Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone, I am so glad the whole festive period is over and I can get back to work, I was getting rather bored!

Whilst on the "festive break" I have decided to do a few things to my own house, this usually gets overlooked as I am so busy doing everyone else's beautiful homes that I totally neglect mine! As some of you may (or may not) know, I moved house in September and have a huge project in this house, luckily all the walls are solid *crosses fingers* and as it has been standing since 1850, I would say pretty solid, however I need to put my stamp on it.

As a New Years Resolution, in the same way as everyone else, mine is to use the gym more, so what better way than to put a gym into my house!

I have ordered wallpaper from Nono's All that Glitters Collection called Wow Wow Wow, which is a large scale tear drop in zest and off white on a shiny silver background.


I couldn't find any other wallpaper I liked more, now to match the gym equipment to the paper!

Interiors 2011 and where did January go?

We popped along to Interiors 2011 at the NEC, in Birmingham by train, which was novel (read scary) as we go everywhere by car usually. We had a few changes on the way there (to get the cheapest price!) and got to the show around 10:30am and started to have a little wander around.


We said hello to Dexter at Febland and thanked him for his help over the past few weeks, and looked around the stalls. There wasn't really anything new or exciting to speak of which disappointed us slightly, with the exception of the Designers Block section, which was full of brilliant new things for us to see, my favourite was Daniel Heath's Amazing Jumbo Circus Style Wallpaper, and I would love to stock it in the shop, perhaps should actually speak to him about that!

We also liked everything else in that section as it was, just, more interesting than the rest of the show (sorry everyone)

We then popped along to the Hospitality Show which was on at the same time, which was quite nice as they seemed to have much more free cake (cake always wins with us!)

We were around 3 hours early for our train home and decided not to wait as our feet were killing so we asked for an earlier train, £28.80 extra each to get back, funny that £10.00 of that was an "admin" charge, shame on you train companies, we wont be catching the train again as you ripped us off royally, it costing nearly £150 to get from Huddersfield to Birmingham! It usually costs around £30 in petrol, sums dont really add up eh!

Enough of my moaning about the state of the railways, have a look at Daniel Heath's wallpaper and tell me what you think?

Toile de Jouy Wallpaper

I spoke to someone about Toile wallpaper at a Christening recently.

Toile de Jouy entered the English language around the 16th Century from the French for "linen or cloth" or "canvas"

As you can see the pattern consists of a predominantly white (or off white) background in which a complex pattern is repeated. This pattern is usually made up of one single colour, usually black, red or blue, although other colours are sometimes found.

This blog concentrates on wallpaper for that romantic look to go with the French style beds in our previous blog.
Large Toile de Jouy design wallpaper in blue on grey, depicting the stairway to heaven.


Sheila Bridges Harlem Toile de Jouy in yellow.


In this period style bathroom, the walls and fitted wardrobes are lined with raspberry Toile de Jouy wallpaper from Baer & Ingram.A stunning Toile de Jouy pattern in green on a cream background. The design features birds, fruits and flowers.

Toile Bouquet Black Pos, Large scale single placement Toile bouquet, a very new way of depicting the traditional Toile pattern.

Our new style of blogging will include 5 types of each style item, as always you can contact us via our website, for price enquiries, product sourcing and anything else interior design related.

Chantilly Wallpaper not lace...

The wallpaper pictured above is Chantilly by Lawrence LLewelyn-Bowen and is inspired by one of France's most romantic castles Chantilly. It is very Art-Deco inspired and just looks amazing on walls even in the newest of houses, bringing some of that french glamour along with every piece put up.

To purchase this or for more information on any items from our blog please contact us via our website

All the birds flew away...

...and appeared on your walls with this gorgeous wallpaper from Graphic Wall. This beautiful garden bird sat amongst leaves would make a lovely feature wall in your living or dining room

For help choosing wallpapers that are a little different please contact us via our website.

Flock Horror!

Flock, Horror

With Halloween just around the corner use a little velvet around the house.

Feature walls are really making a comeback with bold statements on walls and big patterns, show your emo side with this flock skull wallpaper by Barbara Hulanicki,
who has been a fashion designer for many years, only recently designing a range of cool and crazy wallpapers for a well known company.

The only question is...what would you put on your other 3 walls? I am sure I have some ideas

Contact me for up to date prices/discounts info@shibusainteriors.co.uk or go to our website

Practically perfect in every way

Well, it reminds me of Mary Poppins anyway!

This is Catwalk from the Classix Collection from Cole and Son and is a hand screen printed wallpaper, and at around £150 a roll it will definately not be seen on every house in your street.

This wallpaper will bring a little fashion catwalk into your living room and is a must for all you budding fashionistas out there.

Please contact me for an up to date price info@shibusainteriors.co.uk or via the contact form on our website