Every roll is cut to your exact walls at our Arizona studio and shipped with tracking. There is no showroom to visit and no pre-cut stock, so what arrives is printed for your room and no one else’s.
Wallpaper that handles Chicago's seasons
Few cities swing as hard as Chicago. Summers are warm and humid off the lake, winters are long and dry with the heat running for months. Wallpaper expands a little in damp air and contracts in dry, so the single most useful thing you can do here is let your rolls sit indoors for a day or two before hanging. Material that has settled to room conditions goes up flatter and stays put through the seasons.
Older Chicago housing brings the usual pre-war quirks: plaster walls that are not perfectly flat, and the occasional damp basement or garden unit. Prep the wall, prime anything slick or patched, and keep low-level rooms well ventilated. Do that and a well-hung roll will ride out the January dry-out and the July humidity without complaint.
Long, dry heating season
Acclimate rolls indoors before hanging, and re-press any seam that lifts once the furnace has been running a while.
Humid lake summers
In a basement unit or a north bathroom, run a fan and let the wall dry fully before you start, so adhesive grabs a dry surface.
Patterns for Chicago's classic housing
The city's building stock is a designer's playground. Those brick bungalows and greystones have generous trim, coved ceilings, and built-ins that a good pattern can frame beautifully. A dining room in a two-flat can take a rich, traditional print. A sunroom or a breakfast nook is the perfect spot to try something bolder without committing the whole home.
For period-friendly patterns, our Vintage Wallpaper and Floral Wallpaper collections suit the older housing, while Geometric Wallpaper and the Green & Sage range work in both classic and modern Chicago rooms.
Delivery across Chicagoland
We ship across the city and the suburbs, from Evanston and Oak Park to Naperville and the North Shore. Each order is printed and cut first, a two-to-seven-day window, then a standard carrier handles transit, with timing shown at checkout. Tracking is emailed the moment your box ships, so a winter delivery never catches you off guard.
New to this? Measure carefully with how to measure for wallpaper before ordering, then follow how to apply peel and stick wallpaper when the rolls arrive. If you are weighing removable against permanent, peel and stick vs traditional wallpaper lays it out plainly.
Chicago Wallpaper Questions
Do you have a wallpaper store in Chicago?
No, we do not operate a retail store in Chicago. State of the Wall is an online studio that prints each roll to order and ships it to your address anywhere in Chicagoland, from the city neighborhoods out to the suburbs.
How do Chicago winters affect wallpaper?
Months of dry furnace heat can make paper contract slightly at the seams. Letting your rolls acclimate indoors before hanging, and pressing any lifted seam once the heat is running, keeps the finish tight through the season.
How long does wallpaper delivery to Chicago take?
We print and cut every order in two to seven business days, then hand it to a standard carrier for transit that is calculated at checkout. Tracking is emailed as soon as your rolls leave the studio.
What wallpaper suits a Chicago bungalow or greystone?
These homes have strong trim and generous proportions that frame a pattern well. Traditional and vintage-leaning prints feel at home in a dining room or entry, while a lighter geometric keeps a smaller room feeling open.
Wallpaper in nearby cities
Across the Midwest, we also ship to Detroit, Minneapolis, and Nashville. See them all on our locations page.