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What’s That Wallpaper? Sex Education and Succession

Annie Elliott | November 14, 2021

I know, Gentle Readers: I’m late to the party. I only started watching Sex Education recently, but I’m making up for lost time. I love it. (I also love that I’m NOT watching it with my teenagers. As are they.)

Anyhoo, I was delighted to note that I recognized two of the wallpapers in Jean Milburn’s house.

The first is Blackthorn by William Morris.

William Morris Wallpaper in Jean Milburn's house, Sex Education
I’m going to go so far as to say it’s the Autumn colorway
William Morris Wallpaper in Jean Milburn's house, Sex Education
William Morris Blackthorn Wallpaper
William Morris, Blackthorn wallpaper in Autumn

I’m not usually a William Morris gal, but we just proposed some WM wallpaper to a client, and it is going to look AMAZING!!

William Morris Blackthorn wallpaper
From the William Morris website

The second Sex Education wallpaper is also in Jean Milburn’s house, this time in the bathroom. It’s Cole & Son’s Palm Jungle — colorway Petrol & Lime, which has been discontinued!! Criminal!!

Cole & Son's Palm Jungle wallpaper in Sex Education bathroom
Sorry so blurry
Cole & Son's Palm Jungle wallpaper
Palm Jungle in an inferior colorway!
Cole & Son's Palm Jungle wallpaper
From the Cole & Son website

On to Season 3 of Succession. Which, by the way, is off to an EXTREMELY slow start. Good thing the wallpaper is there to distract me.

First, we have Farrow & Ball’s Lotus in Rava Roy’s foyer.

Farrow & Ball wallpaper Lotus in the TV show Succession
I believe the colorway — or coloUrway, since F&B is British – is BP 2018
Farrow & Ball wallpaper Lotus in the TV show Succession
Farrow & Ball's wallpaper Lotus
Lotus in BP 2069

This wallpaper is ICONIC. It comes in two sizes — I prefer the large, which is what Rava Roy has — and so many colorways (colourways).

Farrow & Ball wallpaper Lotus
Lotus in BP 2065. I LOVE the wallpaper with this rug!
Farrow & Ball wallpaper Lotus
Lotus in BP 2071. The copper paint is metallic
Farrow & Ball wallpaper Lotus
Lotus in BP 2051

And then we have the one that really stumped me: it took a TikTok viewer to solve the mystery! The wallpaper in Sophie Roy’s bedroom, same apartment as the Lotus wallpaper.

Serpent Scale wallpaper by The Vale London in Succession
That Cave Chair is from PB Teen, if you’re interested ;)

It’s Serpent Scale wallpaper by The Vale London.

Serpent Scale wallpaper by The Vale London in Succession
That Shiv. Such a troublemaker
Serpent Scale wallpaper by The Vale London
Serpent Scale in Tranquil. I love how watery the pattern is – it looks like it was painted on with a half-loaded brush
Serpent Scale wallpaper by The Vale London
The Pristine colorway from The Vale London’s website

I’d thought it was by Schumacher but couldn’t find it, and then I thought it might be a Cole & Son…but no. The Vale London. And you thought TikTok was a waste of time ;)

Annie Elliott Design is based in Washington, DC, with offices in St. Michaels, Maryland and Middlebury, Vermont. Annie’s design work and insights have appeared most recently in The New York Times and The Washington Post, in addition to HGTV Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Washingtonian Magazine, and other local and national publications.

Category: Color + paint colorTag: Blackthorn, Cole & Son, Farrow & Ball, foyer, Gillian Anderson, Palm Jungle, Serpent Scale, set design, Sex Education, Succession, teen bedroom, The Vale London, tv show, wallpaper, William Morris

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