Create a Statement Cloakroom with Wow Wallpaper
Step away from the paint cards... It’s time to embrace the bold and the beautiful and give your smallest space a big personality
Don’t overlook the cloakroom in your quest for a super-stylish abode – it’s the perfect place to have some fun. Instead of tiles and paint, why not go OTT on some fabulous wallpaper? In fact, these four small walls are the ideal space to hang some brash, bold and brave designs in fantastic colours and patterns. Really, anything goes…
Double the space
If you want to make your cloakroom appear larger, choose a picturesque print of the natural world in whispery hues, such as this evocative forest, then add a large mirror to extend the image and create the illusion of space.
If you want to make your cloakroom appear larger, choose a picturesque print of the natural world in whispery hues, such as this evocative forest, then add a large mirror to extend the image and create the illusion of space.
Plump for pattern
Geometric wallpaper is busy and powerful, but strikes just the right chord in a small space such as a cloakroom. This Squiggle wallpaper is by fashion’s grande dame Vivienne Westwood, proving that even the tiniest room in the house can have high-end, designer-label credentials.
Geometric wallpaper is busy and powerful, but strikes just the right chord in a small space such as a cloakroom. This Squiggle wallpaper is by fashion’s grande dame Vivienne Westwood, proving that even the tiniest room in the house can have high-end, designer-label credentials.
Boldly go
Surprise guests with a full-on flash of psychedelic wallpaper in the loudest colour you can find. It will certainly make trips to the bathroom a more exciting affair, although shrinking violets might want to take cover.
Surprise guests with a full-on flash of psychedelic wallpaper in the loudest colour you can find. It will certainly make trips to the bathroom a more exciting affair, although shrinking violets might want to take cover.
Splash out on luxury
A small space such as a cloakroom won’t need many rolls of wallpaper. So if you are lusting after a luxurious and opulent design with a serious price tag, this is the perfect place to indulge. There’s a hint of art deco cool about these rich emerald green walls and – my favourite part – the pop of tangerine on the light fitting.
A small space such as a cloakroom won’t need many rolls of wallpaper. So if you are lusting after a luxurious and opulent design with a serious price tag, this is the perfect place to indulge. There’s a hint of art deco cool about these rich emerald green walls and – my favourite part – the pop of tangerine on the light fitting.
Be daringly dramatic
There is only one place you would find leaping zebras on a lively yellow backdrop and that’s in a cloakroom. Be inspired and transform your four small walls into something daring, dramatic and truly unforgettable.
Get inspired with these vibrant wallpapers
There is only one place you would find leaping zebras on a lively yellow backdrop and that’s in a cloakroom. Be inspired and transform your four small walls into something daring, dramatic and truly unforgettable.
Get inspired with these vibrant wallpapers
Go graphic
A classic black and white scheme is turned on its head in this cloakroom, where graphic monochrome paper is hung on every wall and the black ceiling adds an almost ghostly, night-time ambience.
A classic black and white scheme is turned on its head in this cloakroom, where graphic monochrome paper is hung on every wall and the black ceiling adds an almost ghostly, night-time ambience.
Try a little tradition
A compact cloakroom can handle a striking, classic design such as this monochrome damask wallpaper, even in an otherwise contemporary home. Here the bold design is countered by white metro tiles at base level. Wallpaper is a good choice in a room with a sloping ceiling, as it’s much less fiddly to fit against the slope than tiles would be.
A compact cloakroom can handle a striking, classic design such as this monochrome damask wallpaper, even in an otherwise contemporary home. Here the bold design is countered by white metro tiles at base level. Wallpaper is a good choice in a room with a sloping ceiling, as it’s much less fiddly to fit against the slope than tiles would be.
Grab a photo opportunity
Display treasured memories en masse by having them transformed into a photo collage wallpaper. A cloakroom is the perfect place to sit and ponder away the hours, reminiscing about good times.
Check out more ways to display your favourite photographs
Display treasured memories en masse by having them transformed into a photo collage wallpaper. A cloakroom is the perfect place to sit and ponder away the hours, reminiscing about good times.
Check out more ways to display your favourite photographs
Walk on the wild side
If you love highly decorative prints but aren’t mad on shouty colours, take a look at some of the more traditional wallpapers. Many designs, such as these pretty birds, depict decorative scenes, but in a restful palette of earthy hues, so the effect isn’t too much. A mirror will help break up a busy pattern.
Would you use any of these tips for your own cloakroom? Share your styles in the Comments.
If you love highly decorative prints but aren’t mad on shouty colours, take a look at some of the more traditional wallpapers. Many designs, such as these pretty birds, depict decorative scenes, but in a restful palette of earthy hues, so the effect isn’t too much. A mirror will help break up a busy pattern.
Would you use any of these tips for your own cloakroom? Share your styles in the Comments.
It’s often said that the smallest room in the house is where we should let rip with wild colours and flamboyant patterns, and this sensational cloakroom proves this decorating theory is spot-on. The Barbie pink-and-silver paper hung top-to-toe in a bedroom or living room would be seriously overpowering, but here the look is irresistible.