Wallpaper for the Kitchen: Five Looks to Warm Up the Heart of the Home
A Kitchen With Real Warmth
A kitchen with wallpaper feels different — warmer, more personal, more like a room than a set of units. Whether your style is country charm or something fresher and more modern, the right design turns the busiest room in the house into its most welcoming. Here are five kitchen looks to inspire you, each one easy to make your own, because every design is printed to order in the colour way you choose.
At Claret & Key, every design is drawn in-house and made especially for you in our Cheshire studio, so any look here can be yours, in your shade.
The country kitchen
Nothing warms a kitchen like a soft floral or a wildflower meadow. Above a dresser or in a dining end, a gentle floral brings a cosy, timeless, farmhouse feel — the kitchen as the heart of a well-loved home. Keep it soft and tonal for elegance, or a little bolder for character.
The fresh gingham kitchen
A gingham or check is a kitchen classic — crisp, cheerful and endlessly homely. In a fresh blue and white it feels breezy and coastal; in a soft green or warm red it feels country and welcoming. It's the pattern that makes a breakfast nook feel like the nicest seat in the house.
The orchard kitchen
Fruit designs and the kitchen were made for each other. Cherries, pears, strawberries or a proud pineapple bring an appetising, characterful cheer that suits the room perfectly. It's a playful, characterful look with a lovely sense of the table and the harvest.
The botanical kitchen
For something fresh and calm, a botanical or leafy design brings the garden indoors. Greenery feels clean and natural against pale cabinetry, and lifts a kitchen with a bright, restful energy. It's a modern, considered take on kitchen pattern.
The heritage kitchen
For a kitchen with a sense of history, a classic stripe, a subtle damask or a heritage design brings a settled, gracious character. It's the look of an established home, considered and calm, and beautiful in a period property.
Making your look your own
Whichever look you love, it's yours to tailor: your colour way, your scale, your finish. For busy kitchen walls, our hard-wearing, wipeable Heavy-Grade paper is the sensible choice; all our finishes are printed to order on FSC-approved, PVC- and VOC-free paper.
Order a sample and see your chosen look against your cabinets before you commit.
Frequently Asked Questions About Styling Kitchen Wallpaper
What are the best kitchen wallpaper looks?
Some of the loveliest are the country kitchen floral, the fresh gingham kitchen, the orchard fruit kitchen, the botanical kitchen and the heritage kitchen. Each brings warmth and character to the busiest room in the house.
What wallpaper suits a country kitchen?
A soft floral, a wildflower meadow or a gingham check all bring that cosy, farmhouse warmth. Fruit and orchard designs suit a country kitchen beautifully too, with their appetising, homely charm.
Is wallpaper practical in a kitchen?
Yes, if you choose the right walls and finish. Keep it away from directly behind the hob and sink, and choose our hard-wearing, wipeable Heavy-Grade paper for busy areas. Dining ends, nooks and pantries are ideal spots.
Can I get any of these kitchen looks in my own colour?
Yes — every design is printed to order in your chosen colour way and scale, so any look can be matched to your cabinetry and worktops, made especially for you.
I love how everything turned out and the price point was great. It was a bit challenging to piece together. Being from the USA, it was kind of a challenge to convert all the measurements to figure out how many rolls I needed and then where to cut the rolls to line up the images based on the design repetition. Luckily, I had plenty of wallpaper to work with on the roll.
Absolutely beautiful design and texture. Got the heavy duty wallpaper and put it up without any previous wallpaper experience and it went up very easily and beautifully. Definitely recommend.
Extremely helpful and supportive when I needed advice on measurements, with fast delivery too. The quality of the wallpaper is excellent, and I’m really pleased with the overall service. Highly recommended!
Gorgeous wallpaper, but the measuring option on the website left us short by 1 roll. Had to order another one but when it came the colour match was perfect. Thankfully I wasn’t paying for a decorator, otherwise would have been disappointed in having to pay for them to return. Otherwise great quality wallpaper and design compared to other similar products available.
First purchase from claret and key and truly impressed. Beautiful quality wallpaper. Pretty yet not too fussy. Easy to hang, cut and match. Would work in any room
Good tracking and delivery service too.
Definitely recommend and would reuse for future projects.
Everything went really good. Apart from the quality of the wallpaper which is fantastic, the staff were exemplary in their communications, friendliness and professionalism. They really did go the extra mile to help me.
A great experience all round.
Thank you.
Patrick
Lovely pattern and paper quality.
However, I wish that I had paid more attention to the roll width measurement.
For some strange reason your paper is narrower than a standard roll. This caused me a great deal of problems when papering my lobby, a small area but that made it more difficult because I was left with a narrow space to fill on 3 walls with a very long drop.
Although I love the paper I probably wouldn't use it again just for this reason.
Why you would produce paper not of a standard width is for you to know and me to wonder but it has made my small project very difficult.
Used this paper to make a dark study cosier. Absolutely loved the colour - the background is a perfect match to our existing panelling painted in Farrow and Ball Old White. First time using paste the wall and it was a revelation so easy and much less mess. Quality of the paper is great but noted the rolls are slightly narrower than most wallpapers. Loved the pattern match which meant little waste what we had left we used to recover some old box files which was easy. I thoroughly recommend.
Great quality wallpaper! The print is beautiful, the wallpaper is thick, and fairly easy to install. Our small area took about an hour and a half because we had a lot of of awkward cuts.
Will definitely be using this brand again!
The paper was just hung and we are thrilled.
The quality of the paper, ease of working with it, (per the paper hangers), your customer service, all were exceptional. We will be ordering again. Thank you!!
Fabulous wallpaper and excellent customer service. This Bronte wallpaper has given my kitchen a new lease of life. Will definitely buy from here again.
