A tapestry is one of the most useful things you can put in a gaming room. It covers a big wall cheaply, hangs without damage, looks great on camera and even softens echo a little. Here are gaming room tapestry ideas, how to pick one that matches your setup, and how to hang it so it looks sharp in person and on stream.
Why a tapestry suits a gaming room
- Scale: it covers a wall that would need several frames.
- Weight: it is light enough to hang with pins or adhesive hooks.
- Flexibility: it can move with you, or swap with the seasons or your current favourite game.
- Camera-friendly: a matt fabric surface doesn't reflect lights the way glass does.
1. A backdrop for streams and calls
If you stream, record or join video calls, the wall behind your chair is on screen for hours. A tapestry turns a bare wall or a messy shelf into a clean, themed background. Hang it centred behind your head, with the most interesting part of the design just above your shoulders.
2. A theme wall behind the desk
The wall above your monitor sets the mood of the whole setup. A large tapestry there gives the room a theme in one move. Match its colours to your desk mat and lighting; our guide to choosing a desk mat by colour scheme helps.
3. Hide what you don't want seen
Hang a tapestry from a rod in front of shelves, a wardrobe or storage boxes to hide clutter behind a clean image.
4. Soften the sound
Fabric on a hard wall absorbs a little echo. It won't soundproof a room, but it can make voice chat sound slightly less hollow in a room with hard floors and bare walls.
5. Light it up
An LED strip above or behind the tapestry, in your setup's colours, makes it glow on camera and in the room. Keep lights from touching the fabric.
6. Pair it with a desk mat
A tapestry and a desk mat in the same palette, or even the same design, make a setup feel planned. See desk mat and wall art pairings.
7. Use the ceiling
A space or neon tapestry on the ceiling above a gaming chair adds atmosphere without taking wall space. See how to hang a tapestry on the ceiling.
8. Frame a console corner
Behind a TV and console, a tapestry wider than the screen frames the play area and stops the TV looking lost on a big wall.
Choosing a gaming room tapestry
- Retro and synthwave: grids, neon animals, sunsets. Great with RGB lighting.
- Cyberpunk: neon streets and cities for a darker setup.
- Space: galaxies and astronauts, calm enough for long sessions.
- Fantasy: dragons, portals and forests for RPG fans.
- Abstract: fluid shapes that look good behind any game.
Size and shape
Behind a desk, a landscape tapestry roughly as wide as the desk looks balanced. For a streaming backdrop, think about what the camera sees: often a portrait tapestry behind the chair fills the frame better. The tapestry size guide lists sizes.
Hanging it step by step
- Iron or steam out packaging creases first.
- Mark the top corners on the wall with a pencil, using a level.
- Fix the two top corners, then the middle of the top edge.
- Add fixings every 12 to 18 inches along the top, pulling gently sideways as you go.
- If the bottom flaps, add a fixing at each bottom corner.
Tips for a clean look on camera
- Iron out creases before hanging; folds show clearly on camera. See how to get the wrinkles out.
- Pull it taut with enough fixing points so it doesn't ripple.
- Avoid designs with large text behind you, which can look mirrored on some cameras.
- Light your face separately so the tapestry doesn't overpower you on screen.
- Keep the brightest part of the design away from directly behind your head, so the camera exposes for you, not the wall.
For hanging methods see how to hang a tapestry without nails, and for room-wide ideas see game room decor and gifts for a streamer. Browse every design in the tapestries collection.