Children's Wallpaper: Ideas, Styles & How to Make It Yours
Designs That Grow With Them
A child's room changes fast — but their wallpaper doesn't have to. The loveliest children's rooms are the ones decorated with a little restraint: nature-led designs, gentle colours and characterful motifs that feel timeless rather than tied to a passing craze. Choose well and a wallpaper carries a room from cot to first "big bed" and beyond, gathering memories rather than dating. It's a more considered, more grown-up way to decorate a child's space, and a far more beautiful one.
At Claret & Key, every design is drawn in-house and printed to order in your chosen colour way, so you can create a room that's characterful, calm and entirely your own, made especially for you in our Cheshire studio.
Designs children love, that parents love too
Our children's designs lean into the natural world rather than cartoon characters — which is exactly why they last. Woodland scenes with foxes and deer, gentle animals, birds and butterflies, ditsy florals and wildflower meadows, stars and soft stripes. These are designs full of things to discover, yet calm and characterful enough to belong in a considered home. A child delights in the detail; a parent loves that it never feels garish.
Calm colours, or a little more fun
Because we print to order, the colour is yours. Soft, muted tones create a calm, restful room, wonderful for sleep. Fresh greens and blues feel natural and soothing. And a brighter, more playful palette suits a room you want to feel full of energy. Whatever you choose, it's printed in your shade rather than pulled from a fixed range.
Made for real family life
Children's rooms need to cope with real life, and our finishes are made for it. Traditional (150gsm, super-matte) is the refined classic. Heavy-Grade (300gsm) is tougher and more tactile for busy walls. And Removable peel-and-stick (180gsm) is perfect for a room you know you'll restyle — the same beautiful design, easy to change as they grow. All are printed on FSC-approved, PVC-free and VOC-free paper, so they're safe and sound for the room your child sleeps and plays in.
Order a sample and see your design and colour way in the room 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!
