# Luxury Wallpaper **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxury-wallpaper/944047 "2021-06-11T14:29:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxury-wallpaper/944047/1 "2021-06-11T14:29:07Z")
There was just (very, very, briefly) a topic created by a spammer with this subject, “Luxury Wallpaper”. I was disappointed it was spam, because I had something to say on the subject. I once visited Blithewold mansion in RI. They have this incredible French wallpaper. It’s velvety textured, and very posh. [![](https://minutewithmary.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/blithewold-mansion-rhode-island-wallpaper.jpg) ](https://minutewithmary.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/blithewold-mansion-rhode-island-wallpaper.jpg) When the wallpaper needed replacing, the museum was able to go back to the original manufacturers decades later and order the identical pattern. Then, in the bedroom, they had hand-painted wallpaper. That is, there’s a 360 degree seaside vista all around the walls that was painted on paper elsewhere, then brought in and pasted up on the walls. [![](https://www.findingsilverpennies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/master-bedroom.jpg) ](https://www.findingsilverpennies.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/master-bedroom.jpg) I want that in my bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxury-wallpaper/944047/2 "2021-06-11T15:36:18Z")
I like the top one. The other makes me wonder why they didn’t just paint the mural directly on the wall. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxury-wallpaper/944047/3 "2021-06-11T15:39:34Z")
I don’t know how much regular wallpaper is supposed to cost. When we remodeled our kitchen, the designer specified wallpaper in a fairly small area, behind the banquette and under some wall cabinets. One roll was enough, $100 (this was in 2011). Then came the quote from the paper hanger – $400 to install. We painted. I still have the roll of wallpaper. It doesn’t look super fancy to me, certainly not flocked or velvety. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxury-wallpaper/944047/4 "2021-06-11T15:54:19Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I like the top one. The other makes me wonder why they didn’t just paint the mural directly on the wall. I _think_ the main reason is to avoid giving up access to the bedroom for an extended period while the painting is done. > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I don’t know how much regular wallpaper is supposed to cost. I have no idea. I’ve never bought wallpaper myself. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxury-wallpaper/944047/5 "2021-06-11T16:01:35Z")
One house I lived in had “special” wallpaper in the bathrooms. I don’t know if it would be considered luxury. One of them was mostly gilt, with a pattern of fish and seaweed. The other was pale blue, with textured white clouds and birds. We took it all down. ---
**Author:** ![tofor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tofor/32/13727_2.png) [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxury-wallpaper/944047/6 "2021-06-11T16:07:08Z")
That reminds me that my grandma had interesting wallpaper in her bathroom. It was white with black drawings on it. The images were of water scenes, and the ones I remember were: 1. A claw-foot tub 2. Various fish 3. A mermaid in a standalone shower which was entirely filled with water Not luxury by any stretch (it was probably tacky, but I wasn’t sensitive to such things as a child) but I sure wish I could find an image of that wallpaper. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luxury-wallpaper/944047/7 "2021-06-11T20:41:29Z")
The only wallpaper I ever liked was burlap. I hate removing wallpaper and I’ve just started renovating my second house full of it. The style I’m removing now was top-of-the-line back in the day. It’s thick, has the feel of corduroy and has the tiny gold threads woven into it.