Joy Cream
Joy Creme is a botanical wallpaper in a cream shade. The plant forms are drawn across the surface in a repeating arrangement, and because the design stays within one light color family, the pattern reads as a soft texture from a few steps back and only shows its detail up close.
Pattern and color
Cream is the whole scheme here, so the wallpaper brightens a wall without adding a competing color to the room. That makes it straightforward to combine with wood, rattan, painted furniture or darker upholstery, since nothing in the design has to be matched. The botanical drawing gives the surface movement that a plain painted wall does not have, which is useful on large uninterrupted walls where flat paint can look empty. Hung across all four walls, the pattern stays quiet enough to live with day to day. These are premium quality wallpapers.
Style and rooms
The plant motifs put the design in tropical territory, though the pale coloring keeps it calmer than most designs in that vein. It also suits exotic schemes built on natural materials, woven baskets and large-leaved houseplants. In a bedroom the light ground keeps the space open, and in a hallway it helps a narrow, low-light passage feel less closed in.
- Living room and dining room walls
- Bedrooms, on all walls or one feature wall
- Kitchens and hallways
- Home office and bathroom
Framed art and shelving sit well against it, since the cream background gives dark frames a clear edge to work against.
French design meets German engineering, made entirely in Europe.