Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The English Print Room

I have long admired English Print Rooms. I know they can be a bit fussy but at the same time they can be historic and lovely.  I remember the wonderful Designer that I originally worked for had an English Print room recreated in a powder room. It was black and white prints on a creamy yellow painted back drop.  If you are not familiar with a print room according to Wikipedia , it is a room decorated by pasting prints onto the wall in a quasi-collage style form as a sort of wallpaper, an 18th century fashion of which several examples survived. 
It may seem daunting and  a bit permanent to cut out copied historic prints and embellishments to create collages and decoupage them to a wall. However, you can create a great decoupaged print piece of furniture etc. in order to recreate the essence of that historic craft.  So, let's  get out our printers, scissors and mod podge and recreate some Print Rooms using modern or historic prints!

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Decoupaged furniture using the right style prints can give you that fun print room feel!

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8 comments:

  1. This is such a neat idea. I have seen print rooms in movies and tv shows but never knew the proper name for it. I love that third room!

    Lauren,
    http://www.atouchofsoutherngrace.com/

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  2. I think print room are so interesting, but the furniture is my favorite. These are some fabulous examples.

    Have a great day!

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  3. Karolyn, I really adore these decoupage printed and artfully designed furnishings! These rooms are enchanting!

    xoxo
    Karena
    The Arts by Karena
    Designer Matthew Patrick Smyth

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  4. These are really lovely! You found some great pieces and the furniture is just really awesome! Another great post! Hope you are doing well.

    Rosemary from
    www.nycstylelitlecannoli.com

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  5. Whats not to love, they are beautiful and so classically elegant. How fun is the furniture too......fun!

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  6. I always learn something when I read your posts, sweet Karolyn. BTW...I tagged you in my post today. Have a great weekend.

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  7. I love the idea of using this design/English print in a powder room. Definitely wow! Love the decoupaged furniture pieces too!

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