Take a good look around your house right now and see if you can answer in the affirmative to the following question: are my walls any different from the walls of any other house I regularly visit? If you could not defiantly answer yes to the query with the confidence that comes with the spirit of independence, then maybe it’s time to start thinking outside the box that you and everybody else you know call home.
Leather Walls
Leather as a wall covering never quite caught on in the U.S. the way it did in the Europe that many colonial families left behind. Today, of course, you would have to pretty much depend on the income enjoyed by European aristocrats to cover your walls with actual leather. And even then you would have to be able to stomach the wails of outrage that the occasional visitor might express toward the use of animal hides. There is a way to recreate the luxurious wall covering of leather that automatically sends a psychological signal of a rich setting leagues away from plainly painted walls or typical patterns of wallpaper. The high end of this type of wall covering that remains a rarity in many American homes not only provides the look of leather, but the texture as well. The surface of such elegant wallpaper can simulate the velvety sensation of suede or the creamy smooth of soft glove leather. If you have access to serious cash to spend on transforming your walls into an aristocratic oasis among the provincial desert of suburbia, consider going with padded wall panels where the leather actually depressed inward beneath your touch. Those with no limit on their budget can go the distance: wall panels made of genuine leather.
The idea of cork walls may have the immediate result of conjuring up images of wall-sized boards on which you leave messages about a quick run up to the grocery store. You need to jettison such old-fashioned ideas right now because cork wall covering today is highly decorative. Cork also offers a wealth of choices to fit different budgets and needs. Walls can be given the cork treatment through wallpaper, panels and even cork discs for creating a highly artistic mosaic. The great thing about transforming walls with cork is that the material also offers utilitarian bonuses: cork can be used for soundproofing as well as for that built-in message board.
3D Wall Panels
If leather offers a look backward for your walls, then 3D wall panels may put you on the fast track to what the future is going to look like. This contribution to making your walls stand out from the rest of the neighborhood arrives in the form of textured material that provides the 3D effect with raised geometric patterns. These aesthetically pleasing panels are not for the faint of heart when it comes to budgeting, but they are unquestionably at the forefront of turning boring walls into the talk of the neighborhood.
