Whether it’s a statement feature wall or a beautiful mural, wallpaper is an easy way to add buckets of personality and style to your home. For a couple of hours work you can completely change the feel of a room and create a beautiful backdrop for your favourite furniture pieces.

Wallpaper is a trend that’s gathered pace in recent years, with modern designs and improved technology to make getting the paper up easier than ever, including removable wallpaper options that are perfect for renters… or commitment phobes!

From dramatic statement designs to classy and understated vibes, there’s a wallpaper out there to suit all tastes.

3D effect wallpaper

If you like a contemporary and bold look, try a 3D wallpaper mural. There’s realistic wood and brick styles, floral designs that seem to leap off the wall, or colourful geometric and abstract designs that look great as a feature wall in an office, living room or bedroom. If you like simple, clean-lined furniture it will create a fabulous crisp contrast to the eye-popping design.

Scales Yellow & Green Geometric Wallpaper Mural from Murals Wallpaper

Botanical wallpaper with a tropical twist

Botanical wallpaper continues to be huge in 2020. Just like our rediscovered love of houseplants, adding touches of green via wallpaper can create a sense of calm and help us feel more connected to the natural world. 

This year’s botanical papers tend to be bold and punchy, often with large foliage, like this gorgeous monstera print.

Tropical Leaf Wallpaper by MINDTHEGAP from Lime Lace

Daring tropical designs are big news this year. These lively greens create the perfect background for the warm tones of wooden furniture. 

Dark Tropical Leaves Mural from Wallsauce.com

These bold and graphic leaves in on-trend shades, which would work great with vintage style furniture. 

Drips 2 Geometric Wallpaper from Wallsauce.com

Geometric wallpaper

Geometric prints continue to be popular, with shapes trending to the larger size and often favouring shades of silver, rose and gold.

Made up of beautiful contrasting sections of pink hues and marble effect, this modern wallpaper design from Cult Furniture is finished for metallic strips for a look that’s right on trend. 

Marble Geometric Wallpaper, Pink and Grey from Cult Furniture

Wallpaper murals

From moody panoramas, treetop scenes to painterly flowers, murals remain a popular choice for 2020. 

Zephyr Wallpaper Mural in Vintage Sepia from Woodchip and Magnolia

Metallic wallpaper

Whether it’s a warm bronze, luxe gold or sparkling silver, metallic wallpaper is another popular choice. This design takes inspiration from the Japanese art of kintsugi, repairing broken items with powdered gold, silver or platinum. Try it for a statement wall in a master bedroom for instant glamour.

Kintsugi Decorative Cracked Effect Wallpaper, Rose Gold from Cult Furniture

Art deco wallpaper

Retro wallpaper has been all about mid-century modern in recent years, but in 2020 the clock has turned back further to Art Deco, with its glamorous geometry and luxurious feel. This Art Deco Arch pattern brings the 1920's glam in a modern shade. It’s subtle enough to use on all four walls, or can stand on its own as a feature wall.

Bercy Art Deco Arch Patterned Wallpaper, Grey and White from Cult Furniture

Gradient wallpaper

If 2020’s maximalism trend feels a bit too shouty for your tastes, gradient wallpapers a subtle way to give a room a modern update. Gradient, or ombre, designs are subtle yet impactful, blending two colours together to create a faded composition of varied tones. 

The soft blues in this Ocean Mist Blue ombre wall mural will invite some coastal calm into a bathroom or bedroom or any other space, and would make a subtle backdrop for modern decor.

Ocean Mist Blue Ombre Wall Mural from Murals Wallpaper

Main image: 'Macro Garden' Floral Wallpaper Mural by Carol Robinson at Wallsauce.com