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Statement wallpapers like these will take your bedroom from drab to fab in a matter of minutes. Using bedroom wallpaper is a means of expression and storytelling, and it can serve as a window into the life of the person living inside. One’s bedroom is a unique place, one where that person can fully express themselves through the colors and patterns they use. Bedroom wallpaper can bring energy to a room or instill a sense of relaxation. Bright, colorful walls signal a fun, energetic, and outgoing vibe, while monotone bedroom wallpapers signal a more serious or focused energy. From mountain ridge painted paper for the avid mountain climber to the sweet pink florals that are perfect for a princess-inspired kids' room, you’re sure to find a bedroom wallpaper idea that falls in line with your internal style. Read on for our favorite designer-inspired bedroom wallpapers.
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Blue Maximalism
In this Manhattan bedroom, designer Emily Eerdmans creates an explosion of blue and white, from the wallpaper and pillows to the curtains and bedspread. The room is filled with plenty of tonal pattern play, and the bedroom wallpaper is reminiscent of blue delphiniums (flowers often found in cottage gardens).
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Candy Cane Reds and Whites
Designer Alessandra Branca used a red, white, and blue color scheme to conjure a nostalgic feeling of Americana. The bright red wallpaper design brings action and excitement to the room and plays nicely with the red and cream striped headboard below.
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Polka Dot Paradise
In this bedroom by designer Ken Fulk, classic black and white polka dot wallpaper (Hinson) acts as a neutral while adding subtle background interest. The room is decorated with two rattan beds (Serena & Lily) that are perfect for this rustic home located in California's wine region of Sonoma.
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Blue Lagoon
In this Manhattan apartment's primary bedroom designed by Chiqui Woolworth, a cloud-like blue pattern from Quadrille is deployed with gusto and covers the walls, headboard, curtains, pillows, stools, and bedspread.
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Classic Chevron
Designer Ken Fulk uses neutral colors in this calming California bedroom. The classic tan chevron pattern of the wallpaper behind the gilded, branch-like bed adds to the natural glam of this room and brings a sense of quiet sophistication.
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Princess Kingdom
This beautiful pink bedroom designed by Cece Barfield Thompson is the ultimate princess-inspired space. The cream-colored wallpaper (Farrow and Ball) features subdued accent flowers and is paralleled by the richer pink of the headboards and canopies below. The double beds in this room are perfect for siblings or a weekend sleepover.
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Subdued Blues
In this Florida house, the blue and white color palate harkens back to the colors of the ocean and sand nearby. This bedroom, designed by Alessandra Branca, proves to be no different, with soft blues and creamy whites that create a calming aura.
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The Prince of Chintz's Florals of Choice
The Prince of Chintz, Mario Buatta, designed this Palm Beach bedroom with a bright green floral wallpaper that makes the room exciting and colorful. As one source says "The Gracie wallpaper brings the room to life."
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Simple Sophisticated Serenity
On Manhattan's Upper East Side, Ashley Whittaker designed a primary bedroom that is both simple and sophisticated. The walls are covered in a Philip Jeffries hemp, adding texture to the monotone walls.
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Poppy Poolhouse Patterns
This fun blue patterned wallpaper hangs in the poolhouse guest bedroom of Connecticut house designed by David Netto, adding a cheery detail to an otherwise plain room.
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Seafoam Oasis
In the primary bedroom of this Florida retreat, designer Summer Thornton created a lush oasis with a Gracie painted wallpaper and lemon yellow curtains. Linen panels (Raoul Textiles) drape an iron-and-walnut bed (S&L Designs). Sofa trim, Samuel & Sons
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Cabana-Striped Bunks
Tented striped wallpaper (Farrow & Ball) transforms a space over the garage at this Florida family retreat designed by Summer Thornton into a cabana-style guest quarters.
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Serene Scene
In the primary bedroom of this New York home designed by Carrier and Company, a pale geometric wallpaper lends subtle pattern to a soft design scheme. Matouk linens dress an upholstered winged bed (fabric, Fermoie) with a painted wood frame. Sofa, Lee Industries
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Chinoiserie Chic
In the primary bedroom of this Connecticut house designed by Miles Redd, a painted “bookcase” cleverly hides a television that rises from within. “The owner loves portraits, and I think they look sensational on the chinoiserie wallpaper,” says Redd of the pair of fancy-dress French School paintings.
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Tucked In with Tufts
At this Connecticut house designed by Miles Redd, Rose Cumming’s tufted trompe l’oeil wallpaper lines a guest room.
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Western Exposure
In this Dallas home designed by Meredith McBrearty, a shimmering collage wallcovering (Fromental) in the primary bedroom references the mountain ridges of Southern California. Mixed media painting, Andrée B. Carter
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Classic Black and White
In the primary bedroom of textile designer Richard Smith's English manor home, the wallpaper was inspired by a Japanese screen, and the charcoal stripe is a handwoven linen silk fabric. (Both are Madeaux.)
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Romantic Sepia
Textile designer Richard Smith loves to harness the power of sepia, especially in a bedroom. "I’ve always loved the palette’s simple beauty," he says. "And the red drapery pelmets add a bit of humor.”
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Paneled Paper
In this Low Country home designed by Beth Webb, a cozy guest nook—one of three bedrooms tucked on the second floor—reveals the soft swoop of the roof clad with a faux-bois wallcovering (Nobilis). “It’s like sleeping under a tent, which is fitting out in the country,” says architect Peter Block. Sconce and fan, Circa Lighting
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Dark Romance
In the guest room of this California home designed by Ken Fulk, floral wallpaper with a black ground infuses the room a surprisingly serene vibe. The bed is upholstered in motorcycle leather and trimmed with aged brass nailheads (Ralph Lauren). Nineteen-fifties armchair, Lawrence Peabody
Sarah DiMarco
Associate Editor
Sarah DiMarco (she/her) is the associate editor at VERANDA, covering all things design, architecture, art, gardens, jewelry, travel, wine and spirits. She also manages social media for the brand.
