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Wallpaper Calculator with Pattern Repeat

Free wallpaper roll calculator with pattern repeat support. Enter total wall width, height, roll size, and pattern repeat to get the exact number of rolls needed, including door/window deductions and a waste buffer.

Quand l’utiliser

Use before ordering wallpaper for a full room, especially with a bold pattern that has a visible repeat — it prevents an expensive mid-job reorder from a different dye lot.

Comparaison

Many wallpaper calculators ignore pattern repeat entirely, quietly underestimating rolls for patterned designs. This one bakes the repeat into the drop math.

Enter your values below. Calculations run locally as you type.

Comment ça marche

If a pattern repeat is set, each drop is rounded up to the next full repeat length; otherwise the drop equals the wall height exactly.

Drops per roll = roll length ÷ effective drop length, and strips needed = total wall width ÷ roll width, minus any strips saved by large door/window openings.

Rolls needed = (net strips ÷ drops per roll), inflated by your waste buffer percentage and rounded up to a whole roll.

FAQ

Why does a pattern repeat increase how much wallpaper I need?

A pattern repeat forces every drop to start at the same point in the design, so each cut strip must be rounded up to the next full repeat length rather than the exact wall height. That shortens how many usable drops you get from each roll, which is why large repeats can noticeably increase the total rolls needed.

Why buy all my rolls from the same dye lot or batch?

Wallpaper color and pattern alignment can shift subtly between production runs, even for the identical SKU. Buying every roll for a room from a single batch avoids visible seams or color banding where a later-purchased roll meets an earlier one.

How do I measure a room's total wall width?

Add up the width of every wall you're covering, in a continuous loop around the room, without subtracting for corners — corners just mean a strip gets split across two walls, not removed. Enter door and window openings separately in the deduction field instead of subtracting them from the wall width directly.

Exemple concret

Entrée

480" total wall width, 96" wall height, 20.5" roll width, 33 ft roll length, 0" pattern repeat, 0 sq ft deducted, 10% waste.

Sortie

7 rolls needed.

Effective drop = 96" (no repeat). Drops per roll = floor(396/96) = 4. Strips needed = ceil(480/20.5) = 24. Rolls = ceil((24/4) × 1.10) = ceil(6.6) = 7.

Pièges courants

  • A large pattern repeat can dramatically cut usable drops per roll — always enter the repeat even if it seems minor.
  • Deducting door/window area only saves whole strips, so small openings inside a strip won't reduce the roll count.
  • Always round up and buy from a single batch — reordering later risks a visible dye-lot mismatch.

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