Gingham Wallpaper
Gingham is the simple woven check of two tones crossing to make soft squares. It brings warmth, structure and a touch of nostalgia to a wall, and it is lovely in a nursery, a kitchen or a country bedroom. In a small scale it reads as a gentle texture; drawn large, it becomes cheerful and graphic.
Galerie's Two Tone Gingham, from Little Explorers 2, takes the traditional pattern somewhere modern with muted colourways. Cath Kidston's Painted Gingham adds a watercolour effect to a large-scale check, and Superfresco Easy's Haven Bloom has Hattie Gingham, its check painted with a soft, slightly irregular hand. Sanderson's Country Woodland offers a warm small-scale gingham that suits a heritage scheme.
For a children's room, Caselio's Happy Kids Club brings the check back in colours suited to a stylish nursery, and Casadeco's Once Upon A Time 2 reinvents gingham with bold, colourful checks under its French name, vichy. Coordonné's Stripes & Checks includes a generous, evenly spaced check that reads clearly across a room.
Gingham sits happily among our tartan and check wallpaper, beside checkerboard wallpaper and pairs naturally with ticking stripe wallpaper. For a gentle all-over pattern in a bedroom, see small prints. Our Decorating Notes article The Pattern With a Past: The Case for Tartan and Check Wallpaper explores the check in all its forms.
