When planning a renovation, everyone dreams of creating a stylish anda cozy home, similar to those that grace the covers of glossy magazines. But the result does not always meet expectations. A common reason for this is the wrong color scheme in the selection of wallpaper and laminate, which either hide each other's beauty, turning the room into a dull semblance of a hospital ward, or conflict and cause dissonance.
It is important to pay attention to the tone of the walls andlaminate does not match, otherwise there will be a box effect. How to correctly combine the color scheme of floors and walls? What mistakes can be made, and how to prevent them? These are the questions that should be asked when starting the final stage of repair. It is best if the design of the room is thought out in advance, before the materials are purchased. However, people often create an image in stages. First, choose the color of the walls, and then everything else. If your walls are already finished, you should especially carefully and cautiously select the laminate to match them. Here you need to focus on several supporting points: the tasks that should be solved with the help of flooring, practicality in operation and the creation of a complete style.
Functional approach to color choice
Laminate color and texture options.First, you need to decide on the task. The color of the laminate can easily increase or decrease the height of the room, narrow or expand the room, create an atmosphere of warmth or coolness. How to command the space, playing on the combination of color effects of the walls and floors? To make the room seem higher and more spacious, laminate of dark colors is selected for light wallpaper. Such a floor looks solid and noble, shading the lightness and "airiness" of the walls. Dark furniture, whose shapes and texture will clearly stand out against the background of light wallpaper, will look advantageous in such an interior. A combination of dark shades of wallpaper with light flooring will help visually reduce the space and emphasize horizontal lines. This will save the room from excessive elongation. You can achieve the opposite result and "stretch" the room by pasting the walls with light wallpaper in combination with a light floor. However, the tone of the walls and floors should never match, otherwise a box effect will occur.
Characteristics of the laminate.The next point worth paying attention to is practicality. If your room is exposed to direct sunlight and brightly illuminates the floor, you should not lay dark-colored laminate. Such floors always seem dusty. And even the most zealous housewives cannot win the war for ideal cleanliness. After all, even in a room with closed doors and windows, dust is constantly forming. Only about 30% of it is minerals, i.e. the dirt we are accustomed to. The rest is microparticles of skin, hair, textiles, paper and other household derivatives. The question often arises: how to choose laminate for a dark room? Here, you should definitely not lay dark floors, so as not to create a gloomy, hopeless atmosphere that inspires boredom and melancholy. White laminate is better rejected by families with small children and pets. The fight for the cleanliness of these floors can become paranoid. It is better to opt for beige options. The cardinal directions your rooms face also play a decisive role in choosing color shades. Northern rooms are best decorated in light and warm tones. Gray laminate on the northern side can create a feeling of “permafrost.” Warm wood textures will recreate the coziness of a home. A cold palette is more suitable for the southern side, which is exposed to solar attacks. It will help create a feeling of “coolness.” Return to contents</a>
Basics of color: with what the white floor is combined
White laminate is perfect forminimalist or ultra-modern style. The atmosphere of the room and its style depend on the color combinations of interior items. The walls and floor bear the main load, so their design is given the greatest importance. White laminate will harmoniously fit into a minimalist or ultra-modern style. It can be justified in a high-tech style. This color of floors is demanding of the surrounding interior and requires laconicism in design. It does not tolerate the proximity of white walls, but goes well with almost any other colors. In a recreation room, white laminate will be a good background for rich green wallpaper, which will help create an atmosphere of freshness and spring mischief. Purple wallpaper in combination with white laminate looks elegant, luxurious, but not pretentious. This color scheme will suit any design style. If you decide to buy white laminate for raspberry wallpaper, remember that white should be predominant in your interior. Support the floor with white furniture, stucco, white figurines and other elements. Only then will you be able to recreate an atmosphere of lightness and playfulness. A white floor without color support against the background of crimson wallpaper will evoke a feeling of incompleteness. Small rooms with white laminate are preferably decorated in blue tones. This will make them airy and give a feeling of weightlessness. White floor and red walls - this is a play of contrasts, in which the floor serves as a background for the rest of the design. This technique visually enlarges the room and excites the spirit. Therefore, it is preferable to use it in living rooms and kitchens. Sometimes it is justified in children's rooms, if the child is not too temperamental. This home design is not suitable for hyperactive children. Yellow walls on a white floor - this is a classic. There is a feeling of cleanliness and spaciousness, the room is additionally filled with light. Brown wallpaper with white laminate looks representative. Like the previous option, it is perfect for a classic style. Return to the table of contents</a>
Features of gray laminate
Gray laminate is surprisingly comfortable to combinewith beige wallpaper. One of the most popular colors of laminate is gray. At first glance, it seems neutral, unpretentious and goes well together. However, this is not entirely true. Using gray requires some caution. For example, a gray floor in a green room can kill even the most interesting idea, making the interior simple and inconspicuous. Gray laminate goes well with wallpaper that has yellow pattern elements. However, there should be less yellow than the rest. Be careful with the gray floor if the walls of your room are red. Despite the fact that this combination looks modern and fashionable, it is quite difficult to perceive. Therefore, this combination requires additional development from the rest of the decor. It is necessary to dilute it with white or another neutral color. In the classic style, a combination of gray flooring with beige wallpaper is often used. This palette is also suitable for modern design. Gray and orange colors are surprisingly comfortable combined. Can be used in a glamorous style. As well as purple walls on a gray floor background. It all looks impressive and unusual. A mixture of grey flooring and pink walls can also be considered a modern trend. It looks feminine, airy and innocent. Return to contents</a>
Wood shades
Wood shades of laminate can fit inin almost any interior. Floors with a light wood texture are the most neutral and versatile. They go well with a wide range of colors and can fit into almost any interior. In combination with black or white walls, such a floor will add severity to the room, but at the same time will be able to maintain home comfort. When adjacent to yellow walls, it will add radiance and sunlight to the room. Strictness and nobility will be acquired if you add brown wallpaper to such a floor, and in combination with red walls, the beige-wood color of the floor looks very original, bright and cheerful. Mahogany floors harmonize perfectly with green, brown and yellow walls. Successful combinations are found with many autumn shades. However, the brighter the orange shade of your laminate, the more carefully you need to approach the rest of the design. Preferably, discreet tones predominate, but at the same time, support in the form of some kind of decorative element is required. For example, an orange lampshade. Such a floor goes very poorly with blue and other cold shades and prefers to be surrounded by walls in warm pastel colors. A black floor with a gold print on the walls looks pompous. With yellow wallpaper it looks extravagant, but requires a frivolous style. It will not work to create something serious and respectable in these tones. A black floor with red walls depresses the psyche. You can try to dilute the palette with white or beige accents, but the feeling of coziness in such a room will be short-lived. In a year or two, you will want to change the color of the floor or walls. Return to contents</a>
Errors that can be avoided
It's not worth it with wallpaper that is too lightuse such shades of laminate as beech, birch or white oak. Wallpaper should be 2-4 tones darker. At the same time, the color of the walls can match the flooring. The main thing is that the transition between them does not merge, but is clearly defined. In a small apartment, it is better not to get carried away with the color variety of the laminate. Different color schemes of the rooms will divide the apartment into small zones, which will visually reduce its area. Limit your choice to one, maximum two colors of the flooring. If you have chosen white laminate, do not overdo it with this color in the rest of the design. Oversaturation with white creates the effect of sterility and causes mental discomfort, insecurity, a feeling of vulnerability. When choosing laminate to match the wallpaper you have now, remember that over time you will want to change the color of the walls. However, too bright laminate or its unusual pattern may not allow this, since they do not suit all styles. Last piece of advice. When going to the store for laminate, take with you not a small piece of wallpaper, but a whole strip. Ask the seller to fold several strips of laminate and apply wallpaper to them, rolling out as much as possible. This way you will be able to “test” the selected materials for compatibility and find out whether they conflict. A small piece of wallpaper looks different than a large canvas, and may not reveal all the negative aspects that await you in the future.
