Wallpaper for the Kitchen: Five Looks to Warm Up the Heart of the Home
A Kitchen With Real Warmth
A kitchen with wallpaper feels different — warmer, more personal, more like a room than a set of units. Whether your style is country charm or something fresher and more modern, the right design turns the busiest room in the house into its most welcoming. Here are five kitchen looks to inspire you, each one easy to make your own, because every design is printed to order in the colour way you choose.
At Claret & Key, every design is drawn in-house and made especially for you in our Cheshire studio, so any look here can be yours, in your shade.
The country kitchen
Nothing warms a kitchen like a soft floral or a wildflower meadow. Above a dresser or in a dining end, a gentle floral brings a cosy, timeless, farmhouse feel — the kitchen as the heart of a well-loved home. Keep it soft and tonal for elegance, or a little bolder for character.
The fresh gingham kitchen
A gingham or check is a kitchen classic — crisp, cheerful and endlessly homely. In a fresh blue and white it feels breezy and coastal; in a soft green or warm red it feels country and welcoming. It's the pattern that makes a breakfast nook feel like the nicest seat in the house.
The orchard kitchen
Fruit designs and the kitchen were made for each other. Cherries, pears, strawberries or a proud pineapple bring an appetising, characterful cheer that suits the room perfectly. It's a playful, characterful look with a lovely sense of the table and the harvest.
The botanical kitchen
For something fresh and calm, a botanical or leafy design brings the garden indoors. Greenery feels clean and natural against pale cabinetry, and lifts a kitchen with a bright, restful energy. It's a modern, considered take on kitchen pattern.
The heritage kitchen
For a kitchen with a sense of history, a classic stripe, a subtle damask or a heritage design brings a settled, gracious character. It's the look of an established home, considered and calm, and beautiful in a period property.
Making your look your own
Whichever look you love, it's yours to tailor: your colour way, your scale, your finish. For busy kitchen walls, our hard-wearing, wipeable Heavy-Grade paper is the sensible choice; all our finishes are printed to order on FSC-approved, PVC- and VOC-free paper.
Order a sample and see your chosen look against your cabinets before you commit.
This wallpaper is just gorgeous! I used the one that requires glue and it was super easy to i stall. One roll was enough for a 6’ wide laundry closet with 7’5” ceilings. Even on our orange peel walls it set beautifully. I did this behind our new washer dryer set up in our laundry closet with white oak cabinets and it’s perfect! Highly recommend!
Truly love this wallpaper. Looks amazing in both our bathroom (the original project) and as an accent in the back of a cabinet (what we did with the extra). Everyone who sees it comments on how classy and beautiful it is. For these reasons five stars!
However I do want to call out two concerns:
1. The online "calculator" on the site recommend nine roles, which seemed excessive for our less than 100 sq ft bathroom. I even reached out to support to double check and they said to go by the calculator. I'm glad I didn't because I ended up ordering five roles and only needing 4. I will say returning the 5th role was a pretty smooth process, so kudus to Claret and Key for that.
2. Strangely the "autumn" color with pale nutmeg background reads more green than brown in certain light. With bright overhead light it comes across as the soft brown we intended, but in natural light it reads much more green. Not anything to terrible just unexpected.
Beautiful paper! Our decorator commented on its quality and how nice and easy it was to work with compared to other wallpaper he had used in the past. Thank you.
So in love with this wallpaper. We wanted a cosy cottage bedroom vibe so we chose the Eloise. It’s such a pretty design that completely transformed the space. The wallpaper is such great quality .We have very uneven walls but didn’t have any issues. Hanging it was a joy. Highly recommend.
We used Blanche to paper some built in wardrobes that double up as room dividers. It was brilliant to be able to sample several background colour options and we are delighted with the finished result
Thank you. Fabulous Wallpaper.
Great quality paper and easy to hang.
The design is so rich in colour and adds such decadence to my dressing area. Now for the finishing touches.
Poor customer service - rolls are only available as one off 10m runs, so if you need 11m.. unfortunately you’ll be paying double for a second roll! Unless your walls are 8m or less, I’d avoid. Wrongly assumed Claret & Key would be slightly more compassionate about the situation and even help with a slightly discounted second roll, considering we only needed 1m. How wrong we were!
Store owner replied:
Hi Emily,
I'm sorry to hear that you are disappointed with the service.
We sell our wallpaper by the roll, and we are unable to manufacture shorter rolls. This will be the same for most manufacturers as 10m rolls are standard, and most rooms require more than 1 roll to complete the job.
Thanks,
Claret & Key
I really loved this paper and thought it would look nice in my attic space. Delighted with the end result. Great service, excellent quality of paper and it really transforms the room. The eves are very low so the space was not utilised so making a feature with the wallpaper has created a cosy space to relax in. Thank you. M
Love this wallpaper. It’s just enough to show a statement but not so loud that it overpowers the space. Being able to pick the color is such a great thing also. You’re not stuck with 5 options so it can match your style and colors of your space. Would recommend to anyone looking for wallpaper. Very happy and my installer said its super easy to install this pattern.
This wallpaper is thick and sturdy. It’s very easy to work with and easy to apply. It was my first time hanging wallpaper and this paper was very forgiving. Great product!
