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If These Walls Could Talk: Original Wallpaper Found At F. Scott And Zelda Fitzgerald Alabama Home

| November 15, 2018 @ 5:00 am

By Karim Shamsi-Basha

Sarah Powell felt a bit like Indiana Jones – if Indiana Jones had been an interior decorator.

While preparing to renovate the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum in Montgomery, Powell, the museum’s executive director, noticed something strange behind the existing wallpaper.

She pulled a bit back and gasped.

“We found historic and original wallpaper this past April, while we were refurbishing to get the Airbnb ready,” Powell said. “Then we found a different pattern in another room. There is a total of 10 patterns dating back to 1910 to 1930, we confirmed, which means the wallpaper existed while Scott and Zelda were here. This’s very exciting.”

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