Wallpapering a room or feature wall? Count your rolls.
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Wallpaper goes up in vertical strips (drops). Each drop is the wall height plus about 10 cm (4 in) for trimming, plus the pattern repeat so the design lines up.
Divide the roll length by the drop length to get drops per roll, and the wall length by the roll width to get the number of drops. Standard European rolls are 53 cm × 10.05 m.
| Units | Metres & centimetres |
| Total wall length to paper (ft or m) | 14 |
| Wall height (ft or m) | 2.5 |
| Roll width (in or cm) | 53 |
| Roll length (ft or m) | 10 |
| Pattern repeat (in or cm) | 0 |
| Rolls needed | 9 rolls |
| Strips (drops) | 27 |
| Drops per roll | 3 |
| Wall area | 376.7 sq ft · 35 m² |
9 rolls.
| Units | Metres & centimetres |
| Total wall length to paper (ft or m) | 4 |
| Wall height (ft or m) | 2.4 |
| Roll width (in or cm) | 53 |
| Roll length (ft or m) | 10 |
| Pattern repeat (in or cm) | 64 |
| Rolls needed | 3 rolls |
| Strips (drops) | 8 |
| Drops per roll | 3 |
| Wall area | 103.3 sq ft · 9.6 m² |
3 rolls.
A typical 4 × 4 m room with 2.5 m walls needs about 10 standard rolls, before subtracting doors and windows.
The vertical distance before the pattern repeats; larger repeats waste more paper.
Yes, and make sure all rolls have the same batch number.
Usually 3–4 rolls for a 4 m wide, 2.4 m high wall.