Dark & Moody Toile Wallpaper for Kitchens
Toile de Jouy took its name from the French village where printed cottons with pastoral scenes were produced in the 1700s. Single-colour vignettes give rooms a gentle, storybook rhythm.
Wallpaper in kitchens adds personality to a room dominated by hard surfaces. Choose a scrubbable paper and keep it away from direct splashes behind hobs and sinks.
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 33 original designs includes country scene, estate toile, folly toile, garden toile, hunting lodge toile, pastoral toile and more. Highlights from the edit include Seymour Village Toile, Wimpole Folly Toile, Yarrow Country Scene.
Shown: Seymour Village Toile Wallpaper in Emerald Gold.
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Seymour Village Toile Wallpaper
Wimpole Folly Toile Wallpaper
Yarrow Country Scene Wallpaper
Ravenscroft Country Scene Wallpaper
Greaves Country Scene Wallpaper
Perrin Village Toile Wallpaper
Waddesdon Hunting Lodge Toile Wallpaper
Wolsey Pastoral Toile Wallpaper
Wickham Garden Toile Wallpaper
Thistle Village Toile Wallpaper
Clandon Folly Toile Wallpaper
Tarrant Country Scene Wallpaper
Dorneywood Estate Toile Wallpaper
Nymans Folly Toile Wallpaper
Cambrey Village Toile Wallpaper
Tyntesfield Riverside Toile Wallpaper
Pryor Garden Toile Wallpaper
Cleve Pastoral Toile Wallpaper
Chelmer Village Toile Wallpaper
Gilbert Pastoral Toile Wallpaper
Coombe Garden Toile Wallpaper
Wyndham Garden Toile Wallpaper
Willoughby Country Scene Wallpaper
Magnolia Pastoral Toile Wallpaper
Styling tips
- Match the toile ink colour to a stripe or check on cushions and curtains – the classic 'toile and ticking' pairing never fails.
- Use warm lamps rather than overhead light to make dark walls glow.
- A breakfast nook or dining end of the kitchen is the ideal spot.
- Because toile is monochrome, it is easy to live with in bedrooms and kitchens and works on all four walls.
How much will I need?
A typical kitchen wall of about 3.0 m wide × 2.4 m high needs 6 drops. With a 53 cm pattern repeat you get 3 drops per 10 m roll, so you would order 2 rolls – from £88.40 on Standard paper to £145.08 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 toile wallpaper a good choice for a kitchen?
Because toile is monochrome, it is easy to live with in bedrooms and kitchens and works on all four walls. A breakfast nook or dining end of the kitchen is the ideal spot. We currently have 33 toile designs suited to kitchens.
Will dark & moody wallpaper work in my kitchen?
Use warm lamps rather than overhead light to make dark walls glow. A breakfast nook or dining end of the kitchen is the ideal spot.
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.
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.
Can I change the colours of a design?
Yes – open any design in our Design Your Own tool to change colours, scale and layout, then order it made to measure for your wall.