You’ve found the wallpaper. You love it. You can already picture it on the wall. Then comes the question that can bring the whole decorating project to a grinding halt:
“What colour am I going to paint with it?”
Matching paint to wallpaper sounds simple until you’re standing in front of hundreds of paint colours wondering whether you need sage, olive, eucalyptus, moss or one of the other 47 shades of green that suddenly seem to exist.
The good news? You don’t have to work it out on your own.
At Nobletts Wallpaper in Belfast, we can help you choose a paint colour that works beautifully with your wallpaper, taking the guesswork – and hopefully the stress – out of decorating.
Your Wallpaper Is the Perfect Place to Start
One of the easiest ways to create a room that feels properly pulled together is to use your wallpaper as the starting point for the whole colour scheme.
And as you can see from some of our recent combinations, there are loads of ways to do it.
A colourful floral wallpaper might look fantastic alongside a paint colour picked from one of its smaller accent shades. A soft botanical design can be paired with a gentle green for a calm, natural look, while a dramatic tropical wallpaper can take an equally bold paint colour if you fancy going all-out.
Even wallpapers with lots going on can give you several completely different directions to choose from.
Pick Out a Colour From the Wallpaper
This is often the simplest trick.
Look closely at the wallpaper rather than just concentrating on its main background colour. There could be a tiny touch of ochre in a flower, a dusty pink petal, a blue-green leaf or a warm terracotta detail that makes a brilliant wall colour.
Picking up one of these secondary colours helps tie everything together without making the room feel overly matched.
Or Let the Wallpaper Do All the Talking
Not every paint colour has to compete for attention.
If you’ve chosen a really bold floral, tropical or heavily patterned wallpaper, sometimes the best partner is a quieter shade. Warm neutrals, soft greens, muted pinks and earthy colours can give a statement wallpaper the space it needs while still making the room feel considered.
On the other hand, if subtle isn't really your thing, we’re quite happy to help you find something with a bit more welly!
Bring Your Wallpaper Into Our Belfast Paint Department
This is where things get much easier.
Bring your wallpaper sample, roll or cutting into our Belfast store and our team can help you look at suitable paint colours alongside it.
Seeing the actual wallpaper and paint colours together makes a massive difference. We can look at the tones within the design, discuss the room you’re decorating and help narrow down the options.
We’ll also help with the practical bits, including:
- Choosing a colour that complements your wallpaper
- Finding the right paint finish for the room
- Working out what size of tin you need
- Advising on preparation and application
- Mixing your chosen paint colour in store
Because there’s not much point finding the perfect colour if you end up with three tins too many – or run out halfway through the last wall.
Paint Mixing Available Every Day
Alongside the colours we have ready to take away from the shelf, paint mixing is available daily at Nobletts.
That means we can help you move from wallpaper inspiration to a complete decorating scheme in one visit.
It’s particularly handy if you’ve already bought your wallpaper from us. Bring it along, pull out some colours and see what works. Sometimes the shade you thought you wanted isn’t the one you end up choosing – and that’s exactly why seeing everything together is so useful.
Wallpaper and Paint Advice From Real People
We sell wallpaper and paint every day, so we’ve seen plenty of combinations – from quiet and understated to rooms where “more is more” is clearly the order of the day.
There isn't one magic rule for matching wallpaper and paint. It depends on the wallpaper, the light in your room, your furniture and, most importantly, what you actually like.
Our job is to help you make sense of the choices and find something you’ll still be happy with once it’s on all four walls.
Decorating This Weekend? Call Into Nobletts
If you’ve got a decorating project coming up, bring your wallpaper into Nobletts Wallpaper, Belfast, and have a chat with the team.
Whether you need help choosing the perfect paint colour, deciding on a finish or simply want a second opinion before committing, we’re here to help seven days a week.
Monday - Wednesday and Friday: 9am-5.30pm Thursday: 9am-8pm Saturday: 9am–5pm
Sunday: 1pm–6pm
With loads of paint colours available from the shelf, daily paint mixing, a huge choice of wallpaper and plenty of friendly advice, we can help get the wallpaper and paint sorted together.
Because choosing a paint colour should be one of the fun bits of decorating – not the reason you’ve been staring at colour cards for three days.
