Combination is a simple and effective design technique that allows you to transform any room, embodying your fantasies in an original and stylish interior. By combining wall materials of different colors, textures and patterns, you can visually adjust the space and divide the room into functional zones. To decide how to glue two species to achieve the desired effect, you should familiarize yourself with the rules and methods of combination.
Combination rules
Dissonance in finishing discovered after completion of repairs is difficult to eliminate and requires additional costs.
Living in a room with a boring or “screaming” interior negatively affects the mood of household members and can cause a deterioration in well-being. Proper combination is carried out according to certain rules and must take into account several factors.
Compatibility assessment criteria
When choosing materials for finishing walls in a room, pay attention to the following parameters:
Color
To assess the harmonious combination of different shades, you can use the color wheel diagram. An elegant classic interior suggests options for gluing adjacent tones, and for decorating rooms in a shocking pop art style, preference should be given to contrasting colors.
Texture
When using canvases with different textures for walls, it is advisable to choose the same shade. In this case, the difference in the surface finish of the material will be more noticeable.
Decor
In order for the sticker design to be harmonious, their decorative design must be combined in color and style. A composition of smooth plain and patterned fabrics looks good. Combining bright colors with vertical and horizontal patterns is undesirable, since this decorative option is perceived negatively.
Among the popular options is decorating walls with wallpaper of the same color, but in different shades. Graduated canvases in peach, beige, coral or dark blue tones can be placed both horizontally and vertically.
They go well with plain ones and with patterns in the form of wide or narrow stripes. This decor visually increases the height of the ceiling and creates the effect of a more spacious room.
Selection rules
In order for the combination to be harmonious, the following rules must be observed:
1 The finishing material must be of the same thickness, otherwise the difference in structure and at the joints will be noticeable. Paper canvases are combined with paper, and vinyl with vinyl. The surface of the walls is leveled before pasting.
2 To assess compatibility, you need to attach the selected samples to each other in natural light.
3 Combining canvases of different colors, choose: various options for shades of cold or warm colors; closely spaced tones or contrasting colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel.
4 When purchasing wallpaper of different colors for a room, you should choose a material with the same texture and surface finish. It is not advisable to combine matte and glossy fabrics.
When studying various gluing options, you need to decide on the method of finishing the walls and the effect that is expected to be obtained as a result of the renovation of the room.
Combination problems
The choice of materials for interior transformation depends on the purpose, overall dimensions and design features of the room. Combination allows:
Share space
Using partitions, furniture and screens in a large room to divide it into functional zones requires significant costs and leaves a feeling of cumbersomeness.
To highlight areas, we combine different colors, decor or textures. This method clearly defines the boundaries of individual zones, allowing you to maintain the effect of spaciousness.
Hide defects
Leveling walls is a labor-intensive job that requires certain skills, time and significant financial investments. If you combine two types, you can hide surface defects and create a unique interior.
Adjust proportions
In many apartments with not very good layouts, the overall dimensions of the premises disrupt the harmony of perception.
By covering the walls with different wallpapers, you can visually change the space and adjust the proportions of the room.
For example, the perception of an elongated rectangular room will change if the ends are covered with dark or bright canvases, and the side walls are decorated in pastel colors.
To create an interior with an unusual decor, you can combine rich colors with smooth or patterned canvases in soothing shades.
This combination draws attention to the selected area and gives the room a unique flavor. As an accent, instead of bright canvases, photo wallpapers with interesting images of flowers and landscapes, picturesque views of cities, or with an abstract design are often used.
Combination Methods
To understand how to decorate beautifully, you need to study different ways to decorate walls and choose the appropriate option. To decorate rooms, different methods of combining canvases are used.
Horizontal combining
It provides for pasting in the form of two stripes with horizontal division at a certain height. For the upper part, canvases with three-dimensional patterns are usually used, and for the lower part, a pattern of vertical stripes of different thicknesses is used.
The color scheme of the wallpaper can be the same shade, but the lower area should be darker. This will avoid distortion of proportions in the visual perception of the room.
The division of the border is made using a border. A photo will help you evaluate how such combined wallpaper looks.
How to beautifully stick it with horizontal division? The main thing is to choose the right location for the line that separates the different canvases.
Its height depends on the height of the ceilings in the room and for standard apartments is 1 m. For low rooms, it is undesirable to use this type of wall decoration, since it can visually reduce the space.
Wallpaper, combined with a horizontal division of the canvases, looks harmonious in spacious living rooms and in offices in a classic or traditional English style.
Vertical stripes
When planning to hang beautiful wallpaper of two types on the wall, pay attention to canvases with vertical stripes.
This pattern visually increases the height of the ceilings, and the room is perceived as more spacious.
However, you shouldn’t cover all the walls with striped wallpaper: the same type of decor quickly gets boring, and a lot of small stripes can cause fatigue. An option is a combination of striped decor with matching plain colors or canvases decorated with discreet patterns.
Using vertical combination, you can highlight functional zones. A photo will help you decide how to properly hang striped wallpaper on the walls: after looking at different combinations, it’s easy to choose the finishing option that suits you.
Accents and niches
One of the popular finishing techniques involves highlighting one wall with the help of decor. Using wallpaper in bright, saturated colors or with an interesting and unusual pattern, they create an eye-catching object.
The remaining walls are covered with neutral canvases of suitable shades. A photo will help you understand how to hang such wallpaper.
The layout of some rooms provides for a niche. It can be draped with curtains, covered with a partition or built-in furniture.
Another way to disguise niches and various protrusions is to use wallpaper in dark shades and with a variegated pattern. On the contrary, you can highlight non-standard structural elements with the help of bright canvases.
An interesting way to decorate walls is the patchwork technique. This type of decoration is especially impressive in a children’s room, in a country-style kitchen or in a bedroom decorated in “Provence” style.
To understand how to combine wallpaper with each other in these cases, you can look at photographs of various interiors or find inspiration in the works of sewing masters using the patchwork technique. To create a panel you will need pieces of canvas of the same shape.
It is the wallpaper that gives the atmosphere of happiness and comfort in the house, because they are a kind of background. To give the room a stylish touch, thereby bringing freshness into it, you need to hang modern wallpaper. Fashionable and creative, they will distract from the drabness of everyday life, lift your spirits and add bright accents to the design of the room.
Each separate corner in the house, intended for a specific purpose, requires its own design. It's nice to move from room to room and see different colors, patterns and textures. This combination has risen to a new level in 2018.
It's now fashionable to combine different patterns, palettes and even surface styles on the same wall. Let's take a closer look at the design of each room in the house.
Bedroom
The bedroom is always dominated by muted tones, calm and with a minimum of patterns. Therefore, the 2018 design for the bedroom differs from other rooms in its modesty and lack of flashy elements.
This season it is advisable to choose wallpaper for the bedroom in pastel and delicate shades: beige, cream, blue, pink, light yellow, and light coffee. The black and white classic version is also in trend.
Children's
Warm shades, fairy-tale patterns, photo wallpapers with cartoon characters - the design of a nursery in 2015 is focused on the preferences of the child.
Kitchen
Wallpaper ideas for the kitchen delight with variety and the ability to combine incongruous things. The kitchen must look elegant and at the same time extravagant.
You can experiment with color palettes and patterns to create contrast. Large red flowers on a black or white background are a great choice.
Living room
Several creative ideas have been created for the living room in the coming year.
Namely:
- The presence of cold tones;
- Glossy coatings;
- Imitation of natural materials;
- Play of colors due to dark and light tones.
Bathroom
In the bathroom, you can create accents using dark wallpaper on a light background.
Bright colors are inappropriate in the bathroom, and the presence of only dark ones will create a depressing atmosphere and visually reduce the space.
Wallpaper: modern design
Modern wallpaper design in 2018 is one that attracts attention. You can put any ideas into it: bright accents in part of the room, all kinds of patterns, a light background with a relief tint, abstract drawings and much more.
The trend is geometric images combined with unusual solutions. For example, calm wallpaper with flashy bright lines. Neon coatings are the squeak of the season.
Another trend for 2018 includes ideas for transforming the space of a room. Coatings with a 3D effect will cope with this role in the best possible way.
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Wallpaper in a modern style: modern in the interior
There are quite a few modern styles, but minimalism, hi-tech and modern are most often used in the interior.
The first style assumes the absence of accents on the walls and their presence in the filling of the room. To do this, choose calm wallpapers that do not distract attention from the bright and original furniture. Therefore, plain wallpaper will fit perfectly into this room design.
The high-tech style is quite creative. It includes everything that is an innovation and a non-standard solution. It is characterized by brightness, the presence of incompatible parts and surfaces, photo wallpaper with graphics, and more. The ideas behind this design are aimed at drawing attention specifically to the walls.
Modern is a style that involves a variety of wall coverings. The most famous 2018 trend in this direction is wallpaper in a maximum of two colors with imitation of natural materials.
How to hang wallpaper in a modern and beautiful way
To make wallpaper look modern, you first need to choose a color and pattern that will fit perfectly into the design of the room. Next, you should choose the “highlight” in the wallpaper. Today, the following ideas are especially popular: photo wallpaper on the entire wall with imitation of hand painting, wallpaper panels, both with a simple pattern and with plot images that look like posters.
Wall decor doesn't have to start and end with wallpaper. Bring to life ideas that combine different coatings. Wallpaper companions in this case are an important point. They should be selected according to color so that they do not create conflicting emotions.
There are no special recommendations on how to hang wallpaper in a modern and beautiful way. Moreover, today there are many types of them, each of which is glued in a special way. Full instructions are included with the wallpaper itself.
Modern types of wallpaper
The main types of modern wallpaper for the home include several materials.
Namely:
- Paper. They are environmentally friendly and the cheapest, breathable. Cons: they get dirty quickly, fade in the sun, absorb odors.
- Vinyl. Easy to clean, elastic, durable, do not absorb moisture and do not fade in the sun. But they do not allow air to pass through and are not cheap.
- On a non-woven basis. They mask cracks in plaster and are suitable for any type of surface, which is why they are popular in 2018.
- Velor. They shimmer, which looks beautiful, and absorb sounds. However, they get dirty quickly and cannot withstand mechanical damage and humidity.
- Felt. They clean well and allow air to pass through perfectly, which gives the walls the opportunity to “breathe.”
- Textile. This environmentally friendly wallpaper absorbs noise, does not fade, does not ignite, but requires careful handling.
- Cork. Suitable for any base, look beautiful, protected from dust and moisture.
- Liquid. Waterproof wallpaper that is easy to clean and does not absorb odors. They are easily applied to any surface, hiding its errors, and also allow you to create a varied pattern.
- Fiberglass. The best, but expensive option. This environmentally friendly wallpaper is durable, handles moisture well, is breathable, easy to clean and suitable for all surfaces. They can be painted and then repainted many times.
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In 2018, it is possible to realize any wallpaper ideas. The main thing is to think through the design of the room in advance so that all these ideas are harmoniously combined. Rich shades look good on any background, but they seem wrong if you choose a minimalist or classic style. Take into account the style orientation, then you will get the most positive effect.
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Sooner or later, we all think about changes in life: about changing jobs, places of residence, or maybe not so global ones, for example, about renovations. Renovating is a big step, even if you decide to freshen up just one room. This is not only the investment of money and effort, the time spent, but also the complexity of choice.
To ensure that the results of the update do not disappoint you, you need to pay attention to the size of the room and its functionality. There are a huge variety of finishing materials, but wallpaper has rightfully occupied a leading position for many years.
Modern materials
The oldest ancestor of modern wallpaper is, oddly enough, fabric, which was used to decorate walls in the houses of the nobility. But progress does not stand still; over time, the fabric covering was replaced with a more affordable paper one. Along with traditional paper materials, many synthetic analogues are used.
Of course, it’s not so easy to decide among the many materials offered:
The leader among other options is undoubtedly paper wallpaper; they are the most environmentally friendly, although not so practical.
A more practical choice would be vinyl wallpaper. This is the same paper, but applied to a PVC base, which makes this material more durable. They can be cleaned using a damp cloth.
Perhaps this is the most suitable solution for a bathroom or kitchen. You can find vinyl wallpaper in hardware stores that is visually similar to fabric; it is known as silk-screen printing.
Non-woven wallpaper is considered the most progressive and quite expensive coating. Non-woven fabric is a cellulose-based non-woven material; one might even say that it is an improved version of paper. Several layers of cellulose, soldered together, form a very durable, moisture-resistant and, importantly for residential premises, breathable fabric.
Such wallpapers are made both smooth and embossed; they are often used for painting. They also produce coatings not entirely from non-woven fabric, but only on its basis with various surfaces, such as paper, vinyl and even fabric. Their price is much cheaper.
DIY repair
If you decide to hang wallpaper in a room without resorting to the help of specialists, then you simply need to use the recommendations of leading experts.
The most important step is preparing the walls. It is necessary to remove the old wallpaper. Please note that different materials have their own characteristics when removing them. Vinyl and non-woven ones can be easily removed, you just need to pull the bottom of the canvas, but paper ones are better to be pre-wetted or steamed with a steam generator.
If, after removing the old coating, you find unevenness or cracks, then it is best to plaster the walls. The final step before covering the walls with new wallpaper will be priming.
The next point that needs to be taken into account is that the glue should be used exclusively for the selected type of wallpaper, otherwise it may simply come off. The glue consumption depends on how much wallpaper is needed for the room.
This is a truly unpredictable task of renovation, who would have thought that you would need not only aesthetic taste and knowledge of the basics of interior design, but also a simple knowledge of mathematics! After all, in order to avoid unnecessary expenses on materials that are not needed or will remain superfluous, you need to determine their exact quantity.
First, you need to decide on the parameters of a roll of wallpaper: the width is usually standard 50 cm or 1 m, but the length (quantity per roll) can vary from 7 m to 18 m, these data are presented on the label.
Secondly, take measurements of the room. The height from the ceiling to the floor and the perimeter of the walls to be pasted.
And finally, do some simple calculations. The perimeter of the room must be multiplied by the height of the walls, we get the area to cover without subtracting window and door openings. Now divide the resulting product by the area of the roll (length multiplied by width) and we get the required number of rolls. If you don’t really want to do this kind of calculations, there are ready-made tables or online calculators.
I would like to note one more important point: such a rough calculation is suitable for plain wallpaper or with an asymmetrical pattern, but if the pattern is matched joint to joint, add 20% to your calculations.
Features of choosing wallpaper
Before deciding which wallpaper to choose for a room, you must first take into account the functionality and style in which the room as a whole is designed. The size of the room is also of great importance, because with the help of wallpaper you can visually correct layout and lighting errors.
It is best to cover small areas with wallpaper in light colors without rich and catchy patterns, otherwise bright walls will visually reduce the already modest area. Low ceilings will be visually raised by a vertical pattern.
Add warm, cheerful colors to a cold and gloomy room. Spacious, bright rooms sometimes lack coziness; the design of wallpaper with floral embossing can correct this situation.
Large rooms
In general, large and spacious rooms are an excellent option for flights of creative imagination. The most ideal place to experiment with color and texture. You can safely combine bright colors with large patterns and plain fabrics, varying the combinations.
Most often, the largest room in the apartment is the hall. But it also happens that the most spacious room is the only one and includes a living room, a bedroom, and an office.
In this case, a design technique such as zoning will come to the rescue. You can highlight the recreation area by marking it with a bright print against the background of plain walls in the same color scheme. You can also note the intricate texture of the niches and columns in the room.
Another interesting technique used for spacious areas is wallpaper with a 3D effect. These are canvases with a three-dimensional pattern applied, and inclusions of reflective particles create a three-dimensional image.
Such wallpaper is used when zoning space. The paintings look realistic and creative, but due to the significant cost, they are not accessible to everyone.
Photo wallpaper in a modern interior
If 3D wallpaper is best suited for spacious rooms (in small rooms it is difficult to achieve a three-dimensional effect), then classic photo wallpaper is a universal solution. Moreover, the variety of existing options is amazing and it’s quite easy to get confused when choosing a theme for photo wallpaper.
The most popular options:
- Various landscapes: majestic mountains, exciting sea or noble herbs of Provence;
- Urban themes, it can be either a modern metropolis or a quiet cozy courtyard;
- Bright large floral motifs, with the help of modern laser printing a fairly realistic effect is achieved.
- Fairy-tale characters will delight your little ones in the nursery.
Photo wallpaper will indeed be a win-win solution in the interior of a room with wallpaper, but a couple of tips are worth taking into account. Firstly, do not choose too bright a palette of colors and too dynamic an image, it may soon become boring. And, secondly, do not clutter the wall with wallpaper of this type with furniture.
Wallpaper for the bedroom
The bedroom is the most intimate and inaccessible room for strangers. When choosing wallpaper for the bedroom, we strive to follow the principle of calm and tranquility, because where else if not in this room do you want to relax and unwind. But at the same time, you don’t want to fall into the trap of clichés and cliches, but make the design cozy and unique.
The main principle of choosing wallpaper for the bedroom is environmental friendliness. When choosing a color scheme, it is best to stick to calm tones, and if you want to add some zest, then an excellent solution would be zoning with a bright print on one of the walls or unusual textiles in contrasting tones to the wallpaper.
Wallpaper for the nursery
The main principle of choosing wall coverings for a nursery is, of course, environmental friendliness and safety! As for design, as we can see in the photo of the wallpaper for the children's room, the flight of imagination has no limits. And yet, no matter what bright and festive atmosphere you would like to create for your baby, remember that in this room he can not only play and have fun, but also relax and do his homework.
You can visually divide the room using the above-mentioned photo wallpaper; your favorite cartoon characters will be wonderful companions in the play area of the room. And leave the part of the room reserved for relaxation in calm colors with discreet patterns.
The palette, of course, should be chosen based on the gender of the child and his preferences, but too loud shades in large quantities should be avoided.
When creating a room design yourself or entrusting your choice to a designer, do not forget that renovating a room is a responsible undertaking, which can either please you with novelty and freshness or disappoint you with disappointed expectations.
Consult with all the inhabitants of the room being renovated, come to a common decision and let the new decoration bring only positive emotions.
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Answer the following questions first.
1. What is the purpose of the room?
Any wallpaper is suitable for bedrooms and living rooms. If you want beauty and practicality, pay attention to non-woven and textile ones.
It is better to use paper ones for the nursery: they are the most environmentally friendly and cheapest. If a child ruins the walls, it won’t be a shame to re-glue them.
In the kitchen or in a studio apartment, vinyl wallpaper and non-woven wallpaper with moisture-resistant impregnation will last a long time.
In rooms with high traffic and temperature changes (corridors, hallways, etc.), vinyl wallpaper, paintable wallpaper or liquid wallpaper are also recommended.
It is better to zone the room with natural and photo wallpapers.
2. Are the walls there smooth?
Non-woven, vinyl and textile wallpapers hide unevenness best. The worst are paper ones.
3. Is there a lot of light there?
The darker the room, the lighter the wallpaper should be. If the room is on the sunny side, you can use dark wallpaper, but with high light resistance. To determine it, study the pictograms on the roll.
- Half sun. Wallpaper is only suitable for darkened rooms.
- Half sun with a plus. With constant exposure to ultraviolet radiation, the wallpaper will lose its brightness.
- Sun. Wallpaper is suitable for rooms with windows facing the sunny side.
- The sun is plus. Wallpaper does not fade even with constant exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
4. What is the humidity there?
In rooms where they deal with water, but ventilation works well, you can glue any wallpaper. The main thing is that they have moisture-resistant impregnation.
In rooms with poor ventilation, you need to glue “breathable” wallpaper: paper or non-woven paper-based wallpaper. It is better to avoid vinyl and textile ones. In conditions of high humidity, it can grow under them.
4. Will there be children and/or pets on the premises?
If yes, then the wallpaper should be washable and resistant to mechanical damage.
According to the degree of resistance to moisture, wallpapers are divided into waterproof, washable and super washable.
- One wave means that the wallpaper can be wiped with a slightly damp cloth, but not rubbed.
- Two waves indicate that the wallpaper can be thoroughly washed.
- Three waves - can be washed with detergent.
- One wave and brush - slightly damp with little friction is allowed.
- Three waves and a brush - can be washed with detergents and rubbed with a brush.
The strength of the wallpaper is indicated by the pictogram with a hammer.
Which material to choose
In the store you will see racks with hundreds of wallpapers. To avoid confusion, remember that based on the type of base, wallpaper is divided into paper and non-woven.
The difference is that it is always applied to a paper base (sometimes the walls are also smeared), but not to a non-woven base (the walls are treated with glue).
Based on the type of top decorative layer, wallpaper is divided into paper, non-woven, vinyl and textile. There are also such unusual wallpapers as liquid or fiberglass. Strictly speaking, this is not wallpaper at all.
Let's take a closer look at all types of wallpaper.
They are made from different types of paper and come in single-layer (simplex) and multi-layer (duplex).
Simplex - thin and light (less than 110 g/m²) with a printed print.
Duplex wallpaper is heavier (the highest quality weighs from 140 g/m²), the design on them is not only printed, but also embossed.
Paper wallpapers are very popular because they come in a variety of prints, are breathable and inexpensive. But they have many shortcomings.
- Difficult to glue (they get wet, bubble, turn yellow from incorrectly selected glue).
- They are afraid of moisture (even with a moisture-resistant coating they will not last long).
- Easily damaged and worn out.
- Over time they lose.
- They do not mask wall imperfections well.
Non-woven fabric is a non-woven material consisting of cellulose fibers and polyester. Similar to paper, but heavier, denser and more durable.
Non-woven fabric can act as a base and as an independent material for wallpaper. In the latter case, the design is applied using hot stamping. Non-woven wallpaper in its pure form is quite expensive and has a meager range of designs, but it has many advantages.
- Resistance to mechanical damage.
- Easy to stick and maintain (as a rule, they have a moisture-resistant and sun-protective coating).
- Environmental friendliness.
There are quite a few 100% non-woven wallpapers on the market. The most common are vinyl wallpapers with a non-woven backing.
Vinyl is called wallpaper, the top, decorative layer of which consists of polyvinyl chloride (vinyl) or other polymer material. The base can be paper or non-woven.
Depending on the method of applying the pattern, vinyl wallpapers are divided into foamed (under the influence of high temperatures, the vinyl layer foams and a textured pattern is created) and hot stamping (the vinyl layer is rolled under textured rollers in a high-temperature chamber). Compact vinyl, heavy vinyl, silk-screen printing, inhibition - these are all hot-stamping wallpapers.
Vinyl wallpaper: on the left - foamed, on the right - hot stamping
Vinyl wallpaper is controversial. On the one hand, there are many advantages:
- Excellent wear resistance.
- Can be washed, including using detergents.
- They perfectly mask unevenness, cracks and other imperfections in walls.
On the other hand, they don’t breathe at all, they don’t burn, but smolder, releasing toxic substances. They are difficult to glue: they are heavy, they are glued only end-to-end (there will be bumps overlapping). In addition, this is a rather expensive option.
Textile wallpaper consists of several layers: a paper or non-woven base plus a decorative layer of linen, silk, cotton, felt, velor or jute.
Such wallpaper looks luxurious, has good noise and heat insulation, and hides wall imperfections well. And jute and flax are also resistant to sunlight. But textile wallpapers also have disadvantages:
- Expensive (often sold not by rolls, but by linear meters).
- They accumulate dust (not suitable for) and absorb odors.
- Difficult to clean (some can be vacuumed, some can be washed with a damp cloth).
- Difficult to glue.
Other types of wallpaper
They can have either a paper or non-woven base.
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The highlight is that the canvases form a single picture. Photo wallpaper is suitable for highlighting one or two walls. They are also often used for visual purposes. They are environmentally friendly and not very expensive.
Use plain paper or foam non-woven, as well as fiberglass wallpaper.
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The latter are made from fiberglass threads impregnated with special compounds and have a clearly defined texture. The choice of textures is small (herringbones, diamonds, matting), but glass wallpaper can be repainted many times. At the same time, they hardly lose their appearance.
They consist of a paper or non-woven base and a decorative layer of foamed acrylic.
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They are not as heavy and expensive as vinyl, but they are not as durable. Another advantage is that acrylic wallpaper allows air to pass through freely.
They are produced, as a rule, on a paper basis, and the decorative coating is natural materials: bamboo, veneer, reeds, straw, algae, and so on.
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Such coverings are very heavy - you can’t glue them with regular wallpaper glue. They are usually used for decorating small sections of walls.
This is a cellulose mixture with glue and decorative inclusions.
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Liquid wallpaper is applied to the wall with a spatula. This wall covering is suitable for hallways, corridors, and balconies. In case of mechanical damage, you can always tint them, but you should not wash liquid wallpaper.
How to choose the color and pattern of wallpaper
Having decided on the type of wallpaper, calculated what you will need, and having found the appropriate rack in the store, you can choose a pattern and shade. We won’t limit the flight of your imagination, but let us remind you of a few basic rules of interior design.
- The smaller the room, the smaller the pattern. Large compositions on wallpaper will “eat up” an already small space. Wallpaper with vertical stripes will make the room taller, and wallpaper with horizontal stripes will make it wider.
- Plain and even more so glossy wallpapers are glued only to perfectly smooth walls. It is better to disguise imperfect surfaces with the help of colorful embossed wallpaper without shine.
- Photo wallpaper or natural wallpaper on one wall is an excellent solution for zoning and expanding space. The main thing is to choose the right picture and shade of the background wallpaper.
- The shade of the wallpaper depends on the room. So, for a bedroom where a person sleeps and generally spends quite a lot of time, it is better to choose calm pastel colors. In the kitchen, the walls can be pasted over in appetizing colors: orange, green, yellow.
- In small rooms, avoid black, white and contrasts (blue plus orange, purple plus yellow, etc.). This enlivens the interior, but makes the space visually smaller.
Remember: the lighting in a store is brighter than at home, and wallpaper in a roll always looks different than on the wall. Be prepared for differences between expectations and reality.
What else to look for before buying
Hold the sealed roll in your hands and read the insert carefully.
To avoid surprises during renovations in the form of subtle differences in shade or pattern, always take wallpaper from the same batch and with the same article number.
And one last thing. Be sure to clarify under what conditions you can return the wallpaper if you suddenly don’t like it.
Covering walls with wallpaper is a current trend that has not lost ground for many years. It is thanks to them that the interior composition looks stylish and special. They are able to bring a feeling of homeliness and harmony into the atmosphere. This finish has a lot of advantages. Trendy ideas for fashionable wallpaper in the interior consist of the characteristics of the composition of the finish, its external characteristics, simplicity of cladding, original design and appropriate use in a specific type of room.
Kinds
Wallpaper is represented by a wide range of wall coverings. If previously they did not stand out much, today they are given special attention when creating each interior composition. It is the wallpaper that sets the main idea, helps to connect together disparate furnishings, and makes the room look stylish and unique. Based on the type of material, they are divided into many popular varieties.
Wallpaper is divided into roll and powder.
Rolled are canvases, wound into a roll, having a length of about 10 m. Today, narrow canvases are considered an outdated type of wall covering. Wide meter wide wallpaper is in fashion.
They have many advantages:
- they are easier to glue, easier to cut, without resorting to gluing small fragments when a small strip is missing;
- the pattern is more clearly visible on them, and the print is adjusted less frequently;
- they allow you to cover walls with a minimum number of joints;
- their external characteristics are several times higher than the usual narrow analogues, which often do not differ in attractive texture;
- These coatings adhere perfectly to the surface of the walls, hiding minor irregularities if necessary.
Powder wallpaper is an original cladding method. They are sold in bags and look like wallpaper paste. Divorced in a similar way, they need to be infused for a certain time. The method of gluing the surface is similar to applying plaster.
By using a contrasting color, it is possible to create a drawing that is not limited by theme, although it requires certain drawing skills. The pattern, its theme, size, location depend on the design idea: before gluing it is drawn directly on the wall in order to subsequently fill in the individual elements of the sketch with color contrasts.
Varieties
The current wallpapers include several varieties. This rating also takes into account the financial capabilities of each buyer. The material differs in cost, thickness, presence of additional effect, resistance to the formation of an environment for the appearance of fungus and mold.
Today, the quality characteristics of canvases are quite high, special attention is paid to design, shade and style: wallpaper should be original, beautiful, unique, not interrupting the design intent, while creating the right atmosphere. They can be a pattern made up of repeating fragments or a separate composition (for example, photo wallpaper).
The main feature of trendy wallpapers is that they involuntarily compare decorative elements and pieces of furniture with the level of style, therefore, for the desired interior, the premium quality of wall coverings and furnishings should be identical.
Depending on the raw materials and production method, popular finishes have advantages and disadvantages. Each type of material, with the proper level of performance and the presence of good colors, allows you to purchase a trendy wall covering, with which you can create a fashionable environment in any style.
Paper
Current paper wallpapers are rolls of varying thicknesses with an image or photo print on the front side. By structure, they are single-layer (simplex) and double-layer (duplex).
The first option is a budget alternative, the second is more wear-resistant, costs more, stays on the walls for up to 5 years without the need for adjustments and gluing joints. The texture of the front side of thin canvases is smooth; analogues made of two layers can have a simple relief, due to which the thickness of the material is greater, and pasting requires a roller.
Vinyl
Vinyl wallpaper consists of two layers and has a porous structure. Their base is paper or non-woven fabric, the top or finishing layer is made of vinyl. These wallpapers are one of the favorites of the season; they are divided into 4 subtypes, which include silk-screen printing, hard, smooth and foam canvases. The method of some involves applying a design through embossing, so the appearance of the wallpaper can resemble textiles.
They are more expensive than their paper counterparts and are an elite-level finish, although they cannot be called environmentally friendly: the canvases do not allow air to pass through well and are capable of releasing formaldehyde vapors into the air.
Textile
Textile wallpaper is a current trend for several seasons. It attracts attention due to the structural feature of the panels: textile fibers in the form of weave or individual threads located parallel and close to each other are glued to a paper or non-woven base. This material is one of the premium and fashionable types of wall decoration; it indicates the well-being of the owners of the house, looks expensive and elegant.
However, it is the woven front side that adds trouble when gluing: the glue has to be applied only to the wall, otherwise the surface of the textile may be damaged. This wallpaper is somewhat more difficult to glue than the previous ones, so certain skills are required.
Non-woven
Non-woven fabrics consist of two layers and have a backing made of textile fiber or polymers. Unlike vinyl analogues, they are highly breathable, fireproof and do not fade when the surface is exposed to sunlight. Cladding with this material allows you to mask minor imperfections in the walls (cracks, unevenness).
However, their structure requires delicate pasting and careful handling of the top layer; the surface can attract dust.
For painting
Paintable wallpaper is a current solution for lovers of creativity and constant novelty. They are produced in white, so that when painted in the desired shade, the original color of the canvas does not affect the final result. The structure of the material has a relief that can resemble rough stucco, imitate stone walls, deliberately emphasizing the unevenness of the coating. Due to this, paintable wallpaper perfectly masks uneven walls.
They are unique in that they are designed for repeated painting and allow you to recreate the desired texture using the chosen shade: they do not need a print to indicate the design idea, although the drawings on them are reminiscent of the paintings of great artists.
Liquid
Liquid wallpaper is a trend for connoisseurs of creativity and creative individuals. They are applied with a spatula, using a primer for maximum adhesion, which is used to treat the walls before pasting. Externally, the texture differs significantly from analogues: the material looks like a relief mosaic.
Covering with liquid wallpaper looks stylish, with an effect of volume and depth. Liquid wallpaper is no less popular than its vinyl counterparts, despite the fact that it is afraid of water and requires careful handling of the surface.
Glass wallpaper
A unique material based on fiberglass, which is treated with special impregnations to clearly fix the shape. Fiberglass wallpaper is popular because it is resistant to fire, mold, does not rot, does not release toxins into the air, and can be painted on the front side. They perfectly mask uneven walls and are reasonably priced. The performance characteristics of the material are excellent, which adds to its popularity.
3D
This material is a photo wallpaper with a three-dimensional image that distorts space. The material is in demand among connoisseurs of creativity, as it allows you to successfully play up the disadvantages of space if you choose the right image, which can be realistic or stylized.
This wallpaper is resistant to accidental mechanical impacts, does not tear when hung, does not burn, and lies on the surface without swelling or bubbles. However, this trend requires a clear choice of location and the “right” furniture, otherwise it looks isolated.
Popular colors
The color solutions of fashionable shades are multifaceted. If earlier the emphasis in production was on the brightness and catchiness of the background and design, today ideas dominate through which one can demonstrate a special style, harmoniously indicating an unusual type of material.
There are several lines in priority:
- neutral, with a play of contrasts in white, light gray, smoky and black shades;
- pastel, which is dominated by gentle warm colors (gray-pink, peach, milky, lilac) and fresh colors (blue, soft green, mint, turquoise);
- natural palette, which contains shades of beige, brown and “stone” motifs (diluted coffee, sand, wood, marble, natural stone);
- saturated, which is characterized by brightness and riot of colors (noble tones are popular: wine, emerald, etc.
Current trends today are:
- abstraction and geometric shapes on a light beige background;
- contrast of two shades in the form of a lace pattern or interweaving of climbing plants (gray and silver tones, contrast of beige, dark colors);
- Asian motifs in the form of cherry blossom branches, falling petals, sketches of buildings and hieroglyphs (a combination of beige with pink, mint with brown and beige);
- rough board and stone texture (brick, gray, red-brown, beige, mustard tones);
- patterns in the form of textured knitted fabric (gray, white shades, as well as their combinations).
The best colors are light gray and beige; their combination is popular with varying degrees of saturation and underlining with black, in which one of the tones sets off the other (for example, on a delicate gray background, a bright gray pattern and warm beige, or a light beige accent on coffee with gray and black abstract drawings). They look stylish against the backdrop of bright furniture, and create a wonderful tandem with pastel-colored furniture.
Trends
One of the current and cool trends is the emphasis on the texture of wallpaper. Nowadays, velvet or plush wall covering surfaces are in fashion. Such canvases look voluminous and especially cozy. Metallized wallpaper is giving way to natural textured materials in the form of cork or bamboo finishing options.
The trend is stylish and interesting contrasts: it is important to show one, but quite significant accent, highlighting it through furniture in the desired style.
New items in the collections delight with the nobility of the print on a harmoniously selected background.
Trending wallpaper options today are:
- stylization in the form of monolithic paintings covering the entire wall (for example, maps of the world) with elements of an aged surface;
- retro wallpaper with inscriptions, vintage cars, manuscripts to decorate the accent area;
- volumetric sketches of large elements on the entire wall with stretching through the transition from large fragments to small ones;
- imitation of a rough wall surface for brickwork and ceramic tiles, laminate;
- emphasizing interior elements or its design features (protrusions, niches, panels) through contrasting shades;
- demonstration of the taste preferences of the owners of the house through ethnic ornaments.
Current motifs include flowers. However, today they are given greater importance: they look natural, and due to single flowers they allow one to demonstrate the beauty of nature, tenderness and fragility. If earlier it was a constant repetition of the pattern, today design involves two directions: stylization to emphasize shades or one element to accentuate the desired atmosphere.
You can learn even more about current trends from the following video.
Styles
The main feature that makes wallpaper popular is the correct texture and pattern. It doesn’t matter what material the wall coverings are made of: if the motif is too boring or full of patterns, it will not be possible to achieve harmony when decorating the walls.
The choice is not based only on external data: today the interior requires a combination of styles. If the canvas is chosen correctly and tastefully, it can decorate any style, be it classic, modern, ethnic design or youth design.
The most interesting interior solutions that incorporate trendy wallpaper include:
- modern;
- minimalism;
- loft;
- avant-garde;
- vintage;
- retro;
- country;
- high tech;
- Provence;
- romanticism.
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Combination options
Today, decorating walls with the same wallpaper is a technique devoid of originality. It's boring and shows a lack of aesthetics. It is unacceptable for the walls of a room to be covered with wallpaper of the same pattern: this way the room is deprived of its originality, and the interior is lost against the general background.
It is much more interesting to use the technique of contrasting texture, print, and combining canvases with different cladding materials.
Conventionally, combinations can be divided into classic and non-standard. In the first case, the wallpaper is combined with each other. In the second - with plastic and laminated panels.
Current design techniques are:
- horizontal combination– pasting the wall horizontally with alternating finishes of different colors and patterns (relevant for large stripes);
- vertical contrast– highlighting protrusions and niches with a colored pattern, covering the walls with a single-color coating;
- zoning– highlighting an accent area (at the head of the bed, sofa, in the dressing room, dining area) with the addition of a monochromatic companion;
- reception patchwork– patchwork technique of gluing rectangular or square fragments of different sizes and patterns to the wall according to the principle of conventional tile laying or with shifting of the canvases;
- panel– inserts into a single-color canvas in the form of small fragments framed in a baguette or ceiling plinth (a kind of picture gallery in a symmetrical and asymmetrical arrangement on the wall);
