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I Love Lucy Decor: The Ricardo’s Bedroom Wallpaper

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Floral Trellis Wallpaper in the Ricardo’s bedroom on I Love Lucy

If you ever wanted to create a touch of I Love Lucy style in your home this could be it! The Delphia Jasmine Trellis Floral Wallpaper by Brewster Home Fashions available from Wayfair is the best match I’ve seen for the Ricardo’s bedroom wallpaper. Just one wall behind the beds was papered in this iconic floral trellis design.

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Create a similar look with Delphia Jasmine Trellis Floral Wallpaper by Brewster Home Fashions

The Delphia Jasmine floral pattern  is an almost exact match for the original. 4 colors It is available in a four different colorways and still works today with contemporary home decor. Wayfair are selling directly on eBay. CLICK HERE to see it on eBay.

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Claremont Delphia Jasmine Trellis Floral Embossed Wallpaper
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Source: http://www.brewsterwallcovering.com/344-68758-yellow-jasmine-trellis.aspx

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I love Lucy Props, Morgan Jones Bedspread

I Love Lucy’s Chenille Bedspreads

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We can get a good view of Lucy’s colonial style chenille twin bedspreads in the Season 2 of “I Love Lucy” episode titled “The Girls Go Into Business” (October 12, 1953) in the very first scene when Lucy and Ethel come home from shopping and go into the bedroom.

The Ricardo's bedroom set - twin chenille bedspreads
The Ricardo’s bedroom set – twin chenille bedspreads

The bedspreads are hobnail chenille type bedspreads produced by Morgan-Jones, in style “Minuet” Early American. From the screen capture above it looks like Lucy’s bedspreads are placed with reverse side up compared to how they appear in the display photo below.
Fortunately for collectors you can find this make and model in the vintage bed linens section on eBay. I found a listing on eBay of this exact style still in original box in a full size, vintage unused and currently for sale on eBay – see pictures below, click on any picture to view the actual listing. Continue reading I Love Lucy’s Chenille Bedspreads →