Bird Wallpaper: Styles, Ideas & How to Make It Yours
A Wall That Sings
There's a particular magic to a wall of birds. Where a floral is beautiful and a leaf is calming, a bird design brings a room life and movement — a flutter of wings among the branches, a song you can almost hear. Birds have decorated our finest interiors for centuries, from delicate garden songbirds to grand, exotic plumage, and they remain one of the most joyful, characterful designs you can choose. Our own Avian Garden designs were born from exactly this love of birds among the blooms.
At Claret & Key, every bird design is drawn by our own designers and printed to order in your chosen colour way, so the version on your wall is the one you chose — your scale, your shade, made especially for you in our Cheshire studio.
Finding your birds
Birds come in wonderful variety. There are garden birds and songbirds, delicate and charming among the branches. There are elegant water birds like the crane and heron, all poise and chinoiserie grace. There are game birds, the pheasant and duck of a country scene. And there are exotic birds, parrots and flamingos in glorious colour. Whichever you're drawn to, a bird design can be soft and pretty or bold and dramatic.
Choosing your colour
Because our bird designs are printed to order, the colour is yours. Soft, natural tones let the birds feel gentle and gardeny. A richer, jewel-toned palette brings the exotic and the dramatic. And a deep or dark ground makes plumage really sing. Whatever you choose, it's printed in your shade rather than pulled from a fixed range.
Where bird wallpaper works
Bird designs bring life to almost any room. A living or dining room gains a wonderful sense of occasion, especially on a feature wall. A bedroom feels calm and romantic with soft garden birds. A hallway rewards a second look as you pass, and a cloakroom is the perfect place for a design with real detail. Birds also feel timeless in a nursery, full of things to spot without ever feeling themed.
Your bird wallpaper, your way
Every design comes in three finishes. Traditional (150gsm, super-matte) is the refined, paste-the-wall classic. Heavy-Grade (300gsm, with a subtle sand texture) stands up to hallways and busy rooms. And Removable peel-and-stick (180gsm) gives you the same design with none of the commitment — ideal for renters, or a room you like to restyle. All are printed to order on FSC-approved, PVC- and VOC-free paper, so they're kinder to the planet and safe for every room in the house.
Colours shift with the light, so order a sample and see your colour way in the room first.
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!
