the wall covering system 1 of the present invention is shown in cross section view having a pair of sheet elements 2 a 2 b bonded to a wall 6 via an adhesive layer 5 each sheet element 2 a 2 b has a decorative surface 3 a 3 b a bonding surface 4 a 4 b and a perimeter 7 a 7 b the perimeter 7 a 7 b is disposed between the decorative surface 3 a 3 b and bonding surface 4 a 4 b as shown in fig2 the perimeter 7 a 7 c defines the overall shape of each sheet element 2 a 2 c respectively sheet elements 2 a 2 b may be composed of a variety of materials including but not limited to fabrics paper vinyl cloth backed paper cloth backed vinyl and combinations thereof the adhesive layer 5 may be composed of a variety of bonding materials known within the art for example the adhesive layer 5 may be a water or heat activated material applied onto the bonding surfaces 4 a 4 b during fabrication of the sheet element 2 and dried to a solid it is likewise possible for the adhesive layer 5 to be a liquid and or solid adhesive applied between bonding surfaces 4 a 4 b and wall 6 during application the composition of sheet element 2 and adhesive layer 5 may provide the desired degree of rigidity in the sheet element 2 to facilitate application to a wall 6 for example it is possible for the sheet element 2 alone or in combination with the adhesive layer to be flexible rigid or semi rigid it is likewise possible to have an optional removable covering 28 preferably a polymer contacting.