Living room wallpaper inspiration from the House & Garden archive
Living room wallpaper is a surefire way to add visual interest to the room, whether your preferences are for bold, graphic lines or soft, delicate patterns, sleek luxury fabrics or whimsical hand-painted murals. The larger spaces of a living room can be a bit of an intimidating place to start with wallpaper, but don't be nervous! We've collected some examples of living room wallpaper, both traditional and modern, colourful and monochrome, to convince you that the heart of your home is the perfect place to get papering.
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Living room wallpaper inspiration
Read McKendree1/14This whole house by Henry & Co is centred around a shared love of fabrics and wallpapers and Jean Monro's iconic ‘Hollyhock’ sets the tone in the sunroom.
Paul Massey3/14In the airy sitting room of a photographer's Chelsea maisonette, Sanderson's 'Manila' wallpaper makes for a cheerful backdrop to a selection of prints.
Paul Massey5/14In the snug at Rita Konig's County Durham farmhouse, curtains in Claremont's 'Straub Twill' in celery complement Twigs' 'Arbor Day' wallpaper in off-white from Simon Playle.
Mel Yates7/14The drawing room of this Hampshire vicarage designed by Max Rollitt has walls are lined in Adam Calkin's 'Chateau' wallpaper from Lewis & Wood.
Michael Sinclair9/14A rich, deeply coloured sitting room in a Victorian house in north London, decorated by Rachel Chudley, has a background of ‘Verdure’ wallpaper in tapestry green by Melissa White for Zoffany.
11/14Artist and maker Bridie Hall has made her mark on her Victorian house in north London with eclectic collections of antique finds and her own eye-catching works set against bold blocks of colour. This sitting area has been papered in an enlarged vintage map of London.
Romain Ricard13/14At Pierre Frey's country house in Normandy, the scenery of the Côte d’Azur depicted in his family company's ‘L’Esterel’ wallpaper creates a backdrop on one wall for the sofa.
