Last Thursday we brought the woods indoors with Covey Hedge in Forest. This Monday we are looking up. Thanksgiving is two and a half weeks out, Christmas is not far behind, and the rooms that feel most festive this time of year are the ones that glow after dark: candles, lamps, and something that catches the light.
Schumacher Scattered Stars in Night does exactly that. It is a random constellation of gold metallic stars, starbursts, and trails of tiny dots on a deep blue ground, printed on matte paper so the stars shimmer softly instead of flashing. It reads like a winter sky over West Texas, and it looks as good in March as it does on Christmas Eve.
At $56.00 per yard, it is also one of the easiest ways to bring Schumacher wallpaper into a bedroom, a powder room, or a ceiling before the holidays. That is why Scattered Stars in Night is our Monday pick.
What Scattered Stars in Night looks like
The shop's colorway notes describe Scattered Stars as metallic ink on a matte ground paper that gives a random constellation of delicate celestial bodies a soft shimmer. They suggest using it to wrap an entire room, on the ceiling to create a starry sky, or inside a closet or behind bookshelves for a magical effect.
On the wall, the pattern has three layers. The largest marks are gold five-point stars and spiky starbursts. Around them sit smaller stars, and running between them are loose trails of gold dots, like the Milky Way on a clear night. Nothing lines up in rows, so the eye wanders instead of counting.
The shop lists the colorway as blue and gold, SKU 5014141. In daylight the ground reads as a clear mid-blue. At night under lamps it deepens toward navy and the gold comes forward. That shift is the whole charm of a metallic star wallpaper, and it is why we always want you to see a sample at night before you order.
The numbers on the product page
Callout: Roll width 27". Horizontal repeat 13.5". Vertical repeat 12.625". Match: half drop. Sold by the yard.
That spec block is on the Scattered Stars Night page. Also listed there: 4.5 yards per roll, order minimum 9 yards, order increment 9 yards, paper substrate, ASTM E84 Class A flame test, and pre-trimmed: Yes.
The listed price is $56.00 per yard. At the 9-yard minimum, the page shows a total of $504.00. After that you add 9 yards at a time. The page notes that the design is made to order, so build that into your timing if you want it up before company comes.
A 12.625-inch vertical repeat is small. That matters in two ways. First, it wastes very little paper when strips are cut to length, because every strip only has to be lengthened to the next 12.625 inches. Second, the half-drop match shifts every other strip by half a repeat, which is what keeps a scattered pattern looking truly scattered instead of striped.
Where Scattered Stars belongs this season
A navy and gold wallpaper earns its place in the rooms people use after dark. Good spots for Scattered Stars in Night:
A ceiling over a bed, a dining table, or a breakfast nook, where the stars do what stars do
A guest bedroom that will see family over Thanksgiving and Christmas
A child's room, a nursery, or a bunk room that should feel like camping out
A powder room with a working fan, where a dark ground and gold stars feel like a surprise
The back of open bookshelves or the inside of a closet, as the colorway notes suggest
For the holidays, Night takes brass candleholders, white linens, and evergreen garland without any effort. Gold ornaments and warm white lights pick up the metallic ink. In January, put the decorations away and the room still reads calm and deep, not seasonal.
For more on expected durability, see how long wallpaper really lasts.
Paper is the wrong pick for a shower wall or right behind a cooktop. A powder room or a guest bath with good ventilation is fine.
A half drop keeps the sky random
Scattered Stars repeats every 13.5 inches across and 12.625 inches down, and every other strip drops half a repeat. We follow that sequence strip by strip, so no star trail ever lines up into an obvious row, and on a ceiling we plan the first strip so the fullest part of the sky sits over the bed or the table.
Night, Ivory, and a smaller star
Scattered Stars comes in two colorways at the shop, both $56.00 per yard on the same 27-inch roll.
Night (SKU 5014141). Listed as blue and gold. Gold stars on a deep blue ground. The cozier, moodier choice and our lead pick for the season.
Ivory (SKU 5014140). Listed as ivory and gold. Soft gold stars on a warm white ground. The quieter version, good for a ceiling in a room with light walls, or a bedroom that gets strong morning sun.
If you want a tighter, more orderly star, look at Stargaze in Grand Central (SKU 5009604, $220.50 per single roll). The shop notes describe its elegant seven-point stars as charming and timeless, and wonderful for ceilings or any spot that needs a glimmer of pattern. Its 5.375-inch straight repeat is far smaller and more regular than Scattered Stars, so it reads as a soft texture from across the room. It shares the 27-inch roll width, so Scattered Stars on a bedroom ceiling and Stargaze in the hall bath feel like one house. Stargaze also comes in Blue and Black & Cream.
Sample first, then run the numbers
Metallic inks change more with light than any other finish. Night can look bright blue at noon and nearly black at midnight, and the gold can go from soft to glowing as a lamp moves. Before you order, add a $3.00 memo sample of Scattered Stars Night to your cart and tape it up where the wall or ceiling will go. Look at it in daylight, under your lamps, and by candlelight. If you are torn between dark and light, order Schumacher wallpaper samples of Ivory and Stargaze in Grand Central 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 Scattered Stars Night product page. Enter your wall height and width in inches and it estimates the yards. Per the calculator logic, each strip starts at wall height plus 4 inches and is lengthened to the next full 12.625-inch repeat. On an 8-foot wall that is a 101-inch strip. A 12-foot-wide wall takes six strips, each 27 inches wide, which comes to 17 yards. Because Scattered Stars is sold in 9-yard steps, that rounds up to 18 yards, or $1,008.00 at the listed price. A ceiling works the same way: enter the length the strips will run as the height and the other side of the room as the width.
Not sure how many rolls or yards your room needs? Send us your wall or ceiling 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 bring samples to the house so you can see the gold in your own light. 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 this week: the page notes this design is made to order.
Why Abilene homeowners call Wallpaper Abilene
We sell Schumacher wallcovering online with nationwide shipping, and local clients can book an in-home sample showing to see a pattern in their own light before they order. We will also tell you honestly when a different colorway will serve your room better, even if that means Ivory or Stargaze instead of the Night you came in for. If you are weighing a ceiling, our post on choosing patterns for ceiling wallpaper covers what works overhead, our pattern scale guide explains why a small repeat like this one fits almost any room, and our Queen of Spain in Black post shows another way to dress a room for company.
Ready to Transform Your Space?
If Scattered Stars in Night feels like your room or your ceiling, 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.
