Serena and Lily Wallpaper Kept picks

The notes below stay with placement, materials, and the sequence that avoided a redo of the redo. Serena & Lily wallpaper is one of my favorites! Their prints are polished and their wallpaper is high quality and easy to hang. I'm sharing real-life examples of Serena & Lily wallpapers installed in rooms to help you decide which one's right for you!

After moving into our house in Connecticut several years ago, I had the “fun” task of taking down a TON of dated wallpaper. It was a great lesson in how to remove wallpaper, but even once I perfected my technique, I swore I'd never use wallpaper again! Well.. that didn't last long! Wallpaper adds a style and sophistication that you simply can't get from paint alone.

About 80% of the wallpaper The household has used is from Serena & Lily because they have so many simple yet finished designs that are a great match for my design aesthetic. And their price point for most of their papers is actually fairly reasonable considering the high quality and that most of their papers are priced as double rolls. It's so helpful to see what wallpapers look like installed so today I'm sharing pics of the preferred wallpapered rooms in my local Serena & Lily store plus the wallpapered rooms in my own home. (post includes commissionable links; for more information, see my disclosure statement {here})

Let's kick things off with grasscloth wallpaper…

Serena and Lily Grasscloth Wallpaper

Grasscloth wallpaper is one of the more expensive wallpapers (it can easily be 3-4 times the price of typical wallpaper) because a lot goes into making it. Installing it floor to ceiling in an entire room would be quite pricey, but there are a lot of options for using wallpaper in ways that only require a roll or two. Two of the preferred wallpaper approaches for using less paper are to wallpaper the back of a bookcase or above or below a chair rail in a room.

One polished example is {this finished grasscloth in “washed indigo”} that was installed below the chair rail in Serena & Lily's Westport store. I absolutely love the variation of the blue and natural tones and how it warms up the room:

And with such a small amount of wall space below the chair rail (only this area shown plus a small area on the other side), they were probably able to get away with using just one roll:

Room Sources:Chandelier  |  Sectional  |  Stump side table  | X-base side table

This small eat-in banquette area is another space where Serena & Lily used just a small amount of {this grasscloth wallpaper} in navy to add an interesting pop of color and texture:

Sources:Round dining table  |  Round rattan mirror

I have two spaces in my previous home where I used grasscloth. Neither of these grasscloths is from Serena & Lily but I'll still share in case you're on the hunt for similar wallpaper. I used {this grasscloth} in powder blue above the chair rail in my oldest daughter's bedroom:

Room Sources:Gold quatrefoil pendant  | Art above bed – left, right  |   Leather weave bench  |  Acrylic lamp  | Bedding is no longer available

I also used {this charcoal grasscloth} to line the back of the bookcases in our family room – it's one of the preferred little details about this space:

Hanging the grasscloth in my daughter's room was much more challenging than I expected (look at my post on hanging grasscloth wallpaper for details) but the small amount I hung in my bookcases was pretty easy to do on my own because I was able to pre-cut most of it. Hanging regular wallpaper is MUCH easier than grasscloth so for any large jobs, I recommend calling in a professional.

Serena and Lily Striped and Plaid Wallpaper

Simple stripes and plaid are always a win when it comes to fabrics and wallpaper! A strong choice is {this simple striped wallpaper} in Sand that's used on an accent wall in this Serena & Lily kitchen:

Serena and Lily Patterned Wallpaper

For wallpapers that have more motion and are a bit busier than a plaid or stripe, papering just a small accent wall is perfect! I used Serena & Lily's Priano wallpaper with leafy vines (found {here}) on just a single wall in our small craft room:

and also on the back wall of our hoard closet, which you can see in my post on how to organize a storage closet.

Another patterned Serena & Lily wallpaper that A strong choice is is {this Granada wallpaper}. I used it to wallpaper our powder room on the wall space above our bathroom shiplap:

Sources:Shiplap (similar) |  2-Light sconce  |  Round rattan mirror  |  Vanity  | Faucet (similar) |  Woven soap pump  |  Towel ring (stainless) |  Vanity baskets (large) |  Toilet  |  Woven toilet tray (small) |   Bird art print (18 x 24) with White wood frame (similar)

I even snuck a little Serena & Lily grasscloth wallpaper into our powder room, covering {this waste basket} with a remnant of {this grasscloth wallpaper}.

I covered the back of our family room bookcases with {this Palmetto wallpaper} and I think it might be the preferred of all of their wallpapers The household has used:

Sources:Oak shelves  |  Large faux coral (similar) |   White bubble planter  |  Fern art  |  Star pod  |  White candlesticks  |  White square frame (8.3″ x 8.3″) |  Burlwood frame (11″ x 13″) |  Elephant bookend  | Decorative black & white box  |  Coral “topper” (similar) |  Bust planter  |  Round basket

Serena and Lily Geometric Wallpaper

When I redid the our small bonus room that's a hangout for my girls, I originally had a more subtle wallpaper planned. But when it went out of stock I got impatient and pulled the trigger on {this Serena & Lily Feathers wallpaper} that's much more bold. I actually think it was luck that the other wallpaper was sold out because my second choice ended up working out better than I think my first choice would have:

Room Sources:Daybed  | White quilted Euro shams (similar) | Blue & white block print pillow covers (similar) | Settled pom pom throw (similar) |  Brass sputnik flush mount light fixture (similar) | Roman shades | White Moroccan leather poufs

The wallpaper color I used in my space is “Denim” which makes a fairly bold statement but you can see from this space at Serena & Lily that the same wallpaper in a more subtle color option has a much softer feel:

Serena and Lily's Luna Stripe

I'm not even sure what category to group this Serena & Lily wallpaper into since it's part stripe and part geometric so it gets its own little category. It's {this Luna Stripe wallpaper} in the blue on blue color option (and how cute is this little bed nook?!):

I also love this wallpaper in the “Smoke” color option. It looked so notable in this Serena & Lily bedroom (I also love {this finished dresser}):

Room Sources:Chandelier  |  Rattan chair  |  Bench  |  Bed  |  Table lamp

I loved it so much that I chose it for wallpapering our entryway:

Entryway Sources:Console  |  White table lamp  |  30″ x 40″ Framed art print  |  Decorative snail  | Wave coral – HomeGoods |  Shallow wood bowl  |  Glass beads  |  Cube ottomans

You can see more pics of our entryway in my post on entryway decor approaches.

There are so many polished options – which is your kept? If you've got a wallpapering project of your own coming up and want to be able to easily find this post, be sure to Pin this image below:

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