Entryway Wallpaper

Entryway Wall Murals That Set the Tone at the Door

Entryway wallpaper is a mural made for the first space you walk into. It sets the tone for the whole house in about two seconds. That is a lot of work from one small wall. Giffywalls prints each design to the exact size of your wall.

We have printed these murals for narrow city entries, wide farmhouse halls and awkward stair walls across the country. The question we hear most is whether a small space can take a bold print. It can. An entry is the one room where bold almost always wins.

Why Small Spaces Take Big Patterns

You do not sit in an entry. You pass through it. There is no time for a busy wall to wear you out. That is why designers use these spaces for their boldest choices, and why a print that would feel loud in a living room feels right here.

There is a second reason. A strong entry makes the rooms leading off it feel calm and bright by contrast. The hall does the shouting so the living room does not have to.

Where to Put the Pattern

The Wall You Face

Stand in your doorway. The wall straight ahead is the one that counts. Paper that one and you have done ninety percent of the job.

The Stair Wall

A tall wall suits a scene rather than a repeat. Trees, skies and landscapes all work. Our landscape wallpaper range is built for exactly this shape of wall.

Above the Paneling

If you have a dado rail or wainscot, paper above it and paint below. It is the neatest split there is, and it keeps the paper away from bags, shoes and wet coats.

Entryway Wallpaper Ideas for Every Kind of Hall

Some patterns just work harder here. Vertical stripes lift a low ceiling, which is why our striped wallpaper range sells so well for halls. Small geometric repeats suit a wall broken up by doors. Big botanical scenes open up a dark space. Deep moody colors make a narrow hall feel like a choice rather than a corridor.

Long, thin hall? A mural with depth in it helps. A path, an arch or a distant horizon pulls the eye forward and the space feels longer, not tighter.

Colors to Build Around

Look at what the entry connects to. You will see two or three rooms from it, so the wall has to shake hands with all of them. Pull a color out of the room you see most and use it in the mural. Warm white and cream keep things open. Deep green, navy and clay all suit a hall with little daylight. Keep the ceiling light and the floor plain. Good entryway wallpaper borrows from the rooms around it rather than starting a new scheme of its own.

Practical Points for a Busy Space

An entry takes more knocks than any other room. Bags, prams, wet dogs, shoes. Two things help. First, keep the paper above a dado or a bench line where you can. Second, choose a mid-tone or patterned design over a pale flat one. Marks show far less on a busy ground.

Our hallway wallpaper range carries the same idea down the corridor, so the two spaces can run as one.

Sizing, Finish and Fitting

Entries are rarely simple. Doors, meter boxes, stair strings and odd corners all get in the way. Send us the width and the height and we scale the artwork to match, so the pattern lands where you want it. Panels arrive numbered with hanging notes in the box. Peel and stick entryway wallpaper is the sensible pick for a rental, since it lifts off without taking the paint. Paste-the-wall suits a hall that is staying as it is. Shipping is free on every order.