Make It Feminine (Image 1 of 11)
If you want your bedroom to feel truly feminine, adding pattern – and particularly florals – is the easiest way to create a look that’s right. Choose girly shades, like ice cream colours, for best effect. Arboreta collection, Harlequin.
Tone It Down (Image 2 of 11)
If you want a scheme that’s almost girly, but would suit your other half as well, choose florals (or natural motifs), but go for a colour from the opposite end of the colour spectrum – such as pale green or soft blues. Options 10 collection, Sanderson.
Up The Scale (Image 3 of 11)
Choosing the right scale is all important. Big motifs, like these flowers, will make a room look more modern. Smaller, more detailed motifs will make the room look more traditional. The size of the motif will effect how big your room feels, too, so it’s worth experimenting with swatches before you hang the paper. Adriana wallpaper, Cambridge loose cover chair in keaton stripe, Laura Ashley.
Sophisticated Style? (Image 4 of 11)
Pattern needn’t be overly feminine – choosing one in sombre shades and with a graphic design will help the room feel more masculine, but most of all, matched with plains, quite posh. Illusion wallpaper in cocoa/gold, Graham & Brown.
Get The Period Right (Image 5 of 11)
Matching the period that the wallpaper design reflects to the age of your house is a must. Putting distinctly 1930s style wallpaper in an otherwise contemporary home might just about work, but should be done with caution and restraint. Grace 60582 from Extravagance wallpaper collection, Harlequin.
Make A Statement (Image 6 of 11)
Putting a very large graphic wallpaper behind your bed is a really fabulous alternative to a decorated or show-off headboard – but ensure you keep the bedlinen and accessories nearby plain and in toning shades so the patterns don’t fight for attention. Geo bedlinen, Betty.Jackson.Black for Debenhams.
Small Space? (Image 7 of 11)
A small bedroom needn’t be starved of pattern – if you choose one that has a light background or foreground, it can actually help make the walls seem to recede, and the room will feel like much less of a box. Inferno bed, sofa.com.
Match It? (Image 8 of 11)
If you are going for fully co-ordinated wallpaper, bedlinen and cushions, choose a very plain, very neutral and toned down look. Overdo it pattern and colour and the room will be far from the relaxing space it should be. Sonama dark bed, Breeze jacquard bedlinen, Marks & Spencer.
Florals + Stripes (Image 9 of 11)
Yes, you can match florals with stripes and checks – the key to mixing and matching pattern types is to limit the scheme to just three colours and bear in mind that the highlight colours should be neutral. Phoebe fabric, Montgomery.
Pile On The Prints (Image 10 of 11)
A range of prints are best displayed in front of a plain wall or, in this case, a headboard. Put pattern behind them and they’ll simply disappear. Pemberley Prints collection, Sanderson.
Choose One Bold Splash (Image 11 of 11)
Patterns can be used to show off your plains – simply choose one contrasting shade (in this case lime green) and put it in a couple of places around an otherwise toning room – whether on chair covers, plain cushions, a headboard or curtains. Buttons in olive cotton matt velvet, sofa.com; Hick’s Hexagon wallpaper, Cole and Son.
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