[...] room is wallpapered in Mibo’s Clackett Lane, but before I decided to go with that pattern I had actually bought several rolls of a vintage design on eBay. I didn’t use it for Eleanor’s nursery (obviously), but I have been planning to [...]

Nicole for to cover a wall with fabric just as you would with wallpaper you simply match the design up at the seams.

Here are some simple directions online: http://www.rentaldecorating.com/quick_fix_fabric_on_walls.htm

Ack! Kate! Now I wish I had bought that wallpaper. Hmmm… I still love the pattern I bought though.

How does one deal with seams when applying fabric to the walls? Don’t you have to run ribbon or some other trim all over the place? Forgive my naiveté, but I’ve only seen the process done on Trading Spaces (oh, that Hildi).

Neat rug, iloveupstate, but maybe too psychedelic for me.

Oh, and Julieta, I didn’t mean you specifically when I said “some people”. I’m not surprised that you don’t really like it though! ;)

This one is close to the first paper and there are lots of http://www.5qm.de/popup.html?t451 and there are lots of other vintage papers on the site http://www.5qm.de/index2-en.html#

Love the wallpaper and thought of you when I saw this rug:

http://www.homedecorators.com/P/Woodstock_Area_Rug/910/

nic, great find. have to see it in the dining room to see the real great effect you already see!

Great source lili!!
I was just about to send her some links that had a few of them but that has the best range (and best price!). Here they are but I’ll be checking out the lavender peonies myself!
http://www.fatquartershop.com/Uptown_by_Erin_Michaels_For_Moda_Fabrics_Uptown_Quilting_Fabrics_Moda_Fabrics_Uptown_Fat_Quarter_Bundles_Charm_Packs.asp?Store_id=499&T=1
http://www.materialgirlfabrics.com/search.php
http://www.fabricshack.com/cgi-bin/Store/store.cgi?cart_id=5127708.843.s0&product=moda_uptown&productid=moda26020-12&sales=0&lastmenu=
http://www.fashionablefabrics.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=204

And that’s just a few of them.

kate – do you remember what the background color of the uptown was? i know the brown background is super hard to find.

this website has a bunch of the collection on sale for %50 off!

http://www.lavender-peonies.com/uptown.html

(thanks georgia!)

I have another question thats a bit off topic, but all of you seem to know a lot about fabric, so I was hoping you could help. I love the Uptown Couch fabric that Nicole is using for curtains in her office and I planned to use the same fabric for my guest room but, of course, now that I’m ready to start working on that room…reprodepot no longer carries the fabric. Any idea where I could find it? Thanks!!

Sara — thanks for the tip! It sounds so easy, I might just have to give it a try.