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Home Wallpaper Designs
Wallpaper works when it is treated as a considered surface rather than decoration applied to whatever wall is left over.
Six styles
Wallpaper designs in six house styles
The same brief, resolved six ways. Each one carries its own layout, material specification and storage strategy. Filter to one style, or compare all six.
Chalk Minimal Textured plain, tone-on-tone Wallpaper Design
Nothing decorative survives unless it also does work. Long uninterrupted planes, shadow-gap joints, one quiet grain.
- Layout
- Textured plain, tone-on-tone
- Style
- Serene Minimal
- Palette
- Chalk · Pale Oak · Linen
- Pattern
- Plain textured grasscloth
- Substrate
- Non-woven, paste-the-wall
- Scale
- No repeat — texture only
- Placement
- All four walls
- Room dimension
- Panels in living and dining
Storage features
- Applied over a sealed and skimmed wall
- Joints planned to fall away from the eyeline
- A shadow-gap skirting to close the edge
Special features
- Tone-on-tone texture rather than pattern
- Grasscloth adding depth without a motif
- Reads as a finish, not as wallpaper
Ideal forHomes wanting texture on the walls without pattern
Charcoal Bold Dark botanical mural Wallpaper Design
High contrast, confident mass, a single saturated move per room. Dark joinery held against light stone.
- Layout
- Dark botanical mural
- Style
- Bold Contemporary
- Palette
- Charcoal · Oxblood · Smoked Oak
- Pattern
- Large-scale dark botanical
- Substrate
- Non-woven mural panels
- Scale
- One wall, 3.6m mural
- Placement
- Behind the bed only
- Room dimension
- Panels in living and dining
Storage features
- A mural sized to the wall before ordering
- Sockets planned out of the pattern
- A dark trim closing the edges
Special features
- A single dark botanical wall behind the bed
- Deep colour and large scale
- Everything else in the room kept plain
Ideal forBedrooms wanting one dramatic, enveloping wall
Teak Heritage Hand-blocked Indian motif Wallpaper Design
Indian craft detailing on a contemporary frame — jaali, cane, inlay and hand-finished brass, used sparingly.
- Layout
- Hand-blocked Indian motif
- Style
- Modern Heritage
- Palette
- Teak · Cane · Antique Brass
- Pattern
- Hand-blocked floral in indigo
- Substrate
- Hand-blocked paper
- Scale
- Half-drop repeat, 640mm
- Placement
- Alcoves and the dining wall
- Room dimension
- Panels in living and dining
Storage features
- Hand-blocked panels with visible registration
- A teak beading framing each panel
- Applied above a dado only
Special features
- Hand-blocked indigo with genuine registration variation
- Teak beading framing the panels
- Craft made visible
Ideal forCraft-led homes wanting hand-made surface
Ivory Classic Damask with a picture rail Wallpaper Design
Proportioned panelling, cornice and moulding, book-matched stone and warm gilt detail on ivory.
- Layout
- Damask with a picture rail
- Style
- Classic Luxe
- Palette
- Ivory · Statuario · Gold
- Pattern
- Classical damask, tone-on-tone
- Substrate
- Vinyl-coated non-woven
- Scale
- Straight match, 530mm
- Placement
- Above a dado rail
- Room dimension
- Panels in living and dining
Storage features
- Damask above a picture rail
- Panelled dado below
- A gilt bead at the junction
Special features
- Tone-on-tone damask above a panelled dado
- A gilt bead at the picture rail
- Classical proportion respected
Ideal forFormal rooms with a dado and picture rail
Birch Scandi Subtle geometric in sage Wallpaper Design
Pale timber, soft daylight and muted green — Nordic restraint adapted for Indian light, dust and humidity.
- Layout
- Subtle geometric in sage
- Style
- Indo-Scandinavian
- Palette
- Birch · Chalk · Sage
- Pattern
- Small geometric in sage
- Substrate
- Non-woven, wipeable
- Scale
- Small repeat, 260mm
- Placement
- One wall in a child's room
- Room dimension
- Panels in living and dining
Storage features
- A small repeat that reads as texture at distance
- Wipeable finish at child height
- Birch trim closing the edge
Special features
- A quiet geometric in sage
- Small enough to read as texture
- Practical and wipeable
Ideal forChildren's and family rooms
Emerald Deco Deco fan in emerald and gold Wallpaper Design
Fluting, fans and geometry. Lacquered colour, brass inlay lines and mirror used as architecture.
- Layout
- Deco fan in emerald and gold
- Style
- Art Deco Glam
- Palette
- Emerald · Brass · Lacquer
- Pattern
- Deco fan motif with gold
- Substrate
- Metallic-ground non-woven
- Scale
- Large repeat, 900mm
- Placement
- Powder room, all walls
- Room dimension
- Panels in living and dining
Storage features
- A metallic ground that shifts with the light
- Brass trim at every edge
- Used in a small room where it can be total
Special features
- A gold fan motif on emerald
- Used across all four walls of a powder room
- Total commitment in a small space
Ideal forPowder rooms and bars where boldness pays off
Every design, in full
Six wallpaper designs, one page each
Each of the six carries its own page with the complete specification, sizing table and answers.
Minimal Textured plain, tone-on-tone Wallpaper
Chalk · Pale Oak · Linen
See this designBold Dark botanical mural Wallpaper
Charcoal · Oxblood · Smoked Oak
See this designHeritage Hand-blocked Indian motif Wallpaper
Teak · Cane · Antique Brass
See this designClassic Damask with a picture rail Wallpaper
Ivory · Statuario · Gold
See this designScandi Subtle geometric in sage Wallpaper
Birch · Chalk · Sage
See this designDeco Deco fan in emerald and gold Wallpaper
Emerald · Brass · Lacquer
See this designSizing
Wallpaper dimensions by home size
The room dimension quoted on each design above is the 3 BHK figure. These are the sizes we most often work to.
| Home size | Typical room dimension | Layout that usually fits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 BHK | One wall | Textured plain, tone-on-tone |
| 2 BHK | One wall per bedroom | Dark botanical mural |
| 3 BHK | Panels in living and dining | Hand-blocked Indian motif |
| 4 BHK | Formal rooms with a dado | Damask with a picture rail |
| 4+ BHK / Villa | Full-home feature scheme | Subtle geometric in sage |
Wallpaper in detail
Narrower cuts of this category
Living Room Wallpaper Ideas
One wall or all four — but not a random accent. Alcoves and the wall behind the seating are where wallpaper earns its place.
View designsBedroom Wallpaper Designs
The wall behind the bed is the easiest place in the house to live with a large-scale pattern, because you never look at it from the bed.
View designsQuestions
Wallpaper questions, answered
Does wallpaper survive Indian humidity?
Non-woven papers on a properly sealed wall do. The failures are almost always damp behind the wall, or paper hung directly on unsealed plaster — fix the wall first.
Wallpaper or paint behind the bed?
Wallpaper if you want depth and pattern without adding joinery. It is the one wall in the house where a large-scale pattern is easy to live with, because you never look at it while in bed.
How much wallpaper should I order?
Wall area plus 15% for a straight match and 20–25% for a large half-drop repeat. Order the whole quantity in one batch so the print run matches.
Can wallpaper be used in a bathroom?
Outside the wet zone, yes, with a vinyl-coated paper and good extraction. Never inside a shower enclosure or directly behind a basin.
Next step
Get your wallpaper designed.
Send the floor plan and the dimensions. We come back with a layout, a material direction and a line-by-line estimate.