In the interior design of a small room wallpaper play an important role. Small apartments in the five-storey buildings of the USSR, which are called Khrushchev, can not boast of large dimensions of the rooms. Capital walls inside the apartment do not allow to increase the quadrature and in order for small rooms to appear larger, it is better to follow some proven tips. Properly selected wall coverings will not only expand the room, but also create a unique, memorable image.
What color wallpaper increases the room?
Color or a combination of certain colors can visually expand a small space.
- When finishing the ceiling in white, the small room will appear larger if cold colors are used for the walls.
- Blue, light gray walls will add air.
- Walls of shades of gold will make the room sunny and bright, but its size will not increase.
- Black and dark blue color is not suitable for a small room. Walls or ceilings of this color will make it even smaller.
For a bright room
If the room is bright, the walls can be saturated with bright colors - blue, turquoise or green. It is better for small rooms, even light, not to use wallpaper of dark shades.
In the photo a bright child with a large window. Pink-blue wallpaper with floral motifs brought sophistication and comfort to a small room.
For a dark room
For a dark little room to appear larger, the ceiling and walls should be as light as possible. Sometimes the best design technique will be to make them white. Then, on their background, the furniture will not seem cumbersome and may be dark.
What picture increases the room?
The factories for the production of wallpaper every year offer all new collections with a variety of drawings and textures. With the help of some types of drawings, you can change the visual impression of the room.
- Plain wallpaper with small floral pattern give even a small room lightness and comfort.
- The vertical bar adds a low height to the low room.
- If the drawing on the wall does not contrast with the background, but is in harmony with it, then even if the drawing is large, it is a winning background for furniture and decorative objects.
In the photo, the successful use of wallpaper with a small geometric pattern for the design of the corridor of a small apartment. The white ceiling balances the proportions of the room and unloads the saturation of the walls.
Room Design Ideas Expanding Space
There are several design techniques that allow you to visually increase the area of a small room. One of such methods is to paste over a room wall with photo wallpaper or 3D wallpaper. The high-quality photographs that have appeared in recent years are not inferior to the frescoes in terms of the impression they produce, and win in price and speed of execution. 3D walls can change the room of a small room or studio beyond recognition.
Wallpaper for a small living room
The living room is the main room in the house and should be decorated most expressively. For decoration and to expand the space of a small room, you can use wallpaper. Most often the wall, which has a sofa is most suitable for this purpose.
In the photo, the wall of a small living room is spectacularly decorated with vintage photo wallpapers and images of predatory animals, which adds dynamics and originality to the interior.
In the photo, the end wall of a small hall is decorated with photo wallpapers, on which images of bright facades of houses look very attractive. Such design reception will not leave indifferent any guest.
Wallpaper for a small children's room
For children's rooms, it is recommended to use finishing materials that are easy to replace. When children are older, wallpaper can be easily re-glued, changing the mood of the children's room with them.
In the photo, the combination of a strip and monophonic wallpaper not only added to the severity of the children's room for the boy, but also brought dynamics and diversity to the small room.
In the photo children for a little princess. The walls are covered with wallpaper with birds. A small room looks tender, bright and sunny.
Wallpaper design in a small toilet
A small toilet is a characteristic feature of small-sized Khrushchev. Wallpapers in such toilets are an interesting design technique that can refresh the room. In these small rooms there is no furniture and you can make the walls bright and expressive.
In the photo to the left is a toilet with exquisite patterns on the walls. The room acquired style and expressiveness and won in a visual impression.
Visually expand the small bathroom
The use of wallpaper in bathrooms is becoming more and more relevant. These small rooms benefit from such a bold decision. Here the wallpaper on the walls look like murals or art paintings.
Making a small dining room
When you want an unusual dining room, and there is not enough space in a small apartment, you can use images that will expand the space and effectively highlight the eating area. The dining area in studio apartments looks very nicely covered with expressive wallpaper.
Design options for a dressing room
Even the dressing room can be decorated with taste. Interesting patterns spread apart the space of a small room reserved for cabinets and shelves. For this purpose, suitable bright wallpaper, light or dark depends on the idea of the designer.
Kitchen augmentation wallpapers
Small kitchens, especially kitchens in Khrushchev houses, can be visually enlarged in quadrature, if not limited to decorating walls with traditional tiles, but using expressive bright wallpaper. Geometric drawings, stripes or figures emphasize the geometry of kitchen appliances and equipment. And bright accents add dynamics and a small room seems larger.
Ways to visually enlarge the hallway
The entrance hall in the house is the first room that greets the hosts and guests. To visually enlarge the hallway, the pattern on the walls can be selected with horizontal stripes or a small pattern. To the corridor seemed more designer reception using horizontal stripes will reduce the height and push the walls apart.
How to visually enlarge a small bedroom?
When choosing a wallpaper for a small bedroom, it is better to arrange it in pleasant for the eyes unobtrusive colors and patterns that contribute to relaxation and restful sleep.
Photowall-paper increasing space
One of the design techniques for expanding the space in small apartments and studio apartments is the use of photo wallpaper. When there is no opportunity to purchase a ready-made mural or invite an artist for painting, you can paste over a wall with photo wallpaper.
A perspective image of nature or a panorama of the city with plans of different sizes will create a certain mood in the room. In a studio apartment, competent photo zoning zoning will help avoid confusion.
Style features for visual room magnification
Different interior styles have their own peculiarities of using wallpaper for the visual increase of a small space.
Provence
To a small room in the style of Provence seemed more you can use light-colored furniture. If the walls are covered with dark wallpaper, it will be right to complement them with a white ceiling cornice.
The photo is a Provence style office, the walls are successfully combined with furniture and a white ceiling. The room does not look small and cramped.
Classic
For the classic style is characterized by the use of wallpaper. Silky wallpaper with patterns, monograms and floral ornaments adorn this style.
In the photo bedroom in the style of a classic. The color of the walls repeats the color of the furniture, which creates unity and adds elegance to the interior. In small rooms, such a reception will always be relevant.
Minimalism
Style also does not do without such decorative material as wallpaper. For the decoration of accent walls, to highlight important surfaces, this coating is the best fit.
In the photo is a bedroom with an accent wall imitating a mosaic. This technique creates a feeling of greater depth and size of the room.
Modern
Modern style or modern is just the style in which the wallpaper is used in almost all areas of the house. Light pastel colors on the walls create a feeling of lightness and lightness, which increases the size of a small room.
In the photo, light furniture in Art Nouveau style harmoniously combines with the same shade of wallpaper in soothing geometric patterns. The absence of violating composition lines and colors creates a feeling of spaciousness and transparency.
Design options for a long narrow room
Long narrow rooms can be expanded for perception by applying the correct color and pattern on the walls. Geometry, especially with clear graphic contours, can create a feeling of freedom and permeability in a small room. Light walls with a glossy surface add light and space.
In the photo the wall at the head of the bed is covered with wallpaper in a wide strip. This design technique allowed to visually expand the narrow space of a small room.
In the photo you can see an interesting solution for expanding a narrow small room for a child. The long boring wall of a small room is decorated with expressive 3D wallpaper with imitation of shelves with books of cheerful colors.
In the photo in a narrow arch, bright inserts in certain places serve both for a visual accent and for an extension of a long narrow passage. The use of expressive, sunny wallpapers adds light and joy to a small room.
Wallpaper for low ceilings
In order to visually raise the height of the ceilings, there are some design techniques. Wallpaper with vertical stripes and a dark wide cornice between the wall and the white ceiling will help to achieve the desired effect.
In the photo there is a small bedroom with a low ceiling. Strips on the walls leveled the proportions of the room and added lightness and comfort to it.
In the photo an example of the use of wallpaper in a small room with a low ceiling. On the white walls were allocated cards filled with colored wallpaper. The vertical arrangement of the maps added room height and originality.
How to combine wallpaper for visual magnification?
It is impossible to ignore such a design method of visual expansion of space as a combination of various wallpapers.
There are several ways to combine:
- Contrast combination of wallpaper on opposite walls of the room,
- Highlighting the accent wall with photographic images or contrasting colors,
- The combination of different color walls for zoning rooms,
- Combination of different colors and patterns for the horizontal division of the walls,
- Highlight active wallpaper - bright against a pale background, with a pattern against a monochromatic background to highlight the main area of the room.
Ideas for combining two colors
To expand a small room, you can apply two types of wallpaper for wall decoration. Most often, a good result is obtained from a combination of monochromatic and color or contrasting coatings.
The photo shows an example of a small room in which wallpapers from the same collection are combined on the walls. Accent wall highlighted by wallpaper with an ornament.
Photo gallery
With the help of wallpaper, you can experiment with the interior of a small room, decorate walls in an original way and visually expand the space. Below are photo examples of the use of wallpaper on the walls in rooms of various functional purposes.
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