Grain Paper Texture Overlay

What You'll Create

Add a subtle paper or film grain texture overlaid on your Squarespace section backgrounds. The effect adds organic, tactile warmth that makes digital designs feel more handcrafted and sophisticated.

The Problem It Solves

Digital designs can feel too clean and sterile. Squarespace sections have solid or image backgrounds, but there's no built-in way to add texture overlays. Designers often want that vintage, editorial, or artisanal feel that grain textures provide.

Perfect For

Boutique brand sites, Photography portfolios, Editorial layouts, Artisan/craft businesses, Vintage-inspired designs.

What Makes This Different

A hidden element layers a repeating grain texture image over the section background. The texture image tiles seamlessly and sits above the background color but below the content. You can adjust transparency, blend modes, and swap in different texture images to achieve various effects.

Details

• Section Type: Fluid & Classic

• Code Type: CSS

• Prerequisites: Section selector, hosted grain texture image

• Toolkit Title: Grain Paper Texture Effect on Section Background

Learn This Technique

This is one of 150+ code techniques taught inside Standout Squarespace, where you get:

• The complete, copy-paste code

• Video walkthrough explaining how it works

• The principles behind the technique so you can customize it

• Access to our private community for support