DAR's American Spirit Magazine Opens Up About Wallpaper

Over the weekend, I received the November/December 2008 issue of American Spirit, the magazine of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

American Spirit is a beautiful, well-written publication, and has been the recipient of numerous awards, including APEX, Awards for Publishing Excellence, SNAP, Society of National Association Publications, and ASPC, American Society for Professional Communicators.

As always, this issue is loaded with interesting articles and stunning photos. But one article of particular note is "Repeating Patterns," by Mareen Taylor, The Photo Detective:

The history of wallpaper in America dates to 1700. By the mid-18th century, wallpaper was considered quite fashionable in America, England and France. Explore the history of wallpaper and learn where you can still see early American examples and obtain reproductions.

To think that we spent several months removing wallpaper from our house (it really was ugly)!

You can see more of what's inside this issue of American Spirit here. You don't have to be a DAR member to subscribe.

Copyright © 2008 by Elizabeth O'Neal

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