
A subtle color around a vibrant wallpaper will present it more as art and a standalone piece. It’s important to know which look you are trying to create – setting the wallpaper within the wall design or making it stand out as a piece of art. ‘Whether you then fing a color which is also within the design is up to you, but having the wallpaper in hand will help you choose which way to coordinate your living room color ideas. ‘Absolutely choose the wallpaper first,’ agrees Natascha Maksimovic of Natmaks. Bold colors are great for creating the art frame effect as the color contrasts the wallpaper design creating the illusion of a framed piece of art and thus a more luxurious feel to the room, although if you prefer a calmer atmosphere though, subtler colors work too.’ ‘It’s much easier to find a matching paint color for a wallpaper design than it is to ensure you find a wallpaper design that you both like and that matches a specific paint color. ‘Ideally you should choose your wallpaper before your paint color,’ says Graham & Brown’s Abby Hesketh. This look allows you to wallpaper as much or as little of the wall as you like, and is just as effective on one wall as it is on all four.’ How should the paint color for the panels be chosen?

‘If you lean towards paint over wallpaper, then using panels is a great way to ease into using wallpaper in your home. Wall panel framing takes the statement of a feature wall and turns it up a notch, creating an oversized piece of wall art,’ says Graham & Brown’s Abby Hesketh. ‘Absolutely! It’s about time feature walls evolve into something more. ‘It also creates warmth, texture, dimension and drama.’ Now that we've been thinking about new ways to embrace maximalism in interior design, this extra layer of pattern within texture feels bang on trend. ‘The definition of a feature wall is to add detail and personality to a room – wallpaper within the paneling feel like an update, it does that and so much more,’ says Natascha Maksimovic of Natmaks. (Image credit: Nat Maks) Is panel framed wallpaper the feature wall of 2022? Now’s the time to treat yourself to that dream wallpaper design you could never afford – you only need a few meters.
#Tropical wall covering free#
This wallpaper trend is all about expression, vibrancy and a celebration of pattern, so feel free to frame the pieces of wallpaper in another layer of patterned paper, or paint the panels in something that harmonizes with the design. Small segments of wallpaper are taking to the wall, divided by three-dimensional panels – one, five, a room’s worth – of all shapes and sizes.
#Tropical wall covering update#
The vogue for paneling has had a steady comeback into modern living room trends as we all sought to update our homes over the locked-in period of 2021, and the wallpaper world has responded rather gloriously. Introducing, for 2022, the new feature wall: say hello to the wallpapered panel.

Wallpaper Trend 1: Wallpapering within panels Which side will you fall on, wallpaper that evokes a sense of calm, or an escapist mindset? Here we explore the five need-to-know 2022 wallpaper moods that will dominate next year's interior design trends, and the experts’ take on them.
