How to choose wallpaper for a small apartment
White expands, beige warms? Yes, no matter how! In choosing wallpaper for a small apartment, you do not need to follow stereotypes. Not every pattern, pattern or color will look good on the walls of a small room.
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Choosing a wallpaper
Smooth or embossed? Smooth canvases should say a firm “no”. But embossed plain or multi-colored wallpapers will come in handy. Even an inconspicuous texture will positively affect the visual perception of small spaces. But, the more the relief on the canvases is expressed, the more noticeable the play of light and shadow will appear and the more spacious the rooms will seem.
For small spaces, it is better to choose textured glossy wallpapers. Such surfaces give a play of light and shadow, visually expanding the space.
Pictured: Wallpaper 38 by Zuber.
Matte or shiny? Matte canvases should be left before moving to a larger apartment. If there is a lack of volume, you need to choose a wallpaper with at least a slight sheen. Moreover, there will not be much difference in the type of canvases - silk-screen printing, metallized coating.
Small or large pattern? Any! However, light wallpaper with an almost imperceptible pattern is suitable for pasting all the walls in the apartment. As for canvases with large ornaments, then it is worth acting differently. Ornamented colored wallpapers are used only for one wall in any of the rooms, thereby visually “pushing it back”.
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To “push back” one of the walls in a small room, cover it with darker wallpaper with a large pattern.
We correct the space: 4 receptions
geometric pattern It is believed that striped, checkered or ornamented with circles, squares, as well as wavy lines, the wallpaper is very tiring. Yes, but on condition that the entire room is covered with them. If you use canvases on one, maximum two walls, they will help correct the geometry of the room, making it more spacious or more voluminous.
Wallpaper colors. A south-facing room needs to be "cooled". This means that for its decoration, wallpaper of “cold” tones (blue, light green, gray) should be attracted, which, moreover, will visually push the walls apart. A room with windows to the north, on the contrary, is shown "heating". It will be provided by warm colors of the wallpaper. However, yellow and red paints will have to be abandoned - because of them, the room will only become smaller. The best choice would be orange, golden, lemon wallpaper.
In the photo: wallpaper Jewels 01 from the Sangiorgio factory.
Wallpaper in different colors."Palisade" of multi-colored wallpaper gives the same effect as striped canvases. In addition, this technique allows you to independently vary the width of the “bands” and, thereby, avoid tiring monotony. It is enough to cut a canvas of one tone in half or, conversely, use two cuts at once. The more contrasting the color scheme, the higher the ceilings will appear.
Separation of walls by height. This technique also helps create the illusion of high ceilings. To implement it, you will also need wallpapers of different colors. And whether they are plain or patterned is not important. The main thing is that the colors are harmoniously combined, the patterns are proportionate. The lower third or half of the wall is pasted over with darker canvases, the rest on top - light. The border between dissimilar coatings is emphasized by a border or stucco molding.
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Wallpaper. With proper use, photo wallpapers can radically transform a room, bringing color and light there, pushing one of the walls or “making” an extra window or door in it. To achieve the desired effect, they are taken as a starting point, that is, they first determine their location, evaluate the possible appearance, and only then proceed to the selection of other finishing materials and the “arrangement” of furniture.
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