Inspiring Bedrooms

A bedroom should provide the perfect haven, a calming retreat for relaxation at the end of the day.

Take inspiration from our bedroom schemes to create a soothing environment within your home.

Unlike most of the source material for Little Greene wallpapers, 'Asterid' is not drawn from a conventional pattern but rather is a reinterpretation of a fine illustrative painting from the mid-20th century. It represents the high-society trend for hand-painted murals, which were the precursor to commercial wallpapers. The fine detail of the original painting, combined with an ability to print this as a three-panel design, provides a cleverly repeating floral trail with the sensibility and touch of a fine artist.

'Darwin' (c1760) represents one of the Whitworth Art Gallery’s most important recent acquisitions and, with a twist in its story, this exemplary English piece was actually found intact in a house in Aix-en- Provence, France. The exotic scene accurately imitates a typical 18th Century hand-painted Chinese paper, but the tax stamp, still visible on the back of the original rag paper, categorically identifies it as English in origin. The colours interpreted in the ‘Serein’ colourway are very true to the original - a surprisingly (and wonderfully) well-preserved archive document.

The popularity of screen-printing amongst mid-twentieth century designers and artists was testament to the quality of print, versatility of mark and subsequent expression in colour that was suddenly achievable. Decorative silhouettes like 'Fern' were particularly effective and a number of sources cite a design based on ferns or other ornamental plants. The inset picture shows the actual bracken fronds that were originally used to create this particular design.

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