Don’t Underestimate Wallpaper in This Spot, According to Designers
Whether you just signed the mortgage on a new house or are moving into a rental that allows peel-and-stick, wallpaper can make a space feel more personal.
Wallpaper looks great in many spots — above the backsplash, in the hallway, and in the living room, for example — but there’s one spot interior designers Savannah and Kaitlyn Stone recommend placing a panel or two in particular: a slanted wall. It’s more than just a fun furnishing; it’s one of their favorite ways to conceal odd angles in a room, per their recent Instagram video.
“This helps the angles blend together and helps bring the eye up giving the illusion of a teller ceiling,” the video caption explains.
Why You Should Use Wallpaper on a Slanted Wall
"We suggest a wallpaper with a bold print and a variation in color as this tends to hide the angles well,” Kaitlyn says. A bold, vertical print can help elongate the wall, for example, or a wider print can help a wall feel wider. (In other words, the rooms will look less crunched and disjointed, whichever way you wish you could “stretch” your wall.)
Savannah and Kaitlyn recently employed this technique in a bathroom renovation they worked on for a client. "This bathroom was about 30 square feet and was under the stairs on the first floor, which is the reason for all the angles," Savannah explains. The vibrant blue wallpaper she and Kaitlyn selected for their client is a pasted-on pick, but peel-and-stick would work just fine, too.
How to Pick the Perfect Wallpaper for a Slanted Wall
If you're looking to try out this trick at home, the Stones have some advice for how to make it work in your space: When it comes to choosing a wallpaper, you don't need to pick one with a dark color per se, but the print should be somewhat busy, with organic shapes. "We'd stay away from patterns that are vertical or horizontal lines," Savannah says, as these are hard to line up even on a straight wall. "Those patterns are less forgiving," she adds.
Currently, Savannah and Kaitlyn are really loving this Schumacher dragon print they’re using in a powder room project and this Milton and King crane wallpaper from a project they completed last year. For the AT editors’ current favorite peel-and-stick options, check out these options from JCampell.design, Happywall and Scott Living.