Victorian Wallpaper

Victorian Style Wallpaper With Real Depth

Victorian wallpaper is a rich, patterned wall covering styled on grand period homes. Think damask, trailing roses and fine scroll work. The look is warm and layered. It gives a plain room instant depth. It also makes a new house feel older in the best way.

Giffywalls prints every mural to the exact size of your wall. We have printed these designs for hallways, dining rooms and small studies. The question buyers ask us most is whether the room will feel dark. The answer sits in the background shade, not in the pattern.

How to Read the Pattern First

This style is dense by nature. That is the whole point of it. Dense does not have to mean gloomy, though.

Look at the base color before anything else. A cream or oat base keeps a room light and open. A deep green, plum or navy base turns it moody. Next, look at the size of the repeat. A small repeat reads as texture from across the room. A large repeat reads as a statement. Our wider damask wallpaper range shows the same trick at work.

Where Victorian Wallpaper Works Best

Hallways and Stairs

A hallway holds very little furniture. That makes it the ideal spot for bold pattern. You walk past it rather than sit in it, so it never tires you out. Pair dark Victorian damask wallpaper with white woodwork and a plain runner.

Dining Rooms

Dinner happens at night, under soft lamps. Deep color and gold detail come alive in that light. One papered wall behind the table is usually enough. Add a mirror on the facing wall to bounce the glow back.

Bedrooms and Studies

Behind the bed, a soft floral wallpaper keeps things calm. Choose a faded Victorian floral wallpaper rather than a sharp print. In a study, a small book-room pattern flatters wood shelves and leather. It also looks good behind you on video calls.

Living Rooms

A living room is where you spend real time, so pick with care. A faded print keeps the space easy on the eye. Put it behind the sofa or above the fireplace. Leave the other three walls plain. The room then feels dressed rather than busy.

Colors and Trim to Build Around

Old paper palettes were richer than most people expect. Olive, ox blood, mustard and teal all belong here. Cream and warm white calm them down. Brass, walnut and dark oak sit well beside them. Skip cool gray trim, which drains the warmth out fast.

Paint the woodwork to match the darkest tone in the print. The wall then feels planned rather than pasted on. It is a small move with a big payoff.

Mixing Old Pattern With Modern Rooms

You do not need a period house to use this look. A plain flat can carry it well. Keep the furniture simple and let the wall lead. One heavy pattern plus clean lines is a strong pairing. Two heavy patterns fight each other. If you like the drama, our gothic wallpaper designs push it further still.

Sizing, Finish and Fitting

Send us the width and the height of your wall. We scale the artwork to match. A motif never lands half cut in a corner that way. Dense pattern has a bonus, too. It hides small bumps and old plaster far better than a flat color would.

Pick peel and stick if you rent or like to change things often. It lifts off cleanly and leaves the paint alone. Pick paste the wall for a room that is staying put. Panels arrive numbered with hanging notes in the box, and shipping is free on every order.

One last tip. Order a sample before you commit. Screens shift a deep red or green by quite a lot. Tape the sample up and look at it in the morning. Then look again after dark, under your own lamps. Old style pattern changes more than most between those two moments.