Tropical Wallpaper: Styles, Ideas & How to Make It Yours
A Little Escapism for Your Walls
There's a reason tropical designs never quite go out of fashion: they bring a room energy, colour and a welcome sense of escape. Lush leaves, exotic blooms and dense green foliage turn a wall into something immersive and alive — a little of the far-flung, brought home. Done with restraint, a tropical wallpaper is far more sophisticated than it sounds: rich, characterful and surprisingly easy to live with.
At Claret & Key, every tropical 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 tropical
Tropical is really a family of looks. A jungle design is dense, leafy and immersive, wrapping a room in greenery. A palm or palm-leaf print is breezier and more graphic, with a relaxed, retro charm. A rainforest or tropical-foliage scene leans into lush, layered green for a properly enveloping feel. And a classic tropical mix brings leaves and exotic blooms together for colour and life. Whichever you're drawn to, the mood can be dialled up or down.
Choosing your colour
Because our tropical designs are printed to order, the colour is yours. Fresh, natural greens give the truest, garden-to-jungle feel. A dark, moody tropical — deep greens on a near-black ground — is dramatic and enveloping, and very much of the moment. Softer or more tonal colour ways keep things elegant and understated. Whatever you choose, it's printed in your shade rather than pulled from a fixed range.
Where tropical wallpaper works
Tropical designs bring life to more rooms than you'd expect. A living room takes a lush tropical beautifully, especially on a feature wall. In a bedroom, a darker, moodier tropical feels cocooning and dramatic. A hallway or cloakroom is the perfect place to be bold, and a garden room or conservatory practically asks for greenery. If a room is smaller, lean into it — a rich tropical makes a compact space feel intentional and immersive.
Your tropical, 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 any room in the house.
Greens shift a lot between daylight and lamplight, so order a sample and see your colour way in the room first.
Frequently Asked Questions About Tropical Wallpaper
Is tropical wallpaper still in style?
Very much — tropical designs are a perennial favourite, and the dark, moody tropical look (deep greens on a near-black ground) is especially sought-after right now as part of the love of rich, characterful interiors.
Is tropical wallpaper only for bathrooms or summer rooms?
Not at all. A tropical design suits living rooms, bedrooms, hallways and garden rooms all year round. A softer colour way feels elegant and understated, while a darker one is dramatic and cocooning
What colours does tropical wallpaper come in?
Because we print to order, the colour is yours — fresh natural greens for a true jungle feel, deep moody greens for drama, or softer tonal shades for something more understated. Your design is printed in the exact colour way you choose.
Can I get tropical wallpaper in a custom colour?
Yes — every tropical design is drawn in-house and 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!
