Tantalizing Teal Wallpaper

I LOVE wallpaper. Happily, after years of being shunned for it's association with...ahem...Shabby Chic style, wallpaper has been cropping back up here and there on the occasional contemporary design blog. Today, wallpaper functions more as the covering for one featured wall or area in a room, as opposed to an all-over treatment, which makes me like it that much more. The way modern designers are using it, it's trendy and flavorful and anything but shabby. 

I have one small wall in my kitchen that would look lovely covered in wallpaper -- it must be teal, of course -- and preferably vintage. The price tags on the actual 1950s papers are a tad overwhelming however, and here at The House, we pride ourselves on our extreme cheapness. I"m pretty sure my wallpaper, when I find it, will be an authentic reproduction, or, perhaps, something that's been beating around in someone's attic for the past 60 years. In the meantime, here are a few patterns that would do nicely.

If you still have images of your great-grandma's bedroom rolling around in your head, check out these rockin', contemporary rooms that feature wallpaper as an accent:

This room comes to us from BestLivingRoomDesigns.com. I could totally relax in this tribute to MCM design.

This is lovely too -- a section of wallpaper framed by molding.

Nothing dated or uninspired about that!