Wallpaper for a small room: how to visually enlarge (75 photos)

Small-sized rooms are more often found in "Khrushchev", but even modern apartments "sin" rooms with a small square. They can be made more visually due to the correct design. The whole complex of receptions using color, light and furniture arrangement will help to turn a cramped room in which it is “stuffy” into quite a decent room of modest rather than ugly small sizes. The first thing you should pay attention to is wall decoration. Among the variety of materials, wallpapers have never lost their popularity. Each year, their range is generously updated with new colors, patterns and prints. A wide selection is the main advantage of wallpaper. It is easy to work with them, even for beginners who first took up repairs. Modern materials that are used in the manufacture of wallpaper, even suitable for small kitchens and close bathrooms. They are moisture resistant and easy to clean. Let's learn how to choose wallpaper for a small room.

Features of small rooms

In fact, a small bedroom or living room can only be increased by merging with the next room, be it a balcony or another room. Unfortunately, creating a stylish studio will not work in every apartment (not all walls can be dismantled or even partially demolished). In addition to the "physical" increase in area, it can be designed in such a way that the space will seem larger and more capacious. This is just a design trick, an illusion, but it is she who gives a person a feeling of comfort and coziness. Small rooms often have a whole bunch of flaws: irregular shape, poor lighting, low ceilings, too large or too small window and door openings.

Room geometry

Depending on the shape, rooms are classified into two types:

Standard. Such rooms have a rectangular or square shape. In the first case, the length should not greatly exceed the width of the room, otherwise the narrow room will be assigned to the second group of non-standard ones.
Non-standard. The geometry of the rooms is characterized by a large number of angles (pentagons, hexagons) or the presence of bay windows, niches, protrusions that spoil the architecture of the room, make the space difficult for perception.

If with the standard everything is more or less clear, then it is really difficult to smooth out the irregular geometry of the second type of rooms. To the "irregularity" of the room is not conspicuous, it is necessary to choose suitable finishing materials. For such rooms more suitable wallpaper of light shades without patterns and prints - a classic win-win option, which is difficult to miscalculate. This does not mean that you have to abandon the design experiments. It is possible to revitalize the surface of the walls after the repair during decoration with the use of panels, paintings or framed photographs. Smooth corners will help fake decorative round and semicircular arches of plasterboard. Angular furniture is replaced by an unusual with smooth lines and mirror facades.

Illumination

Small rooms usually have the same small windows. They do not provide the room with natural light in the quantities that he needs. To fix this mistake, you can use artificial light sources, light wallpaper, mirror surfaces. To make the room lighter and "warmer", combinations of pastel shades of brown, white, pink, and peach are used. A stylish and creative solution will be the purchase of wallpaper with a special coating - mineral coating (ideal quartz crumb).

What to consider when choosing wallpaper

When choosing a wallpaper you need to pay attention to two characteristics:

The quality and type of material (paper, non-woven, vinyl, fabric, "liquid", foil, cork, with mineral spraying).
Appearance (texture, texture, color).

When choosing a material, only the functional purpose of the room is taken into account. Appearance should correspond to the style of design and emphasize the advantages of the room, masking its flaws.

Style and design of the room

The style of the room - the same factor that determines the choice of details of decoration and furnishings. First, they stop on a specific direction in design, study its features, and after that they select wallpapers, furniture, decor. Designers have a separate line of styles that are great for small rooms of standard and non-standard forms. We will give the top three popular leaders:

Minimalism. The breath of the East, which broke into the modern art of design, was a pleasant discovery. Minimalism can be characterized by only one principle of "nothing extra". The room is decorated in white with rare splashes of gray or black, using only the necessary set of furniture, almost do not spoil the interior decor. This approach allows you to clear the room of excess, due to which it begins to seem more than it actually is.
Scandinavian. The cold of the blue of the fjords, the dazzling brilliance of snow caps, fake under the sun, rare specks of green and piercing blue of a clear sky. This is the only way to describe the natural colors of the Scandinavian style. The interior should be slightly burned with cold, which is melted by the heat of the fireplace and the warmth of animal skins lying on a sofa or armchair. The Scandinavian style is strict and in a Nordic uncompromising. The extra details here will also look inappropriate, as in minimalism
High tech. The modern trend, characterized by an abundance of mirror and chrome surfaces. The combination of neutral white and gray will allow you to open in a small room an illusory sequel with additional square meters.

Wallpaper for minimalism devoid of texture and any drawings. They are solid and lovers of eclectic potpourri may seem boring. In the Scandinavian style often resorted to the reception of the "separation of the walls." Wallpaper with a pattern or print cover only one surface that will become accent. The rest remain monotonous within the range of colors acceptable for the Scandinavian style. For high tech you can use unusual foil wallpaper, which will be in harmony with the chrome surfaces of furniture and decor.

Color spectrum

Color - the main criterion for wallpaper. It can make the room visually larger, but it is important to select the right combination of shades for the design of the walls, the floor, the ceiling, and subsequently the furniture. Black and any dark tones for such rooms are not suitable. Blue, blue, turquoise, cobalt, asphalt gray in combination with the whiteness of the ceiling will add air to the room. These shades are recommended to use if the room has a large window and natural lighting in abundance. For those rooms whose windows overlook the shadow side, it is better to choose a duet or a trio from a variety of warm colors: yellow, ocher, light brown, coffee with milk, peach, pink. Unfortunately, these tones will not affect the visual perception of the dimensions of the room, but they will make it much warmer and more comfortable. Saturated, bright colors look good only in combination with more calm, faded shades. A vivid example of such a combination is the reception of “different walls”, about which we will talk further.

Drawing and Invoicing

Texture is a special relief on the surface of the wallpaper, most often forming a certain pattern. Most designers agree that the shadows that cast bulging areas, give the room volume and are suitable for small rooms. If you need wallpaper with a mild texture, then attention should be paid to vinyl and paper. On them, the convex areas protrude only 1-2 mm above the surface. The most pronounced texture have "liquid" wallpaper. Drawing is another important feature. Wallpaper, devoid of images, called monophonic. The rest can be conventionally brought down in several groups:

Wallpaper with stripes. "Striped" walls never went out of fashion. Vertical stripes are more common than horizontal. The first are ideal for those very small rooms that have low ceilings. Vertical stripes pull the space and visually "lift" it. Horizontal lines expand the room, but at the same time make the ceiling lower. First, determine the type of your room (small with a low or high ceiling), and then proceed to the selection of striped wallpaper.
Cell. Another drawing from the category of "timeless classics." The cage combines perfectly with the country style. She also brings with her order and light notes of mischief, if done in rich shades. Pasting the entire room with checkered wallpaper is not worth it. This is not a prison. A single accent wall is enough. The combination of a cell and floristic motives is lovely and homely. This is one of the favorite combinations in Provence.
Floral motifs. Variants of floral design wallpaper is enough to find the "same" could even capriciously demanding designer. In small rooms it is not advised to use wallpaper with large flowers. The choice is better to stop on the tender, miniature field bouquets or small inflorescences.
Wallpaper with large and small spots. They can still be called abstract. These wallpapers perfectly mask irregularities and defects of the walls. Large spots make the space visually smaller, and small ones, on the contrary, move walls away from each other.

Separate categories were awarded with wallpapers and wallpapers with large prints.

Basic techniques

It is not necessary to glue all the walls with the same wallpaper. For modern interiors, such a traditional method would be rather boring and dull. Designers have long invented a number of techniques for combining surfaces of different textures and shades that are suitable for both large and small rooms. With some options for the layout of the two types of wallpaper and more, we will get acquainted further.

Reception "Different walls"

This method will require two types of wallpaper: monochromatic and bright with a pattern or textured surface. The principle of combination consists in pasting the opposite walls with the same wallpaper. Be careful with the rooms of non-standard configuration. Cold shades alienate the object, so blue, blue, green wallpapers are not recommended for finishing “short” walls, as the room will seem even narrower.

Reception division

The division of space can be done in two ways:

Horizontal;
Vertical.

In both cases, you have to sacrifice something: either the height of the ceiling or the width of the room. The first option is suitable for small rooms with high ceilings. It helps to cope with the so-called well effect. Horizontal separation is usually carried out at a height of 0.5-0.7 m from the floor. The strip can be "adjusted" for some large piece of furniture. For example, the back of the sofa, the headboard or a dining table. In the rooms with windows are guided by the height of the window sills. The vertical division of the ceiling visually raises. Usually two types of wallpapers are combined that differ in color and texture. The combination of options is found mass: symmetrical, asymmetrical, narrow strips with wide doubles or even triple. If you want to completely erase the boundary between it and the wall, one of the strips of wallpaper "comes in" on the ceiling, making the angle between the surfaces inconspicuous.

Emphasis

This method will require two types of wallpaper: simple, monochromatic and bright, with an original pattern, attracting attention. The first one is glued on three walls, and the second - on the remaining fourth. It will be the accent, the main highlight of the interior. The bedroom draws attention to the wall, against which the bed leans against the headboard. In the hall is the surface behind the back of a large sofa. In the kitchen, the role of the accent wall is performed by the one that has become the background for the dining group.

Alternation

The alternation is carried out using both two and three types of wallpaper. Unfortunately, the second option is not suitable for small rooms, since excessive variegation will not benefit them. You can combine different wallpapers: monophonic with floral or geometric patterns, striped or checkered with floristics, abstract with different motifs. For small rooms, it is better to dwell on monochrome wallpapers that will shade the brightness of the floral pattern or the richness of the wide stripes.

Reception diagonal

Covering one wall with wallpaper on a diagonal is an extraordinary and bold decision. The best option for such an experiment would be a vertical-striped wallpaper. The unusual wall will distort the space greatly and it will be perceived completely differently.

Photo wallpaper for a small room

Photowall-paper have on a surface the integral image, a panorama or a landscape. In fact, this is just a very large print, which is generally undesirable to use in small rooms, but there are some small design tricks. For example, photo wallpapers that have a perspective will create a false "continuation" of a room, that is, it will not end for the one who looks at the wall. For this role fit:

Staircase leading to the unknown.
Long pier, cutting the water surface.
Forest trail, ribbon-snake escaping into transcendental distance.
City street, tightly ingrained asphalt in the concrete jungle.

The same method can be used in rooms that are deprived of windows or have too small openings. If the street can please only with a dull landscape, then why not replace it with a painted one, but more colorful? Photowall-paper pasted over the accent wall. It is better to choose the surface that is opposite to the doorway. For cramped rooms, more suitable are photo wallpapers depicting natural objects: a boundless sea, a boiling waterfall (visually raises the ceiling), a wide field with spiky brushes of ears of corn, a forest bristling with needles of coniferous branches. For eclectic interiors, fusion and ethnic styles, original images of predatory animals are a close-up or a set of multi-colored house facades in an avant-garde composition. Color picture should match the overall color scheme.

Pay attention to the quality of the picture. The image in no case should not be flat, devoid of volume. The "depth" of the picture determines the degree of space distortion.

General tips and advice on choosing wallpaper

When choosing wallpaper for a small room, you can follow the short rules that were once formulated by venerable designers:

First of all, be guided by the color of the furniture. It should be darker than the shade of wallpaper for two or three tones. Then you need to pay attention to the shade and texture of the ceiling and floor. For example, a woody pattern of dark laminate accentuated solid white wallpaper, which can be diluted with a bright accent wall.
For combination techniques, use as a partner in a duet wallpaper with silk-screen printing, glitter or mineral spraying. Not only do they look luxurious, but also numerous reflective particles work together like a “mirror”.
Dark shades fall under the taboo in rooms where there is little natural light. They can be integrated into the interior only as a decor.
Adjust the geometry of the room with combinations of different wallpapers.
Do not use the wallpaper on the walls with defects and irregularities that for some reason can not be corrected before repair. For such a surface fit only the "spotted", abstract paintings.
If the mood of the owners, as well as their preferences often change, it is better to use special wallpaper for painting. With their help, the interior can be easily transformed by changing the color of the wall decoration.

Also with the help of wallpaper you can spend unobtrusive zoning in a small room, where it is not recommended to use furniture or decorative arches to distinguish between two zones.

Conclusion

A small room is not a sentence. This deadlock, which only seems to be deaf, can always be circumvented. Fortunately, designers have come up with a lot of workarounds and tricks. Even the closest room, if you choose the right style, decoration, furniture and decor, it will seem in a special way cozy, warm and homely in this tinyness.