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To create a complete beautiful interior, you need to properly decorate the walls. How to choose wallpapers for the living room, what colors and for what rooms, how to combine them, all with a lot of photos – read about all this further.
How to choose a color
They select wallpaper for the living room, focusing on several criteria at once. First of all, this is the style of the interior, the existing or planned furniture, and the color of the upholstery. If the furniture is in rich colors and the floor is dark, the walls should be light. In this case, the interior is lighter. Since the dark floor visually reduces the height of the room, you can choose wallpaper with a vertically arranged ornament or stripes.
In living rooms with a light floor, there are no such restrictions. Walls can be dark or bright, patterned or plain.
In this case, it is necessary to take into account the size of the premises and its illumination. If the room is small, and even directed to the north, dark colors are contraindicated. Choose a light shade of warm tone that suits the range – the colors of milk, cream, a little with a pink tint, golden hues.
The wallpaper, which has a slightly shiny surface, makes the room much lighter. They are called silkscreen or satin, for this effect – the luster of silk. A brighter reflection is given by canvases with the effect of silvering or gilding. If your living room is not “royal” in size, then there should be one such shiny wall, otherwise the “box effect” will appear – a very cramped stuffy room.
If we talk about general trends, wallpaper for the living room is more often chosen in neutral colors. This option is universal – you can choose any accessories, textiles for it. If the walls serve only as a background, it is easy to change a boring design. Change textiles, lighting, use new accessories, get a new design. If the walls are bright, you will not get off so easily. Will have to re-glue.
Read about how to glue wallpaper correctly here.
Unusual options
Bamboo or cork wallpapers look unusual in the living room. Moreover, eco-style is becoming more popular. They are ideal for an oriental-style interior, but can also be a highlight for a modern one.
In many trendy interiors, brick or stone walls are popular. It is not at all necessary to lay tiles or upholster plaster for this. You can use textured foam or heavy vinyl wallpaper.
They very well imitate brick and masonry of various types. It is difficult to distinguish visually from a real wall.
Wallpaper with a pattern in the interior of the living room
Walls in flowers are characteristic of the trendy Provence style. If you see your living room like this, look for options for a floral ornament. Ideally, it is desirable to find textiles that repeat the pattern on the walls, or choose a fabric in one of the colors available on the wallpaper. So you can avoid variegation and achieve a harmonious sound of the interior.
Flowers on the wallpaper can be in the interior of a modern style. Only in this case they are more graphic, stylized. Drawn on a neutral background with bright strokes.
Read about popular styles in interior design, their inherent colors here.
Combined wallpaper for the living room
The latest trend in indoor wall decoration is the use of different types of wallpaper. They are also called companions, and the reception is a combination. You have already seen many examples. Since this direction is relevant, it is very often used.
There are several different approaches to combining wallpaper. The most common is a combination of plain walls (textured or not) with a large ornament. So allocate one wall, which is central in the interior. This technique can be used if you need to divert attention from something.
Looks good options with a change in the main color. For example, white lilies on a dark gray background, and the opposite option – gray – on a white background. Calmer ones are used on a larger surface, bright ones on a smaller one.
Another way to combine is several vertical stripes of different widths, distributed over two or three walls.
There are also combinations of three wallpapers. In this case, most often the set is as follows: plain + strip + floral motifs. In this case, there are a lot of options.
Read more about wallpaper combination techniques and the effects that this technique gives, read here.
Photo Wall Mural
Once upon a time, such a fashionable theme returns again: photo wallpapers have become popular again. Only the level of printing is different. Modern technologies allow you to transfer any photo to paper, and large-format printing allows you to print everything on one sheet. So no seams and photographic clarity create a 3D effect.
In newfangled interiors, urban landscapes are more often used. The night metropolis looks most impressive, but black and white options are no worse.
The second frequently encountered theme is nature, landscapes. Very often you can see the forest at different times of the year, different species and countries.
The next popular motif is flowers. In photographic or graphic design for different styles.
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