Modern French-inspired living room with neutral tones, purple accents, and stylish furniture.

“No other decorative device or object can accomplish so much per dollar as wallpaper.” That’s the midcentury decorator Michael Greer, writing in his gem of a book “Inside Design,” published in 1962.

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