The hall is exactly that room of the apartment orat home, where the whole family gathers in the evenings, where relatives and guests are received. Therefore, the decoration of this room should be treated carefully. After all, the wrong design can significantly change the mood of the people in the room.
The main options for finishing the walls in the hall are:wallpaper, decorative stone and cork, plaster and bamboo. Particular attention, as a rule, should be paid to the walls of the living room. You can decorate the walls in different ways. In this case, the choice of a specific material will depend on your financial capabilities, personal preferences and the overall design of the floor and ceiling in the room. To make it easier for you to decide what to decorate the walls of the hall with, you need to learn in more detail the main characteristics of each material, as well as the features of the design with such material. Let's consider the most common materials for decorating walls in the hall today.
Wallpaper as the main material for decoration
Calculation scheme for the area of the room for gluingwallpaper. This is the most practical, inexpensive and common material for decorating the walls of not only the hall, but also any other room. You can independently choose from a large assortment a specific texture, color and the characteristics necessary for operation. A feature of the application is ease: the wallpaper is easy to stick and remove if necessary. And due to the fact that today there are a lot of wallpaper options, it is best to choose silk-screen printing or duplex wallpaper (double relief paper) for the hall. These options are practical to care for and look quite festive and cheerful. Just try to choose patterns with large flowers. Even if they are not bright, but so that they are visible. Recently, pasting the hall with two types of wallpaper has become widespread. This looks great if you want to highlight certain areas in the room, to emphasize them. This is especially relevant where the hall combines both a mini-dining room and a living room. It is also great to stick photo wallpaper in the hall. Moreover, it is better to do this on a wall that is clearly visible and not cluttered with furniture. If you have pasted bright photo wallpaper, then it is better to choose the main wallpaper in calmer tones so that all the patterns do not mix. Return to the table of contents</a>
Decorative stone and cork decoration
Decorative masonry scheme.Decorating the walls in the hall with decorative stone is one of the most expensive options today. Especially if it is natural stone. In ecological terms, this is very good, since with any changes in the microclimate, the walls in the hall will remain harmless to human health. In practical terms, this is not always convenient, since the stone is quite cold. And not every hall will look cozy if the walls in it are stone. Therefore, the best option, if your material resources allow, is to decorate individual corners in the hall with stone. Moreover, it is desirable that the corners are rounded. This will give the room grandeur. Another option is to decorate the wall in the hall near the fireplace with decorative stone, if there is one. This will be both practical, since the stone will protect the wall from overheating, and quite beautiful. In terms of operation, decorative stone has the highest durability. Plus, it is very easy to care for it: just wet a soft cloth and simply wipe such a stone. No special care products are needed. The most useful and environmentally friendly covering for the walls of the hall is cork. This is an ideal option for a house with children. As a rule, this material itself is quite durable and soft at the same time, so it will be almost impossible to hit or get hurt on such a wall.
Decorative stone laying scheme:a - walls; b - wall intersections; c - corners. Cork is not only environmentally friendly, but also easy to care for and install. Due to its high degree of elasticity, it is easy to stick to the wall. And it does not require special care. You only need to vacuum such a wall from time to time or wipe it with a soft cloth. But there are two disadvantages, due to which it is not always advisable to use cork as a covering for the walls of the hall. The first is its softness. Oddly enough, this advantage can turn into a minus in a room where there are naughty animals. So, if a cat constantly climbs on a cork wall, the coating may not change much in appearance, but if you run your hand over it, you will notice that the relief has changed, becoming rougher and damaged. The second is insufficient variety of colors. Since cork itself is a purely natural material, such coatings with a large assortment of shades are not released on the market. But it is the pattern that is so important in the hall as a room for communication and joint relaxation. Therefore, think for yourself whether it is advisable for you to decorate the walls in the hall with this material or it would be better to combine it with the main, more cheerful and practical covering? Return to the table of contents</a>
Decorative plaster and bamboo
Preparing walls for decorative plaster.The use of plaster is appropriate in spacious, uncluttered halls. However, all the walls can be covered only if the room is warm and spacious enough. Otherwise, the walls will retain heat poorly in the cold season. The peculiarity of decorative plaster is that with its help you can also give the hall a certain mystery and antiquity. So, such plaster looks very good in the hall, on top of which slightly golden, bronze or silver pollen or paint is applied. You will see how the hall will immediately look richer and more attractive. The disadvantage of this type of decoration for the hall is the complexity of application and the relative high cost of both the material itself and the work. As a rule, if you decide to decorate one or all the walls in the hall in this way, you should immediately take care of attracting an experienced specialist in this matter in advance. After all, you yourself will not cope, since only at first glance it seems that everything is easy and simple in this work.
Scheme of applying plaster and primer to the wall.The newest and most original material for wall decoration is a covering made of natural bamboo. Unlike cork, it looks more cheerful, which is very important for the overall atmosphere in the living room. Bamboo is highly durable, long-lasting, easy to vacuum and clean. At the same time, it is quite easy to mount it both on special glue and on screws. The only drawback is its high cost. Usually it is even a little more expensive than cork. Therefore, it is not advisable to decorate the walls in the hall using this method if you do not have enough money. Then it is better to choose good wallpaper that imitates bamboo. Return to the table of contents</a>
Staining of walls in a hall
Decorating the walls of a room with paint is veryan old and widespread method. The hall is no exception, where the walls can be painted in any color. The disadvantage of such a coating is the difficulty of dismantling the old paint. But at the same time, painting the walls in the hall has many advantages. Firstly, today there are many paints sold not only in different colors, but also in different textures. Therefore, you can choose the paint you like to match the mood of the room. Secondly, an original pattern can be applied over the main base paint coating, thereby transforming the wall. The pattern can be applied either by hand (but this requires some artistic skills) or using a stencil. And to make everything look more festive, you can decorate the pattern with rhinestones or glitter, if this is appropriate for your style. An excellent addition to the painted walls of the hall is the use of special decorative stickers. They are now sold in a large assortment. At the same time, they do not spoil the initial coating and can easily be re-glued to any other place in the room. And the wall will acquire its own mood. So, the main options for finishing the walls in the hall have been considered. From all of the above, we can conclude that the best thing in the hall is to combine materials with each other. It is advisable to combine two materials, but no more. Then the hall will be both cheerful and suitable for relaxing alone.
