Decorating with Bold Wallpaper
Hello again! Dawn here, from AD Aesthetic, and I’m back with another mood board for your decoration inspiration. This month, I’m excited to take on a mood board using a fun, bold wallpaper. Decorating with wallpaper, especially bold patterned wallpaper, can be a challenge. It can easily overpower a space and make everything feel busy and crowded. Read on for my tips on how to avoid the pitfalls and design a space you’ll love!
Bold Wallpaper Inspiration
Before we dive in, let’s take a look at some of the amazing inspiration photos I found while browsing around the web:
Don’t you just love how wallpaper can completely change a room? It’s so inspiring, and with that inspo, here’s what I cam up with for my own bold wallpaper decor:
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Removable Wallpaper | Sofa (in Notion Thunderbird) | Rug
Baskets | Plant | Pink Lumbar Pillow
Pink Pillow | Bookcase | Pendant Light
Working with colorful cabinetry can seem intimidating, and going bold is definitely not for the faint of heart! Here are some tips on working with bold color if these designs are up your alley.
Tips for Decorating with Bold Wallpaper
Let it shine
My biggest tip for decorating with bold wallpaper is to let the wallpaper be the star of the show. Glancing through the inspiration photos, you can see how the decor of each space builds off of the wallpaper, rather than adding it in as a last minute decoration.
Accent
Another tip to steal from the inspiration shots is to pull your color scheme from the wallpaper design. While you don’t want to go overboard trying to match your decor to the paper, the room will look much more cohesive if there are a few accents here and there with selected colors from the design. Check out the green chair paired with the cactus paper, or the bold blue vanity next to that floral wallpaper. Those little accents of color in the room really make the wallpaper pop.
Neutrals are your friend
My final tip for working with bold wallpaper is to keep the color in the rest of the space fairly neutral (aside from the afore mentioned accent pieces, of course). Keeping the majority of the main decor neutral in color lets the wallpaper stand out in the visual hierarchy, and keeps the room from feeling overwhelming and crowded.
So there you have it. What are your thoughts on bold wallpaper in decor? Are you a fan, or is it a bit much for your taste?
As always, thank you to Cassity and the Remodelaholic team for having me back each month. I’d love for you to visit me over on my site, ADaesthetic.com, or follow me on Facebook, Pinterest, or Instagram for more updates and inspiration. Have a great day, friends!
-Dawn
More beautiful bold wall paper inspiration:
From one of our favorite Fixer Upper living rooms — see more tips here
Wallpaper can be a star in a small powder room, too!
Use fabric to wallpaper a room
Or, if you’ve found a perfect bold wallpaper but want to use it on a smaller scale:
Use wallpaper as a backsplash, featured here
or put removable wallpaper on dresser drawer fronts for a quick and easy makeover
Dawn is one half of the team behind the creative blog, AD Aesthetic. By day she works as the VP of Creative for a design and marketing company (getting paid to make things look good!), while by night she renovates her Midwest home, refinishes thrift-store furniture for fun, and works with her husband on raising two tiny humans. Dawn believes in the potential to design your surroundings and your life one day at a time, and lives by the motto, 'Make everything beautiful.' Get to know her better by visiting her blog, ADaesthetic.com, or following along on Facebook and Instagram.
These spaces are perfect in each room. I love them all. Thank you.