Elegant paints and wallpapers for every kind of country home

There's no shortage of elegant paints and wallpapers currently on the market — so we asked Amelia Thorpe to choose some of her favourites that will work in country homes, big and and small.

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Botanical beauty: This trompe l’oeil wallpaper is from Hamilton Weston.
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Hamilton Weston

Decorative artist Flora Roberts has created a trompe l’oeil version of her studio wall, featuring her paintings of fruit and foliage hung from vintage clips. Botanical Studies wallpaper costs £324 per 10m roll from Hamilton Weston.

Penny Morrison

A re-creation of an English embroidery style from the early 18th century, Little Begum Teal wallpaper features an array of climbing foliage and fanciful flowers. It costs £360 per 10m roll from Penny Morrison.

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(Image credit: Penny Morrison)

Susie Watson Designs

Saffron Ivory Large Shalini wallpaper combines a delicate motif in pale bone colour with a soft ochre ground, designed to add gentle elegance to any room. It costs £72 per 10m roll from Susie Watson Designs.

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Edward Bulmer

Edward Bulmer Natural Paint has introduced A5 hand-painted colour swatches, a toxin-free way to sample its breathable, plant-based paints. The cards cost £1.50 each.

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(Image credit: Edward Bulmer)

Ottoline de Vries

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Frogspawn grasscloth wallcovering in Soft Sage and White is hand-drawn by Ottoline de Vries and digitally printed on sisal grasscloth on a non-woven backing, £575 for an extra-wide 6m roll.

Neptune

Nettle is an uplifting green paint, shown here with woodwork in Moss to complete the fresh effect. The pots cost from £48 for 2.5L emulsion from Neptune.

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Fanny Shorter

Fanny Shorter’s Circe’s Garden wallpaper is inspired by the gardens of Mount Stewart in Northern Ireland, where the mild microclimate enables Mediterranean and exotic plants to grow in abundance.

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‘As you walk through this near-tropical foliage, you are watched by scores of statues of animals and mythical beasts, hiding in the bracken or bracing a terrace,’ she says. ‘I was captivated and inspired.’

The wallpaper in Stubbs Brown costs £190 per 10m roll, available also as hand screen-printed linen, £195 per m.

G. P. & J. Baker

The joyful spirit of celebrated interior designer Kit Kemp is captured in her latest collaboration with fabric and wallpaper brand G. P. & J. Baker.

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(Image credit: G P & J Baker)

Cloudline wallpaper costs £149 per 10m roll, its blue and green hues echoed in matching fabric, £110 per m, and Forest Flower fabric, £98 per m, on the headboard.

Mylands

Garden designer Jinny Blom has created a collection of 12 colours in partnership with paint manufacturer Mylands. Rain, shown here, is a soft blue that pairs well with natural lime mortar. It costs £42 for 1L multi-surface eggshell.

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(Image credit: Mylands)

This feature originally appeared in the April 22, 2026, issue of Country Life. Click here for more information on how to subscribe.

Amelia Thorpe
Amelia Thorpe

Amelia Thorpe is a design and interiors journalist and regular contributor to Country Life. She spent the first half of her career book publishing, before jumping the fence to become a writer — a role that she adores. Amelia lives in London with her husband and two roguish dogs.