Wallpaper in New York City

01 / Climate

What New York's seasons do to a wall

The city runs humid and heavy in August, then flips to bone-dry radiator heat by January, and wallpaper feels every bit of that swing. In winter, steam heat pulls moisture out of the air and paper can tighten at the seams. In a damp summer, a north-facing bathroom with one small window holds moisture long after a shower. Neither is a dealbreaker. It just means prep matters more here than in a mild climate.

Old plaster is the other New York fact of life. Prewar walls are rarely flat, and glossy landlord paint gives adhesive almost nothing to grab. A quick skim of any bad patches, a wipe-down, and a wallpaper primer on slick walls will do more for the finished look than any single choice of pattern. If your only candidate wall is in a windowless bathroom, read our guide on how to wallpaper a bathroom before you commit.

02 / Patterns

Patterns for small, tall New York rooms

Space is tight and ceilings are often high, which is a gift if you use it. A single papered wall behind the bed makes a studio feel considered instead of cramped, and a dramatic pattern in a tiny powder room reads as confidence, not clutter. In a prewar apartment with real moldings, a restrained geometric or a fine botanical respects the architecture. In a newer glass tower, a graphic mural gives a blank box some point of view.

For rooms that need to feel calm and larger, our Minimal Wallpaper and Geometric Wallpaper ranges pull their weight. For the powder room you want people to remember, look at Murals or the deeper tones in Grey & Black.

03 / Delivery

Getting your rolls into the building

We ship to all five boroughs and the surrounding metro, from Manhattan and Brooklyn out to Jersey City, Yonkers, and Long Island. Every order is printed and cut first, two to seven business days, then handed to a standard carrier whose transit time is calculated at checkout. You get a tracking number by email as soon as the box leaves, which is worth watching closely if your building holds packages at a front desk or a mailroom.

If you have never hung a roll, start with how to measure for wallpaper so your order is right the first time, then how to apply peel and stick wallpaper when it arrives. Still deciding between removable and permanent? peel and stick vs traditional wallpaper spells out the trade-offs for a rental.

We deliver across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, plus the surrounding metro.