orla kiely’s fabrics and wallpapers seem to be a popular jumping off point for before & after projects these days. amber lined her shelves with orla’s paper, surya made cushions with her tablecloth, pink covered her fridge in her wallpaper, and now kelly decided to upgrade two pieces in her home with orla materials.
starting with an orla kiely tablecloth from target, kelly decided to make cushions for a thrift store chair she had. she did the upholstery herself and voila! an instantly chipper chair.
next up was kelly’s thrifted bar cart, which has “gross” 70s woodgrain panels on the top. instead of serving guests drinks with old woodgrain panels, kelly decided to use some leftover orla kiely wallpaper to make a simple upgrade. it’s not a dramatic change, but one i’m sure that in person looks even more impressive. thanks, kelly!
[have a before & after project you want to share on d*s? just shoot me an email right here with your pictures]
I’m so jealous… I’ve been looking for a bar cart for MONTHS but they are always too big or weird colors. I love what she did with this one!
E.J. said:
April 2nd, 2009 - 11:55 am
I know everyone is Kiely krazy but these patterns just give me a headache; however, the projects are refreshingly inspirational. I will have to try them…with some other fabric.
Everybody seems to have a surplus of this Orla Kiley wallpaper and Anthropologie doesn’t sell it anymore. I love seeing how everybody is using it… but it makes me sad, too.
Sherri SW said:
April 3rd, 2009 - 12:49 am
I love it ! Its a subtle change but makes a huge difference – wonderful job !
“Shall we ruin our day?” , quote from my grandmother,cocktail time,before lunch…this is a perfect drink tray!
viola said:
April 4th, 2009 - 1:02 am
I love drink trolleys, bar carts, I have four. The art deco ones go for about $100, but mine cost under $10 each, I have two wooden ones, a chrome and glass like the above but I did not have to take out any nasty woodgrain. I do have one that does have the wood grain though, plus I have just purchased a 50s display cabinet in the same nasty wood veneer but also lots of mirror and glass. To be honest, I do not like all these crazy patterns I’m seeing here in before and after, I wonder how it fits in with the rest of the decor. I am looking to use a black gloss of some kind to match the chrome and glass more to the art deco era. I’m decorating a 1955 beach cottage long term rental that holds my vintage comic icon collection,. it’s been fun. I’ll have to show some b and a photos soon.
lovely idea how kelly used extra leftover wall paper and used it for the trolley. nice upgrade for the old thing.
AHappyContemporary said:
February 6th, 2010 - 11:29 am
I LOVE that wallpaper has made a comeback…and in a more modern form!
Lately I’ve been obsessing over Orla Kiely’s Flower Blossom wallpaper in Teal that was available via Anthropologie in ‘07. Much to my dismay, I’ve scoured the internet and cannot locate even a single roll for sale (my goal is to paper just one wall in my powder room). Is anyone willing to share great wallpaper resources that I could check? Or, do any of the Design*Sponge visitors have a roll they’d like to sell? :)
Thanks again!
regina said:
February 15th, 2010 - 9:42 pm
It is available on orla kiely’s UK website, you just have to pay the overseas shipping which is like $50.
I just ordered three rolls for my powder room and it came in less than a week. It’s beautiful!
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