Interior design firm Blacksheep recently completed their face lift of the Mercure Eastgate Hotel in Oxford. From what I can tell from the images, the results are what you would expect from Blacksheep: elegant and luxurious. But what I really like about their work is that they always manage to find quirky, unorthodox wallpaper that adds a certain edge to their refined style.

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eastgatehotel2.jpg(images courtesy of Blacksheep)In their most recent work they opt for this faux-bookshelf wallpaper. I’m not sure where it’s from but it reminded me of the fact that the fabulous Deborah Bowness has some faux-bookshelf wallpaper of her own.

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(images courtesy of Deborah Bowness)