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All of this is taste not fact in my opinion - busy, too busy, not busy, harmonious - each one sees it his / her own way and we feel "vindicated" if enough others are in our camp.

I love that Victorains exist and love seeing their very involved detail, but for me personally, it's too busy. But at 53, I know that is an opinion and not the fact I thought it was at 23.

I like the painted walls above because, to my eye, it turns down the busyness, but understand that a true Victorain would have the wallpaper Vitanola describes. I can also see that, in the aesthetic Victorians were going for, the wallpaper makes sense.
 
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Striped paper in general is totally Victorian style! it IS very Victorian!:)


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She would approve! :)
 
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In that case, this is the wallpaper I'd go for.....very pale, very unobtrusive....striped wallpaper is my favorite!






Well, perhaps not with the dark wood work. This was more along the lines of what I imagined:

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If one is going to go late Victorian, then do it up Brown!
I like simple stripes in Colonial revival rooms. In fact I chose just such a paper for the dining room:

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Which is furnished with L. & J. G. Stickley and Limbert Colonial Revival furniture from around 1910. That photo is not the finished room
It was taken while I was papering.
 

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