Yvonne Green Brown
Yvonne Green Brown combines two motifs on one wall: botanical foliage in green set against a wooden background in brown. The plant forms sit in front of the timber, so the design has a clear front and back rather than a flat repeat, and the green reads as the lead color while the brown holds everything together.
Pattern and colors
The green covers the leaf shapes and gives the paper its overall cast from a distance. Up close, the brown wood grain becomes visible between and behind the foliage, which keeps the pattern from looking like a solid block of color. Because both shades are natural tones, they sit well next to real wood furniture, rattan, linen and unpainted ceramics. The combination is darker than a plain botanical print, so it suits walls that get reasonable daylight, or a single wall in a room where the remaining surfaces stay pale. These are premium quality wallpapers. If the timber element is what draws you, the wider range of wood designs covers the same theme in other treatments, and the green selection is the place to compare shades side by side.
Where it works
This is a pattern with enough contrast to carry a wall on its own, which makes it a practical choice for a hallway or a room with little furniture against the wall in question. In a living room it works behind seating, where the lower half of the pattern is partly covered and the foliage stays in view above. Hung in a bedroom, it gives the headboard wall a defined backdrop without adding more color to the scheme.
- Living room walls, whole room or a single wall
- Bedrooms, especially behind the bed
- Kitchens and dining areas
- Hallways and stairwells
- Home offices and study corners
In a office the green and brown give a working wall some depth behind a desk and shelving, and the pattern stays legible even when part of it is hidden by furniture or framed prints.
French design meets German engineering, made entirely in Europe.
