Cool Stuff: Wallpaper by the Yard

If wallpapering an entire room or even a whole wall is too much of a commitment (or investment), take heart: Julia Rothman's incredible wallpaper designs are now available by the yard. Use them for framing, accenting furniture, and other fun household projects.

My faves: Daydream in Blue and Treet in White.

The paper is $20 per yard at Hygge & West.

Cool Stuff: Repeat Pattern Products at Olio United

For its just-opened Repeat show, Portland's Olio United asked ten artists to create limited-edition products featuring "functional patterns." Each item is a piece of art in its own right, but can also "be used for something crafty, clever, and beautiful."

For those of us who aren't lucky enough live in Portland, Olio has made the products available on the store's website. Take a look:

Julia Rothman's Fabric Packs, $18 each

Joanna Bean's Teardrop Postcards, $5 for eight

Palindrome Press's Facets Print Poster, $45, and Facets Letterpress Card, $5

Pattern People's Under the Leaves Poster, $30

Katie Kulper's Handprinted Handkerchiefs, $10 each

Ashley Sheping's Blue Safari Card Set, $20

Katie Kirk's Packing Tape, $12 per roll

Robin Schmitt's Gocco Printed Fabric Panels, $20 each

See all of the exclusive Repeat products right here -- and if you're in Portland, be sure to swing by Olio United to check out the show in person.

Cool Stuff: WallCollection Custom Wallpaper

Have you heard about WallCollection? It's a new series of custom panoramic wallpapers from Danish design darlings Ferm Living, featuring enormous digitally printed photographic images and artwork that's sized to fit your space.

You can choose from designs by the likes of Julia Rothman -- whose Red Sky and Pink Paisley patterns are featured at top and above -- and a host of other internationally renowned artists, photographers, and designers.

The matte, wipeable wallpaper arrives in strips and goes up quickly and easily, since you apply the glue to your wall rather than the paper. With a few exceptions, the paper costs $94 a meter, which translates to about $875 for a 10-by-10-foot wall.

Take a look:

Martin Gleit's Skyscraper

Bridge, also by Gleit

Wendy Plovmand's Wealthy Walls, $200 a meter

Caspar Balslev's Tokyo

Balslev's Park

Mette Løber's Landscape 1

Landscape 4, also by Løber

You can create wallpaper from your own images, too, such as the ones above and below. Simply upload a high-resolution photo, enter your wall dimensions, crop or otherwise tweak your image as needed, and place your order.

The service isn't super-cheap, mind you -- the image I tested out would cost about $650 for a 10-by-10-foot wall. But then, things as awesome as this rarely are. Plus, you'd have something totally unique.

Check out WallCollection right here.