The Kingston toile began as an original watercolour — painted by hand, one landmark at a time, then drawn into a repeating toile the way toiles have been made for two hundred years. Nothing in it is stock art. If you know Kingston, you will recognise what is in it: the schooner on the bay, the clam flats and the old houses along the marsh.
Printed to order in our own shop in Rockland, Massachusetts, on your choice of twelve wall coverings.
How it is sold
Wallpaper is sold as 24″-wide panels. You pick the height that suits your wall and order as many panels as you need to cross it. Each panel is 2 feet wide, so a 10-foot wall takes five.
- 24″ × 12″ sample — $20. One full repeat at true scale, on the material you are considering. Tape it to the wall and live with it for a few days before you commit.
- 24″ × 56″ — 9.3 sq ft per panel
- 24″ × 76″ — 12.7 sq ft per panel
- 24″ × 96″ — 16 sq ft per panel · the standard 8-foot wall
- 24″ × 108″ — 18 sq ft per panel · 9-foot ceilings
- 24″ × 120″ — 20 sq ft per panel · 10-foot ceilings
What a wall actually costs
A standard 10 ft × 8 ft wall is 80 square feet — five panels of 24″ × 96″. That comes to:
| Material | Per sq ft | 10 × 8 wall |
|---|---|---|
| Prepasted (PVC-free) | $7.50 | $600 |
| Nolar Sailcloth | $8.00 | $640 |
| Peel and Stick Permanent | $9.00 | $720 |
| DreamScape Matte 20oz | $9.00 | $720 |
| Criss Cross | $9.50 | $760 |
| Silk | $9.75 | $780 |
| Grasscloth 20oz | $10.00 | $800 |
| Terralon 13oz | $10.00 | $800 |
| Peel and Stick Removable | $10.50 | $840 |
| Satera Pearl | $11.50 | $920 |
| Platinum 20oz | $13.00 | $1,040 |
| Prisma | $15.00 | $1,200 |
Choosing your material
Prepasted (PVC-free) — $7.50/sq ft. Paste-activated PVC-free wall covering. Hangs with water, strips with water. Matte finish. Paste.
Nolar Sailcloth — $8.00/sq ft. Woven sailcloth texture with a soft matte face and a long roll length. Matte finish. Paste.
Peel and Stick Permanent — $9.00/sq ft. Self-adhesive permanent vinyl. Semi-repositionable while hanging, then set. No paste required. Canvas texture vinyl finish. No paste required.
DreamScape Matte 20oz — $9.00/sq ft. Heavyweight 20oz wall covering with a flat matte face. Matte finish. Paste.
Criss Cross — $9.50/sq ft. Cross-hatch woven texture that softens large flat areas of colour. Matte finish. Paste.
Silk — $9.75/sq ft. Fine silky weave-like texture with a low satin lift under raking light. Satin finish. Paste.
Grasscloth 20oz — $10.00/sq ft. Printed vinyl grasscloth texture with a bright white base point. Matte finish. Paste.
Terralon 13oz — $10.00/sq ft. 13oz recycled-content substrate with a fine even matte surface and an aged white base. Matte finish. Paste.
Peel and Stick Removable — $10.50/sq ft. The highest-grade self-adhesive removable vinyl available. Lifts cleanly — the rental-friendly option, and the longest-lasting removable wallpaper you will find. Polyester fabric based. No paste required. Vinyl finish. No paste required.
Satera Pearl — $11.50/sq ft. Pearlescent ground that shifts warm and cool as you move past it. Satin finish. Paste.
Platinum 20oz — $13.00/sq ft. Heavyweight 20oz with a subtle metallic shimmer in the ground. Satin finish. Paste.
Prisma — $15.00/sq ft. The premium ground — “unicorn grasscloth”, as our customers call it. The same texture as our grasscloth with a multi-faceted sparkle running through it. The top of the range. Satin finish. Paste.
Before you order
- Measure the wall, not the room. Width of the wall in feet, divided by two, rounded up, is your panel count. Height of the wall decides which panel you buy — go up a size rather than down.
- Order a sample first if you are unsure of the material. Twenty dollars now is cheaper than the wrong finish on a whole wall, and the sample is one full repeat at true scale. Use the code SAMPLE20 on a later wallpaper order over $150 and we credit the sample back.
- Every pattern is hand painted. The blues shift very slightly from town to town, because they were mixed by hand in watercolour. That is the point of it, not a fault.
- Made to order. Your panels are printed for you when you order, and ship within one to two weeks.
- Returns. Because every panel is printed to order we cannot take it back if you change your mind — but if it arrives damaged, misprinted or not what you ordered, we replace it. Tell us within 14 days.
- Shipping on wallpaper is free anywhere in the United States.
