Focus: Wall covering ideas that bring your walls to life!

Our curation of wall coverings celebrates walls as storytellers and canvases for art.

18 Sep 2026

Trend and Style Direction by Sehaj Sekhon

Walls have always been storytellers — from the rock shelters of Bhimbetka to the Rococo interiors of Versailles. Today, they continue to play that role, revealing our taste by turning themselves into works of art, be it through botanicals that usher you into a forest or textured tiles that lend a tactile dimension. Our curation of wall coverings celebrates walls as storytellers and canvases for art.

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Had Titian lived today, he’d likely have chosen this wallpaper by The Versailles Collection. UDC Homes translates Renaissance motifs, idyllic landscapes and botanical studies into contemporary wall coverings, where painterly composition channels practised restraint, using light and texture.

Left: Wall Covering by Dialogues by Nirmals; Right: 1. “Willow Boughs” wallpaper by Morris & Co. available at Drapesy, price on request 2. “Mrig Tapovan” textured canvas wallpaper part of the Nirvana collection by India Circus by Krsnaa Mehta, A Godrej Enterprises Brand, `9,900 per roll 3. “Gulbahar” wallpaper part of the WPC x Aashni Kumar collection by Wilde Design Company, `299 per sq ft 4. Aquifer “WLP Giardino” wallpaper part of the Prism IV collection by VAYA Home 5. “Winter Birds 100/2006” non-woven wallpaper part of the Archive Anthology collection by Cole & Son 6. “Sinopia / MB-25” wallpaper part of the Fresco Opus collection, designed by Barbara Mancini for Wall/Pepper 7. Vintage Green “Twilight Haven” wallpaper by Life n Colors, all prices on request

HOT STYLE: WILD AND FREE

Trade walls for woodlands. Verdant foliage, exotic fauna and painterly botanicals teleport your interiors into a spellbinding forest.

BUCOLIC BLOOMS

Florals have travelled far and wide. Inspired by the brocades of Damascus and centuries of exchange along the Silk Route, Coordonné’s Damaskus collection, introduced to India by Dialogues by Nirmals, lets motifs flourish into wall coverings such as the Varanasi Tree Stone wall pictured here.

Left: Wall covering by Sarita Handa; Right: 1. Matin “Le verger enchante” straw wall covering part of the Jardin À La Française collection by Pierre Frey, price on request 2. “Perché” grass cloth base wallcovering part of The Versailles collection by UDC Homes, `2,500 per sq ft 3. Sepia “Peonies” non- woven paper wallcovering part of Collection 2, designed by Maximiliano Modesti for INK Jaipur available at Nilaya Anthology, `2400 per sq ft 4. “Leopards at dusk” wool sateen wallcovering by de Gournay, price on request 5. “Here Comes the Sun” canvas wall art by Kalakaari Haath, `1,50,000

HOT STYLE: THREAD COUNT

Rich in texture, craft and character, these embroidered wallcoverings prove that sometimes the smallest needle can leave the biggest impression on a room.

STITCH IN TIME

Textured sisal becomes the base for intricate embroidered trailing vines in this wallpaper named Wisteria, echoing the ardent boughs characteristic of the blossoms. Part of the Eterna collection of wallcoverings, ECHELON for Sarita Handa balances European design sensibility and Asian craftsmanship to stitch tales into textiles.

Left: Wall covering by Arte; Right: 1. White “Frozen Garden” ceramic wall tile, designed by Marcel Wanders for Bisazza, price on request 2. Chinese Blue “Turkish Delight” cement wall cladding by Bharat Floorings & Tiles, `360 per sq ft 3. Beach Wood “Dune” wall panel by Elevate Interior, price on request 4. “Stitch” Swiss white marble with black limestone wall surface part of the Surface Collection 2026 by Orvi 5. Sand “Meco” ceramic tile by Theia tiles 6. Golden Oak “Welo” natural wood wall panel part of the Unicolor collection by VOX 7. Burgundy pumice 3D bar tile, designed by David Lopez Quincoces & Francesco Meda for Ranieri Lava Stone, all prices on request 235

HOT STYLE: FOURTH WALL

Why stick to conventional dimensions when you can have more? Tiles and cladding break out of the obvious in favour of tactility.

PATTERN LANGUAGE

Sail along the banks of the Nile to arrive at Abydos, Arte’s intriguing three-dimensional wallcovering from the Memphis collection. Sharing the name with the ancient Egyptian city replete with hieroglyphic engravings on temple walls, Abydos abstracts the geometry into the modern world.