Toile Wallpaper
& Easy DIY Ideas For Toile De Jouy Prints
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... 7 easy DIY country French decorating ideas with toile design wallpaper.
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Country French Decorating Ideas With Toile Paper/Wallpaper
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'Headboard'
You could, of course, just paper an entire room with toile design wallpaper. (Here are some photos of what that might look like, and here's a bathroom covered entirely in toile de Jouy).
I'm convinced, though, that you can just as easily achieve a "French" look with less effort & money. For example:
- Turn a rectangular MDF sheet into a headboard for a platform bed by 'wallpapering' it with a toile print. (Fold the paper over the edges so no wood shows - example above left!).
- Wallpaper/découpage the drawer fronts of an old dresser with toile paper. Then paint the rest of the dresser in a matching color. The same would work for an occasional tabletop or cupboard doors!
- Decoupage a wide, flat, uninteresting picture/mirror frame with toile design wallpaper.
- Wallpaper the back wall of an open shelf (or cupboard) with a toile design (or a toile border), like this:
Toile print wallpaper at the back of an open cupboard
(photo courtesy of Wonderlane)
Some more ideas for decorating with toile printed wallpaper:
- In a home office, cover the backs of your filing system (boxes or binders) with toile design wallpaper.
- Wallpaper the bottom (= the 'cargo area') of a wooden tray with a toile print (use a clear sealant to protect the surface from spillages!)
- Use toile wallpaper above/below the chair rail only. Or, run a narrow ledge along the wall (about 20" below ceiling height). Wallpaper with toile print below the ledge, and display blue Staffordshire transferware / black transferware on the ledge, against a solid-color background. Some of the early English transferware designs are still produced today, and they make perfect companion pieces for French toile:
- Find more blue/red transferware here, and black 'toile dishes' here.
- More country French decorating ideas here!
- Beyond the wallpaper: More ideas for decorating with toile de Jouy!
- Complement toile print wallpaper with Toile de Jouy Fabric and/or Waverly Toile Fabric.
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