Simon Houlding Upholstery
Ivory acanthus leaves curling across a chalky taupe-grey wallpaper ground

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Acanthus Chalk

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Acanthus Chalk layers finely drawn ivory acanthus leaves over a soft taupe-grey ground. The low-contrast palette keeps the sweeping botanical pattern calm while preserving its intricate detail.

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About this wallpaper

The design is filled with curling acanthus foliage, scalloped leaves and fine internal linework, all rendered in chalky ivory against a muted taupe-grey background. Its 61 cm vertical pattern repeat allows the large botanical forms to flow continuously across the wall, while the horizontal repeat is listed as 0 cm. The catalogue records a usable width of 52 cm, a standard length of 10.05 m and a weight of 181 gsm. The pale motif catches the light more softly than a stark white, giving this colourway a gentle, quietly aged appearance.

How to use it

Pair the chalky taupe-grey ground with warm ivory woodwork, natural linen and softly aged timber. It works especially well where you want a formal botanical statement without introducing strong colour.

Use this softly contrasting colourway to bring layered botanical detail to bedrooms, halls or quieter living spaces.

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Pairs well with

A pattern needs somewhere for the eye to rest, so these are the plains and textures that sit beside Acanthus Chalk without fighting it. Mixed across the houses we hold, which is the part a single supplier's book cannot do.

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Paint that goes with it

Two ways to take the room. Both colours are from houses we hold, so a pot can come off the same order as the cloth. Screens shift colour, so treat these as a direction and bring the cloth to the shelf before you buy the paint.

To sit quietly behind it

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To stand against it

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