It’s hard to imagine a world where elaborate wallpaper and peel-and-stick wood planks would harmonize. However, the DIY community is making these two trends work together for the betterment of their new homes, and it’s causing complete interior design-envy all across the internet.

If you want to rock this trend, you can do it. Make a note of the design challenges and the things you shouldn’t do first. After that, matching cool wallpaper for walls with wood planks is a piece of cake.

Modern Wallpaper Designs

When you think of wallpaper, you might think of that tacky floral design that has existed in your grandma’s kitchen since the 1970s. There are other wallpapers, though, and we’re here to tell you the best wallpaper ideas in any room where you might have to pair it with peel-and-stick reclaimed wood planks.

Wallpaper designs for living room

Freshly laid down are your new wooden planks, either lining a table, on the floor, or across a wall. Using wallpaper is, of course, going to be the trickiest when you have already applied your peel-and-stick wood planks to the wall as an accent piece, but you can still make it work.

It’s all about tones, color schemes, and patterns. Typically, your wood planks run horizontal (mainly this is the case for your wood walls or furniture), so you want to avoid any pattern of wallpaper that follows that direction—stripes, ikat, Victorian prints. Colors are up to you, but we recommend that if your wood is a lighter color, lighter-colored wallpaper goes best, whereas brighter wallpaper goes well with your cherry and darker woods.

Wallpaper for bedroom walls designs

As it did for the living room, tones, color schemes, and patterns matter yet again. Your new reclaimed wood plank headboard will stand out juxtaposed against a floral design—go more modern than granny—with blues and neutrals popping all across the room. In a bedroom, it’s essential to create a color scheme, so keep the tones of your headboard, wallpaper, bedding, and other furniture in mind before making random purchases.

Wallpaper Designs for Walls

The best wallpaper ideas right now are those that take a modern twist on the golden 50s and the groovy 70s. Think of your best wallpaper ideas in abstract art forms, pops of color, one with nature, or a nod to geometrics. However, it’s always up to you and what you feel comfortable with—choosing wallpaper to put in your home can be daring, but an exciting step.

Before you start plastering wallpaper all over your new home’s walls, you need easy-to-use wood wall paneling first (but they don’t have to go on your walls if that’s not your goal). Woodstock Walls delivers the most straightforward and most beautifully designed wood planks for the DIY community looking for their next big home project. Contact us to order planks and for any questions you might have about getting started.