Want to add texture to your walls with some very tactile offerings? UK-based MagScapes (00 44 207 336 8674 magscapes.com) offers an innovative way to make your wallpaper magnetic and more fun to play with. The firm sells a liner that you apply to walls before papering them in the pattern of your choice. It costs about €120 per five-metre roll. You can then purchase a selection of magnets including custom-made magnets. The off-the-shelf motifs include, pirates, about €44.14, discs €69.35, and fairies and elves, €62.42. Shipping to Ireland costs from about €19.
If period texture is more your thing, Gerry Keane Wallpapers (01-8784030 Gerrykeane.ie), at 14 Talbot Street in Dublin 1 has just introduced Lincrusta (Lincrusta.com), a feature of period homes since the design was introduced in 1877. It was used in six luxury cabins on board the Titanic, as well as in the White House in the US, Dublin’s Clarence Hotel and several of the houses on Fitzwilliam Square in the city. Designs range from gothic to Edwardian and come in the form of wallcoverings, friezes, dado panels (right) and borders. While the wallcovering sells for €175 per 10-metre length roll, you also need to factor in installation costs of €120 per roll and adhesive charges.
The estimated cost for a typical period room to cover in the Georgian panel will be about €620. To use the Edwardian dado in a similar size room will cost about €1,030. To decorate a period room in the Adelphi frieze will cost about €400.
These prices include adhesive, borders and installation.
