Spoonflower offers 7 print-on-demand wallpaper products that will work for any of your design projects. There are specific variables for each type of paper, so pay attention to specific details as you order.
Determine How Much Wallpaper to Order Using Our Wallpaper Calculator
Ordering Wallpaper from the Marketplace
Important Information about Print Lots (Dye Lots)
A Note about Half-Drop
Calculate How Many Rolls to Order Manually
Choosing Your Design
At Spoonflower, you can have wallpaper printed with a design from our Marketplace or you can upload your own design. How you locate your design will depend on if you are ordering a Marketplace Artist's design or your own, so read the section below that applies to you.
Marketplace Designs
Input some keywords into the search bar on our site to help narrow down the options. Check out the Searching The Spoonflower Marketplace article for some tips and tricks and once you've located the wallpaper you'd like to purchase, skip down to "How to Measure Your Walls" below.
Personal Designs
If you'd like to order your own design, you can either upload a new one or access a previously uploaded one from your Design Library.
- Click on the wallpaper Edit button to open the design layout window
- Review and adjust the Repeat and Scale as needed
- Confirm the image window and click Save if changes were made
- Back on the Design Edit page shown above, click the Buy button for wallpaper. A new window will open with the wallpaper product page and you can continue through the steps below.
How to Measure Your Walls
- Measure the height (in feet or cm) and the width (in inches or cm) of each wall
- Do not include the crown molding
- Do not worry about doors or windows - it is unlikely that panels will align perfectly with these features
- For walls of varied heights, order rolls for the tallest wall to ensure the design repeat aligns properly across all panels
For any assistance in this process, please contact us!
Determine How Much Wallpaper to Order Using Our Wallpaper Calculator
Once you have your measurements, you can use this wallpaper calculator to estimate how many rolls to order. However, we highly recommend using the design specific calculator found on every wallpaper product page because it applies the vertical design repeat and pattern repeat in its calculations.
- From the design page, select your preferred WALLPAPER type
- Link to the calculator through How much wallpaper do I need?
- Enter the height and width from your measurements - depending upon your saved preferences - for each individual wall (see image below)
- Click Calculate to see how many rolls, and what roll length, to order
- Click Add to Cart, or Calculate twice, buy once and calculate manually as well!
Ordering Wallpaper from the Marketplace
Review the example below for reference when ordering test swatches or rolls of wallpaper. SIZE will vary depending upon the WALLPAPER type you select.
Ordering a Test Swatch of Wallpaper
We always recommend ordering a sample to ensure the wallpaper type, color and scale meet your expectations. It is also wise to install this Test Swatch, waiting a full 24 hours after installation to be certain it adheres correctly, before placing your larger order.
To order a Test Swatch
- Select the WALLPAPER type
- Highlight Test Swatch button from SIZE
- Enter the AMOUNT - number of Test Swatches - you want to order
Click Add to Cart and continue shopping complete your purchase.
Ordering Rolls
Follow the steps above, but in step (2.), choose the preferred roll SIZE and (3.) the number of rolls - AMOUNT based upon your calculations.
Click Add to Cart and return to shopping or begin checking out.
Important Information about Print Lots (Dye Lots)
Customers often write in asking to order more paper from a certain dye-lot, or what we call a print-lot. Since Spoonflower is a print-on-demand company, each individual order is actually its very own print-lot. While large color shifts between orders should never be an issue, slight variations may exist across two orders placed at different times. Therefore, it is important to order enough digitally printed paper to complete your entire installation all at once.
A Note about Half-Drop
A small amount of our wallpaper designs are Half-Drop Repeats (with one large repeat widthwise). This style of repeat gives a wider visual impact after installation, but it also means that every other panel must be manually offset by half the vertical design repeat during installation. This means you may need to order slightly longer panels of wallpaper so you have enough product.
▶ Why may I need to order different lengths for a half-drop design?
Regardless of the design repeat, all rolls of wallpapers of the same design and length will print identically. Because the vertical design repeat is different for every design we sell, the vertical offset will vary from one half-drop design to the next. Using our wallpaper calculator will help you know the proper roll length to order for your space and design.
▶ How do I know a design is half-drop?
If a design is a half-drop, when you open the wallpaper calculator - How much wallpaper do I need - it will say Special Note and share the vertical design repeat.
▶ How do you install half-drop paper?
Review this visual example to see how Half-Drop installation works:
The vertical repeat for this unique design is 24" (60.96cm). For a vertical repeat of this size, you must vertically shift every other panel upwards by 12" to account for the half-drop design. Since this wall is 8 feet tall, the wallpaper calculator will determine that ordering 9' rolls are enough to account for the required 12" shift from the bottom of the panel to the top to account for the half-drop. And don't worry! The wallpaper calculator will automatically adjust its recommendations for roll lengths based upon the specific vertical design repeat of your preferred designs if they half-drop. This will be clearly labeled within the calculator.
We understand this might be confusing, so if you think the design you are ordering is half-drop please contact us with any questions. Include a design link in your initial inquiry so we can help you easily! Simply copy and paste the url address at the top of the screen. It should start with "http://www.spoonflower.com/en/wallpaper."
Calculate How Many Rolls to Order Manually
If you want to check the math and calculate how much paper to order manually, follow one of the two formulas below. Which formula depends upon the type of wallpaper that you are planning to purchase.
For Pre-Pasted and Peel and Stick Wallpaper:
We print these two popular Do-it-Yourself papers in selected whole-foot (or round centimeter) increments. It is good practice to order slightly longer rolls in order to ensure that any vagaries of architecture or slight differences in height along the wall can be compensated for during installation.
Follow these steps for:
▶ Imperial Measurement (inches and feet)
1. Round the height of your wall to the nearest roll length (3, 6, 9, 12 feet).
Example: If your wall measures just under 8 feet, not including the crown moulding, round up to 9 feet.(Note: If you are ordering for multiple walls in the same room, use the tallest wall height so that all the rolls are the same length.)
2. Calculate how many rolls you need
Take the full width of your wall (in inches) and divide it by 24”. If you will be installing on multiple walls in the same room that touch each other, add up the widths of each wall and divide that number by 24”. If the walls are not continuous, simply use this formula to determine the number of rolls necessary for each wall individually.
3. Round this answer up to the full number and order that many rolls of wallpaper.
▶ Metric Measurement
1. Round the height of your wall to the nearest roll length (30, 91, 183, 274, or 366 cm).
Example: If your wall measures just under 250 cm, round up to 274 cm.(Note: If you are ordering for multiple walls in the same room, use the tallest wall height so that all the rolls are the same length.)
2. Calculate how many rolls you need
Take the full width of your wall (in centimeters) and divide it by 61 cm. If you will be installing on multiple walls in the same room that touch each other, add up the widths of each wall and divide that number by 61 cm.
3. Round this answer up to the full number and order that many rolls of wallpaper.
For Non-Pasted, Vinyl, Grasscloth, Gold Metallic, and Silver Metallic:
One roll of these wallpaper types measures 27 feet (Imperial) or 10 meters (Metric), to cover approximately 36-40 square feet (6 square meters) once trim and pattern repeat are factored in. This may vary depending on wall height, design scale, and other factors.
Since every order is print-on-demand and color can vary between print runs, ensure you order enough rolls by giving yourself a little wiggle room in calculations. Rounding up when directed is important.
Follow these steps for:
▶ Imperial Measurement (inches and feet)
1. Take the measurements of the wall(s) you will be covering.
For our example we have two walls. One is 142" W x 108” H, and the other: 76" W x 108” H
2. Determine the number of panels you'll need.
- Add the widths of all the walls you are planning to cover
- Divide that number by the width of the roll of paper, 24" (2')
- Round this number to the next whole number. This is the number of panels.
Example: 142” + 76” = 218”; 218” divided by 24" = 9.08 panels; rounded: 10
3. Find the vertical repeat of your design.
You will find the vertical repeat on the design preview page of every wallpaper design. Scroll down from the top of the page to the “WALLPAPER DETAILS” box on the left. The first line of information in the "Dimensions" section is the vertical repeat measurement. (see screenshot below)
Example: 24" vertical repeat of the design
4. Find the number of vertical repeats on one roll of Non-Pasted.
Each roll of Non-Pasted Wallpaper is 324" (27') long. Divide 324" by the vertical repeat from Step 3.
Example: 324” divided by 24” = 13.5 repeats per roll
5. Find the number of vertical repeats for one panel on the wall.
- Add 5" to the height of your installation wall (Step 1) for the height of each panel
- Divide this panel height by the vertical repeat of the design
- Round this number up to the next whole number. This is the repeats per panel
Example: 108” + 5” = 113”; 113” divided by 24” = 4.5
6. Find the number of panels one roll of Non-Pasted will cover.
Divide the number of vertical repeats per roll (Step 4) by the number of vertical repeats per panel (Step 5). Do NOT round.
Example: 13.5 divided by 4.5 = 3 panels per 27' roll
7. Calculate the number of rolls you will need to order.
Divide the total number of panels needed (Step 2) by the number of panels covered by one roll of Non-Pasted (Step 6) and round up to the nearest whole number.
Example: 10 divided by 3 = 3.33 rolls. Rounded: 4 rolls
8. Order 4 rolls of this paper
▶ Metric Measurement
1. Take the measurements of the wall(s) you will be covering.
2. Determine the number of panels you'll need.
- Add the widths of all the walls you are planning to cover
- Divide that number by the width of the roll of paper, 61 cm
- Round this number to the next whole number. This is the number of panels.
3. Find the vertical repeat of your design.
You will find the vertical repeat on the design preview page of every wallpaper design. Scroll down from the top of the page to the “WALLPAPER DETAILS” box on the left. The first line of information in the "Dimensions" section is the vertical repeat measurement.
4. Find the number of vertical repeats on one roll of Non-Pasted.
Each roll of Non-Pasted Wallpaper is 823 cm (10 m) long. Divide 823 cm by the vertical repeat from Step 3
5. Find the number of vertical repeats for one panel on the wall.
- Add 12 cm to the height of your installation wall (from Step 1) to determine the height of each panel
- Divide this panel height by the vertical repeat of the design
- Round this number to the next whole number. This is the repeats per panel
6. Find the number of panels one roll of Non-Pasted will cover.
Divide the number of vertical repeats per roll (from Step 4) by the number of vertical repeats per panel (from Step 5). Do NOT round.
7. Calculate the number of rolls you will need to order.
Divide the total number of panels needed (from Step 2) by the number of panels covered by one roll of Non-Pasted (from Step 6) and round up to the nearest whole number.
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