This vintage damask pattern emerged as the perfect foundation for the bedroom’s wallpaper design. The ornate Victorian flourishes and aged sepia tones instantly creates that period-appropriate atmosphere I was aiming for. The way the pattern’s elaborate floral motifs repeat created this sense of grandiosity that you’d expect in an old family home, which is exactly the kind of unsettling familiarity I want to capture.
On the colour correction nodes – they were essential for pushing the wallpaper toward those sickly yellow-brown tones that suggest decades of neglect. The preview sphere shows how the final material responds to light, with those darker patches creating natural shadow areas that enhance the pattern’s depth.
The inclusion of this gradient “decay” texture was essential for creating that sense of creeping deterioration from the ceiling down, which perfectly simulates the way moisture seeps through old wallpaper. When layered over the base damask pattern, it created areas of water damage that suggest long-term neglect.
These variations in darkness across the wall’s surface helped break up any obvious tiling in the wallpaper pattern. The way the moisture effect darkens near the top edge through texture placement and lighting implies age and structural issues.