Colorful Spanish Tile Animals Wallpaper

This spanish tile wallpaper is a wall of painted ceramic in full colour: cobalt blue, mustard yellow, terracotta and sage green on warm cream, with a flourish in every corner and a different creature on every other tile.

What is on this spanish tile wallpaper

A proud rooster stands in the grass. A spotted deer leaps between leaves, a hare runs through cornflowers, a striped cat curls up around a flower, and a songbird perches on a blossoming twig.

Between them swim a golden fish among waves and seaweed, a hummingbird hovers at a red flower, a butterfly opens its patterned wings and a gecko suns itself on a stone.

Where the pattern comes from

Tin-glazed tiles have been painted across Spain and Portugal for centuries, and the bright palette here comes from that tradition rather than from the blue-and-white one. The technique is majolica, the same glaze that gives Talavera and Valencian tiles their glow.

A spanish tile wallpaper of this kind alternates picture tiles with geometric star tiles, which is exactly how a real tiled wall is laid: the stars give your eye somewhere to rest between the animals.

Where this spanish tile wallpaper works best

A kitchen is the natural home for it, especially behind open shelves or a long table, and it is excellent in a pantry, a laundry room or a small bathroom.

It also lifts a dark hallway or a stairwell, where the yellow and terracotta bring warmth that a blue-and-white tile cannot.

Because the ground is cream and the grid is regular, the pattern stays orderly even at full strength, so it works on all four walls as well as on one.

Colours and scale

The palette of this spanish tile wallpaper is cobalt, mustard, terracotta and sage on cream, which means it sits happily with wood, rattan, terracotta pots, brass and white trim.

Each tile is drawn at the scale of a real 15 cm azulejo, so the grid reads clearly from across the room and the animals are easy to pick out from the doorway.

How to style it

Let the tiles be the colour in the room and keep everything else plain: natural wood, cream linen, a stoneware jug, a terracotta pot of herbs.

If you want to pull one colour out, the mustard is the friendliest. A yellow lamp or a set of ochre cushions ties the whole wall together.

Peel and stick and traditional print the same colours and are both PVC-free, so the choice is only about permanence: peel and stick for a rented kitchen, traditional paper for a hallway you intend to keep.

Peel & Stick

Our Peel & Stick wallpaper is printed on a 340 g/m² heavyweight polyester textile with a built-in self-adhesive backing — no paste, no mess. It goes up easily, repositions without damage, and comes down cleanly whenever you’re ready for a change. PVC-free, B1/M1 fire rated, and safe for nurseries. Perfect for renters, first-time installers, or anyone who loves refreshing their space without long-term commitment.

Traditional

Our Premium Traditional wallpaper is printed on a 175 g/m² non-woven paper with a semi-glossy finish, applied with standard wallpaper paste directly to the wall. The result is a seamless, professionally installed look built to last 10+ years. PVC-free and B1 fire rated. Ideal for permanent installations, high-traffic areas, and anyone looking for a refined, long-term result.

Sizes, samples and installation

Every design is printed to order in 24-inch-wide panels, in heights from 76 to 124 inches, and ships in 2–5 business days with free shipping to the US and EU.

Not sure how many panels you need? Our measuring guide walks you through it, and our material comparison guide explains peel and stick versus traditional.

Bright glazes look different under warm and cool light, so we recommend ordering a sample of this spanish tile wallpaper first: choose the 7×7″ or 24×24″ sample in the Size menu above.

More designs like this

For the blue-and-white version of the same idea, see our Classic Portuguese Azulejo wallpaper, or browse the full Moroccan & Tile collection and the Whimsical & Animals collection.