Dark & Moody Chinoiserie Wallpaper for Hallways
Chinoiserie began in 18th-century Europe as an imaginative response to imported painted silks and porcelain. Branches, blossom and birds give walls a hand-painted, collected-over-time feel.
The hallway makes the first impression of your home. Pattern disguises scuffs and adds interest to a space you pass through many times a day.
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 36 original designs includes blossom branch, cherry bough, garden birds, lacquer garden, moon gate, painted orchard and more. Highlights from the edit include Kelmarsh Peony Bough, Vivian Garden Birds, Hepworth Garden Birds.
Shown: Kelmarsh Peony Bough Wallpaper in Midnight Garden.
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Kelmarsh Peony Bough Wallpaper
Vivian Garden Birds Wallpaper
Hepworth Garden Birds Wallpaper
Perrin Cherry Bough Wallpaper
Chiswick Silk Aviary Wallpaper
Rutland Garden Birds Wallpaper
Gorham Songbird Wallpaper
Oxburgh Lacquer Garden Wallpaper
Benthall Moon Gate Wallpaper
Florence Peony Bough Wallpaper
Gresham Cherry Bough Wallpaper
Cedric Garden Birds Wallpaper
Rigby Songbird Wallpaper
Oxburgh Pavilion Garden Wallpaper
Somerleyton Silk Aviary Wallpaper
Marston Garden Birds Wallpaper
Tamsin Blossom Branch Wallpaper
Elmhurst Songbird Wallpaper
Greaves Blossom Branch Wallpaper
Lytes Painted Orchard Wallpaper
Copley Garden Birds Wallpaper
Hobart Garden Birds Wallpaper
Granger Garden Birds Wallpaper
Harcourt Blossom Branch Wallpaper
Styling tips
- Lacquer-red, celadon and gold accents suit chinoiserie, as do bamboo-effect furniture and blue-and-white ceramics.
- Use warm lamps rather than overhead light to make dark walls glow.
- Choose our scrubbable Premium paper for high-traffic areas.
- Run it all the way round a dining room or bedroom to create the immersive 'painted room' effect it was invented for.
How much will I need?
A typical hallway wall of about 5.0 m wide × 2.5 m high needs 10 drops. With a 64 cm pattern repeat you get 3 drops per 10 m roll, so you would order 4 rolls – from £176.80 on Standard paper to £290.16 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 chinoiserie wallpaper a good choice for a hallway?
Run it all the way round a dining room or bedroom to create the immersive 'painted room' effect it was invented for. Choose our scrubbable Premium paper for high-traffic areas. We currently have 36 chinoiserie designs suited to hallways.
Will dark & moody wallpaper work in my hallway?
Use warm lamps rather than overhead light to make dark walls glow. Choose our scrubbable Premium paper for high-traffic areas.
Can I order a sample first?
Yes. Every design is available as a free A4 sample so you can check colour and scale in your own light before you order.
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.
Are your designs original?
Yes. Every pattern is an original Wallpaper Kingdom artwork created in-house; we do not reproduce other designers' work.