Wallpaper Coral 977-3

Coral 977-3 sets the underwater pattern on a pale blue ground, and it is the ground that gives the real sense of water. It fits a sea themed room and a shared children's room, since the pattern belongs to neither boys nor girls.

Coral is an underwater garden: corals, seaweed, a seahorse, shells, a starfish and fish painted in watercolour and spread evenly across the surface. The pattern is dense but every shape stands on its own, so a child can pick them out one by one.

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.