Simon Houlding Upholstery
Woad-blue leafy branches with pale blue brush marks on a warm white ground

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Morris & Co.

Willow Boughs Woad

Simply Morris Wallpapers WallpaperMOW0016-08

Willow Boughs Woad covers the pale ground with overlapping branches and loose, painterly leaves in layered blue tones. Warm beige stems soften the cool woad colouring, giving the repeat a fresh but quietly vintage character.

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About this wallpaper

The design shows curling leafy stems, with deep woad-blue foliage alongside lighter blue brushwork and fine linear marks that remain visible across the repeat. A pale cream-white background keeps the pattern open, while the beige-tan branches add warmth between the cooler leaves. This wallpaper has a 46 cm vertical pattern repeat and a 52 cm usable width, supplied in standard 10.05 m lengths. The listed weight is 192 gsm, and the horizontal repeat is recorded as 0 cm.

How to use it

Pair this cool, layered blue with chalky whites, natural oak and warm beige upholstery to echo the stems without competing with the foliage. Its lively medium-scale repeat would suit a study, bedroom or garden room where the woad tones can read clearly against a light ground.

Use this cool blue-and-cream botanical wallpaper to bring lively leafy movement to bedrooms, studies or garden-facing rooms.

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Paint that goes with it

Two ways to take the room. Both colours are from houses we hold, so a pot can come off the same order as the cloth. Screens shift colour, so treat these as a direction and bring the cloth to the shelf before you buy the paint.

To sit quietly behind it

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To stand against it

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