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Paint tends to steal the spotlight when it comes to interior design, but you don’t want to miss out on all that wallpaper has to offer. If you plan to update your home’s interior, we encourage you to consider wallpaper. The Painted Horse carries premium brands, including Thibaut, York, and Brewster, and our designers can help you choose the perfect wallpaper for your walls.

Advantages of Custom Wallpaper

Your home should reflect your personality and preferences, and endless wallpaper options make doing that a breeze. Wallpaper is much more durable than paint, and many varieties are easier to clean. There are no toxic fumes that must clear the air before you can use a room with fresh wallpaper, and it has a faster installation timeframe than paint, especially since you won’t need a second coat.

Types of Custom Wallpaper

  • Vinyl: This type of wallpaper is made using printed paper covered with layers of vinyl. It’s incredibly durable and easy to clean, which makes it among the most commonly used varieties. Vinyl custom wallpaper can also withstand humidity, making it an excellent choice for kitchens and bathrooms.
  • Printed: Printed wallpaper has the same base as vinyl paper but lacks the durable vinyl top layer. It’s digitally printed and affordable but tears more easily than vinyl varieties. Printed wallpaper uses water-based ink, so it’s unsuitable for bathrooms or kitchens.



Choosing Your Custom Wallpaper

Much like choosing a shade of paint, selecting your designer wallpaper can feel overwhelming. We have some tips to help you narrow your choices to make the process easier.

  1. Decide if you want to use custom wallpaper on all four walls or create an accent wall. There’s no need to shy away from papering the entire room, but if you gravitate toward wallpaper that has especially bold or busy prints, you may want to consider creating an accent wall.
  2. Always use samples before committing! You have to look at the walls in a room a lot, so you want to enjoy what you see. After you narrow your choices down to three or four, place them on the wall and leave them for a few days so you can see how they look in different lights. Pro tip: don’t place the samples too close together, or the colors of the other pieces will affect the surrounding shades.
  3. If you’re unsure whether you want textured or flat designer wallpaper, remember that textures look fantastic in casual aesthetics, while flat wallpaper shines brightest in formal, sophisticated spaces.


Installing custom white wallpaper

4. Once you have made your final decision, we recommend hiring professionals to hang it. Hanging wallpaper correctly is no easy feat, especially if you’re working with intricate patterns. By leaving the job to professionals, you won’t risk wasting any wallpaper or adhesive; this is especially important if you opt for custom wallpaper with a higher price point.

Custom Wallpaper Match Styles

Artistic purple wallpaper hanging on walls

Your designer wallpaper experience will be much more enjoyable if you choose a matching style that you’re most comfortable with. There are several match styles, including:

  • Free or Random Match: This is the most straightforward type to work with, as you can line up your wallpaper however you like without affecting its overall appearance.
  • Straight Match:  With this style, you match up the pattern at the same height with every strip.
  • Half Drop Match: The most intricate and difficult of the match styles. Every other strip will be identical, and the strips in between will be slightly higher or lower and match each other.

Our Custom Wallpaper Brands

We carry upscale wallpaper brands, including exclusive lines from top textile designers.

  • Thibaut
  • Anna French
  • York
  • Candice Olson
  • Ronald Redding
  • Antonina Vella
  • Magnolia Homes
  • Rifle
  • Brewster
  • Scott Living
  • Kenneth James
  • Raymond Waites
  • Sarah Richardson
  • Wallquest
  • Daisy Bennett
  • Collins & Company
  • Lillian August
  • Paper & Ink
  • Phillip Jeffries
  • Schumacher
  • Ontario Wallcoverings
  • Roberto Cavalli
  • Versace

Custom Wallpaper at The Painted Horse

Is it time to add zest to your walls with designer wallpaper? Let the team at The Painted Horse show you what we do best. We’re the area’s premier retailer of Benjamin Moore paint and stain and industry-leading window treatment brands so that we can create a cohesive design in any room of your home. The Painted Horse is happy to partner with contractors for commercial needs.

Visit one of our Lexington, Georgetown, or Richmond, KY locations, or contact us online. We are happy to serve the greater Lexington, KY areas, including Georgetown, Richmond, Frankfort, and Paris, KY.

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