Wallpapers - the most common type of decoration of residentialpremises. The question of how to choose wallpapers, how to paste them, what color and material to choose, one can not help but worry about everyone who plans to repair the apartment. Many people make repairs with their own hands with the help of wallpaper. The useful tips below will help to choose the right wallpaper for each of the rooms in the apartment. 
Wallpapers are the most popular material fordecoration of walls. One of the important advantages of wall finishing with wallpaper is that you can not level the wall so that it is absolutely smooth, and this greatly facilitates the repair. Pasted wallpapers hide small defects (irregularities and cracks). But in this case they should not be completely smooth. The surface must have a relief. Wall-paper is also recommended to glue walls during repairs in new buildings that can shrink.
What are the wallpaper
The simplest wallpaper, this is a strip of heavy papera certain color or with some drawing. The standard width is 50-60 cm, the length is 10-10.5 m. They are spread with glue for wallpaper and pasted on the wall. This work is quite simple, and it can easily be done by two people. No professional skills are required, but materials and tools will only need wallpaper, glue for them, a brush and a stepladder. This finishing material is cheap, if you want, you can even change the wallpaper yourself a couple of times a year. The shortcomings of simple wallpaper include their small strength and the ability to burn under the sun. 
Color Combination Table for Combining WallpapersIf the tape of the material consists of two paper strips pasted on each other, then the wallpaper becomes stronger, they are called duplex. If three layers are glued together, then, respectively, triplex. Such material is already quite strong, but its cage becomes more difficult. Vinyl is called wallpaper, in which a layer of paper glued PVC film. They are also called washable. The walls, covered with such wallpaper, can be wiped with a damp cloth. To the category of expensive finishing materials are non-woven wallpaper. When they are manufactured, textile fibers are applied to the material called flizelin. It becomes like a cloth. In another case, the finest villi are applied, making the material look like velor. Such wallpaper can not be wiped, they can only be gently vacuumed. Advantages of non-woven wallpaper - high strength, light fastness. But they are difficult to glue. Different wallpapers can be either smooth or have a pronounced texture. From different materials produce wallpaper and specially for painting. That is, they can be glued on and painted on top. You can repaint this material several times. However, it is recommended to do this no more than 6 times. 
Marking on wallpaper. That the buyer could be guided easier, manufacturers put on the production corresponding pictograms. On them, you can very easily understand what the moisture resistance of wallpaper, their lightfastness, resistance to mechanical influences. You can easily find out how to apply glue and how to place wallpaper on a wall. After all, there is a material that involves applying glue to the wall. You can learn all this from the pictograms. This is especially important when you are going to perform repairs yourself. In the drawings so clearly all are depicted that they are understandable even intuitively. And in each store you can find the decoding of these drawings. There are also special tables that allow you to easily select the right amount of material, if you know the area of the room. Back to contents</a>
How to choose wallpaper in different rooms
The living room is the heart of the apartment. It is here that guests are received, in the evenings the whole family gathers in this room. Therefore, each owner wants to equip the living room as best as possible. Here, glued expensive textile or velor wallpaper, if the budget allows. Or you can stick a quality triplex, which is also very wonderful decorate the walls, hiding all their shortcomings. 
The choice of wallpaper depending on the finishpremises. If the area of the room is large enough, then good quality wallpaper with a large pattern. If the ceiling is low, then the layout of the picture should be vertical. The color should be chosen so that it does not merge with the color of the furniture. But too much contrast is also undesirable. The exception is the original design solutions, in which, for example, white furniture is placed against a black wall. But such interiors are a matter of professional designers, everything should be thought through to the smallest detail. In the living room walls with a frieze look good, which can be located at a distance of 1.5 m from the floor or under the ceiling. If the living room is decorated in ethnic style, then you can also find a variety of wallpaper options. For example, bamboo. Alternatively, paint the material for painting and apply a bright pattern to it, if you are decorating the hall in an African style. If the living room is small, then it is better to decorate it in the spirit of minimalism by gluing on the walls a smooth light wallpaper without a pattern. The bedroom is a rest room. It should be minimal soiled, therefore, you can paste here the usual paper wallpaper of pastel tones. This and the room will make attractive, and the budget will save. However, if the party is sunny, you will have to buy products with good lightfastness so that they do not burn out quickly. Back to contents</a>
Use of photo wallpapers
Wall murals should overlap in color withthe interior of the room. As for the children's room, for its design, special attention should be paid to the environmental friendliness of the material. Many manufacturers produce wallpaper from natural ingredients. It should be borne in mind that child's preferences depend on gender and age and may change over time. For kids, walls with funny bright drawings are suitable, and for teenagers, this can be a photo wallpaper of the corresponding theme. By the way, wall murals are also well suited for decorating one of the walls of a living room or bedroom. They are glued to the kitchen and even to the bathroom. If you decide to paste over the bathroom, then you should choose only good quality moisture-resistant wallpaper. Liquid wallpapers are also suitable for this. But nevertheless, those places where water directly falls on the walls of the room are recommended to be tiled. In the kitchen it is recommended that you wipe clean with a damp cloth. Their quality should also be high enough, since the material is affected by increased air pollution and temperature drops. Here are only general recommendations for choosing wallpaper for renovation in an apartment. If you've never made a purchase like this before, these helpful tips will help you make your choice. Now you know how to choose the right wallpaper. But when choosing one color or another, you need to listen to your feelings, since different people have different tastes. So, some people don't like pastel colors in bedrooms and they pick up bright colors, for example, red. The same is true for the design of other rooms. You should first think over the whole design of the room and only then buy wallpaper. After all, they should be combined not only with furniture, but also with curtains on the windows, with the color of interior doors, with the floor, with all other interior elements.
