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.
Bird wallpaper features birds as its motif — from delicate garden songbirds and elegant cranes to game birds and exotic parrots and flamingos. It brings a room life, movement and a sense of occasion.
Is bird wallpaper a traditional or modern look?
Both. Birds have decorated fine interiors for centuries, so a bird design carries real heritage, yet it feels completely current. The style can be soft and traditional or bold and contemporary, depending on the design and colour way.
Which rooms suit bird wallpaper?
Living and dining rooms gain a sense of occasion, bedrooms feel calm with soft garden birds, hallways and cloakrooms reward a closer look, and nurseries feel timeless and full of detail to spot.
What kinds of birds can I choose?
Garden birds and songbirds, elegant water birds like cranes and herons, country game birds like the pheasant and duck, and exotic birds like parrots and flamingos — soft and pretty through to bold and dramatic.
Can I get bird wallpaper in a custom colour?
Yes — every bird design is drawn in-house and printed to order in your chosen colour way and scale, from soft naturals to rich jewel tones, made especially for you.
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!
