Your bedroom is a place where you can relax, unwind, and be yourself, and wallpaper is a fantastic way to create a space that reflects your personality. It’s a great way to add color, pattern, and texture, and there are endless designs exist to suit every style and color preference. Create an accent wall by installing wallpaper or removable wallpaper on only one wall, add wainscoting on the lower half to create a two-tone effect, or go all in by wallpapering your bedroom floor to ceiling.
Whether you wrap the room in your favorite print or use it sparingly to accentuate unique architectural features, wallpaper adds texture, depth, and interest. Find the perfect look for your style with these creative bedroom wallpaper ideas.
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Bedroom Wallpaper with Wainscoting
If you don’t want to go floor to ceiling with wallpaper, break it up with wainscoting. The decorative paneling adds a classic feature, framing and balancing the detailed floral wallpaper.
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Jacquard Bedroom Wallpaper
Add a textured statement to your bedroom with a Jacquard wallpaper. This wallpaper is woven on a special tool called a Jacquard loom, allowing intricate and detailed patterns to be created. Its raised textures give it a luxurious look and add depth and sophistication to a bedroom.
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Bedroom Wallpaper with Delicate Botanicals
Create a charming bedroom scheme with delicate botanical wallpaper in a soft color palette. This wallpaper's gentle hues and elegant floral motifs evoke a soothing and comforting ambiance.
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Mix Old and New
Elevate a contemporary bedroom with the traditional elegance of damask wallpaper, an ornate pattern featuring elaborate symmetrical floral motifs. Typically, the pattern combines matte and shiny finishes, giving the wallpaper a textured, dimensional finish that brings depth to the space and adds a touch of sophistication to a bedroom.
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Banana Leaf Bedroom Wallpaper
This bold banana leaf print in gray and pink perfectly sets the tone for a boho-inspired girl’s bedroom. Complete the look with a rattan bed, pink beaded chandelier, and a couple of quirky brass sconces for an eclectic, playful, yet sophisticated look.
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High-Shine Metallic Wallpaper
Create a dazzling feature wall with a shimmering metallic wallpaper. The high-shine finish brings a sense of luxury and glamour to the bedroom and bounces light around the space, creating a bright and airy feel.
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Jungle Mural Accent Wall
Dream of a faraway land with a dense jungle mural. Create a large feature wall behind your bed or break the design up by hanging the wallpaper in large panels. Consider hanging the wallcovering in arched shapes for added depth and interest.
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Charm with Florals
A chinoiserie wallpaper design brings your bedroom a sense of timeless exoticism and luxury. The intricate design celebrates the beauty of nature, blending the outdoors and indoors with a sense of whimsy and charm. Paint the skirting in a matching accent color to celebrate the rich color palette of the wallpaper and draw attention to the space's architecture.
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Tropical Prints
Bold leaf-print wallpaper makes every day feel like a holiday. It's the perfect feature for a tropical bedroom scheme, especially when paired with other exotic accents, like these playful pineapple sconces, rattan rugs, palm leaf ceiling fans, and a vintage travel trunk-turned-bedside table!
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Monochrome Wallpaper Design
Classic meets modern with this 21st-century interpretation of a classic 17th-century damask featuring enchanting flora and fauna silhouettes. The high-contrast black-and-white tones demand attention and define the room's focal point.
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Geometric Bedroom Wallpaper
Jazz up your guest bedroom with a punchy geometric wallpaper. Bold and busy patterns like this one work best as a feature wall in a contemporary bedroom, adding a dynamic focal point and creating a stylish modern retreat.
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Bedroom Ceiling Wallpaper
A statement wallpaper placed on the ceiling will bring an element of the unexpected to your bedroom decor. Introducing wallpaper to the "fifth wall" will bring color, pattern, and texture to the space and give the impression of a higher ceiling in small bedrooms.
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Classic Grass-Cloth
Grass-cloth is a timeless wallcovering choice. It brings texture and warmth to a room without being overpowering and works with various design styles, from traditional to eclectic. The classic wallpaper provides a neutral backdrop for this blue upholstered headboard without competing with its bold color and shape. Grass-cloth wallpaper works particularly well in bedrooms because of its subtle nature, the cozy feel it creates, and the layered effect it achieves.Some grass-cloth wallpapers come in comforting shades of blue, green, or gray.
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Classic Toile Wallpaper
Create a refined bedroom design with toile de Jouy wallpaper, a charming and timeless 18th-century design distinguished by its detailed patterns featuring bucolic scenes. Pair the whimsical wallpaper design with antique furnishings for an elegant and traditional bedroom.
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Floral Wallpaper Accent Wall
A delicate floral wallpaper adds a touch of sophisticated elegance to this bedroom. If you want to incorporate a botanical wallpaper but don’t want it to be overwhelming, especially when it comes to a small-scale print, consider applying it to an accent wall. This creates a focal point that’s especially effective to highlight a bed frame, artwork, or seating area. Pull colors from the wallpaper to use around the room—a blue table lamp, mint-green throw blanket, and purple accent pillow all help tie in this floral wallpaper with the rest of the room.
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Botanical Bedroom Wallpaper
A vibrant fern-print wallpaper accent wall establishes a forest theme in this stunning bedroom. If you're only using wallpaper on one accent wall, such as a wall behind a bed, pick one of the colors and repeat it on trim, floors, or the ceiling to help the accent wall feel intentional and cohesive. A leaf-print comforter and green accent pillow echo the wallpaper, while a wooden nightstand, woven headboard, leather stools, and jute runner balance the deep green color and bring in natural elements. To prevent the space from being too matchy-matchy and falling flat, incorporate accent colors, like the yellow and gray used here.
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Faux Brick Wallpaper
For a raw, industrial bedroom design, try a faux brick wallpaper feature wall. The 3-D print creates a realistic effect that adds an interesting textural dimension to the space.
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Accentuate Architectural Features
Turn awkward alcoves into a design feature with a fun wallpaper pattern. The white walls in this bedroom direct the eye to the floral alcove and window, celebrating its architectural quirks and emphasizing the playful bedroom decor.
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Travel-Inspired Bedroom Wallpaper
Tree-print wallpaper sets the tone for this global-inspired bedroom. A framed tapestry and three woven baskets emphasize a travel theme and continue a nature-inspired color palette. A bold, patterned headboard, mismatched throw pillows, and textured bed linens create a layered look that’s both interesting and cozy. Sometimes more is more, and in this case, a variety of patterns, textures, and materials are a winning combination.
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Blue and White Wallpaper
A playful blue and white leaf-print wallpaper surrounds an orange upholstered bed in this colorful bedroom. The two complementary colors give this room an energetic, eclectic feel. If you’re thinking about installing wallpaper but want to cut down on cost, try using it on an accent wall. Paint the rest of the walls the same color as its dominant shade for the appearance that you’ve wallpapered more than just that one wall. It’s a clever trick of the trade that will save you time and money without sacrificing style.
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Marble-Inspired Bedroom Wallpaper
Bring a sense of elegance and grandeur to your bedroom with a marble print wallpaper. The subtle tones and shading celebrate the beauty of the natural stone and create a luxurious statement.
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Paisley Print Bedroom Wallpaper
For a bold yet joyous bedroom, opt for stunning paisley wallpaper. A print with Persian roots and Indian influence, the pattern is favored for its vibrant colors and intricate design. It is sure to make a statement and elevate the overall design of the space.
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Textured Grass-Cloth Wallpaper
Grass-cloth wallpaper brings a natural textured element to the walls, adding more visual interest and depth to a bedroom than paint, but without the business of pattern. The delicate texture is also a great way to hide imperfections on the walls and helps create a cozy and inviting atmosphere desired in a bedroom.
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Mural-Style Bedroom Wallpaper
Bring the outside in with a climbing ivy mural and decorative accessories featuring subtle floral motifs. The fresh, minty green palette in this bedroom conjures the quiet serenity of a secret garden, perfect for a moment of reflection and relaxation.
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Scallop Motifs
A scalloped wallpaper design brightens a contemporary bedroom with color and whimsy. Emulate the scallop pattern around the room with scalloped detailing on a rug, comforter, or nightstand.
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Tropical Bedroom Wallpaper
Dream up your next big adventure with a tropical frond wallpaper to complement decor collected from travels. In this bedroom, the verdant pattern elevates the colorful Peruvian blankets, and the rattan and timber textures further enhance the tropical theme.
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Eclectic Bedroom Wallpaper
This blurry zigzag design is a modern interpretation of the traditional Bargello flame stitch, bringing texture, warmth, and interest to the space. The black, yellow, and brass furnishings accentuate the wallpaper design, creating a cohesive and stylish bedroom scheme.
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Monochrome Print Wallpaper
This delicately detailed etching of tempestuous, rolling skies creates a dynamic bedroom scheme that brings a similar sense of comfort—reminiscent of being cozy on a stormy night. Cut through a monochrome print by adding color with a bold headboard and bedding.
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Monochromatic Blue and White Bedroom
This traditional bedroom features a blue and white wallpaper with a small-scale floral pattern that establishes a monochromatic color scheme and serves as a backdrop for a stately royal-blue upholstered bed. When using a busy wallpaper, balance it with large doses of solid color—crisp white bedding and a tall headboard give the eye a resting spot and allow the patterned wallpaper to truly shine.
And don’t be afraid to mix and match patterns for an elevated, designer-style look. An oversize lumbar pillow features the same print as the wallpaper and contrasts the patterns on the nightstands, wall sconces, and accent chair for added visual interest.
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Mural Wallpaper
A scenic mural wallpaper gives this elegant bedroom a dreamy, grown-up fairytale-like quality. It’s the definition of timeless sophistication and suits traditional furnishings. The soft blue background, wispy taupe-and-white trees, and sweet birds bring a playful elegance, perfect for this neutral bedroom with pastel accents. The organic shape of the trees draws the eyes up to the ceiling, making the room feel bigger and highlighting a glass chandelier.
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Neutral Patterned Wallpaper
A neutral diamond-print wallpaper is an elegant focal point in this serene bedroom. A solid white headboard breaks up the geometric pattern while a large area rug echoes the wallpaper's design. Brown and beige tones in the wallpaper are carried throughout the rest of the room in the layered bedding, solid curtain panels, and flooring. But neutrals don’t have to be boring. In fact, they can look incredibly sophisticated and luxurious when done right.
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Kids' Bedroom Wallpaper
A saturated red and orange floral wallpaper injects an energetic dose of color into this kids’ bedroom. It’s a bold yet elegant choice that creates the perfect backdrop for two vintage-style brass beds, a distressed wood toy chest, and a small nightstand with a sweet pleated table lamp. When using saturated color, balance it out with white bedding and window treatments, then add pops of the same color throughout the space to tie it in. Orange stripes on the area rug and touches of red and orange in the throw pillows are a visual nod to the wallpaper and continue the color scheme.
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Wallpaper as Art
Wallpaper can also serve as artwork. Map-theme wallpaper sets the scene in this eclectic bedroom, providing a subtle backdrop for a bold Greek key headboard. Serene blues, whites, and tans paired with the large-scale maps to give this bedroom a relaxed vacation feel. A low nightstand and a glass table lamp don’t obstruct the wallpaper, and a brown sisal area rug with a navy border helps ground the space. Every accent in the bedroom ties in the maps visually and thematically, from the blue accent pillows and throw blanket to the brass sailboat on the nightstand.
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Lattice Bedroom Wallpaper
Blue lattice wallpaper is an elegant choice in this kids’ bedroom. It adds just enough color and pattern to feel playful but is elevated enough to grow with your kids. The turquoise from the lattice is echoed through a Moroccan pouf, plush chair, and bell-shaped lampshade. Purple Ikat-style bedding and window treatments add a touch of pastel color and an additional layer of pattern.
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Bold Geometric Wallpaper
A bold geometric wallpaper lends a clean, modern accent to this bedroom. Its straight lines and cool colors make a striking statement. Only using wallpaper on the top half of the walls breaks up the large-scale pattern to avoid looking too busy. Create stunning contrast by pairing geometric and organic patterns, such as this bedroom's wood mirror. Pairing a large-scale wallpaper print with a smaller pattern, like the one on the comforter, is another great way to add dimension.
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Calming Neutral Wallpaper
To create a serene bedroom, stick to a minimal color palette and use soft neutrals that promote relaxation. In this space, neutral brushstroke wallpaper frames a large window and helps highlight a vintage-style bed. The organic print helps break up solid white curtain panels, a white comforter, and neutral bedding. The soft beige color repeats in the nightstands, throw pillows, and area rug.
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Patterned Blue Wallpaper
Use texture and pattern to add interest to a tone-on-tone bedroom and the result will be a high-end space with some serious designer flair. Here, deep blue bedding and a natural wood headboard anchors the bed against the blue and white floral wallpaper.