Three Spots We Plan To Wallpaper In Our New Home

We’re getting to the final stages of our house buying process. The paperwork is in, the mortgage has been accepted and the solicitors are just doing their thing. So we’ve started to think about what we’re going to do when we get the keys. For us, we’re in a privileged position to still be able to live at home while we do the renovations/ work which means we can move in when it’s pretty much done. Luke is thinking about the bigger things like wiring, plumbing and sockets. But I’m thinking about cosmetic work like wallpaper in our new home, or colours for the room. I have so many Pinterest boards for interiors ideas it’s getting a little out of control.

In my old flat, I had some feature wallpaper in the two bedrooms but it wasn’t anything exciting. I just popped to B&Q and picked from there, I just needed something against the otherwise white walls. So for the wallpaper in our new home, we want to think a bit more about it. We love the idea of shabby chic wallpapers or something with a really good pattern. There are three areas of the house we plan to add wallpaper so I thought I’d run through our choices.

Wallpaper in our new home – Room 1- Downstairs toilet

This is the only room we’re going to full wallpaper as we’re using it as our room to go a bit crazy. The downstairs toilet is just off the little porchway as you come in. And I love the idea of people walking straight in there and thinking that it looks a bit mad. But then seeing the rest of the house isn’t quite like that. We’ve decided on a jungle style theme with a black heated radiator/ towel rail and brushed gold fittings. I got a monkey toilet roll holder and toilet roll ring which I love. And we’re planning to put some animal-inspired artwork up as well.

So to go with the jungle theme we’re thinking of some sort of palm or leaf print. The one above is called Vale and is a banana leaf pattern which is so pretty with the different shades of green. And against the brushed gold in the room, this will really stand out.

Wallpaper in our new home- Room 2- Master bedroom

Now the master bedroom is the main one we haven’t 100% decided on a theme for. Now in our master bedroom, there won’t be too much wallpaper as the room has fitted wardrobes and cupboards all around the bed. So it will only be a small area behind our bed and bedside tables which will need wallpaper.

We love the idea of some shade of purple as it’s a colour we both love and one of the ones I really love is Ebru which is above. It’s a bit more of a bluey purple than a straight out purple but I love the pattern. As the wardrobes are white (at the moment) this will contrast really well as the wallpaper in our new home bedroom.

Wallpaper in our new home- Room 3- Spare bedroom

When we were discussing colours for our new home a while back we both agreed we’d love some yellow. But when we went room by room certain rooms didn’t feel right for yellow. So we decided on it being the colour in the spare bedroom. At the moment we’re not 100% sure on whether to go bright or mustard yellow. But I can’t stop thinking of the bright bird printed paper above called Audrey.

The wallpaper will be behind the bed so we don’t have to worry about going too bright and it being a hindrance when people are trying to sleep. But we do love the idea of it being bright, fresh and standing out and this is definitely that. The biggest thing will be whether we have the balls to go for something as eye-catching as this. But I’m sure once we’re in the space and spending more time we’ll work out if this is the right wallpaper for our new home.

Do you like wallpaper? Do you have any in your current home?