Barbara Hulanicki - Fashion Icon

On the scene with wallpaper is the Fashion Icon, Barbara Hulanicki. Here at Tonic Home, we are big fans singing her praises!

Beginning her career as a fashion illustrator, this Diva ruled London's fashion scene in the swinging 60's. Barbara founded BIBA boutique in 1964 as a small mail order business.

(diva oyster)

(viva design)
(hula design)
Today you can adorn your walls with her mod patterns found at Graham & Brown. The "Art Deco" feel is worthy of a glam setting.

Given Campbell Wallpaper

For anyone not familiar with Given Campbell and her wallpaper design studio, you will surely thank us! Check out her website www.givencampbell.com to see her latest creations. Of course, she's a wiz at custom requests as well.

The example shown here is just a taste of what she has to offer. Let's not forget the award she won recently from Interior Design magazine as "Best of the Year" for contract wallcovering. Such inspiritation!

Wallpaper we love

ASIAN ACCENTS:

I'm so glad wallpaper is back! Just ran across this new wallpaper in Architectural Digest called Mahandi from Carolyn Ray.


The flurry of Ginkgo leaves is fascinating. It is shown in the "pagoda" color, which is a soothing blend of gold, gray and bronze. It is inspired by golden monks' robes and reddish Burmese roads.


I'm already thinking of all the wonderful places it could go. For fun, I picked out some of our fabulous pieces from Tonic Home and placed them against the wallpaper, just to get a feel for how it would look. Take a look below.

How about the Rittenhouse Pendant in a room with this wallpaper? Or the Vivien Mirrored Desk anchored by our pair of Ceramic Foo Dogs? What a refreshingly modern take on a theme that's been around for hundreds of years!