Wallpaper Guides

Coquette-style bedroom with pink ribbon-trimmed bedding, pearl jewelry on a vintage vanity, and rose-print wallpaper

Coquette is femininity turned all the way up: pink palettes, bows, lace, ribbons, ruffles, pearls, and romantic decorative detail layered everywhere. The word is French and originally describes a charming,...

Coquette is femininity turned all the way up: pink palettes, bows, lace, ribbons, ruffles, pearls, and romantic decorative detail layered everywhere. The word is French and originally describes a charming,...

Uzbek silk ikat textile in saturated red, blue, and gold with the characteristic soft-edged resist-dyed pattern

Ikat is a dyeing trick as much as a pattern. The yarns get dyed before they are woven, so when the cloth finally comes together the design lands with soft,...

Ikat is a dyeing trick as much as a pattern. The yarns get dyed before they are woven, so when the cloth finally comes together the design lands with soft,...

Argyle sweater pattern showing overlapping diamonds in red, navy, and gold with diagonal cross-hatch overlay

Argyle is the diamond-and-line pattern you know from golf sweaters and dress socks: interlocking diamonds laid out in a grid, with thin diagonal lines, the overcheck, crossing through them. It...

Argyle is the diamond-and-line pattern you know from golf sweaters and dress socks: interlocking diamonds laid out in a grid, with thin diagonal lines, the overcheck, crossing through them. It...

Red-and-black buffalo check wool flannel shirt fabric in close-up

Buffalo check and plaid are related, but they are not the same rank of thing. One is a specific design: big, evenly spaced two-color squares, classically red and black, though...

Buffalo check and plaid are related, but they are not the same rank of thing. One is a specific design: big, evenly spaced two-color squares, classically red and black, though...

Side-by-side detail of small red-and-white gingham fabric and a multicolor tartan plaid

Gingham and plaid are both checkered patterns, but they are not the same thing, and the difference comes down to structure, color rules, and where each one comes from. Gingham...

Gingham and plaid are both checkered patterns, but they are not the same thing, and the difference comes down to structure, color rules, and where each one comes from. Gingham...

Black-and-white houndstooth pattern showing the characteristic jagged four-pointed shapes

You have almost certainly worn houndstooth, or stood next to someone who has. It is a two-color cloth design of broken-check shapes: little jagged four-pointed stars, or rough hourglasses if...

You have almost certainly worn houndstooth, or stood next to someone who has. It is a two-color cloth design of broken-check shapes: little jagged four-pointed stars, or rough hourglasses if...