Wallpaper Guides

Tessellated ogee wallpaper showing the S-curve oval shapes filled with stylized foliage

An ogee starts from one simple idea: two opposing arcs, one concave and one convex, meeting at a single point. Stack rows of that S-shaped curve and you have the...

An ogee starts from one simple idea: two opposing arcs, one concave and one convex, meeting at a single point. Stack rows of that S-shaped curve and you have the...

Wallpaper showing botanical motifs with a clear top-and-bottom orientation, with plants growing upward

A directional wallpaper print has a top and a bottom, or a left and a right. The motifs all point one way, so the pattern reads in a single orientation....

A directional wallpaper print has a top and a bottom, or a left and a right. The motifs all point one way, so the pattern reads in a single orientation....

Wallpaper strips aligned at the same horizontal level, with the pattern matching directly across the seam

A straight block repeat is the simplest way a wallpaper pattern can line up: each motif sits directly across from the same motif on the next strip, matching straight across...

A straight block repeat is the simplest way a wallpaper pattern can line up: each motif sits directly across from the same motif on the next strip, matching straight across...

Polished terrazzo floor showing varied marble chips embedded in a pale cement matrix

Terrazzo is both a material and a look. The material is marble chips, plus granite, quartz, or glass, set into a bed of cement or epoxy resin, then ground smooth...

Terrazzo is both a material and a look. The material is marble chips, plus granite, quartz, or glass, set into a bed of cement or epoxy resin, then ground smooth...

Rococo asymmetric shell-and-scroll wall paneling with gilt decoration on a pale ground

Rococo ornament is froth and curves: asymmetrical scrolling forms, shells, flowers, soft pastel colors, and an air of playful elegance. It surfaced in early-eighteenth-century France and ruled fashionable European design...

Rococo ornament is froth and curves: asymmetrical scrolling forms, shells, flowers, soft pastel colors, and an air of playful elegance. It surfaced in early-eighteenth-century France and ruled fashionable European design...

Vandyke lace trim with the characteristic deep pointed scallop edge

A vandyke motif, which you will also see as van dyke or Van Dyck, is a decorative edge made of deep, V-shaped or triangular points lined up in a row....

A vandyke motif, which you will also see as van dyke or Van Dyck, is a decorative edge made of deep, V-shaped or triangular points lined up in a row....