This is the sort of delightful question that you never need answer because you can always change your mind and paste over whatever the hell you were thinking last year when you glued that Alaskan wilderness scene to your living room wall.

While we're pretty sure wallpaper went out of fashion in the mid to late 80s when interior architects went through their "primary colours" phase, now in the double-Os ,we're seeing rejuvenated interest in paper pressed flat on the wall. There are all sorts of funky designs coming out of Europe and the U.S. at the moment and it's all inspired by bar renovations and the homemaker revival.

Maybe it was spurred on by all the cleaning up and renovating that needed doing post Katrina but New Orleans design company Flavor Paperis going absolutely gangbusters with wallpaper. Dan Funderburgh's design (above) for them is one of our absolute favourites. Called Elysian Fields, we love the play on the traditional floral theme and how well the symmetery hides the rather cheeky Venus flytraps and bats.

Flavor Paper's wall coverings are all handscreened and custom printed which really adds a bit of exclusivity to the product but of course incurs that extra cost. Flavor Paper is sold in untrimmed 27 inch wide by 15 foot long single rolls that retail from $150.

We didn't really know that you could get famous desinging wall paper but apparently Lisa Bengtssonis just that, and Swedish to boot. Bunny Maxwell has the exclusive access to her original debut designs in the States but, at last check, had sold out and were awaiting October replenishment!

The Family (below), is a brilliant design that just begs to be taken to with a poska/sharpie combo as well as maybe a favourite photo or appropriate wall trinket. Bengtsson's folder on this design reads rather quaintly: "Inspired by ancient times, a time that you cannot return to, but a time you still care for and want to remember." Awww, and we were thinking it was a legitimate invitation to scribble on the walls.