There are many ways to create a non-standard interior or zoning a room. The combination of wallpaper is one of the least costly in terms of resources and time. This technique is used by those who want to save money, level the existing design flaws: non-winning protrusions or niches, too low ceilings, narrow space. The main thing during the repair is to take into account all the features of the room.
The purpose of the combination should be the desire not only to dispel boredom. It is intended to focus on some point or zone. The aimless application of “patches” on the walls will make the interior clumsy, only emphasize the lack of taste of the owner.
When accenting wallpaper with one of the walls, it is necessary to choose the “right one”. Usually this is the wall that attracts the eye when entering the room. It can also be located in the background of one of the functional areas or behind a furniture group: a dining room, a desk, upholstered furniture, which, thanks to a suitable background, can only win.
The principle of choosing a wall was absolutely unmistakable in Soviet times. The main attraction - the Uzbek carpet - always hung where needed, was visible from any point of view.
The boundaries of the accent wall are also determined in advance. And this is necessarily the whole wall, and not some part of it behind the sofa (what will happen if the sofa suddenly has to be moved?). This is not a few walls, sometimes decorated with companions, but giving the impression that the room was pasted over with the remnants of a previous renovation.
The following simple rules must be considered:
Accent wallpaper is glued to the view wall. The desired minimum distance to it is 3-4 m. The Khrushchevskaya kitchen, for example, is not suitable for such a design.
Combining two types of wallpaper with an active pattern is contraindicated, even if they are partners.
Photowall-paper or any other with a dynamic print are in the best way combined with monophonic.
In order not to have to puzzle over the design of joints, accent wallpaper takes place from one corner to another or to a niche, ledge.
The basis for creating any combination should be a certain idea, it is necessary to fix the eyes of those present to something specifically.
Combination errors
All the mistakes of designers can be reduced to the following:
Lack of purpose in combination, action on a whim.
The choice of the “wrong” wall.
Placement of wallpaper in pieces, with borders not in the corners. The exception is inserts with trim joints, moldings or when the wall is divided into two parts horizontally.
The layout of the duet without taking into account the features of the room.
In order not to spoil the picture of fresh repair, you can’t
have large furniture near the wall with large patterns, the optimal background in this case is solid;
decorate a small room with dark colors, light shades are more harmonious, preferably no more than three;
decorate a large wall in a narrow room with patterns, they will further narrow the space;
stick the wallpaper in a horizontal strip at low ceilings, the ceiling will press even harder;
vertical stripes will make a narrow room with high ceilings even more awkward.
How to combine wallpaper by color?
Scientists have proven that colors affect not only mood but also health. For a comfortable life, design colors are chosen for a reason. They are combined according to certain rules. Not all shades look harmoniously next to each other. Sometimes even unexpected combinations are fascinating, in other cases you want to look away as soon as possible. Combinations for the interior are selected according to the same principle by which they collect a bouquet or toilet items.
Given the furniture, decor, the room is usually present three to four to seven colors. There are not many of them, they only serve for a change, bring accents.The main two are the colors of wallpaper, floor, furniture elements. Choosing a color, first of all pay attention to the size of the room.
The color scheme of the walls determines the overall decor of the whole room. Some coloring elements from the wallpaper pair are necessarily duplicated in the interior: repeated in furniture upholstery, echoes with doors or floor, ceiling.
Shades of the same color.
The combination in one room of wallpaper of the same color is considered classic. Walls can be patterned, regular, chaotic, barely pronounced. For a small room, two types of wallpaper with the same pattern, somewhat different in shade - the combination is most acceptable.
Monochromatic combinations can differ only in saturation. More juicy shades highlight the priority zone.
Any room will look organic if the decoration of the same color is combined there, but with a different texture. Textured elements look much more spectacular if they are made in the same color. Shiny surfaces look unusual, combined with matte. In addition, small rooms with shiny walls will visually appear more spacious.
Contrast colors
The correct combination in the interior of several bright paintings that you liked is a delicate matter. Those who have no experience in this business are embarking on a slippery slope. It is also worth considering the price of various coatings. You can quickly ruin the look of expensive silk-screen printing by placing budget paper nearby.
The contrast method is most often designed in living rooms or bedrooms. One of the colors should be active, and the second neutral.
Modern design ideas are based on style, the rejection of everyday life. Special techniques consist in combining warm and cold colors, the use of catchy colors. Possible options are:
simple when harmonious, unidirectional color schemes are combined;
moderate, when the tones of wallpaper do not combine with each other, but have a common space;
difficult if the interior is decorated with more than three colors of different saturation.
Nearby Shades of the Color Circle
To maintain the integrity of the interior, not to miss the choice of colors, use a special cheat sheet called the color wheel. With it, you can pick up similar colors, simply by taking 2-3 or 5 located next to it.
Advanced designers usually do not use 2, but 3-4 shades, which are diluted with universal black, white or gray. Since they are absent in nature, they are not in the diagram. In the design of the premises act not only as additional, but also as the main ones.
The combination of colors (table)
It’s interesting to work independently on the selection of suitable colors. But those without experience tend to make mistakes. There are tables that greatly simplify the process. The main thing is to know how to use them.
This or a similar scheme is used, remembering that the first color must be used as the main one. The two following him can act as additional ones, those that follow are accented.
There are tables where contrasting combinations are presented or compiled according to the complementary principle. From the proposed options, you just need to choose the combination that you like best.
How to make a transition when combining
To design or not to make joints when gluing, depends on the thickness of the finish, the chosen style. There are several methods for registration of the transition: pasting the borders with borders, moldings, wooden battens, thin strips, stucco molding are applicable, the ceiling plinth is played out.
No transition
A classic joint is usually not made out. To ensure that the edges of the variegated wallpaper match perfectly, they are not initially smeared with glue, overlapping each other. Then, at the junction, they carry out with a sharp knife (the line can be smooth or wavy). The waste is discarded, and the edges of the canvases are coated with glue, attached to the wall.
Wallpaper Border
Paper framing is not a problem. It can be selected for wallpaper at the place of purchase according to the catalog or cut out fragments from the wallpaper strip itself. The advantage of such a finish is cheapness, ease of gluing and removing. The disadvantage is exposure to ultraviolet, mechanical damage.
You can choose vinyl and acrylic edging, they are approximately similar in quality. Textile is denser and more durable thanks to a two-layer structure consisting of paper and fabric.
It is not worth hoping for the quality of the self-adhesive edging, it has the property of spontaneously falling off over time. It is advisable to glue it, additionally smearing with glue initially.
Moldings
Decorative elements framed by moldings look quite original. Such inserts were mostly used in classic interiors. Previously, such ideas were embodied only by representatives of the upper class, since the fabrics used were very expensive. Now such panels are possible in the style of Provence, country. Modern Art Nouveau goes the same way, slightly modifying the frame. Its role is played by a border cut from the canvas of the same collection.
Silk screen printing, embossed coatings, and other similar options are used as inserts. Moldings will also help if it is necessary to combine wallpapers of different thicknesses, arrange a transition to another type of decoration, an architectural element.
Combination Methods
Combination is always creative, creativity. Some of his techniques are very bold, especially if the stylistic solution involves the use of vivid contrasts, unconventional combinations. Therefore, you need to choose the decor carefully. When buying materials, it is necessary to consider such key factors:
degree of lighting;
footage of the room;
conceived style;
shades and textures should not "swear" among themselves.
Choosing a texture is usually easier than deciding on the right color scheme.If all types of decoration in the apartment can be combined into one harmonious whole, they get a satisfactory result:
the room seems to be adding size;
irregular shapes, irregularities of the walls are hidden;
the interior is filled with light;
separate zones appear;
highlighting the winning features of the layout, style.
Horizontal Combination
The method is most successful if you glue the room with wallpaper of various types, for example, the upper part is paper, and the lower one is embossed with vinyl or non-woven. Walls will receive additional protection; partial repairs will be easier and cheaper.
Horizontal stripes can be distributed over the entire height, alternating in color, pattern. If you decide to stick only two types of wallpaper, then the parts should be in a proportion of 2: 1.
The separation height can be changed, focusing on the levels of furniture, windowsill, given the layout, size of the room.
Joints oriented horizontally are much more difficult to mask, so it is appropriate to use moldings, all kinds of borders, baguettes. Traditionally, the border is made at a height of not more than a meter, but only if the height of the walls is small. With unusually high ceilings, the joint is placed at a height of 1.5-2 m. This distance is oriented relative to the floor, not the ceiling, otherwise the slightest roughness will be striking.
Vertical combination
The essence of the method is to vertically connect wallpapers of various tones, textures. The method allows to visually raise the ceiling level. The room will seem taller, the thinner the fragments of the picture. Stripes are optionally of the same size. Stripes of different widths alternate in a certain sequence.
If the combined fragments are not identical in texture, moldings or borders will be required to design the borders.
Popular combinations of coatings of the same color, but of different intensity, the alternation of dynamic shades with calm, wallpaper with patterns and one-colored. Striped flowers look good in retro style.
Plain and Plain
Reception, ideal for highlighting several functional areas of space in a close color scheme. Companions from a single manufacturer will be a win-win. Noble-colored shades, relief patterns, silk-screen printing look noble.
For a harmonious design when using monophonic wallpaper, we choose fabrics with a neutral and more active color, differently textured materials. A maneuver with a brighter wall will distract attention from irregularities on the wall with a neutral color. In the bedroom, for example, deeper, darker shades are used in the sleeping area. Shadow play helps to calm down and relax.
Accent wall
In order for the emphasis on the wall not only to attract eyes, but also to improve the design, it is necessary to be guided by some rules:
ideally the presence of only one such wall, rarely - two, never - three, this introduces a dissonance;
only part of the wall or architectural elements such as arches, niches can become accented;
accent colors are not necessarily bright, soft combinations are acceptable;
You can “move” the accented wall using warm and cold shades.
It must be remembered: the reception dictates the mood of the entire interior, therefore it is capable of either completely destroying it, or balancing it.
In a modern interior, an accent wall usually sets focus. It is decorated with bright plain canvases or wallpaper with a large ornament, digital printing. The color scheme of the remaining surfaces is as neutral as possible. This approach is applicable to any room. And due to the fact that expensive materials are used only on one of the walls, significant savings are achieved.
Pattern or ornament and plain
Collections often present a popular combination option - plain colored wallpapers with the same where a pattern or ornament is applied to the base.
If the selection of companions is carried out independently, you need to be extremely careful, try to dock future partners in good lighting. It is also important not to depart from the rule:
large drawing, catchy color is good only in a spacious bright room;
paired where the first part is an ornament, the second should be textured.
Pattern and pattern
Different patterns look quite harmonious in one room. But they must have something unifying: motives, some elements, color.
The technique is often used for horizontal combination, when the lower part of the wall, for example, is decorated with wallpaper with an ornament, and the upper, lighter, is decorated with small flowers. Similarly, you can combine large monograms or a floral pattern with a discreet geometric ripple that gives the impression of a plain background.
Two types of wallpaper are used for zoning, but only if they are not competitors. Colored partners share, for example, a nursery, allocate a zone near the desktop. In this case, the junction should not be defiant, it should not be beaten with moldings, even better if it is angular.
Patchwork technique
The combination is carried out with the help of flaps, for which they select fabrics that are in harmony with each other. They are cut in identical or different pieces, glued butt or lap, placed like on a chessboard. Flaps can be two-tone or have more shades, with various geometric shapes: square, rectangular. They are cut out in the shape of a circle to make applications on ready-made walls.
A similar panel looks stylish at the head of the bed, in the nursery. If the color scheme seems too motley, it is balanced by several white fragments.
Niche highlighting
When trying to disguise niches that seem like a lack of room, they often achieve the opposite effect. It is better to go the other way, highlighting them. To do this, they paste wallpaper of a different color or a couple of tones darker than the main ones. If you apply textured wallpaper, equip a niche with lighting, it will create an interesting interior relief, enliven the room with a game of shadows.
The use of cold tones will allow you to visually alienate the wall, move the emphasis to the object that is located in a niche.
Room Zoning
Sometimes one room is divided into zones, each of which performs its own function.Along with other methods, the method is used when a part of the space is separated from the rest using wallpaper with patterns or other color shades.
The decisions are quite unusual. Separation is achieved not only by color, but also by texture. One of the options is to separate, for example, the kitchen from the dining room, pasting it with structural wallpaper for painting. Some areas are decorated with floral patterns, and the next with a checkered print of the same gamut. The main thing will not be wrong with the arrangement of furniture.
Zoning with the help of wallpaper will help determine the boundaries of the zone without effort and unnecessary expenses: neither drywall partitions nor heavy curtains will be required.
Combining brick wallpaper
Brick or masonry in the spirit of a loft is less and less popular. Such a change in the interior requires a considerable investment of time and resources, it is not always permissible due to excessive load on the foundation. In an especially small apartment, it is appropriate to replace this material with its imitation.
The room, pasted over with light wallpaper, is supplemented with a wall made of white brick. Red brick will look advantageous surrounded by matte gray or white walls. An apron in the working area of the kitchen, a fake fireplace in the living room will not be discordant if the color scheme of the partners is properly maintained. The texture of the brick is so realistic that it can be distinguished from the present only by touching.
Combining photo wallpaper with wallpaper
Wall murals, like any cladding with an active pattern, are combined only with plain walls. It doesn’t matter what story the eye falls on initially. The main thing is to adhere to the basic rules:
pick the right pattern;
guess the size;
comply with the quality and palette between the photo wallpaper and the main wallpaper.
Types of megacities do not have to be combined in color. They will fit almost everything if they are not variegated or even monotonous. Juicy greens are best placed in rooms full of light.White, beige or grayish main background harmonizes with it well.
Rooms with windows to the north are decorated with bright, large images. Sunflowers or oranges will warm and add the sun. The remaining walls are covered with light, warm, dim wallpaper.
Photo wallpaper is also used for zoning, to emphasize the horizontal, to highlight architectural ledges, niches. Not so often they are combined with contrasting saturated companions: beige is combined with purple, green, blue with orange. Perspective images will significantly affect the size of the room.
Combination of wallpapers with different textures
To emphasize the interesting texture of the coating, the room is designed in a single color. The use of catchy textures must be balanced by calm shades, the absence of unnecessary details, patterns. Explicit texture is usually combined with the same companions or at least close in thickness. The seams between them should not be placed on a flat wall, but taken to a corner.
Textured wallpapers are the best alternative to liquid. The texture can appear in the form of stripes and curls, abstract images, vegetation. Coatings are easy to glue, can be painted, they are joined on the walls, they decorate the ceilings.
The combination of liquid wallpaper
At first glance, liquid wallpapers are like decorative plaster, suitable for any room, go well with non-woven.
The most acceptable combinations are those achieved by playing with color. Liquid wallpaper is easy to combine with each other, with other materials, supplement with drawings, original patterns. Panels are created from them, and if “kneaded” denser, then decorative volumetric elements, for example, imitation of stucco molding.
Focus point
A certain visual anchor, attracting the attention of those who entered the room, a beautiful detail, which is the center of the interior, acts as a focal point.It can be natural, such as a niche, a fireplace or a large window with a beautiful view.
If there are no such architectural details or an amazing panorama, then the picture, sculpture, furniture group, which the designer “appoints” as the main ones, can act as a focal point. Select them will help the correct lighting, background wallpaper. The latter are combined in such a way that part of the wall differs in hue from the main one and is monophonic or stands out with an unusual pattern. The effect can be complemented by framing, decorative ornaments.
Decorative ornaments
To change the interior without starting a grandiose repair, it is enough to use decorative stickers that are ready or made by your own hands. They are easily glued, now there are such that they are cleaned without consequences.
The subjects and style of such decor are very diverse, suitable for any stylistic direction: loft, avant-garde. It can be small stickers or large silhouette images of people, animals. With their help, they enliven the atmosphere of the children's room, place accents in the living room, combine disparate pieces of furniture, appliances in the kitchen, add positive in the bedroom.
The combination of wallpaper combinations in the rooms
Not everyone loves experiments, they decide to move away from the traditional pasting of each room with wallpaper of the same color. In order for a fresh repair to look harmonious, you must first study a large number of recommendations from knowledgeable designers, study examples with photos, and develop an idea that takes into account the functional features of each room.
Living room
The room where visitors are received is often called the hall. They welcome guests, spend evening gatherings with tea parties, meet colleagues, important guests. Therefore, it should not only be comfortable for home, but also maintain the image of the owners as successful people, not lacking in taste. You should not save on the quality of decoration of this room.Here the classics are applicable, a combination of silk-screen printing, glass wallpaper, the use of non-woven, vinyl wallpaper.
The hall most often carries the functions of a living room and dining room, sometimes a bedroom. Some of the corners may be a work area or a library. Wallpaper partners will help divide the space into zones. The main violin is played by the size of the room. If the living room is small, it is better to resort to light shades. On vast expanses, imagination can not be limited, experimenting with textures, colors.
The recreation area is usually made lighter, decorating with plain canvases or with a small pattern. The place where upholstered furniture, a fireplace group is located, the plasma will win in the design with more saturated colors, beautiful drawings.
Bedroom
Since the zone is intimate, they proceed only from their own preferences, having previously agreed on the basic principles with a partner.
The main role of the room is to help relax, provide a good rest. Bright contrasts and catchy patterns are of little relevance here. It is better to decorate the walls with calm colors: beige and white, who loves the bedroom darker - in various shades of brown, blue.
The texture is better to choose smooth. In addition to traditional, fashionable fabric wallpapers look good in the bedroom. It is desirable that they have something in common with textiles: curtains, bedspreads. If you combine them with other types, then the joints will have to be beaten with moldings or rails due to the mismatch of the thickness of the materials.
Combining different types of wallpaper, the headboard is pasted over with textured, darker materials, photo wallpaper, emphasize it. In order to isolate the sleeping place, the accent strip is continued along the ceiling.
Kitchen
In the kitchen, solving the problem of the right combination of colors is not so simple. There is a lot of furniture, one of the walls is often occupied by tiles, there is very little space for wallpaper.In addition, they need to be combined not only with all the furniture, but also with the working area, refrigerator, other household appliances.
In order not to oversaturate the kitchen room with paints, the wallpaper duo must be made neutral, without large patterns. The large kitchen-dining room is decorated more vividly, but here, nevertheless, pastel shades, light tones will look more harmonious, if the drawings are small.
Bathroom
The microclimate of the room does not favor gluing it with wallpaper. Other coatings that resist moisture well are more relevant here. But if the bathroom is spacious, well ventilated, then it is quite possible to decorate it partially with wallpaper, especially since the canvases are easy to change if it suddenly turns out that they are slightly peeled off.
Apply better moisture resistant, washable materials. Liquid wallpapers are also suitable, which after hardening are covered with acrylic varnish. Apply options with vinyl wallpaper. They are expensive, but their level of fixation can be increased with special glue. Self-adhesive, not afraid of moisture, cullet is also a good solution. All of them are well combined with each other, with 3D, photo wallpaper. The latter is better not to place directly at the shower. This area is decorated with tiles, and the wallpaper is pasted at the washing machine, sink, in the toilet area, where splashes do not reach. The main thing is that the combination of color, texture does not cause complaints.
Children
In this room you can let the colors run amok. But even here it is better to adhere to the general rule and not combine more than 2-3 colors. Of these, only 2 can be saturated.
For the smallest, neutral shades are chosen. It is not necessary for girls to adhere to pink, and boys to blue. You can choose any colors. Among the most popular for children are green and yellow, peach and apricot, natural colors of wood, green tea, olive, lilac.
The nursery, like the bedroom, needs a comfortable environment.Gloomy shades are inappropriate here, bright and cheerful, but not distracting from classes, are welcome. A room for two children can be divided into different areas by wallpaper into individual areas, the play area can be highlighted with accented paintings, the design can be diversified with decorative stickers in the form of silhouettes of animals, geometric shapes, exotic plants, rockets and ships.
Patchwork technique is used so that the colors of the flaps correspond to the tonality of the floor. A wall with photo murals, stylized drawings will look good.
Hallway and corridor
This room is rarely spacious. In most cases, it is narrow and long. Do not make it very dark, except to make the lower part of the walls in darker tones, if the border between the partners runs across.
The joint between the ceiling and the wall is often made out with a special side, where the backlight is masked. This technique helps to "raise" the stretch ceiling, revive the interior with highlights from it. A narrow and narrow corridor will seem much more spacious with a competent layout of wallpapers, thoughtful lighting.
In the room not cluttered with furniture, wallpaper inserts, moldings and borders, harmonizing with the mirror frame, medium-sized geometric and floral patterns look beautiful.
The area closest to the front door is preferably glued with washable wallpaper or wear-resistant glass. Decorate the corridor and make it more lively will help posters, photographs, all kinds of stickers.
Interior Style Tips
The antique style, replete with columns, arches, elements of marble, stucco, can be embodied without spending money on golden murals. Wallpaper imitating wall painting is combined with plain pastel colors. On the walls place photowall-paper with natural, historical plots. The style is supported by moldings, stucco made of polyurethane.
The splendor of Rococo and Baroque will be emphasized by silk-screen printing, wallpaper on a fabric basis. Wall mural paper will help to imitate woven trellis.Pompous moldings will go instead of stucco molding.
Classic colors from dairy to burgundy, geometric prints, panels, combining horizontal wallpapers are perfectly feasible. At the joints, wooden slats are placed, the bottom of the wall is sometimes decorated with carved wood or plastic.
For the Victorian style, the best print on the wallpaper is stripes and a cage, floral motifs.
The Japanese surroundings will be supported by natural concise colors, thematic photo wallpapers.
The interpenetration of Europe and China is expressed in grace, a mixture of familiar furniture with paper panels. Oriental style - this is a wallpaper with unusual birds, flowers.
The Turkish style will fill the bedroom with turquoise and azure, dictating to design the headboard not in a square, but in the form of a dome, an arch.
Village country and Provence will require simple textures on the walls, matte paintings with a small scattering of flowers. It is advisable to combine the coloring of the wallpaper with curtains.
Alpine chalets are characterized by simple materials, a discreet cork or bamboo base in combination with imitation brickwork.
Modern trends take something from the classic interior, but there are also rough textures for metal or masonry. Photowall-paper with the image of mechanisms, gears are applied.
Combination with other finishing materials
From the offers that are on the market, it is easy to get confused. Whitewashing, water-based paint is now used as a budget-proven option for years. Those who want a more modern design, the interior space is finished with wood and stone, decorative plaster, PVC panels and eco-leather are used. On sale there is a special wall linoleum, which can scare away only the name. They have little in common with the well-known flooring. All materials are good in their own way, have a special texture, certain decorative properties. But not everyone compares with wallpaper in price, ease of installation.In addition, a room completely "wired" with stone or tile is unlikely to amaze with comfort. The best option is to combine.
Wallpaper and panels
The decorative coating, which is now made from a wide variety of materials, goes well with wallpaper. This tandem always looks presentable, expensive. The material of the panels, depending on the style of the room, is used very different: PVC, gypsum, textiles, wood shavings, sometimes marble and metal. Someone is managing to beat parquet and laminate on the walls. Why not?
Brick Combination
Many now fashionable styles (Gothic, loft or Scandinavian) are very kind to unplastered walls. So that the brutality in the room does not go off scale, “naked” leave one of the walls, or only part of it. The rest of the perimeter is finished with wallpaper suitable for style and decor, colored or plain.
Combination with decorative stone
Depriving the walls of plaster, you will not always get to the brick. But if you still want something stone, then the exposed concrete wall can be finished with decorative stone. The main requirement is to think over the decoration of the remaining walls, to link with each other the types of coating, decor.
Tile
The most popular places of residence, a kitchen or a bathroom, can not do without finishing with the equally popular material - tiles. Tile plus wallpaper is the most versatile option that allows you to realize design fantasies. In this pair you can beat everything: the shape of the tile and the pattern of the wallpaper, their texture and color, the way of laying the tiles and gluing the wallpaper.
The combination is built on contrast or combined by a common color, elements. Other materials can be connected to the combination: glass panels, decorative plaster.
Plaster
The material is not only used for leveling walls. When decorating in antique, arabic or gothic style, decorative plaster is indispensable. She will embody the beauty of marble, ethnic plot. With its help create pictures, applications.Chic panel can be placed only on one wall. But there are many ideas on how to combine two popular materials.
The accent may be the plaster itself, the image on it. Or, it becomes the background for the wall where bright photo murals are pasted.
With timber and wood
The combination of wood and wallpaper is not a new technique. It has been used for more than one century. Most often, the bottom of the wall is finished with wooden panels, and wallpaper is glued to the top.
There are wallpapers that themselves imitate stacked logs, worn boards or insect-eaten wood bark. They can be beaten in the interior of both a city apartment and a country wooden house with beams under the ceiling and walls made of timber.
As in the case of stone, a completely wooden environment must be diluted with something to give the room a cozy residential look. The bar in combination with light wallpaper is widely used for decorating cottages, cottages in a rustic, Scandinavian style. Fashionable now bamboo, cork wallpapers will fit well into the wooden walls.
Conclusion
To create a stylish and harmonious design, they are first determined with the goals that they want to achieve by combining. To create an interior that doesn't look like anything, you need to study the technique and rules for combining wallpaper. Directories can do a good job, where among the presented options you can always find the one that is most suitable for a particular room.
The development of the project, its implementation can be entrusted to professionals. If you take up this business yourself, life will definitely acquire many new colors.
There are many ways to create a non-standard interior or zoning a room. The combination of wallpaper is one of the least costly in terms of resources and time. This technique is used by those who want to save money, level the existing design flaws: non-winning protrusions or niches, too low ceilings, narrow space. The main thing during the repair is to take into account all the features of the room.
The purpose of the combination should be the desire not only to dispel boredom. It is intended to focus on some point or zone. The aimless application of “patches” on the walls will make the interior clumsy, only emphasize the lack of taste of the owner.
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Tips & Tricks
When accenting wallpaper with one of the walls, it is necessary to choose the “right one”. Usually this is the wall that attracts the eye when entering the room. It can also be located in the background of one of the functional areas or behind a furniture group: a dining room, a desk, upholstered furniture, which, thanks to a suitable background, can only win.
The principle of choosing a wall was absolutely unmistakable in Soviet times. The main attraction - the Uzbek carpet - always hung where needed, was visible from any point of view.
The boundaries of the accent wall are also determined in advance. And this is necessarily the whole wall, and not some part of it behind the sofa (what will happen if the sofa suddenly has to be moved?). This is not a few walls, sometimes decorated with companions, but giving the impression that the room was pasted over with the remnants of a previous renovation.
The following simple rules must be considered:
Combination errors
All the mistakes of designers can be reduced to the following:
In order not to spoil the picture of fresh repair, you can’t
How to combine wallpaper by color?
Scientists have proven that colors affect not only mood but also health. For a comfortable life, design colors are chosen for a reason. They are combined according to certain rules. Not all shades look harmoniously next to each other. Sometimes even unexpected combinations are fascinating, in other cases you want to look away as soon as possible. Combinations for the interior are selected according to the same principle by which they collect a bouquet or toilet items.
Given the furniture, decor, the room is usually present three to four to seven colors. There are not many of them, they only serve for a change, bring accents.The main two are the colors of wallpaper, floor, furniture elements. Choosing a color, first of all pay attention to the size of the room.
The color scheme of the walls determines the overall decor of the whole room. Some coloring elements from the wallpaper pair are necessarily duplicated in the interior: repeated in furniture upholstery, echoes with doors or floor, ceiling.
Shades of the same color.
The combination in one room of wallpaper of the same color is considered classic. Walls can be patterned, regular, chaotic, barely pronounced. For a small room, two types of wallpaper with the same pattern, somewhat different in shade - the combination is most acceptable.
Any room will look organic if the decoration of the same color is combined there, but with a different texture. Textured elements look much more spectacular if they are made in the same color. Shiny surfaces look unusual, combined with matte. In addition, small rooms with shiny walls will visually appear more spacious.
Contrast colors
The correct combination in the interior of several bright paintings that you liked is a delicate matter. Those who have no experience in this business are embarking on a slippery slope. It is also worth considering the price of various coatings. You can quickly ruin the look of expensive silk-screen printing by placing budget paper nearby.
Modern design ideas are based on style, the rejection of everyday life. Special techniques consist in combining warm and cold colors, the use of catchy colors. Possible options are:
Nearby Shades of the Color Circle
To maintain the integrity of the interior, not to miss the choice of colors, use a special cheat sheet called the color wheel. With it, you can pick up similar colors, simply by taking 2-3 or 5 located next to it.
Advanced designers usually do not use 2, but 3-4 shades, which are diluted with universal black, white or gray. Since they are absent in nature, they are not in the diagram. In the design of the premises act not only as additional, but also as the main ones.
The combination of colors (table)
It’s interesting to work independently on the selection of suitable colors. But those without experience tend to make mistakes. There are tables that greatly simplify the process. The main thing is to know how to use them.
This or a similar scheme is used, remembering that the first color must be used as the main one. The two following him can act as additional ones, those that follow are accented.
There are tables where contrasting combinations are presented or compiled according to the complementary principle. From the proposed options, you just need to choose the combination that you like best.
How to make a transition when combining
To design or not to make joints when gluing, depends on the thickness of the finish, the chosen style. There are several methods for registration of the transition: pasting the borders with borders, moldings, wooden battens, thin strips, stucco molding are applicable, the ceiling plinth is played out.
No transition
A classic joint is usually not made out. To ensure that the edges of the variegated wallpaper match perfectly, they are not initially smeared with glue, overlapping each other. Then, at the junction, they carry out with a sharp knife (the line can be smooth or wavy). The waste is discarded, and the edges of the canvases are coated with glue, attached to the wall.
Wallpaper Border
Paper framing is not a problem. It can be selected for wallpaper at the place of purchase according to the catalog or cut out fragments from the wallpaper strip itself. The advantage of such a finish is cheapness, ease of gluing and removing. The disadvantage is exposure to ultraviolet, mechanical damage.
You can choose vinyl and acrylic edging, they are approximately similar in quality. Textile is denser and more durable thanks to a two-layer structure consisting of paper and fabric.
It is not worth hoping for the quality of the self-adhesive edging, it has the property of spontaneously falling off over time. It is advisable to glue it, additionally smearing with glue initially.
Moldings
Decorative elements framed by moldings look quite original. Such inserts were mostly used in classic interiors. Previously, such ideas were embodied only by representatives of the upper class, since the fabrics used were very expensive. Now such panels are possible in the style of Provence, country. Modern Art Nouveau goes the same way, slightly modifying the frame. Its role is played by a border cut from the canvas of the same collection.
Silk screen printing, embossed coatings, and other similar options are used as inserts. Moldings will also help if it is necessary to combine wallpapers of different thicknesses, arrange a transition to another type of decoration, an architectural element.
Combination Methods
Combination is always creative, creativity. Some of his techniques are very bold, especially if the stylistic solution involves the use of vivid contrasts, unconventional combinations. Therefore, you need to choose the decor carefully. When buying materials, it is necessary to consider such key factors:
Choosing a texture is usually easier than deciding on the right color scheme.If all types of decoration in the apartment can be combined into one harmonious whole, they get a satisfactory result:
Horizontal Combination
The method is most successful if you glue the room with wallpaper of various types, for example, the upper part is paper, and the lower one is embossed with vinyl or non-woven. Walls will receive additional protection; partial repairs will be easier and cheaper.
Horizontal stripes can be distributed over the entire height, alternating in color, pattern. If you decide to stick only two types of wallpaper, then the parts should be in a proportion of 2: 1.
Joints oriented horizontally are much more difficult to mask, so it is appropriate to use moldings, all kinds of borders, baguettes. Traditionally, the border is made at a height of not more than a meter, but only if the height of the walls is small. With unusually high ceilings, the joint is placed at a height of 1.5-2 m. This distance is oriented relative to the floor, not the ceiling, otherwise the slightest roughness will be striking.
Vertical combination
The essence of the method is to vertically connect wallpapers of various tones, textures. The method allows to visually raise the ceiling level. The room will seem taller, the thinner the fragments of the picture. Stripes are optionally of the same size. Stripes of different widths alternate in a certain sequence.
Popular combinations of coatings of the same color, but of different intensity, the alternation of dynamic shades with calm, wallpaper with patterns and one-colored. Striped flowers look good in retro style.
Plain and Plain
Reception, ideal for highlighting several functional areas of space in a close color scheme. Companions from a single manufacturer will be a win-win. Noble-colored shades, relief patterns, silk-screen printing look noble.
For a harmonious design when using monophonic wallpaper, we choose fabrics with a neutral and more active color, differently textured materials. A maneuver with a brighter wall will distract attention from irregularities on the wall with a neutral color. In the bedroom, for example, deeper, darker shades are used in the sleeping area. Shadow play helps to calm down and relax.
Accent wall
In order for the emphasis on the wall not only to attract eyes, but also to improve the design, it is necessary to be guided by some rules:
In a modern interior, an accent wall usually sets focus. It is decorated with bright plain canvases or wallpaper with a large ornament, digital printing. The color scheme of the remaining surfaces is as neutral as possible. This approach is applicable to any room. And due to the fact that expensive materials are used only on one of the walls, significant savings are achieved.
Pattern or ornament and plain
Collections often present a popular combination option - plain colored wallpapers with the same where a pattern or ornament is applied to the base.
If the selection of companions is carried out independently, you need to be extremely careful, try to dock future partners in good lighting. It is also important not to depart from the rule:
Pattern and pattern
Different patterns look quite harmonious in one room. But they must have something unifying: motives, some elements, color.
The technique is often used for horizontal combination, when the lower part of the wall, for example, is decorated with wallpaper with an ornament, and the upper, lighter, is decorated with small flowers. Similarly, you can combine large monograms or a floral pattern with a discreet geometric ripple that gives the impression of a plain background.
Two types of wallpaper are used for zoning, but only if they are not competitors. Colored partners share, for example, a nursery, allocate a zone near the desktop. In this case, the junction should not be defiant, it should not be beaten with moldings, even better if it is angular.
Patchwork technique
The combination is carried out with the help of flaps, for which they select fabrics that are in harmony with each other. They are cut in identical or different pieces, glued butt or lap, placed like on a chessboard. Flaps can be two-tone or have more shades, with various geometric shapes: square, rectangular. They are cut out in the shape of a circle to make applications on ready-made walls.
A similar panel looks stylish at the head of the bed, in the nursery. If the color scheme seems too motley, it is balanced by several white fragments.
Niche highlighting
When trying to disguise niches that seem like a lack of room, they often achieve the opposite effect. It is better to go the other way, highlighting them. To do this, they paste wallpaper of a different color or a couple of tones darker than the main ones. If you apply textured wallpaper, equip a niche with lighting, it will create an interesting interior relief, enliven the room with a game of shadows.
The use of cold tones will allow you to visually alienate the wall, move the emphasis to the object that is located in a niche.
Room Zoning
Sometimes one room is divided into zones, each of which performs its own function.Along with other methods, the method is used when a part of the space is separated from the rest using wallpaper with patterns or other color shades.
The decisions are quite unusual. Separation is achieved not only by color, but also by texture. One of the options is to separate, for example, the kitchen from the dining room, pasting it with structural wallpaper for painting. Some areas are decorated with floral patterns, and the next with a checkered print of the same gamut. The main thing will not be wrong with the arrangement of furniture.
Zoning with the help of wallpaper will help determine the boundaries of the zone without effort and unnecessary expenses: neither drywall partitions nor heavy curtains will be required.
Combining brick wallpaper
Brick or masonry in the spirit of a loft is less and less popular. Such a change in the interior requires a considerable investment of time and resources, it is not always permissible due to excessive load on the foundation. In an especially small apartment, it is appropriate to replace this material with its imitation.
The room, pasted over with light wallpaper, is supplemented with a wall made of white brick. Red brick will look advantageous surrounded by matte gray or white walls. An apron in the working area of the kitchen, a fake fireplace in the living room will not be discordant if the color scheme of the partners is properly maintained. The texture of the brick is so realistic that it can be distinguished from the present only by touching.
Combining photo wallpaper with wallpaper
Wall murals, like any cladding with an active pattern, are combined only with plain walls. It doesn’t matter what story the eye falls on initially. The main thing is to adhere to the basic rules:
Types of megacities do not have to be combined in color. They will fit almost everything if they are not variegated or even monotonous. Juicy greens are best placed in rooms full of light.White, beige or grayish main background harmonizes with it well.
Rooms with windows to the north are decorated with bright, large images. Sunflowers or oranges will warm and add the sun. The remaining walls are covered with light, warm, dim wallpaper.
Photo wallpaper is also used for zoning, to emphasize the horizontal, to highlight architectural ledges, niches. Not so often they are combined with contrasting saturated companions: beige is combined with purple, green, blue with orange. Perspective images will significantly affect the size of the room.
Combination of wallpapers with different textures
To emphasize the interesting texture of the coating, the room is designed in a single color. The use of catchy textures must be balanced by calm shades, the absence of unnecessary details, patterns. Explicit texture is usually combined with the same companions or at least close in thickness. The seams between them should not be placed on a flat wall, but taken to a corner.
Textured wallpapers are the best alternative to liquid. The texture can appear in the form of stripes and curls, abstract images, vegetation. Coatings are easy to glue, can be painted, they are joined on the walls, they decorate the ceilings.
The combination of liquid wallpaper
At first glance, liquid wallpapers are like decorative plaster, suitable for any room, go well with non-woven.
The most acceptable combinations are those achieved by playing with color. Liquid wallpaper is easy to combine with each other, with other materials, supplement with drawings, original patterns. Panels are created from them, and if “kneaded” denser, then decorative volumetric elements, for example, imitation of stucco molding.
Focus point
A certain visual anchor, attracting the attention of those who entered the room, a beautiful detail, which is the center of the interior, acts as a focal point.It can be natural, such as a niche, a fireplace or a large window with a beautiful view.
If there are no such architectural details or an amazing panorama, then the picture, sculpture, furniture group, which the designer “appoints” as the main ones, can act as a focal point. Select them will help the correct lighting, background wallpaper. The latter are combined in such a way that part of the wall differs in hue from the main one and is monophonic or stands out with an unusual pattern. The effect can be complemented by framing, decorative ornaments.
Decorative ornaments
To change the interior without starting a grandiose repair, it is enough to use decorative stickers that are ready or made by your own hands. They are easily glued, now there are such that they are cleaned without consequences.
The subjects and style of such decor are very diverse, suitable for any stylistic direction: loft, avant-garde. It can be small stickers or large silhouette images of people, animals. With their help, they enliven the atmosphere of the children's room, place accents in the living room, combine disparate pieces of furniture, appliances in the kitchen, add positive in the bedroom.
The combination of wallpaper combinations in the rooms
Not everyone loves experiments, they decide to move away from the traditional pasting of each room with wallpaper of the same color. In order for a fresh repair to look harmonious, you must first study a large number of recommendations from knowledgeable designers, study examples with photos, and develop an idea that takes into account the functional features of each room.
Living room
The room where visitors are received is often called the hall. They welcome guests, spend evening gatherings with tea parties, meet colleagues, important guests. Therefore, it should not only be comfortable for home, but also maintain the image of the owners as successful people, not lacking in taste. You should not save on the quality of decoration of this room.Here the classics are applicable, a combination of silk-screen printing, glass wallpaper, the use of non-woven, vinyl wallpaper.
The hall most often carries the functions of a living room and dining room, sometimes a bedroom. Some of the corners may be a work area or a library. Wallpaper partners will help divide the space into zones. The main violin is played by the size of the room. If the living room is small, it is better to resort to light shades. On vast expanses, imagination can not be limited, experimenting with textures, colors.
The recreation area is usually made lighter, decorating with plain canvases or with a small pattern. The place where upholstered furniture, a fireplace group is located, the plasma will win in the design with more saturated colors, beautiful drawings.
Bedroom
Since the zone is intimate, they proceed only from their own preferences, having previously agreed on the basic principles with a partner.
The main role of the room is to help relax, provide a good rest. Bright contrasts and catchy patterns are of little relevance here. It is better to decorate the walls with calm colors: beige and white, who loves the bedroom darker - in various shades of brown, blue.
The texture is better to choose smooth. In addition to traditional, fashionable fabric wallpapers look good in the bedroom. It is desirable that they have something in common with textiles: curtains, bedspreads. If you combine them with other types, then the joints will have to be beaten with moldings or rails due to the mismatch of the thickness of the materials.
Combining different types of wallpaper, the headboard is pasted over with textured, darker materials, photo wallpaper, emphasize it. In order to isolate the sleeping place, the accent strip is continued along the ceiling.
Kitchen
In the kitchen, solving the problem of the right combination of colors is not so simple. There is a lot of furniture, one of the walls is often occupied by tiles, there is very little space for wallpaper.In addition, they need to be combined not only with all the furniture, but also with the working area, refrigerator, other household appliances.
In order not to oversaturate the kitchen room with paints, the wallpaper duo must be made neutral, without large patterns. The large kitchen-dining room is decorated more vividly, but here, nevertheless, pastel shades, light tones will look more harmonious, if the drawings are small.
Bathroom
The microclimate of the room does not favor gluing it with wallpaper. Other coatings that resist moisture well are more relevant here. But if the bathroom is spacious, well ventilated, then it is quite possible to decorate it partially with wallpaper, especially since the canvases are easy to change if it suddenly turns out that they are slightly peeled off.
Apply better moisture resistant, washable materials. Liquid wallpapers are also suitable, which after hardening are covered with acrylic varnish. Apply options with vinyl wallpaper. They are expensive, but their level of fixation can be increased with special glue. Self-adhesive, not afraid of moisture, cullet is also a good solution. All of them are well combined with each other, with 3D, photo wallpaper. The latter is better not to place directly at the shower. This area is decorated with tiles, and the wallpaper is pasted at the washing machine, sink, in the toilet area, where splashes do not reach. The main thing is that the combination of color, texture does not cause complaints.
Children
In this room you can let the colors run amok. But even here it is better to adhere to the general rule and not combine more than 2-3 colors. Of these, only 2 can be saturated.
For the smallest, neutral shades are chosen. It is not necessary for girls to adhere to pink, and boys to blue. You can choose any colors. Among the most popular for children are green and yellow, peach and apricot, natural colors of wood, green tea, olive, lilac.
The nursery, like the bedroom, needs a comfortable environment.Gloomy shades are inappropriate here, bright and cheerful, but not distracting from classes, are welcome. A room for two children can be divided into different areas by wallpaper into individual areas, the play area can be highlighted with accented paintings, the design can be diversified with decorative stickers in the form of silhouettes of animals, geometric shapes, exotic plants, rockets and ships.
Patchwork technique is used so that the colors of the flaps correspond to the tonality of the floor. A wall with photo murals, stylized drawings will look good.
Hallway and corridor
This room is rarely spacious. In most cases, it is narrow and long. Do not make it very dark, except to make the lower part of the walls in darker tones, if the border between the partners runs across.
The joint between the ceiling and the wall is often made out with a special side, where the backlight is masked. This technique helps to "raise" the stretch ceiling, revive the interior with highlights from it. A narrow and narrow corridor will seem much more spacious with a competent layout of wallpapers, thoughtful lighting.
In the room not cluttered with furniture, wallpaper inserts, moldings and borders, harmonizing with the mirror frame, medium-sized geometric and floral patterns look beautiful.
The area closest to the front door is preferably glued with washable wallpaper or wear-resistant glass. Decorate the corridor and make it more lively will help posters, photographs, all kinds of stickers.
Interior Style Tips
The antique style, replete with columns, arches, elements of marble, stucco, can be embodied without spending money on golden murals. Wallpaper imitating wall painting is combined with plain pastel colors. On the walls place photowall-paper with natural, historical plots. The style is supported by moldings, stucco made of polyurethane.
The splendor of Rococo and Baroque will be emphasized by silk-screen printing, wallpaper on a fabric basis. Wall mural paper will help to imitate woven trellis.Pompous moldings will go instead of stucco molding.
Classic colors from dairy to burgundy, geometric prints, panels, combining horizontal wallpapers are perfectly feasible. At the joints, wooden slats are placed, the bottom of the wall is sometimes decorated with carved wood or plastic.
The Japanese surroundings will be supported by natural concise colors, thematic photo wallpapers.
The interpenetration of Europe and China is expressed in grace, a mixture of familiar furniture with paper panels. Oriental style - this is a wallpaper with unusual birds, flowers.
The Turkish style will fill the bedroom with turquoise and azure, dictating to design the headboard not in a square, but in the form of a dome, an arch.
Village country and Provence will require simple textures on the walls, matte paintings with a small scattering of flowers. It is advisable to combine the coloring of the wallpaper with curtains.
Alpine chalets are characterized by simple materials, a discreet cork or bamboo base in combination with imitation brickwork.
Modern trends take something from the classic interior, but there are also rough textures for metal or masonry. Photowall-paper with the image of mechanisms, gears are applied.
Combination with other finishing materials
From the offers that are on the market, it is easy to get confused. Whitewashing, water-based paint is now used as a budget-proven option for years. Those who want a more modern design, the interior space is finished with wood and stone, decorative plaster, PVC panels and eco-leather are used. On sale there is a special wall linoleum, which can scare away only the name. They have little in common with the well-known flooring. All materials are good in their own way, have a special texture, certain decorative properties. But not everyone compares with wallpaper in price, ease of installation.In addition, a room completely "wired" with stone or tile is unlikely to amaze with comfort. The best option is to combine.
Wallpaper and panels
The decorative coating, which is now made from a wide variety of materials, goes well with wallpaper. This tandem always looks presentable, expensive. The material of the panels, depending on the style of the room, is used very different: PVC, gypsum, textiles, wood shavings, sometimes marble and metal. Someone is managing to beat parquet and laminate on the walls. Why not?
Brick Combination
Many now fashionable styles (Gothic, loft or Scandinavian) are very kind to unplastered walls. So that the brutality in the room does not go off scale, “naked” leave one of the walls, or only part of it. The rest of the perimeter is finished with wallpaper suitable for style and decor, colored or plain.
Combination with decorative stone
Depriving the walls of plaster, you will not always get to the brick. But if you still want something stone, then the exposed concrete wall can be finished with decorative stone. The main requirement is to think over the decoration of the remaining walls, to link with each other the types of coating, decor.
Tile
The most popular places of residence, a kitchen or a bathroom, can not do without finishing with the equally popular material - tiles. Tile plus wallpaper is the most versatile option that allows you to realize design fantasies. In this pair you can beat everything: the shape of the tile and the pattern of the wallpaper, their texture and color, the way of laying the tiles and gluing the wallpaper.
The combination is built on contrast or combined by a common color, elements. Other materials can be connected to the combination: glass panels, decorative plaster.
Plaster
The material is not only used for leveling walls. When decorating in antique, arabic or gothic style, decorative plaster is indispensable. She will embody the beauty of marble, ethnic plot. With its help create pictures, applications.Chic panel can be placed only on one wall. But there are many ideas on how to combine two popular materials.
The accent may be the plaster itself, the image on it. Or, it becomes the background for the wall where bright photo murals are pasted.
With timber and wood
The combination of wood and wallpaper is not a new technique. It has been used for more than one century. Most often, the bottom of the wall is finished with wooden panels, and wallpaper is glued to the top.
There are wallpapers that themselves imitate stacked logs, worn boards or insect-eaten wood bark. They can be beaten in the interior of both a city apartment and a country wooden house with beams under the ceiling and walls made of timber.
As in the case of stone, a completely wooden environment must be diluted with something to give the room a cozy residential look. The bar in combination with light wallpaper is widely used for decorating cottages, cottages in a rustic, Scandinavian style. Fashionable now bamboo, cork wallpapers will fit well into the wooden walls.
Conclusion
To create a stylish and harmonious design, they are first determined with the goals that they want to achieve by combining. To create an interior that doesn't look like anything, you need to study the technique and rules for combining wallpaper. Directories can do a good job, where among the presented options you can always find the one that is most suitable for a particular room.
The development of the project, its implementation can be entrusted to professionals. If you take up this business yourself, life will definitely acquire many new colors.