Moroccan Wallpaper

What Moroccan Wallpaper Is

Moroccan wallpaper is a wall covering built on North African tile work, arches and carved plaster. Think locking stars, quatrefoils and trellis shapes. Ordered, but never plain.

Giffywalls prints every mural to the exact size of your wall. We print this style for halls, bathrooms and dining rooms most of all. Buyers worry it will feel busy. It rarely does. The shapes are so regular that the eye settles fast.

Why the Pattern Works So Well

These designs are built on a strict repeat. That is the secret. Every shape locks into the next one. A pattern that repeats cleanly reads as calm, even with a lot going on.

Depth is the other strength. Real tile has grout lines, shadow and slight shifts in tone. A good print keeps all of it. The wall looks like a surface, not a flat image.

Where It Works Best

Bathrooms and Powder Rooms

This is the natural home for it. Tile belongs in a wet room. A small space also suits a bold repeat. Pair it with white basins and warm brass. A powder room taken floor to ceiling looks far grander than the work involved.

Hallways and Entryways

A long hall suits a tile print. The repeat carries your eye forward. It also stands up to scuffs better than a plain wall does. Add a runner rug and one warm wall light.

Kitchens and Dining Rooms

Run a tile print behind open shelves. The kitchen gets a point of view at once. In a dining room, a deeper shade looks rich under lamps at night.

Styles in This Collection

You will find zellige tile repeats, carved plaster effects, arches, star shapes and softer boho wallpaper versions in faded tones. Some sit close to sharp geometric wallpaper. Others belong beside ornate damask wallpaper. Want it quiet? Take a faded clay on cream. Want drama? Take deep indigo and gold.

Arches and Doorway Shapes

Not every design here is a tile print. Some use the arch instead, drawn as a soft outline or a solid painted shape. An arch behind a bed frames it like a headboard. Two arches side by side make a plain hall look designed. Keep the colors flat and simple for this one.

Colors to Build Around

A Moroccan palette is easy to build a room around. Clay, ochre, indigo, jade and warm white are the core of it. Add aged brass, dark wood, rattan and lots of texture. Matt paint suits the other walls. Skip cold gray. It fights the warmth in all of these tones.

Getting the Scale Right

Scale decides how loud the room feels. A small repeat reads as texture from across the room. It suits a big wall. A large repeat turns into a graphic. That works best in a small space. Got a wall cut up by doors and shelves? Go smaller. Half a star in a corner is the one thing that spoils this look.

Using It With Real Tile

Here is a tip from our print team, because this comes up a lot. Do not run tile wallpaper right beside real tile in the same room. The two never match. Your eye goes straight to the join. Use the paper on a separate wall instead. Or keep the real tile plain and white.

Sizing, Finish and Fitting

Send us the width and height of your wall. We scale the artwork to match. The pattern then lands cleanly at the corners, which is very visible on a print this strict. Choose peel and stick for a removable wallpaper finish that lifts off without taking the paint. Choose paste-the-wall for a room you plan to keep. Panels arrive numbered with hanging notes. Shipping is free on every order.