Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Paper, Paper, on the Wall!

I blame my mother for my fascination with wallpaper, and believe me she set the bar pretty high! Just in the last few years she updated our dining room at home which was quite the process. She discovered Zuber wallpaper in a coffee-table book she has about Jackie O's redecorating of the White House. She used Zuber's Vue de l'Amérique du Nord scenic wallpaper from 1834 to decorate the Diplomatic Room on the ground floor of the White House and what it can do to transform a room is honestly unbelievable. The trick now was to find out how she could get this particular Zuber in our house. The Frensh company is the only factory remaining in the world that still produces woodblock printed papers and furnishing fabrics. So you can imagine it's quite cost-prohibitive to get Zuber custom installed in your home. Leave it to my impressive mother to find a way around that! She found an old house in our small Ohio town that wanted to get rid of their Zuber (unthinkable, I know) so she had the panels removed from their home and reinstalled in our dining room. You can see below a little bit of how it looks now in this picture of me and some of my girlfriends form high school before a wedding...


Diplomatic Room image via the White House Museum website
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9 comments:

  1. Honeygo BeasleyAugust 11, 2009 at 7:02 PM

    Totally amazing woman, your mother is. That's VERY resourceful and very focused and very beautiful. A great story and welcome to the blog world, from a fan of that woman with a foot in the door.

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  2. alison giese InteriorsAugust 11, 2009 at 7:33 PM

    Wonderful post! How in the world did your mom know the other homeowners were trying to get rid of the paper? Did they post an ad? If so, I imagine she had to be on her toes!

    So glad Camila referred us over to you - I think you're well on your way to blogging bliss!

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  3. MaryBethAugust 11, 2009 at 7:33 PM

    How in the world did she find another house in the same small town with unbelievably expensive and rare wallpaper? Totally amazing. MB

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  4. Hopeless ChestAugust 11, 2009 at 8:08 PM

    My mother has me obsessed with wallpaper as well. Grasscloth is the most recent obsession. Growing up with a decorator for a mom, I always had fabric swatches and silk flower petals in my pockets from following her around shops.

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  5. Chic ColesAugust 11, 2009 at 8:21 PM

    Lucky you guys, you were able to take that beautiful wallpaper! Camila sent me over here, and I cannot wait to see what you have coming up! Welcome to the blogging world!

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  6. UnknownAugust 11, 2009 at 11:40 PM

    I agree... lucky! I found your blog via High-heeled foot in the door. Wanted to wish you luck and invite you over to A Fabulous Fete as we are in the same position. Just started mine last week! Hope you enjoy and can't wait to visit your's often:)

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  7. e.e.August 12, 2009 at 11:42 AM

    Best of luck with your new blog endeavor! Come visit mine if you have a chance, I just started up as well.

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  8. Melissa BlakeAugust 12, 2009 at 11:43 AM

    Welcome to the blogging world! :) Great start here.

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  9. AllisonAugust 12, 2009 at 11:55 AM

    Moms are so resourceful!

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