The Beat That My Heart Skipped – A blog dedicated to daily design inspirations. By Rohini Wahi.

I found this mysterious wallpaper on German wallpaper distributor Tapeten Agentur’s website, with only the title ‘Le Cirque’ attached.

I literally can’t stop daydreaming about its characters – an exotic troupe of brave acrobats and glamorous show-people, with their menagerie of animals navigating across a magical globe. This would be so beautiful simply framed.

Anyone have any idea as to who it’s by?

I spent a long time on this site [with the sound on] feeling a little like Amelie Poulin. With each click, it dragged me further into its quirky, whimsy, Parisian world till I was  on the verge of running out of my front door and hugging a complete stranger, or presenting an old lady on a park bench with a saucy romance [you may silently mock me but I dare you to give it a try].

Les Invasions Ephemeres is an online French boutique which primarily produces decals to enchant all the surfaces of your home, computer, iPod or scooter! They have recently added wonderfully kitsch passport covers and chic illustrated bags to their ever growing collection.

I have just discovered Surface View…

Using image libraries and archives from galleries such as the V&A, The National Gallery, Getty and new talent like Ella Doran and Rana Salam, they can create for you, a blind, a mural or a print to be displayed in any environment in your home.

The collections comprise of intricate details of lace from the V&A’s collection that can adorn the full width and height of your wall, or archived patterns from William Morris. Impressionist figures may stroll across your bedroom wall and cracked hands of old masters may sit folded at your dinner table.

Don’t expect to find over exposed Warhols or Lichinstiens and tired impressionists works, but a carefully sourced eclectic mix of imagery that take on a new life when transformed into a large-format interior graphic.

The murals can be used inside and outside and applied to any wall surface, from bare brick to painted whilst the high resolution of the images allow the patinas and winkles of the original work to be visible.

Every product has the option to be unique with custom colourways, repeats and cropping available – William Morris prints can go neon and period etchings can be cloned.

Limitless possibilities…

I love tiles. There was a time when I used to collect them, patterned ones, illustrated ones and beautiful plain glazed ones, [I guess my ceramics addiction is an extension of this old habit]. Until I realised, the tiles were too heavy to cart around from student house to student house, and was I really one day going have an entire wall of mismatched tiles in my home like an eccentric old lady? No.

However, it still pleases me from time to time, to indulge in the gazing of beautiful tiles. TexTiles offers a unique collection of decorative wall and floor tiles inspired by their love of traditional and antique textiles and carpets from around the world.

They have a really nice collection of comtemporary tiles, I love the on-trend Ikat tiles above and subtle graphic design below. I’m really digging their style – who’s with me?

I’m loving these slightly more grown up designs by the ultimate kooky wall decal company Domestic. This collection called ‘One Strip’ is a more organic addition to your interior than their others.

3×7 above is inspired by a retro times-table chart, directly below Delftware Stories is a wonderfully modern take on traditional Dutch tiling and below Nuage Visage is like a whimsical piece of art. Well played Domestic!