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.
Frequently Asked Questions About Bedroom Wallpaper
What is the best type of wallpaper for a bedroom?
Designs that feel calm and restful tend to suit a bedroom best — soft florals, botanicals, meadows, fine stripes and subtle damasks. For drama, a dark floral or moody design turns a bedroom into a cocooning retreat. It's really about the mood you want to wake up to.
Should I wallpaper all four walls or just one?
Both work. A single feature wall behind the bed frames the headboard and makes an instant focal point, while papering all four walls creates a wrapped, cocooning feel, which suits a softer or tonal design beautifully.
What colour wallpaper is best for a restful bedroom?
Soft greens and blues feel calming and serene, blush and warm tones feel cosy and romantic, and deep, moody shades feel dramatic and luxurious. Because we print to order, you can choose the exact shade to suit your room and its light.
Can I get bedroom wallpaper in a custom colour?
Yes — every design is printed to order in your chosen colour way and scale, made especially for you rather than picked from a fixed range.
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!
