The Best Wallpaper for a Bedroom: A Simple Buyer's Guide
What Makes a Wallpaper Right for a Bedroom
Not every wallpaper belongs in a bedroom. The best ones share a few qualities: they feel calm to live with, they flatter soft, low light, and they're made from materials you're happy to sleep beside night after night. Get those right and a bedroom wallpaper becomes something you love for years. Here's what to look for when you're choosing.
At Claret & Key, every design is drawn in-house and printed to order in your chosen colour way, so you can choose a look you love and know it's made especially for you in our Cheshire studio.
Choose a design you'll want to wake up to
A bedroom is for rest, so the best designs tend to be calming rather than busy. Soft florals, botanicals and meadows bring gentle, nature-led serenity. Fine stripes and subtle damasks feel considered and quiet. And if you love drama, a deep, moody design turns a bedroom into a cocooning retreat rather than an energising one. The key is choosing something that soothes rather than stimulates.
Think about the finish
The finish matters as much as the design. Our Traditional paper (150gsm, super-matte) is the classic bedroom choice — refined, with no distracting sheen. Heavy-Grade (300gsm) adds a subtle, tactile texture. And Removable peel-and-stick (180gsm) is ideal for renters or anyone who likes to restyle, giving you the same design with none of the commitment. A super-matte finish is especially flattering in a bedroom, where soft lighting is kindest to a calm, non-reflective surface.
Look for materials you can sleep beside
A bedroom is a room you breathe in for eight hours a night, so materials count. All our wallpaper is FSC-approved, PVC-free and VOC-free, which means it's free from the volatile compounds that can affect air quality — safe and sound for the room you sleep in, and for nurseries and children's rooms too.
Make it truly yours
The best bedroom wallpaper is the one that's right for you — your design, your colour, your room. Because we print to order, nothing is off the shelf: you choose the shade to suit your light and your scheme, and it's made especially for you.
Order a sample and live with it in your bedroom for a few days, by day and by lamplight, before you decide.
Frequently Asked Questions About Choosing Bedroom Wallpaper
What is the best wallpaper for a bedroom?
The best bedroom wallpaper is calming rather than busy, flattering in soft light, and made from safe materials. Soft florals, botanicals, meadows, fine stripes and subtle damasks all suit a bedroom, as do deep, cocooning designs for a more dramatic retreat.
What finish of wallpaper is best for a bedroom?
A super-matte finish is especially flattering in a bedroom, where soft lighting is kindest to a calm, non-reflective surface. Our Traditional paper is the classic choice; Heavy-Grade adds subtle texture; and Removable peel-and-stick suits renters.
Is wallpaper safe to use in a bedroom?
Yes — our wallpaper is FSC-approved, PVC-free and VOC-free, so it's free from the volatile compounds that can affect air quality. That makes it safe and sound for the room you sleep in, and for nurseries too.
Can I get the wallpaper made in my own colour?
Yes — every design is printed to order in your chosen colour way, so you can match it to your light and your scheme, 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!
