Arlo is one of the small-scale, one-colour designs in George & Minnie's Minnie Prints Wallpapers: a little repeating motif, drawn by hand and printed in a single colour on a pale ground, with a short repeat that keeps it even across the wall. It is the sort of paper that reads as a texture from across the room and rewards a closer look, and it does a great deal of quiet work in a scheme without ever being the point of it.
It is printed on a 100 per cent non-woven backing, 52 centimetres wide, with a vertical repeat of 17.5 centimetres, so very little is lost in matching. There are ten colourways, among them Barley, Blush, Periwinkle, Grass and Daffodil, each one colour on the ground. They are coloured to the same references as the George & Minnie checks and stripes, so a Sage Arlo will match a Sage Ribbon Stripe or Minnie Check without any guesswork.
We use it in the rooms where a big print would be a mistake: a narrow hall, a landing, a bathroom, the inside of a cupboard. It is also a good paper to run across all four walls of a bedroom with something bolder on the bed, or above a dado with painted panelling below. Sold by the roll; order a sample before committing to a full room.
Non-woven papers are normally hung paste-the-wall, which makes a small pattern like this quick to hang; check the label for the match type. The roll is 52 centimetres wide; assuming the usual 10 metre length, a 2.4 metre high wall gives three drops per roll with the 17.5 centimetre repeat allowed for, so a wall 3.5 metres long needs seven drops and three rolls. Small patterns show a poor surface more than big ones do, so fill and sand before you begin.
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Composition: 100% non-woven
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Roll width: 52 cm (20 in)
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Pattern repeat: 17.5 cm vertical
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Suitable for: Walls
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Care: Spongeable
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Collection: Minnie Prints Wallpapers, George & Minnie
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Colourways: 10 (Barley, Walnut, Blush, Periwinkle, Ink, Aqua, Grass, Emerald, Sage, Daffodil)
