Living Room Wallpaper Ideas

Your living room is one of the most important spaces in your home. It needs to meet your family’s practical needs and suit your personal style. After all, it’s probably one of the first rooms guests will see when they visit your home.

Decorative wallpaper is the perfect way to add instant style and personality to your living room. It can transform plain, white walls into works of art and set the stage for the rest of your interior design choices.

The possibilities are nearly endless, and it can be tricky to know where to start. But don’t worry. We’re here with all the inspiration you need to get started. Here are our top 10 living room wallpaper ideas.

1. Industrial Living Room

Industrial interior design is all about authenticity and structure. It works especially well in older homes, loft spaces, or basement apartments. It takes inspiration from old industrial-era warehouses, train stations, and workshops, often featuring exposed materials like piping, bricks, or stone.

A brick-themed wallpaper like the bucktown alleyway brick wallpaper sets the stage for a rustic yet elegant industrial living room.

2. Coastal Living Room

Want to feel like you’re on a seaside vacation in your own home? Whether you live by the water or not, coastal interior design can bring a sense of carefree, soothing bliss into your space.

Try a coastal wallpaper like the splash blue wallpaper. The calming muted blue tones in this gorgeous print play well with natural wood tones and soft creams. Add other coastal elements like wicker baskets, woven rugs, lighthouse artwork, or rattan sofas into your living room to complete the look.

3. Coquette Living Room

If you love soft, feminine décor with just a touch of luxury, the coquette design style may be perfect for you. It’s characterized by rosy pinks and powdery lavenders, and often features feminine touches like pearls, ribbons, bows, or lace.

The paisley briar rosy peach botanical wallpaper is a great choice for those who want to tap into this delicate style in their living spaces. 

This wallpaper design is feminine and soft, but still plays well with other styles, so you can play up the coquette style with ultra-delicate decor or play it down with natural wood and darker colors.

4. Mid-Century Modern Living Room

Mid-century modern interior design remains one of the most sought-after looks for homeowners of all ages and stages of life. 

It echoes the comfortable charm of 1960s family homes, but it’s versatile enough that you can really make it your own depending on the furnishings and artwork you select.

Mid-century modern interiors typically feature a variety of wood, leather, and woven textures. These elements work perfectly against a natural, neutral-toned backdrop and a geometric design. The nomalanga cocoa olive wallpaper by Forbes Masters is ideal for this purpose.

5. Dark Moody Living Room

Not everyone loves that light and airy look that you often see in home design and gardening magazines. If you prefer a darker, more demure look, consider adorning your walls with a black-and-gray wallpaper.

Opting for a wall mural rather than a traditional wallpaper with a repeating pattern really dials up the drama. The mountain wall mural is a gorgeous backdrop for a dark and moody space, drawing the eye up with its vertical lines and making your ceilings appear taller.

With velvet furnishings, opaque curtains, and the right combination of chandelier, lamp, and sconce lighting, you can fill your living room with moody, rich charm.

6. Chic Minimalist Living Room

If you follow interior design trends closely, you may have heard that minimalism is on its way out – but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Minimalism isn’t going anywhere. It’s simply evolving to accommodate new interpretations. 

That quintessential all-white, clinical aesthetic may be fading, but it’s making way for a more relaxed version of the trend. The new minimalism isn’t about owning as little as possible. It’s about making conscious, purposeful choices. It focuses on sustainability, incorporating natural materials like recycled wood and stone and adorning interior spaces with houseplants and sentimental trinkets.

One of the key features of new minimalism is replacing stark white with softer grays and cream colors. The peach botanical gray wallpaper is ideal for a minimalist living room, incorporating a subtle botanical print that pairs well with natural wood, leather, and stone.

7. Natural Rustic Living Room

The rustic style is uniquely connected to the rural, rougher aspects of our environment. Neutral, earthy colors, refurbished wood, and organic textiles give that sense of rustic charm to a living room. When incorporating a wallpaper into this theme, consider choosing one that evokes a natural sense of adventure. 

The Sonoran desert wall mural pays homage to the gorgeous landscapes of Southwest America.

8. Traditional Formal Living Room

Inspired by European homes from the 18th and 19th centuries, traditional interior design has remained a beloved style for homeowners of all ages and backgrounds. Rich wood tones, curved symmetrical architecture, and ornate décor exude the timeless elegance of traditional design.

When choosing a classic wallpaper for a formal living room, traditional floral designs like the rose thorns soot black floral wallpaper are a great choice. Pair with wooden furniture, ornate rugs and curtains, and antique wall art to complete the look.

9. Bold Vintage Living Room

Wallpaper is the ideal way to pay tribute to the vivacious luxury of times-gone-by. The art deco style, associated with the roaring 1920s, can give any space that dramatic antique look. 

Designs with large rounded shapes, vivid tones, and gold accents like the deco fan black and gold wallpaper can help you capture the chic opulence of the jazz age.

10. Cozy Cottage Living Room

If you dream of waking up to delicate birdsong, morning strolls through your vegetable garden, and sips of warm tea, a cottage-inspired wallpaper can help bring that sense of warmth into your living room.

Cottage-living is all about connecting to nature and finding happiness in the simple things. To achieve a cozy cottage vibe, you can choose a wallpaper featuring colors and images you might find in nature. A design with birds, flowers, and even vegetables like the tomatoes watercolor floral wallpaper by Cara’s Garden are excellent cottagecore choices.

You can also opt for traditional, old-fashioned patterns like plaid for an extra cozy and nostalgic affect.

Shop Mitchell Black Wallpapers and Create the Living Room of Your Dreams

Your living room should be an expression of your aesthetic tastes and lifestyle. The right wallpaper can have a huge impact on the overall mood in your living room. It can act as a bold focal point, a large-scale art piece, or the perfect backdrop for your favorite furnishings and décor items.

Browse Mitchell Black’s designer wallpaper collection and schedule a consultation with an expert via our concierge service.