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.
Lovely pattern and paper quality.
However, I wish that I had paid more attention to the roll width measurement.
For some strange reason your paper is narrower than a standard roll. This caused me a great deal of problems when papering my lobby, a small area but that made it more difficult because I was left with a narrow space to fill on 3 walls with a very long drop.
Although I love the paper I probably wouldn't use it again just for this reason.
Why you would produce paper not of a standard width is for you to know and me to wonder but it has made my small project very difficult.
Used this paper to make a dark study cosier. Absolutely loved the colour - the background is a perfect match to our existing panelling painted in Farrow and Ball Old White. First time using paste the wall and it was a revelation so easy and much less mess. Quality of the paper is great but noted the rolls are slightly narrower than most wallpapers. Loved the pattern match which meant little waste what we had left we used to recover some old box files which was easy. I thoroughly recommend.
Great quality wallpaper! The print is beautiful, the wallpaper is thick, and fairly easy to install. Our small area took about an hour and a half because we had a lot of of awkward cuts.
Will definitely be using this brand again!
The paper was just hung and we are thrilled.
The quality of the paper, ease of working with it, (per the paper hangers), your customer service, all were exceptional. We will be ordering again. Thank you!!
Fabulous wallpaper and excellent customer service. This Bronte wallpaper has given my kitchen a new lease of life. Will definitely buy from here again.
This beautiful wallpaper is in my foyer and it sets off the tone of the whole house. In the neighboring dining room I’ve hung Thibaut Iggy wallpaper and the two rooms blend seamlessly.
Excellent!
First Class wallpaper, easy application, the print is exceptional, new it would be ideal for my coffee corner of my new kitchen , arrived well packaged and on time , would highly recommend
The wallpaper arrived quickly. I’m delighted with my pattern choice. It’s absolutely stunning. The paper was such good quality and was a joy to hang. Completely transformed our room. Will be ordering again
This paper was so easy to install! I have used all three types of paper and will never go back to anything but paste the wall. The patterns were correct and easy to Mark and to match and the colors were as true as my samples. This company has been great to deal with and will use them again in the future.
Love this wallpaper! Second time purchasing a Claret & Key wallpaper. The quality is outstanding! The paper is thick and goes on so easily, works great for those new to wallpapering or DIY. The colors are super bright and amazing. They are my go-to wallpaper company now!
