made you LOOK

These fun trompe l'oeil wallpapers will make everyone do a double take.

- PRODUCED BY KATE DOHERTY

For centuries, designers have delighted in playing tricks on the eye, painting murals to make walls appear carved or paneled in ancient Greece and Rome, and turning ceilings into soaring skies during the Renaissance. By the 18th and 19th centuries, trompe l'oeil—French for “trick the eye”—moved into homes, where painted moldings, columns, and other details stood in for the real thing. Today, the age-old technique is back in the form of wallpaper, and the illusions are pretty co