Shiny lacquer and high-gloss wall paints are notoriously onerous to work with — these paint finishes are identified for exhibiting each imperfection and brushstroke, however boy can they throw mild round a smaller room to make it seem brighter and even bigger. I’ve all the time needed to benefit from these sorts of paint finishes for the sunshine and depth they will add to a room, however I’ve all the time heard high-gloss functions are greatest left to the professionals — particularly when you reside in an older residence or residence with cracks, seen jointing, or sanding marks on the partitions.
That’s why I finished in my tracks whereas vacationing final October once I noticed what designer Beata Heuman did within the lounge of the Hôtel de La Boétie, a just-opened 40-room lodge in Paris’ eighth arrondissement that’s a part of the Touriste lodge group. I assumed she tapped professional painters to coat the partitions of their liquid-look, shimmering end, however it seems that they’re really wrapped in silver wallpaper. This daring, strategic transfer acquired me considering: Shiny, metallic wall finishes could be simpler to tug off with wall coverings — particularly peel-and-stick ones which can be endlessly in a position to be repositioned (and so they’re detachable, when you someday tire of them).
I personally hadn’t seen strong shiny wallpaper like this earlier than, however because it seems, Heuman had a historic reference for her selection: the work of early Twentieth-century American decorator Frances Elkins. Apparently identified for her signature silver tea paper wallcoverings, Elkins helped pioneer this look, which made every little thing from dressing areas to bedrooms look ultra-modern and luxe, even by at the moment’s requirements. Whereas Elkins typically teamed her silver partitions up with mirrored glass and gold, Heuman’s method is rather more right down to earth.
As an alternative of leaning into the glam, Heuman has chosen to floor the shiny cool silver with wealthy heat tones and pure supplies within the sitting space you see right here, together with a rust-colored velvet couch, an outsized cork board, and a rattan and iron desk. This retains the silver from feeling chilly or scientific — and over-the-top opulent, which is ok however simply not my type. The good factor about metallic partitions, although? They’re equally at residence in minimalist or maximalist settings. It’s all about what you select to encompass them with by way of furnishings and ornamental equipment.
If you wish to get the look, take into account one in every of these Heuman- (and Elkins-) impressed picks. And watch this type of metallic end work its magic in your room.
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