Articles

In-depth guides and practical articles on designer wallcoverings.

• The fog palette: what the Monterey marine layer does to color on a wall The Peninsula lives under a low coastal fog for much of the summer. That cool, diffuse light changes how wallpaper reads, and it quietly explains the region's muted palette.
• Monterey Colonial: the adobe-and-balcony style born on these streets The architectural style named for this town traces to an 1830s house still standing downtown. Understanding it explains why so many Peninsula interiors want a restrained, hand-made surface.
• Cannery Row to cottage: the working-coast interior of the Peninsula Between Steinbeck's sardine canneries and the Victorian cottages of Pacific Grove sits a real, specific interior tradition — modest, wooden, salt-worn — with a clear sense of what its walls can carry.
• Cypress, kelp, and sandstone: building a Peninsula wall from the landscape The Monterey cypress, the kelp forests of the bay, and the pale coastal rock form a ready-made regional palette and pattern library. How to translate a specific place onto a wall.