The Best Wallpaper for a Bedroom: A Simple Buyer's Guide
What Makes a Wallpaper Right for a Bedroom
Not every wallpaper belongs in a bedroom. The best ones share a few qualities: they feel calm to live with, they flatter soft, low light, and they're made from materials you're happy to sleep beside night after night. Get those right and a bedroom wallpaper becomes something you love for years. Here's what to look for when you're choosing.
At Claret & Key, every design is drawn in-house and printed to order in your chosen colour way, so you can choose a look you love and know it's made especially for you in our Cheshire studio.
Choose a design you'll want to wake up to
A bedroom is for rest, so the best designs tend to be calming rather than busy. Soft florals, botanicals and meadows bring gentle, nature-led serenity. Fine stripes and subtle damasks feel considered and quiet. And if you love drama, a deep, moody design turns a bedroom into a cocooning retreat rather than an energising one. The key is choosing something that soothes rather than stimulates.
Think about the finish
The finish matters as much as the design. Our Traditional paper (150gsm, super-matte) is the classic bedroom choice — refined, with no distracting sheen. Heavy-Grade (300gsm) adds a subtle, tactile texture. And Removable peel-and-stick (180gsm) is ideal for renters or anyone who likes to restyle, giving you the same design with none of the commitment. A super-matte finish is especially flattering in a bedroom, where soft lighting is kindest to a calm, non-reflective surface.
Look for materials you can sleep beside
A bedroom is a room you breathe in for eight hours a night, so materials count. All our wallpaper is FSC-approved, PVC-free and VOC-free, which means it's free from the volatile compounds that can affect air quality — safe and sound for the room you sleep in, and for nurseries and children's rooms too.
Make it truly yours
The best bedroom wallpaper is the one that's right for you — your design, your colour, your room. Because we print to order, nothing is off the shelf: you choose the shade to suit your light and your scheme, and it's made especially for you.
Order a sample and live with it in your bedroom for a few days, by day and by lamplight, before you decide.
Wow love this wallpaper, have it in two rooms in different background colours in my cottage. Highly recommend Claret & Key, could not be happier 5 stars all the way.
Loved the pattern. Looks so nice in our home. Harley spring eucalyptus. Matches perfectly with Benjamin Moore seabrook sage. Great coordinate with our powder bath that has Hilda Spring peel and stick paper. Thanks do letting us have so many color choices. As well as seasonal tones.
Applying the wallpaper was a new experience for me, but I’m very happy with the outcome. It was great to have the freedom to reposition the paper when necessary as I figured out a good process.
The paper is beautiful, easy to work with (according to my husband!) and it looks so good. Really happy with it, the tracker is helpful to know where it’s at ahead of arriving and so pleased with the finished result. We got the Autumn version and the colouring is stunning, even my teenage son has been talking about how cosy the room is now!
The paper is beautiful, easy to work with (according to my husband!) and it looks so good. Really happy with it, the tracker is helpful to know where it’s at ahead of arriving and so pleased with the finished result.
This wallpaper is gorgeous and an instant upgrade to our dining room. I have received so many compliments on this wallpaper. The print is delicate and makes a statement without being overpowering. We ordered extra rolls, and customer service was fantastic with our return request. I have recommended this company to all my friends!
I was so very happy when the wallpaper arrived it is even better than the advert.
Beautiful quality and my decorator said it was so great to hang on the wall.
My daughter loves it too so will be reordering very soon.
Many thanks
Dawn
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!
