Old ways for dressing up new walls

Kya deLongchamps takes a look at the latest techniques in interior design which hark back to earlier times and ancient methods for applying pattern and colour.

Bored of all that well-behaved white and grey? Fancy something that says more about you and less about fitting into a box marked ‘GROWN UP’?

Those big canvases all around you are crying out for life, and for centuries home owners have taken creatively to the walls.