find one near you as well as other smaller outlets.

Need a Good Hanger?

You've found your dream home wallpaper. But you don't want to hang it yourself. How do you find a good reputable service if nobody you know can tell you? Try Angie's List. For a reasonable subscription price, you can save yourself money and the heartache of getting a contractor who does a lousy job. Angie's List provides contact information for "home service contractors reviewed and rated by real homeowners like you." A business cannot pay to get on the list.

How to Search for Wallpaper

Tried some search engines already? It's hard to search using the word "wallpaper" because the word has multiple meanings which end up crowding the results. Check out these searches by clicking on them:

Google : Yahoo : MSN : Visimo : IxQuick : DogPile

Open Directory : Yahoo Directory : eBay

Choices, Choices, Choices

I love options, and you may too, but sometimes too many can get a bit out of hand. Maybe you narrowed your home wallpaper choices to a reasonable number. Want help making the final choice? Try Choose It.

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"Home is the wallpaper above the bed, the family dinner table, the church bells in the morning, the bruised shins of the playground, the small fears that come with dusk, the streets and squares and monuments and shops that constitute one’s first universe." - Henry Grunwald

"Marriages will survive despite enormous strains. A lover will ask, “Is he happy? Can he still love her?” They don’t realise that’s not the point, it’s all the normal things they do together—going to the supermarket, choosing wallpaper, doing things with the children." - Carol Clewlow

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