Wallpaper Bubbles M1054-4

Bubbles M1054-4 stays in beige and grey, the bubbles almost the same tone as the ground, so the wall reads as texture rather than pattern. A good choice when the room already has one patterned wall.

Bubbles is a painted surface of overlapping translucent circles that leave darker traces at their edges. There is no pattern as such, just a soft moving surface that behaves like a painted wall with rather more life in it.

Mika is the children's collection from ICH Wallcoverings, where watercolour animals and landscapes are matched with quiet stripes, textures and plain companions so that the walls of one room can be put together as a set. The paper is non woven and of the Easy Up type: the paste goes onto the wall rather than onto the paper, and a dry length can still be slid into place. The roll measures 53 cm × 10.05 m with a 53 cm repeat and a straight match, so the pattern joins at the same height on every length.

The surface is washable, so fingerprints and marks come off with a damp cloth. Lightfastness is very good, which means a sunny wall will not fade quickly. When the room is redone, the old covering comes away dry in one piece and the wall underneath needs no fresh filling.