Velvet Wallpaper

What Velvet Wallpaper Is

Velvet wallpaper is a wall covering printed to look like soft, deep-pile fabric. You get the shading, the light and dark folds and the rich color of velvet, in a flat wall finish.

Giffywalls prints every design to the exact size of your wall. Our team prints these daily. The shades that leave the studio most often are deep emerald, navy and plum, and they almost always go behind a bed.

Why the Look Works

Real velvet plays with light. It looks darker one way and brighter the other. Good velvet-effect artwork keeps that shading, so the wall reads soft rather than flat. It gives a room depth without a busy pattern. That is a rare combination, and it is why the look sits so well with our luxurious wallpaper range.

Where to Use It

Bedrooms

Behind the bed is the natural home. A deep, soft wall makes a headboard look expensive. Our bedroom wallpaper range has more designs in the same mood.

Dining Rooms

This look comes alive under lamps and candles. A dining room used at night is the perfect room for it.

Powder Rooms and Bars

A small room can take the deepest color. Wrap all four walls and it feels like a jewel box.

Plain, Panel or Pattern

There are three routes here. A plain velvet-effect wall reads as pure texture and lets your furniture lead. A panel design draws soft rectangles on the wall, which suits a formal dining room or a headboard wall. A patterned version puts a damask or a floral over the velvet ground, and that is the boldest of the three. Our damask wallpaper range covers that end in more detail.

Colors and How They Read

Deep colors carry this look best. Emerald and forest green feel classic. Navy and midnight blue feel calm. Plum, wine and burgundy feel warm and old world. Charcoal and black are the sharpest. Blush, camel and soft gold are the gentler options, and they suit a bedroom that still needs to feel light. Whatever you pick, go one shade deeper than feels safe. Velvet tones lose depth once they are up on a big wall.

Light Is Half the Job

This is the part people skip. A velvet-effect wall needs warm, low light to look its best. Lamps, wall lights and candles bring out the shading. A single bright ceiling light flattens it completely. If the room only has a downlight, add a lamp before you choose the deepest shade.

What to Pair It With

Brass and aged gold glow against deep color. Dark wood keeps it grounded. Cream and oatmeal bedding stops a rich wall from feeling heavy. Marble, glass and matte black all belong. Our textured wallpaper range has other soft finishes if you like the depth but want something quieter.

How Many Walls to Cover

One wall is the usual call in a bedroom. Put it behind the bed and leave the rest plain. A small room is the exception. A powder room, a bar or a snug can take all four walls, and the depth is the whole point there. In a big room, one wall plus warm lamps does more than four walls ever would.

Sizing, Finish and Fitting

Send us the width and height of your wall. We scale the artwork to match, so the folds and the shading run true from floor to ceiling. Here is a tip for this style. A soft, shaded print is kind to an uneven wall, because the low contrast hides small bumps in the plaster. Choose peel and stick if you want a finish that lifts off later. Choose paste the wall if the room is staying as it is. Panels arrive numbered and shipping is free.