A Medieval Wha-Huh????

Ok, I will admit, I consider myself an inspired decorator. I would classify my style as eclectically-saturated with character and a splash of Latin America-Africa. Hmmm I think that Mr. David Bromsted on HGTV's ColorSplash (he is like my idol) would probably take me out back, hang me from a tree and paint me calypso blue if he ever got a gander at our house. Which leads me to Sweet Dear Hubby who sent me the nicest e-mail today thanking me for the wonderful dinner (I know, shocker given my cooking skill!) and also thanked me for taking care of the design details for the new basement. Ahhh yahhh.....I wouldn't speak so soon Dear.

So here is the deal, I have an existing Chicago Kinker Brick fireplace in the basement and a Belgium tapestry of the knights of the round table (woods with a bunch of shields in red, mint green and brown) to unify a design that looks like a medieval castle with a bunch of kid toys on the floor. Something tells me this could go terribly wrong.

So, I am thinking about a cream wallpaper with light brown trees for the fireplace wall as the brick has so many colors it might be overwhelming, and the trees tie into the tapestry, then a diamond pattern wall paper for the other walls on the bottom with like a cream venetian plaster kind of deal-e-o above. I will try to attach a picture of the lower wall paper. Does it kind of reek medieval to you? Or not even close?