Plain & Solid Blue Wallpaper: A Calm, Colourful Backdrop - Made in Your Shade
The Quiet Confidence of a Plain
Sometimes a room doesn't want a pattern — it wants colour, pure and simple. A plain, solid blue brings a wall a wash of calm, considered colour that's softer than a flat white and more characterful than paint. It's the easy-going choice: a serene backdrop for a bedroom, a gentle companion to a bolder patterned wall, or a whole room wrapped in one restful shade. And printed to order, a plain blue is never quite as plain as it sounds — it's your exact blue, chosen to suit your room.
At Claret & Key, every plain colour is printed to order in the shade you want, from the softest sky to a deep, inky blue. Made especially for you in our Cheshire studio.
Why choose a plain blue
A solid colour has a quiet confidence. It lets your furniture, art and textiles do the talking, and gives a room a calm, cohesive feel. Blue is the perfect colour for it — soothing, versatile and endlessly liveable. A plain blue works beautifully across a whole room, and it's the ideal partner for pattern: pair a plain blue with one of our florals or stripes and let the two play off each other for a collected, layered look.
Finding your blue
Because we print to order, the shade is entirely yours. A soft powder or grey-blue feels gentle and airy. A classic mid-blue is fresh and calming. And a deep navy or inky blue brings a cocooning, sophisticated depth. Whatever you choose, it's printed in precisely that tone, so the colour is never a compromise.
Where a plain blue works
Plain blue suits rooms you want to feel calm and gently colourful. It's serene in a bedroom, fresh in a kitchen or bathroom-adjacent space, and smart in a study or hallway. It also makes a lovely companion wall in a living room, tying a scheme together and giving a patterned wall room to breathe.
Choose your finish
Every colour comes in three finishes: Traditional (150gsm, super-matte), Heavy-Grade (300gsm) for busy walls, and Removable peel-and-stick (180gsm) for renters and easy change. All are printed to order on FSC-approved, PVC- and VOC-free paper.
Solid colour shows the light beautifully and shifts from morning to evening, so order a sample and see your blue in the room first.
Frequently Asked Questions About Plain & Solid Blue Wallpaper
Why choose plain wallpaper over paint?
A plain wallpaper has a depth and a softness a flat paint often lacks, and printed to order it comes in your exact shade. It's a lovely, considered way to bring colour to a room, and it pairs beautifully with a patterned feature wall.
What shade of plain blue should I choose?
Soft powder or grey-blues feel gentle and airy, a classic mid-blue is fresh and calming, and a deep navy or inky blue feels cocooning and sophisticated. Because we print to order, you choose the precise tone.
Can I use a plain blue with a patterned wallpaper?
Absolutely — a plain blue is the ideal companion to pattern. Pair it with one of our florals or stripes and let the two play off each other for a collected, layered look, giving the patterned wall room to breathe.
Can I get plain blue wallpaper in a custom shade?
Yes — every plain colour is printed to order in the exact shade you want, from the softest sky to a deep, inky blue, 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!
