On Monday we looked up at a starry ceiling with Scattered Stars in Night. This Thursday we are coming back down to the walls with a pattern almost everyone already loves: gingham. Thanksgiving is two weeks out, the holiday baking is about to start, and blue and white is one of the easiest holiday color pairings there is.
Schumacher Willa Check Large in Navy takes that classic check and blows it up. Each square is roughly 6¾ inches, half of the 13.5-inch repeat, so a wall reads as a bold, cheerful grid of navy, mid-blue, pale blue, and white instead of a busy little pattern. The shop's colorway notes say the extra-large scale takes this gingham wallpaper from traditional to a playful, modern statement maker.
At $56.00 per yard, it is also an easy way to bring Schumacher's tailored, collected look into a guest room, a kitchen, or a mudroom before company comes. That is why Willa Check Large in Navy is our Thursday pick.
What Willa Check Large in Navy looks like
Gingham is built from two sets of bands crossing at right angles. Where a blue band crosses a blue band, you get the deepest square. Where blue crosses white, you get a middle tone, and where white crosses white, an open square that lets the pattern breathe. Willa Check Large prints that weave effect at a big scale, so each wall carries four clear values: navy, a strong mid-blue, a pale blue, and white.
The shop lists the colorway as blue, navy, and white, SKU 5012351. Up close, the blues are not flat. The close-up on the product page shows a soft, slightly mottled printed texture inside every square, which gives the check the soft, tailored feel of washed cotton shirting.
If you have been searching for a large blue check or a buffalo check wallpaper, this is the scale you are picturing. The difference is the palette. Instead of the heavy red and black of a cabin flannel, Willa Check Large in Navy is crisp and bright, which is why it works in a West Texas house where the afternoon sun is strong and rooms need to stay light.
The numbers on the product page
Callout: Roll width 27". Horizontal repeat 13.5". Vertical repeat 13.5". Match: straight. Sold by the yard.
That spec block is on the Willa Check Large Navy page. Also listed there: 10.0 yards per roll, order minimum 20 yards, order increment 10 yards, an uncoated non-woven substrate, ASTM E84 Class A flame test, and pre-trimmed: No.
The listed price is $56.00 per yard. At the 20-yard minimum, the page shows a total of $1,120.00. After that you add 10 yards at a time. The page notes that the design is made to order, so build that into your timing if you want it on the wall before the holidays.
Two of those numbers shape every room. A 13.5-inch repeat in both directions means the check is a perfect square grid: two full repeats fit across each 27-inch strip, so every strip carries four squares across. A straight match means each strip lines up with its neighbor at the same height, square for square. There is no drop, which is why a big check looks so crisp, orderly, and tailored.
Where a big blue check belongs this season
A large-scale gingham wallpaper is happiest in rooms that should feel relaxed and welcoming. Good spots for Willa Check Large in Navy:
A guest bedroom that will see family over Thanksgiving and Christmas, especially with twin beds
A kitchen or breakfast nook where the holiday baking happens
A mudroom, back hall, or laundry room
A child's room or bunk room that needs to grow from nursery to teenager
One wall behind a hutch or open shelves full of blue and white china
For the holidays, navy and white takes almost any decoration you already own. Fresh greenery and white candles look crisp against it. Silver and pewter pick up the cool blues. Blue and white ginger jars and plain white bedding are all it needs. In January, the decorations come down and the room still feels cheerful rather than seasonal, which matters, because good wallpaper is meant to stay up for years.
The large check also works because it is honest about scale. Our pattern scale guide explains why a big motif can actually calm a small room: fewer, larger shapes give the eye less to sort out than a crowded small print.
A straight match keeps every square level
Willa Check Large repeats every 13.5 inches across and down, and every strip matches straight across to the next. Every row of squares runs level around the room, so the grid reads as deliberate and calm from the doorway. Center the check on the bed wall, the range, or a window, and that symmetry does the decorating for you.
Navy, eight more colorways, and a smaller check
The product page lists nine colorways of Willa Check Large, all $56.00 per yard on the same 27-inch, 10-yard roll. A few we reach for most:
Navy (SKU 5012351). Listed as blue, navy, and white. The strongest contrast of the group and our lead pick for the season.
Leaf (SKU 5012352). Listed as green and white. A fresh green check that sits beautifully behind evergreen garland and red berries.
Chambray (SKU 5012350). Listed as blue and white. A softer, lighter blue for a room that wants the check without the punch.
Grey (SKU 5012357). Listed as gray and white. The quietest option, good with painted wood and black iron.
If you love the look but want a tighter, more traditional gingham, look at Willa Check Small in Navy (SKU 5012361, also $56.00 per yard). The shop notes say Willa Check Small takes traditional gingham and gives it a modern makeover with updated colors. Its 2-inch straight repeat is a fraction of the large check's 13.5 inches, so from across a room it reads almost like a woven texture. Because both share the 27-inch roll and the same color family, Willa Check Large in a guest room and Willa Check Small in the kitchen look like they belong to the same house.
Sample first, then run the numbers
Blue shifts a lot with light. Navy can look bright cobalt by a south window at noon and nearly ink by lamplight. Before you order, add a $3.00 memo sample of Willa Check Large Navy to your cart and tape it up where the wall will go. Look at it in daylight, by lamplight, and next to your trim. If you are torn between bold and soft, order Schumacher wallpaper samples of Chambray and Willa Check Small in Navy 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 Willa Check Large Navy 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 13.5-inch repeat. On an 8-foot wall that is a 108-inch strip, and a 10-yard roll gives three of them. A 12-foot-wide accent wall takes six strips, 27 inches each, which comes to 18 yards. Because Willa Check Large has a 20-yard minimum, that wall orders as 20 yards, or $1,120.00 at the listed price. A 10-by-10-foot guest room with 8-foot walls, about 40 feet around, takes 18 strips and 54 yards, which rounds up to 60 yards in 10-yard steps, or $3,360.00, before you subtract any doors or windows.
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 bring samples to the house so you can see the blues 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 on the wall before holiday company arrives, sample this week: the page notes this design is made to order.
How to style a gingham room so it looks grown up
A big check is friendly by nature. A few choices keep it polished instead of country-kitchen cute:
Pick one hero. Let the check be the only large pattern on the walls, then add smaller patterns in fabric: a ticking stripe pillow, a small floral, a solid quilt.
Keep the trim clean. Crisp white trim and ceilings make navy and white look tailored. Our post on picking the right trim paint for wallpaper walks through whites and contrast colors.
Repeat the blue once. One navy lampshade, a blue and white rug, or a painted door ties the room together without overdoing it. Our guide to mixing wallpaper and paint has more ideas for pulling a color off the wall.
Mix in a stripe, not a second check. If you want two patterns, a classic stripe in the next room is easier on the eye than two grids. Our Chatham Stripe in Ochre post shows a stripe that plays well with a warm, sunny palette.
Mind the furniture line. Twin beds or a hutch look best centered on the grid, not halfway across a square.
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 or scale will serve your room better, even if that means Chambray or Willa Check Small instead of the Navy you came in for. And if a big, cheerful check is not quite your style, our Scattered Stars in Night post shows a moodier navy for the same season.
Ready to Transform Your Space?
If Willa Check Large in Navy feels like your guest room or your kitchen, 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.
