Fine I admit it – I love wallpaper

Phinney Ridge Master Bedroom

Phinney Ridge Master Bedroom

If you have ever attended a design meeting with me in the past then you know the color choices I prefer on the interior of a home. White. Bright White. It’s not due to a lack of liking color or not, but the home is a background to life. It should be light and bright and provide a canvas for you to frame what is important to you. That being said I have to admit over the past two years I have grown a foundness to maybe whats considered the most dreadful material to a modernist, wallpaper. This may have spawned from the fact that I grew up with a series of colorful kite wallpaper, which for a seven year old (which I was when it was installed) was pretty cool but for an eighteen year old didn’t really reflect my tastes. More recently I have grown found of the contrast between modern and texture. My prefered wall papers are still generally monochrome but in some applications (like the Phinney Modern) I love the character a bright color adds to a room. With the technological tools we have today we can also create our own designs and have them printed into a mural or pattern. I have attached a few pictures of wallpaper I love and some we have used or have been used by our clients.

About Chris Pardo

Co-Founder of Pb elemental architecture, Chris Pardos' architectural work is best described as simply modern. Influenced primarily by Asian and Scandinavian contemporaries, his buildings exhibit an adept understanding of form and a purity of material. Largely self taught in the field of architecture, Pardo spent eight years living/studying across the west coast before returning to Seattle to attend the University of Washington's Masters of Architecture program. In 2007 his firm was honored with an AIA commendation award, received the 2008 Design achievement award, in 2009 was named to the "20 under 40 top architects" as well as honored as one of the "Top 25 innovators". Recently Pb was named in the "Worldwide Architecture: The Next Generation" as one of the top architects under 40 in the World, and were named as "Decades Best" by Seattle Magazine. Pb has been prolifically featured in national/international blogs, magazines, books, and newspapers.
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