Bedroom Wallpaper Ideas: How to Choose the Perfect Design
Where to Begin With Bedroom Wallpaper
The bedroom is the one room that's truly yours — a retreat from everything else — so it deserves a wall you love waking up to. Wallpaper is the quickest way to give a bedroom character and calm at once, whether that's a soft floral wrapping the room in romance, a gentle stripe adding quiet structure, or a moody, enveloping design that turns the space into a cocoon. If you're not sure where to begin, here are the ideas worth considering.
At Claret & Key, every design is drawn in-house and printed to order in your chosen colour way, so whatever look you settle on, it's made especially for you in our Cheshire studio.
Styles that suit a bedroom
Some designs feel made for sleep. A soft floral is romantic and restful. A ditsy or delicate print adds gentle prettiness without fuss. A botanical or meadow brings a calming, nature-led serenity. A fine stripe or a subtle damask feels calm and considered. And for those who love drama, a dark floral or moody botanical turns a bedroom into a luxurious, enveloping retreat. There's no single right answer — only the mood you want to wake up to.
Where to put it
You don't have to paper every wall. The most popular approach is a single feature wall behind the bed, which frames the headboard and makes an instant focal point. Papering all four walls creates a wrapped, cocooning feel, wonderful with a softer or tonal design. And for the truly considered, a papered ceiling — the fabled "fifth wall" — brings a gentle, unexpected beauty to the view you actually lie and look at.
Choosing your colour and scale
Because we print to order, both the colour and the mood are yours. Soft greens and blues feel calming and serene; blush and warm tones feel cosy and romantic; deep, moody shades feel dramatic and luxurious. Scale matters too: a large design makes a statement behind the bed, while a smaller, ditsy print keeps a compact bedroom feeling calm rather than busy.
Making it yours
Every design comes in three finishes: Traditional (150gsm, super-matte) for a refined classic wall, Heavy-Grade (300gsm) for a more tactile finish, and Removable peel-and-stick (180gsm) for renters and easy restyling. All are printed to order on FSC-approved, PVC- and VOC-free paper, so they're safe for the room you sleep in.
Bedroom light changes from morning to night, so order a sample and live with your colour way for a few days before you commit.
We are totally in love with our new wallpaper for our lounge. It arrived quickly and in excellent quality. We are already looking for our next design 🥰
Absolutely love this wallpaper, needed 4 rolls for the room but completely worth it. Absolutely stunning and excellent to use. Not a fan of wallpapering but this felt so easy because it’s thick so more manageable and blended smoothly
This window seat has never had much personality, and the blue cabinets have always needed an accent that ties them to the overall space. The Amelia pattern was perfect, and the removable wallpaper was very forgiving as I learned how best to line things up well. I’m very happy with the result!
I got the Esme with Background: Calm Breeze
Pattern: Lilypad for my bedroom and absolutely Love it! Very gorgeous! My contractor said the paper was really good quality and, when he put it up, it didn't curl at all. Will definitely order from Clare & Key again.
This was my first attempt at hanging wallpaper. Luckily, our walls were fairly square. I have no comparison, but I found this paper very user friendly. I would gladly shop with you again, and intend to hang more paper in future. Thank you!
The quality is amazing , the personalisation of your name on the rolls added to special feel of it all , the ability to change colours and make it your own , It is beyond perfect and would definitely order again
I have wallpapered for many clients and this by far was one of the easiest wallpapers I have installed. I put this wallpaper in my own dining room to add some color. It is a pretty smokey blue with white leaves. I'm so pleased with how it turned out. I prefer the type that you put the paste on the wall since it is easier to adjust and match the pattern.
This was my first time with putting up any wallpaper and the peel and stick was super easy for a beginner like me. Love that it feels like paper and not plastic like others I’ve seen.
Beautiful design and so glad we could customize the colors.
I would recommend your company to anyone and I will be ordering from you again for other rooms in the home.
Beautiful wallpaper and so easy to work with too as I did the wallpapering myself! Absolutely thrilled with the final look having gone from pale grey and white to the vibrant Ophelia!
