Lyra Beige Grey
Lyra Beige Grey is a damask wallpaper in beige and gray. The ornament is drawn at a generous scale, with the two shades set close together so the pattern reads as tonal rather than high contrast. Beige carries the ground, gray defines the scrollwork, and the result is a busy design that still keeps to a narrow color range.
Surface and finish
The finish is shimmering, so parts of the ornament catch the light and shift in brightness as you move past the wall or as daylight changes through the day. The surface is also textured, giving the pattern a slight relief you can feel with your hand and helping to mask minor unevenness in the plaster beneath. Together the two qualities make the damask look layered even where the beige and gray sit closest in tone. These are premium quality wallpapers. If the softer half of the palette is what draws you, the full beige selection is worth comparing, and the broader damask range covers other scales of the same ornamental tradition.
Style and rooms
The design belongs to a maximalist approach, with tropical shapes worked into the damask structure. It suits rooms furnished with dark wood, upholstered seating, mirrors or brass fittings, and it also sits well against plain painted walls when used on one side of a room only. Because the coloring stays muted, it can carry a large pattern without overwhelming the furniture in front of it. It fits vintage schemes as readily as contemporary ones.
- Living rooms, including the wall behind a sofa
- Bedrooms, on all four walls or a single side
- Hallways, where the pattern gets seen in passing
- Home offices and dining rooms
In a living room accent wall the scale of the ornament does most of the work, so little else is needed on that surface. A dining room suits it too, especially under lamplight in the evening, when the shimmer in the print is most visible. In an office the gray keeps the pattern from feeling loud behind a desk.
French design meets German engineering, made entirely in Europe.
