Combining wallpapers to decorate walls is oftenare used to create a modern style of the room. After all, when entering the room, the walls are the first thing that catches your eye. They complement the interior, and are often its main component. Therefore, you should take it seriously. The entire entourage of the room will depend on the choice.
Combined wallpapers not only complement the interior of a room, but are often its main component.
Combination of wallpapers: options
Important!Before making the final choice of color for the walls, it is necessary to carefully analyze the structure of the room. To do this, draw a plan on a piece of paper, where the purpose of the walls, future zones, and the presence of lighting are marked. It is also worth schematically marking the future location of the furniture. If it is of different tones, then this is a prerequisite for selecting the shade of the future wallpaper. Decorating walls with wallpaper is purely individual in nature. Here, we can highlight only a few methods that are acceptable for combining. In this case, wallpaper is used for walls of the same width. Shades should be selected based on the principle:
A diagram of a standard combination of wallpapers in a room.
- two shades from one color scale;
- two calm shades of different colors;
- two contrasting and bright colors.
The alternation occurs through one or two stripes.This method is easy even for inexperienced craftsmen. Wallpapers with different images, patterns and colors are often combined. In this case, you should be careful. Sometimes you can “miss” the choice of image or color. This method of pasting walls will visually increase the height of the ceilings, which will sometimes look advantageous in small apartments, where the height of the ceilings may be lower than average. The stripes are glued using the “butt-to-butt” method, but you can turn on your imagination and use a zigzag joint. Return to contents</a>
Use of horizontal stripes and wallpaper inserts
This method has gained popularity for many years.back. A simple combination looks like a design of dark "panels" on 1/3 of the wall from below. Now you can often find a combination of several shades in the room, which alternate with narrow stripes along the entire height of the wall. This option should be supplemented with a striped element of furniture, curtains or a blanket on the sofa in the same shades. Such stripes are glued from top to bottom, drawing stripes on the wall in advance, using a level. This method uses various borders or moldings. They serve as decoration and to achieve ideal joints. In recent years, they have gained popularity in Russia, as they favorably emphasize the interior of the room and create the illusion of paintings. This combination is approached thoroughly, choosing the necessary and suitable colors is extremely important.
Technique of horizontal wallpaper combination.To begin with, it is better to wallpaper the entire room. The shade should be calm, warm, and gentle. Then furnish the room and distribute decorative elements. The shade and pattern of the insert are chosen based on them. Inserts are easy to make. Wallpaper of a thicker texture is used in relation to the main ones. Usually, they are chosen on a non-woven base. The shapes and sizes are determined individually, to the taste of the owner of the room. The framing of the inserts is made either from wooden planks or with the help of moldings or borders. Often, when decorating an interior, it is necessary to divide the room into zones. For this, an excellent option would be to combine wallpaper using one bright insert on the general shade of the walls. There may be several inserts depending on the number of zones. Inserts can be made using several shades or colors. If such a combination is used in a child's room, it is better to choose calm shades in the sleeping area, bring a bright contrast to the play area, and a neutral color to the desk area. Decorate the walls in the living room and bedroom using the same principle. Return to contents</a>
Combining wallpaper with a niche or protrusion
Often apartments have a complexgeometric design. Geometry is used to create an interesting and original room design. Here, niches and projections, on the contrary, are highlighted. If the main shade is chosen to be light and warm, the recesses and projections are pasted over with contrasting bright or dark wallpaper.
Wallpaper in niches should contrast with the main oneswallpaper. If the main color is monochromatic dark, light and bright shades are used for geometric variations. A wonderful combination of dark blue or gray colors with a white shade or ivory color. Wallpaper with hieroglyphs or some kind of ornament is often chosen for decorating niches. They will bring new rich shades and dynamics to the interior of the room. Return to contents</a>
Combination of wallpaper with scraps
For bold and bright decisions they are perfectcombining and decorating walls with various scraps. Bright and calm shades, with ornaments, figures and hieroglyphs are suitable here. In this case, you can save a lot. Surely, friends and relatives have leftover wallpaper from renovations. They are enough to express your creative thoughts. Scraps can be pasted in a chaotic order or using any technique. Scraps should be glued using the "butt" or "overlap" method. The final look of the room should be stylish and attractive, so combinations are approached seriously and color combinations are thought out. Return to contents</a>
Photo wallpapers in the interior
Photo wallpaper will add brightness andIndividuality. Photo wallpapers have become popular in recent years. They attract more and more fans. Firstly, the use of photo wallpapers will add brightness to the overall design of the room. Secondly, sometimes it is cost-effective, because buying photo wallpapers for a full wall can be cheaper than pasting it with stylish wallpapers. In addition, photo wallpapers help to increase the space of the room. The correct choice of the pattern will determine the atmosphere and climate in the room (if you choose patterns with nature, sea, city panorama). With the help of the pattern, you can reduce or increase the height of the walls: a horizontal pattern on one wall will reduce the height of the ceilings, a vertical pattern with the image of trees will profitably increase the height. It is not recommended to choose photo wallpapers with bright and flashy patterns for the bedroom and children's room. They depress the inhabitants of the room. A bright pattern on the entire wall can be glued in the living room behind the sofa so that it is less visible during rest. That is, before choosing photo wallpapers, it is important to draw up and design the entire design of the room, including the arrangement of furniture. As for the combination with other walls, the photo wallpaper should be the only one in the room, and it is also better to combine it with a cold shade of the main wallpaper. Important! You should not choose wallpaper with a pattern, ornament or any lines. They should be monochromatic so that the room does not look overloaded. It is better to buy wallpaper for combining and decorating walls in one store. Here you can clearly see the future intended combination. You can also choose decorative elements in the store: moldings, borders, strips, etc. If you choose borders and edgings in decorating the walls, it is better to glue wallpaper of the same width - this way you can achieve the correct and harmonious combination. Return to the table of contents</a>
Selection of colors
When choosing shades, you should follow the basic rules:
If you have any questions about choosing wallpaper shades for walls and their combinations, it is better to use the advice of a designer.
