Hallway wallpaper ideas: 10 beautiful hallways to inspire your wallpaper picks
Usually small in size and lacking in interesting features, hallways are the ideal place to make use of wallpaper. Interior designers often recommend using wallpapers in small spaces because they create a real sense of impact, and that's an attractive quality in a hallway – likely the first part of your house visitors will see. It can be hard to add character to hallways and keep them from feeling like unloved transitional areas, but a lovely wallpaper will instantly lend a more considered look. Equally, wallpapers are brilliant for parts of the house (like hallways) where you're not spending a lot of time, since you won't become overwhelmed with the effect. Scroll down for our favourite hallway wallpaper ideas from the House & Garden archive, whether you just want to add a little visual interest with a subtle pattern, or go bold with a striking design.
Hallway wallpaper ideas
- her London flat</a>, using her favourite colours and patterns throughout. The hallway is papered in <a href=https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/"https://commonroom.co/c-f-voysey-lioness-and-palms-wallpaper//" rel=\"nofollow\">Common Room's reprint of Charles Voysey's famous 'Lioness & Palms'</a>, a wallpaper she came across on a project and knew she had to use herself. 'I added a dado rail and papered just the top half of the room. I thought it would be overpowering to do the whole wall. It’s my favourite area because it’s such a statement, but because you’re passing through it isn't overwhelming.'","contentType":"photo","credit":"Alicia Waite","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":480,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893cf92b3485c018838b15/master/w_320,c_limit/78-emmaainscough-aw-hr.jpg"},{"height":960,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893cf92b3485c018838b15/master/w_640,c_limit/78-emmaainscough-aw-hr.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":960,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893cf92b3485c018838b15/master/w_640,c_limit/78-emmaainscough-aw-hr.jpg"},{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893cf92b3485c018838b15/master/w_1280,c_limit/78-emmaainscough-aw-hr.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1536,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893cf92b3485c018838b15/master/w_1024,c_limit/78-emmaainscough-aw-hr.jpg"},{"height":3072,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893cf92b3485c018838b15/master/w_2048,c_limit/78-emmaainscough-aw-hr.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893cf92b3485c018838b15/master/w_1280,c_limit/78-emmaainscough-aw-hr.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893cf92b3485c018838b15/master/w_1280,c_limit/78-emmaainscough-aw-hr.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
Alicia Waite1/10Grounded in a respect for tradition and love of old buildings, Emma Ainscough has brought a refined playful spirit to her London flat, using her favourite colours and patterns throughout. The hallway is papered in Common Room's reprint of Charles Voysey's famous 'Lioness & Palms', a wallpaper she came across on a project and knew she had to use herself. 'I added a dado rail and papered just the top half of the room. I thought it would be overpowering to do the whole wall. It’s my favourite area because it’s such a statement, but because you’re passing through it isn't overwhelming.'
Dean Hearne2/10In the charming flat of the artist Daisy Sims-Hilditch, the hallway is papered in Soane's ‘Seaweed Lace’, a light and airy pattern that still creates a sense of drama as opposed to the painted rooms. An internal window between the kitchen and the hallway cleverly allows light to flow into the darker hallway from the kitchen window. The mirror is from 8 Holland Street, and an Anglepoise lamp from Howe illuminates a bobbin console table from Chelsea Textiles.
- this cottage by designer Bodil Blain</a>, ‘Blackthorn’ wallpaper makes for a moody atmosphere throughout the hallways, with a gentle fawn paint on the panelling and trim to lift the look.","contentType":"photo","credit":"Dean Hearne","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":427,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/66d841157df491fdfde2b27d/master/w_320,c_limit/07-10-24-HG-Bodil-Blain7603.jpg"},{"height":853,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/66d841157df491fdfde2b27d/master/w_640,c_limit/07-10-24-HG-Bodil-Blain7603.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":853,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/66d841157df491fdfde2b27d/master/w_640,c_limit/07-10-24-HG-Bodil-Blain7603.jpg"},{"height":1707,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/66d841157df491fdfde2b27d/master/w_1280,c_limit/07-10-24-HG-Bodil-Blain7603.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1365,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/66d841157df491fdfde2b27d/master/w_1024,c_limit/07-10-24-HG-Bodil-Blain7603.jpg"},{"height":2731,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/66d841157df491fdfde2b27d/master/w_2048,c_limit/07-10-24-HG-Bodil-Blain7603.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1707,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/66d841157df491fdfde2b27d/master/w_1280,c_limit/07-10-24-HG-Bodil-Blain7603.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1707,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/66d841157df491fdfde2b27d/master/w_1280,c_limit/07-10-24-HG-Bodil-Blain7603.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
Dean Hearne3/10For a dark hallway, a dark wallpaper can help to create a cocooning feel, working with the lack of natural light rather than against it. In this cottage by designer Bodil Blain, ‘Blackthorn’ wallpaper makes for a moody atmosphere throughout the hallways, with a gentle fawn paint on the panelling and trim to lift the look.
Paul Massey4/10In this Bloomsbury mansion flat, David Bentheim has achieved a similar effect by using Morris & Co’s ‘Fruit’ wallpaper in wine/manilla. Woodwork in an eye-catching green again helps to lift the overall feel, and in particular we love how the bookshelves lead the eye down the narrow hallway.
- this London apartment</a> with wallpaper in a custom chartreuse-coloured version of ‘Pineapple’, from Blithfield’s collection of designs by the 20th-century block printer Peggy Angus. Tim Page Carpets supplied the plaited jute matting. The white linen cupboard on the right is from Core One Antiques.","contentType":"photo","credit":"Paul Massey","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":415,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189417f7c63ccf003960fc8/master/w_320,c_limit/massey_hg_outred_16305x.jpg"},{"height":829,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189417f7c63ccf003960fc8/master/w_640,c_limit/massey_hg_outred_16305x.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":829,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189417f7c63ccf003960fc8/master/w_640,c_limit/massey_hg_outred_16305x.jpg"},{"height":1658,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189417f7c63ccf003960fc8/master/w_1280,c_limit/massey_hg_outred_16305x.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1326,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189417f7c63ccf003960fc8/master/w_1024,c_limit/massey_hg_outred_16305x.jpg"},{"height":2653,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189417f7c63ccf003960fc8/master/w_2048,c_limit/massey_hg_outred_16305x.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1658,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189417f7c63ccf003960fc8/master/w_1280,c_limit/massey_hg_outred_16305x.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1658,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6189417f7c63ccf003960fc8/master/w_1280,c_limit/massey_hg_outred_16305x.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
Paul Massey5/10A small-scale wallpaper can be a brilliant option for adding visual interest to a space without overwhelming it. Olivia Outred covered the walls in this London apartment with wallpaper in a custom chartreuse-coloured version of ‘Pineapple’, from Blithfield’s collection of designs by the 20th-century block printer Peggy Angus. Tim Page Carpets supplied the plaited jute matting. The white linen cupboard on the right is from Core One Antiques.
- this Gothic Revival house in north London</a>, design studio Maddux Creative used Watts 1874’s ‘Pineapple’ wallpaper in castle grey and painted the woodwork under the dado in Farrow & Ball's ‘Castle Gray’.","contentType":"photo","credit":"Paul Massey","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":467,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/650960db84ec3481d527755b/master/w_320,c_limit/Massey_H&G_Broadlands_329.jpg"},{"height":935,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/650960db84ec3481d527755b/master/w_640,c_limit/Massey_H&G_Broadlands_329.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":935,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/650960db84ec3481d527755b/master/w_640,c_limit/Massey_H&G_Broadlands_329.jpg"},{"height":1869,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/650960db84ec3481d527755b/master/w_1280,c_limit/Massey_H&G_Broadlands_329.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1495,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/650960db84ec3481d527755b/master/w_1024,c_limit/Massey_H&G_Broadlands_329.jpg"},{"height":2991,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/650960db84ec3481d527755b/master/w_2048,c_limit/Massey_H&G_Broadlands_329.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1869,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/650960db84ec3481d527755b/master/w_1280,c_limit/Massey_H&G_Broadlands_329.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1869,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/650960db84ec3481d527755b/master/w_1280,c_limit/Massey_H&G_Broadlands_329.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
Paul Massey6/10Wallpapers in a quiet colour palette can have the same understated effect, especially when paired with a paint colour that picks up the same tones. In this Gothic Revival house in north London, design studio Maddux Creative used Watts 1874’s ‘Pineapple’ wallpaper in castle grey and painted the woodwork under the dado in Farrow & Ball's ‘Castle Gray’.
- his south London vicarage decorated by Sarah Vanrenen</a> is just a shade more lively. The pattern is ‘Grenades’ by Antoinette Poisson, and we love how Sarah has paired it with the more graphic pattern of the runner by Peter Page Palettes.","contentType":"photo","credit":"Dean Hearne","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":427,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6907f8d6b0196f67020a17b9/master/w_320,c_limit/07-02-25-SVR-Viewfield261.jpg"},{"height":853,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6907f8d6b0196f67020a17b9/master/w_640,c_limit/07-02-25-SVR-Viewfield261.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":853,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6907f8d6b0196f67020a17b9/master/w_640,c_limit/07-02-25-SVR-Viewfield261.jpg"},{"height":1707,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6907f8d6b0196f67020a17b9/master/w_1280,c_limit/07-02-25-SVR-Viewfield261.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1365,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6907f8d6b0196f67020a17b9/master/w_1024,c_limit/07-02-25-SVR-Viewfield261.jpg"},{"height":2731,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6907f8d6b0196f67020a17b9/master/w_2048,c_limit/07-02-25-SVR-Viewfield261.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1707,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6907f8d6b0196f67020a17b9/master/w_1280,c_limit/07-02-25-SVR-Viewfield261.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1707,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/6907f8d6b0196f67020a17b9/master/w_1280,c_limit/07-02-25-SVR-Viewfield261.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
Dean Hearne7/10Still in a quiet colourway, this wallpaper in this south London vicarage decorated by Sarah Vanrenen is just a shade more lively. The pattern is ‘Grenades’ by Antoinette Poisson, and we love how Sarah has paired it with the more graphic pattern of the runner by Peter Page Palettes.
- Lucy Clayton's Kensington house</a>, where ‘Philadelphia Harlequin D’ wallpaper by Adelphi contrasts dramatically with woodwork in vibrant burnt orange ‘SC546’ from Papers and Paints.","contentType":"photo","credit":"Rachel Whiting","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":418,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/69415fb79401249da8688e59/master/w_320,c_limit/HGLCSHOT15%2022-production_digital.jpg"},{"height":835,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/69415fb79401249da8688e59/master/w_640,c_limit/HGLCSHOT15%2022-production_digital.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":835,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/69415fb79401249da8688e59/master/w_640,c_limit/HGLCSHOT15%2022-production_digital.jpg"},{"height":1671,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/69415fb79401249da8688e59/master/w_1280,c_limit/HGLCSHOT15%2022-production_digital.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1336,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/69415fb79401249da8688e59/master/w_1024,c_limit/HGLCSHOT15%2022-production_digital.jpg"},{"height":2673,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/69415fb79401249da8688e59/master/w_2048,c_limit/HGLCSHOT15%2022-production_digital.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1671,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/69415fb79401249da8688e59/master/w_1280,c_limit/HGLCSHOT15%2022-production_digital.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1671,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/69415fb79401249da8688e59/master/w_1280,c_limit/HGLCSHOT15%2022-production_digital.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
Rachel Whiting8/10Larger scale wallpapers, on the other hand, can create a real jewel box feel in a hallway – that's certainly the case in the stairwell of Lucy Clayton's Kensington house, where ‘Philadelphia Harlequin D’ wallpaper by Adelphi contrasts dramatically with woodwork in vibrant burnt orange ‘SC546’ from Papers and Paints.
- this 17th-century farmhouse in the South Downs</a>. ‘The hallways felt like a dead space between this myriad of rooms, so this was a way to make them into something a bit more significant,’ Lucy explains. ‘They now give the entire house a structure.","contentType":"photo","credit":"Christopher Horwood","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":427,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/669a25c5c0d01f735d710b08/master/w_320,c_limit/Shot-14-311_RT.jpg"},{"height":854,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/669a25c5c0d01f735d710b08/master/w_640,c_limit/Shot-14-311_RT.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":854,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/669a25c5c0d01f735d710b08/master/w_640,c_limit/Shot-14-311_RT.jpg"},{"height":1707,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/669a25c5c0d01f735d710b08/master/w_1280,c_limit/Shot-14-311_RT.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1366,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/669a25c5c0d01f735d710b08/master/w_1024,c_limit/Shot-14-311_RT.jpg"},{"height":2731,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/669a25c5c0d01f735d710b08/master/w_2048,c_limit/Shot-14-311_RT.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1707,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/669a25c5c0d01f735d710b08/master/w_1280,c_limit/Shot-14-311_RT.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1707,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/669a25c5c0d01f735d710b08/master/w_1280,c_limit/Shot-14-311_RT.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
Christopher Horwood9/10Floral wallpapers can be brilliant for encouraging a rustic, cottagey feel, and Lucy Cunningham has done just that by using Jean Monro's ‘Gooseberry’ wallpaper in the hallways of this 17th-century farmhouse in the South Downs. ‘The hallways felt like a dead space between this myriad of rooms, so this was a way to make them into something a bit more significant,’ Lucy explains. ‘They now give the entire house a structure.
- this west London Victorian house</a>, which used to belong to the artist Howard Hodgkin.. We love how the green of the wallpaper echoes the colour in the painting – something to consider if you're hanging art in the hallway.","contentType":"photo","credit":"Alicia Taylor","segmentedSources":{"sm":[{"height":480,"width":320,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893b3a82d6ea0c229eab80/master/w_320,c_limit/Heathcoat_Amory_003-house-23apr15_AliciaTaylor_b.jpg"},{"height":960,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893b3a82d6ea0c229eab80/master/w_640,c_limit/Heathcoat_Amory_003-house-23apr15_AliciaTaylor_b.jpg"}],"md":[{"height":960,"width":640,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893b3a82d6ea0c229eab80/master/w_640,c_limit/Heathcoat_Amory_003-house-23apr15_AliciaTaylor_b.jpg"},{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893b3a82d6ea0c229eab80/master/w_1280,c_limit/Heathcoat_Amory_003-house-23apr15_AliciaTaylor_b.jpg"}],"lg":[{"height":1536,"width":1024,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893b3a82d6ea0c229eab80/master/w_1024,c_limit/Heathcoat_Amory_003-house-23apr15_AliciaTaylor_b.jpg"},{"height":3072,"width":2048,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893b3a82d6ea0c229eab80/master/w_2048,c_limit/Heathcoat_Amory_003-house-23apr15_AliciaTaylor_b.jpg"}],"xl":[{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893b3a82d6ea0c229eab80/master/w_1280,c_limit/Heathcoat_Amory_003-house-23apr15_AliciaTaylor_b.jpg"}],"xxl":[{"height":1920,"width":1280,"url":"https://media.houseandgarden.co.uk/photos/61893b3a82d6ea0c229eab80/master/w_1280,c_limit/Heathcoat_Amory_003-house-23apr15_AliciaTaylor_b.jpg"}]}}}" data-testid="GallerySlideWrapper">
Alicia Taylor10/10Nina Campbell's cheerful ‘Braulen’ print is the backdrop for a 1940s landscape painting by Robert Buhler in this west London Victorian house, which used to belong to the artist Howard Hodgkin.. We love how the green of the wallpaper echoes the colour in the painting – something to consider if you're hanging art in the hallway.
