William Morris is an iconic figure of the modern era. Wallpaper from the factory bearing his name remains consistently popular to this day. Many generations of designers have used it in their projects. It has silently observed people's lives for many years. However, metamodernism is rapidly moving away from anthropocentrism. Today, we ourselves want to observe the life of matter closely and with some anxiety. And Morris's ideas will «live on» in a different form. In watercolors, we will observe the life of Morris's wallpaper, placed in the front hall of a St. Petersburg house.