Painting the walls in the interior makes the room not only attractive, but also creative with a wide range of decorative techniques. Wall design ideas are not limited to plain painting, structural paint and other options for the original decor will create a beautiful interior.
The pros and cons of painted walls
At first glance, this is the simplest type of wall decoration, the market offers a wide selection of types of interior paints that do not have an unpleasant smell and dry quickly. In painting the walls there are features that need to be considered.
Benefits:
- large selection, the use of color schemes;
- no harmful fumes when drying paint for interior decoration;
- you can paint the walls yourself;
- simple decor can be made using a pattern and texture roller.
Disadvantages:
- greater difficulty is the preparation of the walls;
- underlines the unevenness of the wall;
- when re-painting the previous layer will need to be removed.
The photo shows a gray bedroom with a brick wall and plastered smooth walls, a bright accent of the interior is a red decor.
Types of paint
Alkyd paints
- Paint based on alkyd resin, used for painting wood and metal, plaster. After drying, they do not harm health, do not let moisture through and do not change color.
- Oil dries long because of the oil base on the linseed oil, is used for outdoor work due to harmful fumes. Over time, yellowness appears in color.
- Enamel has a distinct gloss due to the lacquer base, is used for painting any surfaces outside and indoors. Protects against corrosion, resistant to light and moist environment.
Emulsion paints
Economical in application, on top of them you can use other types of paints, do not have an unpleasant smell.
- Acrylic is applied to well-dried walls, suitable for painting walls in rooms with low humidity. Amenable to good tinting, retains its color under the sun. It does not allow steam and moisture, it is better than others resistant to mechanical impact.
- Latex resistant to washing and friction, dries quickly, hides small cracks, used for painting wallpaper, plaster, bricks. May change color when exposed to sunlight.
- Water emulsion over time loses brightness due to color flushing, suitable for creating relief and texture, has high strength and hides small cracks, reinforcing them.
- Silicone-based silicone resin has a high plasticity, forms a waterproof film, hides small cracks, is applied to any surface. It is combined with other emulsion paints and prevents the development of bacteria.
Textured paint
It looks unusual in comparison with ordinary painted walls, suitable for interior decoration and creating a unique interior. It happens on a mineral, silicone, acrylic basis.
Apply with the help of a sponge with a blotting movement, if the painted area is small, with a textured hard roller with teeth, a comb for glue, a metal spatula. The relief is created by filler particles.
Combination with other materials
The interior often uses 2-3 types of wall decoration in order to diversify the design.
Wallpaper and painting
Combined in the case of finishing the ceiling with wallpaper, and the walls with paint, creating an accent on the painted wall, the combination of bottom - paint, top - wallpaper. There are also special wallpaper for painting, which can be repainted several times.
Photowall-paper and painting
Used in the kitchen, hallway and toilet. The walls are exposed to moisture, so for the use of wallpaper mural.
In the photo there is a bedroom interior with photo murals and neutral walls, the podium serves as a closet.
Plastering and painting
The plaster can be painted on top of the bark beetle, which will give relief to the walls, or combine with the painted neighboring walls in the interior of the toilet, kitchen and hallway.
Wood and paint
The wooden wall of bars or laminate is combined with monochromatic painting of walls in the interior of the attic, living room, country house.
Stone and painting
Suitable for finishing the fireplace wall in the interior of the living room, country-style kitchen or chalet, where the apron is made of single-piece stone, and the remaining walls are painted in solid or rolling colors. Brick and painting are suitable for finishing the kitchen in the style of Provence or loft.
Brick and painting
The brick may be white or red, and the paint to match the brick, or vary in color.
In the photo eco-kitchen with olive walls and a brick partition.
3-d panels and painting
3-D panels are suitable for a simple but unusual interior design. Monochromatic walls with voluminous panels are suitable for discreet and stylish design, and two-colored painted walls with colored panels look good in the nursery or in the interior of abstractionism.
Design options
Monochromatic walls are chosen for discreet interiors, such walls serve as a neutral canvas for expressing style in pieces of furniture and accessories.
Painting in two different colors
Painting the walls in two different colors serves as a rational method to visually enlarge the room, change the perception of the geometry of asymmetrical walls, or simply focus on one wall. One wall can be painted in two different colors.
Painting in different colors (more than two)
Painting in several colors in one range or a combination of contrasting colors will become an independent decor in the interior. These can be stripes, vertical or horizontal separation of walls, painting all 4 walls in different tones. Within the limits of one room it is better to make one color the main one, and leave the remaining 2-3 colors auxiliary.
In the photo, one of the walls is painted with three colors of uneven stripes in geometric technique using masking tape.
Stencils
Design using stencils and templates can be made independently by cutting them out of paper and fixing them on the wall. You can also draw boundaries for the design using masking tape glued to a dried base color.
Striped design
Strips paint draw or expand the walls, change the perception of the room depending on the location, color and frequency of the strips.
Patterns and ornaments
Suitable for children, you can draw a house, a fence, trees, ethno ornaments, monograms on the walls of the interior of the bedroom of the child.
Divorces
They can be organized or chaotic, they are created with a brush on a dry painting of the walls.
Crack or craquelure effect
Created using acrylic paint and craquelure varnish, the more varnish, the deeper the crack. When applied, the roller should be held vertically so that the cracks are even.
In the photo, the accent wall of the bedroom is made in the technique of cracked paint with a substrate to match the tone of the walls.
Under the brick
Imitation bricks can be made with plaster on a lined wall and traced seams on wet material. After the plaster dries, apply 2 coats of paint.
Square Paint
Can be done using templates or masking tape. Squares can be monophonic or colored, of different sizes and position on the wall.
Texture design
Created by painting the walls with textured paint, which in its composition has acrylic particles and starch. It happens in a dry and liquid state, it can also be tinted. Applied with a regular or texture roller. For interior design will suit a special textured paint for interior work.
Gradient and Ombre
Suitable for a visual increase in the ceiling, if the dark color at the floor will go to white. Gradient or smooth color transition is horizontal and vertical, with the transition to the next wall. It is created with 2 or more colors, where at the junction of colors, with a dry roller or brush, dark color is stretched onto the light zone in one direction.
In the photo, a wall partition with painting using the ombra technique with a smooth smoky transition of gray to white closer to the ceiling.
Using an textured roller or sponge
Effects using a textured roller or sponge are made on a uniformly painted wall, creating the effect of watercolor, bark beetle, waves, cracks, velor or mosaic.
Painting
Artistic painting in ethnic technique, depicting the nature view, animals and reproduction will become an individual feature of the interior with painted walls.
Design using moldings or panels
Creates the effect of a niche or facade of furniture, add volume. The molding can be colored or white, made of wood, duropolymer, gypsum.
Wall paint color
White
Often used independently in Scandinavian and other modern interiors, it is also a companion for bright, warm and cool colors.
Beige
It does not focus on attention, acts as a background for furniture, is used in classic and modern design. It is combined with white, gold and black painting.
The photo shows a kitchen interior with a white matte set and beige walls, where a light laminate matches the tone of paint.
Brown
Brown in the shade of coffee, chocolate, with the texture of wood is combined with other natural colors, a stone in the interior.
Green
Green in shade of ocher and pistachio color calms, suitable for bedroom and hall. Lime and herbal are bright colors, suitable for children, kitchen. It is combined with raspberry, brown, yellow, white.
Gray
It is a background for the loft style and modern interior, combined with red, black and white, carrot orange.
Blue
Ideal option for a bedroom, nursery in classical and sea style. It is also a frequent color of the walls in the bathroom.
The photo has a gray-blue interior with plain walls and classic shelves. A green accent makes the living room brighter.
Blue
Suitable for southern rooms with an abundance of summer sunlight, combined with green, white, blue and red.
Yellow
Yellow for a sunny interior or rooms with poor lighting, combined with orange, green, white.
Purple
Creates the atmosphere of Provence in the kitchen, suitable for any room and is combined with natural pastel colors.
Violet
As a magical amethyst attracts attention to the interior, is used in spacious rooms or combined with white painted walls.
Red
As the most active and energy-independent color does not need to be added, but if the apartment is small, then it is better to combine red with gold, beige, white. White furniture or a set looks good against its background.
In the photo there is a two-tone painting with an accent red tomato-colored wall, which has shelves and a chest of drawers made of natural wood.
Orange
Like yellow, it adds color to the interior, combined with all shades of green, black, gray. Used for balcony, bathroom, hallway.
Pink
Pink in pale shades is used for the interior of the bedroom, nursery, they draw stripes and drawings using a stencil. It is combined with pale blue, white, black, lemon.
The black
In the interior, it appears more often as a delineation or as a pattern, companion color, it is independently used in large rooms and acts as a backdrop for light furnishings.
Features painting the walls of different materials
Wooden walls
Wooden walls with painting look not only aesthetically attractive, but also extend the service life of wood. From interior doors or walls of wood before painting you need to remove the old coating and process the stain. After drying 1-2 layers of alkyd or acrylic paint are applied.
The photo is painted in pale yellow lining of wood in a classic bedroom interior with gray plinth and light floor.
Brick walls
Before painting, they clean and wash with water, a week later all moisture will come out and you can prime the surface and paint the brick with interior acrylic or alkyd paint. You can age a brick or create stains. For the seam, you can apply a contrasting color.
Concrete wall
Before painting, you need to clean, make the surface even and without cracks, prime, let it dry and apply epoxy or latex. Repeated layer should be applied immediately to the entire surface of the wall so that there are no differences in shade.
Wallpaper
Wallpaper for painting is convenient in that they can be repainted without driving pigment into the walls. Such wallpaper can also be removed without grinding and stripping the surface. Paint for wallpaper is used on a water basis without solvents. Textured wallpapers facilitate the work and hide the irregularities of the walls.
Drywall
Drywall on the wall or ceiling is painted after the putty of the joints and the entire drywall, as well as sanding and priming. Use acrylic or silicone paint, which is plastic and create a protective film.
Plaster
Painting on the plaster runs on a clean, dry surface. If during the preparation the walls were seen chipped, they should be cleaned and sealed. It is painted with a roller in 2 layers with maximum filling of the pores.
Photos in the interior of rooms
Kitchen
The kitchen as a room where you need to wipe the walls needs water-based painting with acrylic or latex paints. Neutral colors, contrasting or to match the headset are suitable for a kitchen interior.
Children's
Children's room can be painted with special paints on the walls with a mark, they are water-based and dry quickly. Also there are paints with silver ions, which do not absorb moisture and allow you to paint over the usual watercolor. Color stencil designs, stripes, pictures, letters and numbers will do. The interior can be easily replaced by painting the walls in a new color.
Living room
Living room as a platform for the manifestation of creativity, can combine stone trim and painted walls, several colors and different designs. Suitable water-soluble, textured paint or a combination of colors in the interior.
The photo shows the interior of the living room with a wooden ceiling and plain light country-style walls with an emphasis on furniture from different categories and color palettes.
Bedroom
The bedroom is distinguished by the tranquility of the atmosphere and the comfort of the interior, so you need to select neutral, natural colors. In the interior it is better to avoid bright colors or use them as an accent on the wall at the head of the bed. Stencilled pattern, textured painting, stripes and ornaments will suit.
Bathroom and toilet
The bathroom and toilet as wet rooms should be painted with acrylic, latex, silicone paint. Painting with oily materials is not recommended due to high drying time and harmful odor. It is necessary to paint those areas on which water does not fall, the area near the sink and the bathroom should be tiled.
Traditionally, the interior uses a combination of blue with white, white with orange or yellow. For a toilet it is possible to combine painting with vinyl or photowall-paper.
Balcony or Loggia
Balcony or loggia should be protected from corrosion paint and fungus. For the interior of an open balcony or loggia, which is separated from the apartment, only paint is suitable for exterior work. For wooden wall paneling suitable water-based paints, for brick or plastic - lacquer.
On the balcony it is often stuffy, so a cold color palette will do, and white and orange are also used. When painting it is important to choose a sunny day without a forecast of rain.
Entrance hall
A hallway or a corridor can be painted using the ombra technique with an orange transition to a white ceiling. Water-based paints of light shades, a combination with decorative stone or textured plaster are used. A narrow corridor can be expanded with 2-3 horizontal stripes.
Styles
Modern
The style uses monochrome or two-color painting of walls, combining white with a different color. The interior of the nursery used bright details in stripes, drawings on the wall. The emphasis is on practicality, so an unobtrusive palette and combinations are used.
Minimalism
Minimalism is observed in a single-colored painting, a combination of gray or pale blue with white color, decor with wide stripes. Sometimes the interior uses contrasting molding or textured paint.
Loft
The interior is not limited to a specific color palette, the design is used more often only on the accent wall. Also, brickwork can be painted in ombre technology.
Classic
The interior is expressed in a neutral light background with golden, white monograms, in blue or black ornament, which is emphasized by tassels and fringe on velvet curtains of emerald or ruby color.
Provence
Provence or French summer gloss of the interior is recognizable in pink, mint or blue walls, olive shades of curtains and textiles. The walls in the interior can be monochromatic painted or striped. To create individuality, you can make an artistic painting on the wall in the form of an open window on the Provencal summer fields.
The photo has a turquoise bedroom in Provence style with a single-color wall painting, classic furniture and floral textiles.
Country music
The interior uses a combination of natural wood or stone with brown, mustard, white paint with a whitewash texture.
Scandinavian
The interior is as practical and light as possible, therefore the walls are creamy, white, less often - sandy, blue.For decoration fit strip, molding, 3D panels, white brick wall.
Painting the walls as one of the finishes is used not only for exterior but also for interior work thanks to paints that are odorless, dry quickly and do not harm health.
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