Vintage Wallpaper, Part II

It's been a long time since I first posted about the vintage wallpaper sample books we found in Madeline's attic.  You can revisit that post here.  Last night as I was reading my latest issue of "Country Living" I came across an article about a designer who uses vintage wallpaper to cover light-switch plates, lamp shades, tissue boxes, and more.  If you would like to see her work, here's the link.  Beautiful items! 

The article reminded me that I needed to dig the sample books out of the garage and show you more of the old wallpaper.  Here are 16 pages to inspire you:

This almost looks like Christmas paper.

The same pattern in brown.  Maybe for a fun powder room?

A cheerful pattern for your kitchen!

Or maybe your kitchen is yellow.

Or maybe purple?  If so, more power to you!

Another kitchen design.

Same pattern, different hue.

How about some fruit for your kitchen?

Fruits in blue.

How about some flowers for your bedroom.

Here's some fish for your bathroom.

The same fish in black--very cool!

I love the fake wood background on this one.  Remember when ivy was so big in the 80's?

Here's a nice farm scene.  I think it says Pleasant Valley Farm.

A nice image of days gone by.  I can picture this in a restaurant dining room.

I hope you enjoyed this peek inside the sample books.  I need to get creative with the pages like Nicole Lewis from Fondue Vintage Homewares.