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By Gadi Dechter | January 7, 2009
From its new perch on the wall of an ornate State House meeting room, the recently unveiled portrait of former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. can finally gaze down on the $37,500 rug he ordered in early 2006. The handmade custom piece from India - featuring an 8-foot-in-diameter replica of the Maryland seal - is one of several lush touches to a $10 million renovation receiving its de facto unveiling today. Less visible will be the rich red fabric that covers faded wallpaper in Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller's inner office - part of a separate $10,000 job paid for with Senate funds, according to Miller's chief of staff, Vicki Gruber.
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By Janet Gilbert | December 14, 2008
It won't be long before my kitchen walls are alive with the sound of music. About a month ago, I wandered into a wallpaper store in downtown Catonsville, killing time while my son took a music lesson across the street. I figured it was a nice warm shop in which I could browse without ever feeling compelled to buy anything. After all, there are no impulse-shoppers in the wallpaper category - who pops into a wallpaper store on a whim and comes out with 15 double rolls? When it comes to wallpaper, people typically look, look some more, and finally return to the store to look some more.
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By Marie Gullard | December 13, 2008
In the small foyer of Deni Miller and Chris Morrone's Canton rowhouse, it is impossible to take in the scene all at once. Lemon-yellow walls pop under bright, recessed lighting. Several mirrors reflect photographs on the walls opposite them. Shadow boxes and curio cabinets filled with treasures create the appearance of a well-organized, high-end second-hand shop. It is clear the house has taken on the lightheartedness of its occupants, who are eager to show it off. Miller and Morrone are the third owners of the two-story, 12-foot-by-40-foot brick house, which they purchased in 2001 for $97,500.
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By Chicago Tribune | July 13, 2008
Las Vegas Wallpaper City Guide Phaidon Press, $8.95 These chic "anti-guides" for "anti-tourists" are slim and stylish enough to consult on the run while concealing the fact that you are just an out-of-it out-of-towner. Created by the editors of Wallpaper magazine, which is devoted to international design and lifestyle, these discreet directories employ classy photographs lightly seasoned with savvy suggestions. The Las Vegas version opens with a fold-out shot of the Strip and a photo gallery of Vegas landmarks, followed by a tour of top hotels, a sampler of top restaurants, and a whirlwind, 24-hour itinerary (breakfast at Wynn Buffet, gawking at Graceland Wedding Chapel, slots at Bellagio, drinks at Onda and burlesque at Forty Deuce)
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By Janet Gilbert | July 6, 2008
Everyone out there who wants to decorate a room by putting up some trendy wallpaper, please, reconsider. And by "reconsider," I mean come to my place and help me strip some 10-year-old wallpaper off the kitchen walls first. The thing about wallpaper is, it's glued to the wall. To my knowledge, the folks at 3M have not yet developed a Post-it wallpaper. Nor is there any Velcro wallpaper. What is wrong with America? Why is it that we can inhabit a space station for months on end doing important yet largely unintelligible research on the behavior of flames, fluids, metals and protein crystals in space, and yet we cannot come up with an easily removable wallpaper here on planet earth?
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By Tim Carter | May 4, 2008
I think wallpaper will really make a few of my rooms gorgeous. Can you tell me how to hang it? What are some of the most important steps when hanging wallpaper? Are there special tools one uses? I will get you started, but I urge you to look around for books, videos or DVDs that really explain the wallpapering process. You will need these basic tools: Assemble a tape measure, a 4-foot level, a 4-inch flexible putty knife, a paint roller and roller pan, a 2-inch paintbrush, a stepladder, a snap-blade razor knife, a smoothing brush and a large table or flat working surface.
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By Stephanie Shapiro | April 5, 2008
A monthly feature exploring the stores, restaurants and sights of Maryland neighborhoods. Catonsville's shopping district is already known for its splendid hodgepodge of possibilities for artisans and musicians. It's easy to get lost in the corridor's sensory pleasures, from looking at bolts of mesmerizing batiks at Seminole Sampler to listening as a customer tries out a 12-string guitar at Bill's Music Store. Proclaimed "Music City Maryland" by the state legislature in 2002, Catonsville has long drawn musicians from afar to its cluster of music shops.
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By Rita St. Clair | February 24, 2008
I've come across a floral wallpaper that I'd like to use in my traditionally styled, 15-by-18-foot living room, which includes four tall windows and a fireplace. The wallpaper comes with fabrics in the same colors and pattern. Large-scale, repeating images of roses, leaves and birds are set against a cream background. Would it look all right to accompany the wallpaper with coordinated draperies and upholstery? Or is that too much of one pattern and one color scheme? The do-your-own-thing school of interior design would simply tell you to take whatever approach you personally prefer.
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By Tricia Bishop | December 13, 2007
NEW YORK -- -- John Ferber is wound up tighter than a terrier, lording over a laptop set up on a cocktail table in the middle of the room. Above him, a disco ball turns slowly. Behind him, the open bar. He zips through pages of his PowerPoint presentation, pausing briefly to sip from a Captain and Coke. In roughly half an hour, he's holding a coming-out party - a "media launch" - for his latest company. It's an advertising-supported, free social-networking site, called Cellware, that helps people create and distribute personalized ringtones and other mobile phone content, like screen wallpaper (Ferber's girlfriend is so far the most downloaded)
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By Rita St. Clair | December 9, 2007
We're enlarging an attached garage to create a mudroom for our kids' sports equipment and foul-weather gear. It snows a lot where we live. I want this new space, which will connect to the kitchen, to be more a part of the house than the garage. But my husband says the inevitable mess in the mudroom will spill into the kitchen, wrecking its floor and wallpaper, unless the two spaces are strictly separated. What do you think? Your kids' personal habits and their actual use of the mudroom will probably matter more than the physical location of your house.