There are many design options availableliving room - the main room in the house. Every owner wants to decorate it in the best possible way, because this is where guests are greeted. Well-thought-out decoration of the walls in the living room, the right choice of furniture and decor make this room truly a main room. Below are some options for how to decorate the walls of a hall decorated in different styles.
Figure 1. Silk fabric drapery fits well with the oriental design of the living room.
How to Decorate Living Room Walls
The basic rule is thatthe appropriate decor is selected depending on the chosen design. Wall decoration emphasizes the interior, complements it, and places the necessary accents. So, if you want to emphasize the exoticism of the East, you need to think about buying and hanging oriental miniatures on the walls. You can create drapery from silk fabrics (Fig. 1). Naturally, furniture and other accessories should correspond to this particular style of design.
Figure 2.Wall shelves located on both sides of the fireplace make the living room modern and stylish. If the living room is decorated in a rustic style, it can be emphasized with carved wooden boards, bunches of plants, panels of natural wood and other attributes typical of such a design. If the living room is furnished with strict modern furniture, then wallpaper with a classic large pattern or a painting in a carved frame and a carpet on the wall will not go with it. For small apartments, in the design of which minimalism is increasingly used, niches can be made in the walls that will decorate the room and serve as additional shelves. If the living room is decorated in the Provence style, you can hang porcelain dishes on the walls, and if in a classic style - paintings in heavy frames. Each wall of the room should complement the chosen style of decoration, and not look like an alien element in the interior. But before decorating the walls with anything, they should be given an appropriate background. For classics, this is wallpaper with a large pattern, and for minimalism - just flat surfaces painted in light colors. In small living rooms, walls painted with high-quality water-based paint are most common. But it should be taken into account that in order for the finishing to be truly high-quality, the surfaces must be perfectly flat. Return to contents</a>Decorating walls with finishing materials If inIf there is a fireplace in the room, or at least an imitation of one, then a wall partially covered with natural or artificial stone will look very good. You can decorate a wall in the living room, if there is a fireplace, in many other ways (Fig. 2).
Figure 3.Sconces are often used to decorate walls, as they not only decorate the interior of the living room, but also highlight a certain light zone. In some interiors, brick walls look good, and living rooms in small apartments become visually larger from the right choice of photo wallpaper or from the placement of mirrors. A variety of materials can be used to make the interior of the living room as original as possible. These can be plastic or wooden panels, Venetian plaster, ceramics, stone and even mirror tiles. Drapery is actively used in ethnic interiors. As already mentioned, there are countless design options, you just need to ensure that there is harmony between the walls and the overall design of the room. If you are decorating walls with painting or gluing photo wallpaper, for example, with a beautiful view, then you should make sure that the painting or wallpaper is not covered by furniture and other accessories. The same applies to the design of surfaces with mosaic patterns. In addition, the wall with painting, photo wallpaper or mosaic should be well lit. You can use natural light if there is enough of it, or you can make a backlight that will highlight the pattern. Quite often, the walls are decorated with sconces, which not only serve as a decorative element, but also allow you to highlight a separate light zone in the room. For example, a corner with upholstered furniture or a large sofa (Fig. 3). Today, retro-style living room decoration is becoming widespread. People install round tables, wall units - old furniture that their grandmothers used. They hang large crystal chandeliers. If you have chosen this style of decoration, then it will be wonderfully emphasized by several old photographs from 50-60 years ago. They can depict anything. The main thing here is color. Modern photos will look alien in such an interior. Using tips on arrangement, recommendations on how to decorate the walls, each person can easily decorate the hall with their own hands according to all the rules, without even resorting to the services of professional designers. The main thing here is maintain a sense of proportion and find that harmony between each design element that makes the interior truly magnificent.
