Wallpaper in a room with a sloped ceiling: which wall?

In a room with a sloped ceiling, an end wall may offer plenty of height in the middle and less room at the sides. The low wall beneath the slope has very different proportions. First, choose which surface should carry the design. It becomes easier to see whether a landscape, a freer image, or a repeating pattern belongs there.

Start with the difference between a wall and a ceiling

A vertical wall with a sloping upper edge is still a wall. A surface that slopes inward over the room is part of the ceiling. The difference affects both how you'll see the image and how the wallpaper needs to be installed.

An end wall can give a mural its clearest place in the room. Look at the area that will remain visible once the bed, dresser, or sofa is there. The wall's highest point is useful for the design only if you can see it.

On a low wall, a repeating pattern can leave more details visible even when furniture covers a lot of the surface. For a mural, check which details fit within the long, low crop.

Give the landscape room beneath the slope

Historic Lands, Forest Green is one of our most ordered woodland designs. The trees and the opening between them give the end wall a continuous scene. We'd start by placing the opening where the wall has enough clear space.

Then check the treetops against the ceiling's slope. When the sloping edge removes part of the image, a tree near the side may have less room than it does in the product photo. That can still work well, but choose the composition with that crop in mind.

A freer design offers another approach. Soft Abstract Beige has soft transitions between beige, cream, and pink. It's an option when you'd rather distribute colors across the irregular surface than give a specific landscape its own place.

First, choose which surface should carry the design. It becomes easier to see whether a landscape, a freer image, or a repeating pattern belongs there.

Allow for the area that will be trimmed away

For a vertical wall with a sloping top edge, follow our measuring guide . We need the wall's full width and height as a rectangle. The wallpaper arrives as that rectangle, and the part outside the slope is trimmed away during installation.

Try the dimensions in the preview and compare the image with the wall's actual shape. A straight-on photo of the wall can help you mark where the ceiling meets it. Pay particular attention to details near the upper corners and to what the furniture will cover below.

A wallpaper sample is a small printed piece of wallpaper you can order to compare the colors in your room at home. Hold it on the wall you've chosen, in daylight and with the lights on. The samples for these murals show reduced images. Judge the composition and size in the preview.

If you want to wallpaper the sloping ceiling, too

On a sloping ceiling surface, the design's direction looks different from different places in the room. A tree that feels natural on the end wall can have a very different effect when it continues above the bed. Decide which view matters most and compare from there.

Our paste-the-wall wallpapers can be used on ceilings. Peel & Stick is not suitable for ceiling surfaces. Follow our ceiling installation advice for preparation and installation, and get help when working overhead.

You don't have to wallpaper every surface to give the room character. An end wall can show the landscape while the sloping ceiling keeps a painted color. Choose several surfaces if you want the wallpaper to follow the room's shape, and plan each surface's direction and crop before ordering.