Ruth Light Grey
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Ruth Light Grey is a floral wallpaper that sets gray blooms and foliage against a cream ground. The drawing is fine rather than bold, so from a few steps back the wall reads as a soft gray-and-cream texture, and the individual flowers and leaves only become clear up close. With just two tones in play, the pattern stays quiet enough to cover a whole room without crowding it.
Pattern and finish
The surface is matte, so there is no glare from lamps or from a window opposite, and the cream ground holds an even tone across a long wall. A textured surface adds a light relief that you can feel with your hand and that breaks up reflected light, which also helps hide minor unevenness in the plaster below. The botanical drawing has the slightly faded look of a printed cotton, and the gray keeps it cooler than most floral papers. There is more in the same vein among the small-flower designs, and the broader botanical range is worth comparing as well. These are premium quality wallpapers.
Style and rooms
The combination of gray florals on cream suits farmhouse interiors and vintage schemes built around painted wood, wicker and old furniture with a worn finish. It sits well next to white woodwork, natural linen and plain curtains, and it gives dark furniture a light background to stand against.
- Living rooms, including a single accent wall
- Bedrooms and nurseries
- Kitchens and dining rooms
- Hallways, home offices and bathrooms
In a hallway the pale ground keeps a narrow space from closing in, and in a bedroom the muted gray works with bedding in white, oatmeal or deeper gray.
French design meets German engineering, made entirely in Europe.
