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10 WAYS Adding Texture
ELEGANTLY
DISTRESSED
Exposed plaster,
complete with traces
of old paint and,
occasionally, the ghost imprint of
a wallpaper pattern, is hugely
fashionable at the moment.
Teaming the untreated walls with
sleek, crisply painted woodwork in
a low-sheen eggshell will give it a
contemporary edge. Rough-and-
ready walls make the perfect
backdrop for luxurious furniture,
such as this Beaumont & Fletcher
armchair, covered in Wicklow
Damask fabric in Oatmeal.
Wexford armchair,
£2,800, covered with
6m of Wicklow Damask
fabric, £110 per m,
Beaumont & Fletcher.
How to Having made some wallpaper – I used RA
Smart in Macclesfield.
initial drawings, I
make it chose the designs I liked Once the paper was on
best and scanned them
the wall, I added
personal into Photoshop. I then further texture by
hand, painting in extra
used this software to
Curiousa & complete the artwork. detail on the stems,
Curiousa’s Esther The background is a roses and birds.
page from my
The design was
Pa!erson explains sketchbook that I inspired by a trip to
how she created her painted green. I then Chatsworth House in
own wallpaper (also laid my freehand pencil Derbyshire, not
seen on page 81) drawings over this in too far from where we
Photoshop. The next step live. The chinoiserie
was to have the design bedrooms there are
digitally printed onto just beautiful.
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