Yvan White Cream
Yvan Creme White is a plain wallpaper in white with a warm cream cast. There is no repeat and no motif to line up, so the wall reads as one continuous color from corner to corner. The cream undertone keeps the white from looking stark, and it shifts slightly with the light through the day, staying paler near a window and a little deeper in corners.
Color and surface
An unpatterned wall like this one gives everything in front of it a clean backdrop. Picture frames, open shelving and tall plants keep their outlines instead of competing with a print. The same goes for wood tones, rattan and linen, which all read more clearly against a neutral ground than against a busy one. If you are working with several patterns elsewhere in a room, one plain wall gives the eye somewhere to rest. These are premium quality wallpapers. You can see the rest of the solid-color designs together, and the full range of cream shades is worth comparing side by side. This one comes from the Michalsky collection.
Styles and rooms
The shade suits pared-back interiors built on few colors and honest materials. It fits Japandi schemes with light wood and low furniture, and it holds up just as well in boho chic rooms where textiles, baskets and layered rugs carry the pattern instead.
- Living rooms, including the wall behind a TV unit
- Bedrooms, on all four walls or one alone
- Kitchens, dining rooms and hallways
- Home offices, bathrooms and nurseries
In a home office the plain surface keeps a work area free of visual noise, and in a bedroom it works with bedding and curtains in almost any color. Used in a hallway or on a stairwell, it makes narrow spaces look less closed in.
French design meets German engineering, made entirely in Europe.