Dark & Moody Check & Plaid Wallpaper for Nurseries & Kids’ Rooms
Checks and plaids – gingham, tartan, windowpane, dogtooth – bring country-house cosiness and quiet tailoring.
Children's rooms suit gentle, playful prints. Our inks are water-based and our papers are low-VOC, so they are a lovely choice for nurseries.
Dark and moody wallpaper makes rooms feel cocooning and dramatic, and paradoxically can make small rooms feel larger as the corners recede.
Our edit of 15 original designs includes dogtooth, gingham, tartan, windowpane check. Highlights from the edit include Skelton Gingham, Aveline Gingham, Mortimer Gingham.
Shown: Skelton Gingham Wallpaper in Emerald Gold.
Shop the edit
Skelton Gingham Wallpaper
Aveline Gingham Wallpaper
Mortimer Gingham Wallpaper
Ambrose Gingham Wallpaper
Whitby Dogtooth Wallpaper
Copley Windowpane Check Wallpaper
Hurst Windowpane Check Wallpaper
Paxton Windowpane Check Wallpaper
Monroe Dogtooth Wallpaper
Greaves Tartan Wallpaper
Conway Gingham Wallpaper
Carlton Tartan Wallpaper
Foxley Gingham Wallpaper
Hallam Tartan Wallpaper
Greaves Gingham Wallpaper
Styling tips
- Mix scales: a large check on the walls with a small gingham on a cushion feels relaxed, not fussy.
- Use warm lamps rather than overhead light to make dark walls glow.
- Pick a design with a sophisticated palette that can grow with your child.
- Kitchens, boot rooms and children's rooms all suit checks.
How much will I need?
A typical nursery & kids wall of about 3.2 m wide × 2.4 m high needs 7 drops. With a 26.5 cm pattern repeat you get 3 drops per 10 m roll, so you would order 3 rolls – from £132.60 on Standard paper to £217.62 on Luxe. Use the calculator on any product page for your exact walls.
Make it your own
Every design in this edit can be recoloured, rescaled and previewed on a photo of your own wall in Design Your Own, then printed made-to-measure.
Frequently asked questions
Is check & plaid wallpaper a good choice for a nursery & kids?
Kitchens, boot rooms and children's rooms all suit checks. Pick a design with a sophisticated palette that can grow with your child. We currently have 15 check & plaid designs suited to nursery & kidss.
Will dark & moody wallpaper work in my nursery & kids?
Use warm lamps rather than overhead light to make dark walls glow. Pick a design with a sophisticated palette that can grow with your child.
How many rolls of wallpaper do I need?
Measure the width of each wall and the height from skirting to ceiling. Our rolls are 52 cm wide and 10 m long. Use the roll calculator on every product page – it accounts for the pattern repeat and recommends one spare roll.
Can I see the wallpaper on my own wall before buying?
Yes. In Design Your Own, take or upload a photo of your wall, drag the four corners into place and we will render the pattern onto your wall in perspective.
Is your wallpaper paste-the-wall?
All Wallpaper Kingdom papers are non-woven and paste-the-wall, so they are quicker to hang and dry-strippable when you want a change.