. . . a complete and longstanding love-affair with floral wallpaper, especially hand-painted or vintage {or both}, and the more elaborate, the better — and so, was absolutely filled with delight upon discovering this bedroom {thanks, felicity!} in a tiny {tiny} apartment in the east village, with walls enveloped in an incredibly stunning hand-painted 18th-century wallpaper . . .
{an excerpt:}
I want to know more about that wallpaper. It gives the room an ancient, exalted feeling.
It’s 18th-century Chinese. I stumbled across it at an auction, this pile of dilapidated pieces that nobody else wanted. I had to have it. I found three large scenes, placed them around the room, and pieced in the gaps and torn bits. The idea was to create a jewel-box effect in the bedroom, with pattern to distract your senses from the tight quarters. I papered the wall in the spirit of a collage, trying to make the most of a beautiful old thing. . .
— designer david kaihoi, house beautiful
{p.s.} the little trundle bed cleverly tucks away in the morning
{also lovely:} hand-painted wall murals
{images: photography by ngoc minh ngo for a small one-bedroom apartment made big by barbara king for house beautiful}
