Last Thursday we went sporting with Fly Fishing in Russet. This week we are staying in the woods, but trading the flies for the trees themselves. Thanksgiving is three weeks out, the guest room is about to get used, and the best holiday walls are the ones that still look right in February.
Schumacher Covey Hedge in Forest is that kind of wall. It is a dense, layered botanical of maple leaves and pine boughs in light and deep greens, painted the way a block print looks: flat, stylized, and rich. The maple says late fall. The pine says Christmas. Together they read as one evergreen wall that carries a room from the first cold front through New Year's and well past it.
At $56.00 per yard, it is also an easy way to bring Schumacher wallpaper into a room this season. That is why Covey Hedge in Forest is our Thursday pick.
What Covey Hedge in Forest looks like
The shop's colorway notes say Covey Hedge is based on artwork hand-painted in the Schumacher studio, and that it takes its flat stylized foliage and rich colors from Japanese block prints and Persian miniatures. They describe it as a medium-scale, wonderfully transporting botanical with lush layers of maple leaves and pine boughs, printed on a semi-coated ground.
On the wall, that layering is the whole story. In the back sit dark maple leaf silhouettes, almost shadows. On top of them, pale green pine boughs fan out on thin brown branches, each needle drawn as a soft brushstroke. Nothing is outlined hard, so the wall has depth without looking busy.
The shop lists this colorway as green, SKU 5016071. Up close it feels like standing under a tree. From the doorway it reads as a deep, cool green wall with movement in it, which makes it easy to live with next to plaid, warm wood, brass, and white bedding.
The numbers on the product page
Callout: Roll width 27". Horizontal repeat 27". Vertical repeat 27". Match: half drop. Sold by the yard.
That spec block is on the Covey Hedge Forest page. Also listed there: 10.0 yards per roll, order minimum 10 yards, order increment 10 yards, coated paper substrate, ASTM E84 Class A flame test, pre-trimmed: No, and pre-pasted: No.
The listed price is $56.00 per yard. At the 10-yard minimum, the page shows a total of $560.00. Each roll is 10 yards, so the minimum is one roll, and after that you add one 10-yard roll at a time. The page notes that the design is made to order.
A 27-inch repeat on a 27-inch roll is a classic medium scale. The half-drop match means every other strip drops by half a repeat, so the boughs flow on a diagonal instead of lining up in rows. That is what keeps an allover leaf from looking like a grid.
Where Covey Hedge belongs this season
A green botanical wallpaper like this earns its place in the rooms where people slow down. Good spots for Covey Hedge in Forest:
A guest bedroom, ready for family coming in for Thanksgiving or Christmas
A den or study where the fire, the coffee, and the conversation end up
A dining room with a wood table, white dishes, and candles
A powder room with good ventilation, where a deep green wall feels like a surprise
A mudroom or back hall that sees boots, coats, and dogs all winter
For the holidays, Forest takes the decorations you already own. Brass candleholders, red berries, a plaid throw, and fresh garland all look like they belong. In January, put the garland away and add blue-and-white stripes on the beds or a pair of rush-seat chairs, and the wall reads fresh again.
Paper is the wrong pick for a shower wall or right behind a cooktop. A powder room with a working fan is fine.
A half drop makes the leaves flow
Covey Hedge repeats every 27 inches across and 27 inches down, and every other strip drops half a repeat. We follow that sequence strip by strip so the boughs flow on a diagonal, and we start at the focal wall so the fullest part of the pattern lands where the eye goes first.
Forest, Midnight, and Sage
Same painted boughs, same 27-inch roll, same $56.00 per yard. The shop carries three colorways of Covey Hedge.
Forest (SKU 5016071). Listed as green. Pale pine on deep green maple. The richest of the three and our lead pick for the season.
Midnight (SKU 5016070). Listed as blue, green, and navy. Sea-green boughs on a deep navy ground, moody and quiet, made for a study or a dining room lit by lamps.
Sage (SKU 5016072). Listed as green. Fresh green leaves on a pale ground, the lightest and airiest version, good for a bedroom that gets morning sun.
If you want more red in the room for the holidays, look at Margaret Schloeman's Fox Chase in Forest (SKU 5016150, $59.50 per yard). The shop notes it was inspired by the artist's illustration for a magazine cover dated November 7, 1931: red-coated riders and white hounds racing through stylized green trees. It shares the same 27-inch roll width and half-drop match, so Covey Hedge in a bedroom and Fox Chase in the hall feel like one house. It also comes in Navy & Green.
Sample first, then run the numbers
Deep greens shift more than almost any color. Forest can read nearly black at night and bright green in afternoon sun. Before you order, add a $3.00 memo sample of Covey Hedge Forest to your cart and tape it up where the wall will go. Look at it in daylight and again under lamps. If you are torn, order Schumacher wallpaper samples of Midnight and Sage at the same time and compare them side by side. Our Schumacher wallpaper samples guide explains how it works.
Then use the Wallpaper Calculator on the Covey Hedge Forest product page. Enter your wall height and width in inches and it estimates rolls. Per the calculator logic, each strip starts at wall height plus 4 inches and is lengthened to the next full 27-inch repeat. On an 8-foot wall that is a 108-inch strip, so one 10-yard roll gives you three strips, each 27 inches wide. A 12-foot-wide wall takes six strips, or two rolls (20 yards), which comes to $1,120.00 at the listed price. Because Covey Hedge is a half-drop match, we check the layout on site before final quantities.
Not sure how many rolls or yards your room needs? Send us your wall measurements and we will help you figure it out, or use the room calculator on any product page.
If you are in Abilene or nearby, we can measure for you and bring samples to the house. If you are farther away, you can still order Schumacher wallpaper online through our shop with nationwide shipping. If you want it up before holiday company arrives, sample now: the page notes this design is made to order.
What professional installation does with a layered botanical
An allover leaf pattern hides small things and shows big ones. On Covey Hedge we:
Skim and prime so the paper lays flat, the seams stay tight, and future removal is easier
Snap a plumb line on every wall instead of trusting the corners
Follow the half-drop sequence strip by strip so the diagonal flow never breaks
Center the pattern on the bed wall, fireplace, or buffet so the fullest boughs land where eyes go
Plan the last seam, where the pattern meets itself, in a corner or behind a door
Trim the edges by hand, since the page lists this paper as not pre-trimmed
Order to the 10-yard increment with enough extra for matching
People often ask how much it costs to install wallpaper. The honest answer depends on wall height, prep, and how many cuts the room needs, so we quote after we measure. Most standard rooms finish in a day or two. For the full walkthrough, read What to Expect During a Professional Wallpaper Installation. If you are still deciding between a small sprig and a bigger leaf, our guide to choosing wallpaper pattern scale walks through it, and our Willow Leaf in Mocha post shows a softer, warmer leaf.
Why Abilene homeowners call Wallpaper Abilene
We are a local install company that also sells Schumacher wallcovering online, with 12 years of installation experience behind us. That means in-home sample showings for local clients, professional installation, and nationwide shipping when you are ordering for a project we are not hanging. We will also tell you honestly when a different colorway will serve your room better, even if that means Sage or Midnight instead of the Forest you came in for.
Ready to Transform Your Space?
If Covey Hedge in Forest feels like your room, shop it, order a sample, or book an in-home wallpaper showing and we will look at it with you in your own light, well before the holiday guests arrive.
