Wall decoration in wallpaper in the correct execution
The design of the living space is always associated with the selection of materials necessary for this. Before you go buy them, you need to decide on the design and color schemes.
Every year more and more new versions of decoration materials that are well known to us appear, which include wallpaper. Whatever you say, it’s rare what kind of house is undergoing repair without their participation.
We will tell you what options for wall decoration with wallpaper are most in demand today, as well as how to decorate walls except for wallpaper.
The content of the article
Preparing walls for decoration
In order for the sheets to lie flat on the surface and their adhesion to the wall is of high quality, it’s not enough to buy beautiful wallpapers and the right glue for them. It is very important that the walls are smooth and the stucco on them holds well.
If you want to perform rough finish with our own hands, we will try to help you with this.
How to achieve smoothness
Wall decoration for wallpaper can be done by different methods - it all depends on the condition of the old plaster. You can appreciate it when you remove the old decorative coating.
So:
- If you live in a panel house, there will be no particular problems with the preparation of the walls. The surface of the wall panels is flat.
It may be necessary in some places to putty small bumps or cracks. And if you glue thick textured wallpaper, then this will not be needed.
- You can immediately start by priming the wall with a concrete contact. If this stage is ignored during wallpapering, concrete will greatly absorb moisture from the glue.
As a result, bubbles may form under the glued sheet, you will have to peel off the sheet and grease it again with glue. As you know, the glue consumption increases. - Much more complicated is the case with brick walls, which are almost never smooth. And if you have not done repairs for a long time, most likely you will have to beat off the old plaster to brick.
This work is hard and dusty, but necessary. - It also happens that on one wall the stucco adheres tightly, and on the other - it crumbles. This happens for two reasons: the unequal ratio of ingredients in different mixes of the solution, as well as the neglect of the priming process, which we just talked about.
- At present, one does not have to think about the amount of one or another component of the solution. And all thanks to the fact that the finished plaster mixes are sold in dry form.
You just have to sift the mixture through a sieve, in order to avoid getting into the solution of small lumps, and dilute it with water, as prescribed by the manufacturer's instructions. - To carry out such responsible work, it is better to invite a specialist, because a professional skill will not hurt here. Specialists usually use two types of mixtures: start and finish.
But you can choose a universal option.
- Rough finish of the walls before the wallpaper sticker is accompanied by priming not only the base surface, but also each layer of plaster. And there are at least two of them.
After the finish layer has dried, it is possible to achieve the absolute smoothness of the walls by treating them with fine sandpaper, or with an abrasive mesh - whatever you like. - The dust formed after this must be removed with a vacuum cleaner, and then apply the last coat of primer. When it dries, the surface is ready for further finishing.
If the entire technology of rough finishing is strictly adhered to, you will never have to come back to this question. - It will be useful to say that all electrical work is carried out before the plastering of walls and ceilings. Strobes for wires, installation of junction boxes, leads for fixtures, additional sockets and switches - this is an incomplete list of these works.
- There is another way to align the walls - this is plating them with sheets of drywall. This method is best used by those who, for example, have a corner apartment, and the walls freeze in winter.
After all, drywall is mounted on a wooden crate, in the cells of which you can lay insulation. In addition, the GCR itself has heat-insulating properties.
- We will not describe the details of this process here. There are articles on our site about drywall decoration for wallpaper, and in addition you can watch the video.
We will only say that in order to proceed with the sticker on the wallpaper, it is necessary to repair the seams between the sheets. And even better - to completely putty the entire surface.
Whether plasterboard is to be putty or not depends on the type of wallpaper chosen. Thick and embossed options well hide putty seams and self-tapping heads.
Before the sticker on the wallpaper, the last layer of soil is applied and the time required to dry it is maintained.
Wallpaper in the design of the home
The choice of wallpaper is a responsible matter, and often happens collectively, by the whole family. Usually, when buying, they argue only about the color, and even the buyers are interested in the price.
And few people ask about the qualities of wallpaper. And they are so different that you can choose not only for every taste, but also for any room, even for a bathroom, as in our example.
And they may have a texture that is completely different from the wallpaper in our understanding.
So:
- It can be: the surface of wood or stone, cork, bamboo, fabric. So, the walls of each room can be decorated with wallpaper, but have a completely different appearance.
Especially if you apply the now fashionable technique of combining two colors of wallpaper. - This combination can also have its own nuances. You can make such a choice, as in the photo below: wallpapers from one series and color scheme.
The coloring of one species is a fairly large pattern, the line of which is located horizontally.
- On other wallpapers, the pattern is similar, but rarer, and alternates with vertical stripes. It was with its help that a kind of panel was created, separated from the top of the wall by a beautiful molding.
This design of wall decoration wallpaper makes the room visually higher. - In general, each type of pattern can solve its problem in the visual geometry of space. For example: a vertical pattern is ideal for rooms with a low ceiling height.
Therefore, for decoration of such rooms often use wallpaper with a vertical strip. And the wider the strip, the more spacious the room seems.
- If there is no problem with the height of the room, but you need to make the narrow room wider, the same wallpaper can not be glued vertically, but arranged horizontally. The picture below shows an example of such an arrangement of wallpaper.
- Sheets with a thick contrasting pattern are not glued over the entire area of the wall, but only along the upper perimeter. The rest of the wall is plain.
The result was not just a beautiful edging - with this technique, on the contrary, you can make the room visually a little lower. - Such wallpaper decoration usually done in the bedroom - the high ceiling in this room does not contribute to the creation of comfort. In general, wall decoration in the bedroom with wallpaper should create not only comfort, but also contribute to a state of relaxation and peace.
The colors for this room can be chosen darker, even if the natural light there is not very good.
- For visual expansion of the room, fine-patterned wallpapers are excellent. The taller and roomier the room, the larger the picture can be used.
It seems to fill the space with itself, making it more compact and comfortable.
- Color selection is very important for the human psyche. Saturated and bright color excites it, stimulates activity, invigorates.
And with prolonged contemplation, it can even oppress, and at best, get bored. Therefore, you should not choose such drawings for the bedroom and the nursery.
- A children's room requires special attention, because the psyche of a child is even more fragile than that of an adult. Therefore, the color scheme of this room should take this fact into account, and avoid flashy colors.
Bright can only be medium-sized drawings on the wallpaper or applications with a children's theme.
- The living room, which is used for its intended purpose - to receive guests, is the room where almost everything is allowed in decoration. These are rich colors, and contrasting patterns, and furniture in the color of wallpaper, and combinations with wood panels.
- For a spacious living room, wallpapers that are now fashionable with 3D pattern are also perfect. They are usually glued to only one wall, focusing on it.
Volumetric drawings make an indelible impression of contemplation of the interior.
The wallcovering options presented by us convincingly prove that there is simply no more diverse finishing material in colors and textures. In any case, one that anyone with no special training can work with.
Decorative plastering
You can beautifully decorate the walls of the room in another way - by applying decorative plaster to the surface. This material, coupled with the skill of the artist, contributes to the realization of the most daring ideas and amazing effects.
So:
- When designers work on interior decoration in a certain style: antique, Arabic, Moroccan, Gothic - often the choice of material falls precisely on the decorative plaster.
- With its help, you can create the appearance of antiquity, recreate the beauty of marble, draw a whole picture with an ethnic plot, or make a chic applique. To create such exclusive interiors, various types of plasters are used: Venetian, microcement, and even soft, popularly called “liquid wallpaper”.
- Compared with the first two types, liquid wallpaper is a budget option. But a good specialist who knows how to work with decorative plasters can also create an unusual panel on the wall with their help.
- This work is beyond the reach of the layman; knowledge and professional skills are required here. Such a design will cost a lot, but the result is worth it.
- In residential premises, only those types of plasters are used that are made on the basis of natural raw materials, without synthetic and silicate additives. The best option for interior decoration, are considered mixtures, the filler of which is flour from quartz, marble, onyx, cellulose and nylon fibers.
- A larger filler in the form of granules and stone chips is used in structural plasters used for exterior decoration of facades. Typically, a large filler is sold separately from the main mixture, and is added only to that batch of the solution that will go to the finish layer.
- But when a picture or applique is created on the wall, fillers made of precious stone can be used fragmentarily to achieve a certain effect of landscape elements. For this purpose, several types of solution can be combined, and various pigments for it.
- Decorative plaster blends perfectly in wall decoration with wallpaper. After all, a chic panel is performed on only one wall.
The rest can be pasted with wallpapers that are competently selected by color and texture.
Even if you don’t do it yourself, you will have to choose the finishing method, the materials needed for this, and decide what and how to combine it. We really hope that you could get the right idea from our article, and wish you success in its implementation.
