Color in the corridor of walls: style features and choice of materials

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Decorating the walls of the corridor with artificial stone and paint in dark beige colors

The corridor is an integral part of any house or apartment, which, despite its area, requires special attention and decoration. First of all, this concerns walls, since mainly this room is small and many people want to not only make it unique, but also visually increase it.

The color in the corridor of the walls and the choice of material deserves special attention. You can learn a lot of interesting and useful recommendations and tips on this topic from this article.

Material selection

Before choosing the colors of the walls in the corridor, you need to decide on the choice of finishing material:

Material	Features and Benefits
Wallpaper Patterned wallpaper for the corridor	This option is distinguished by its budget and ease of use. The most commonly used paper or vinyl wallpapers. In order to visually enlarge the room, it is recommended to use photo wallpaper depicting various landscapes and urban motifs. The optimal and most popular color design are: beige, white, gray, cream, brown shades. You can also combine with each other as plain wallpaper, and voluminous, patterned and detailed.
Paint Low cost and economical paint	Paint is most often used to decorate the walls of small corridors. The painted walls in the corridor, depending on its area, can be either monophonic, in a calm color scheme, or quite bright, catchy. If desired, you can combine different colors and textures. The surface, depending on the chosen composition and type of paint, is possible both glossy and matte.
Lining Environmentally friendly and natural lining	Walls in a narrow corridor can also be trimmed with such a rather expensive, environmentally friendly, universal and safe material for health as a lining (see.Lining cladding: the correct execution of work) For wall cladding in small areas - this material will not cost too much. Lining decoration of individual elements and niches is possible. Lining for small corridors, mainly used in light brown and sand shades. For large, on the contrary: in dark brown and chocolate. Light shades are able to visually enlarge and expand the room.
Artificial or natural stone Artificial Wall Covering	The color of the walls in a small corridor decorated with artificial or natural stone, depends not only on the size and area of ​​this room, but also on the style, design and additional decor. For small corridors, it is necessary to use small stones with smooth and graceful outlines. Finishing large corridors is more diverse, which allows you to combine not only elements of different sizes, but also textures, materials.
Decorative putty Use of decorative putty	This material is very easy to use and allows you to quickly, unconventionally imitate any surface and structure, make it corrugated or rough. Depending on the chosen style, as well as on general wishes and preferences, you can choose any color version.

Tip: in order to do it yourself, we recommend that you not only decide on the materials, purchase and calculate them, but also draw up a preliminary design for the project, or pick up a ready-made solution.

You can view photos of many options for execution, in various colors and styles, in this article.

Classic wallcovering color

Walls in the kitchen and the corridor in the classical style, most often decorated with paint or wallpaper. For this style, the distinctive features are the presence of a rich color palette and a possible combination of monotony and a large number of voluminous details, patterns, curls and drawings.

The main colors of the classical style and their combination:

• White and sand;
• Beige and gray;
• Brown and red;
• Black and red;
• Blue White;
• Lilac - beige.

Tip: if there is limited space, it is recommended to use only one of the colors presented, and completely abandon the patterned and volumetric structures. Colors should be light, delicate and calm, so the walls will not visually crush.

Beige color of the walls in the corridor

Corridor with combined decoration: wallpaper, plus classic wood panels

The price of vinyl, non-woven and glass, today may be different. However, due to the high quality, such wallpapers are several times more expensive than traditional paper wallpapers - less durable and reliable.

Walls of the corridor in modern style directions

If you do not know how to choose the color of the walls of the corridor, and want to embody a modern style, we recommend using the following coatings and materials:

1. Artificial and natural stone of bright and catchy shades (brown, red, cherry, dark gray, black). Well suited for styles of Provence, chalet, country;
2. Red brick with prominent seams. Also, this material or its imitations are used in the styles: loft, modern, empire;
3. The paint is green, light green, blue, red, black, turquoise, pink and other bright shades, which, even with a large area, can be combined with each other and combined with more calm and gentle. Interior paints, including decorative, can be used for interior decoration in any style;
4. Separate use of delicate and discreet shades is allowed, among which the most often used: pale yellow, white, beige and sand.

Delicate and harmonious transition

Combination of color and pattern

Tip: if you want to visually increase the space of the corridor, paint or trim the side walls with lighter shades, abandon bulky niches, bulky furniture and details.

You can familiarize yourself with the finishing options and preferred color schemes in more detail by watching the video in this article.

Retro style wall decoration

The ideas of the walls in the corridor made of stone are partly characteristic of the retro direction, as this style implies the use of intricate, voluminous and frayed structures. The stone is used in various sizes, but with rather rough, massive and embossed outlines. This allows you to make the wall covering as realistic and natural as possible, antique.

The retro style is characterized by the presence of exclusively natural decor and shades, among which one can distinguish: sand, brown, cream, beige and the complete absence of bright spots, contrasts. It is advisable to use paint, wallpaper, stones with imitation of scuffs and bumps. You can also realize this effect using decorative putty, which, although not cheap, is very economical in consumption.

Large and bright pattern in the interior of the corridor

Retro design using wallpaper for walls and ceramic tiles in bright colors

Scandinavian style corridor

Scandinavian style is, first of all, a large amount of light.That is why the standard instruction implies the use of exclusively discreet, warm and delicate cold, diluted shades.

It is allowed to use not only white, beige and light gray colors, but also lemon, blue, yellow, sand. The lighter the walls look, the larger and more spacious the corridor will appear, which is especially important for small corridors.

Large wide corridor in an apartment building

Bright corridor in delicate shades in the Scandinavian direction

High tech color features

The main features of high-tech:

• The presence of metallic elements of decor and niches;
• The ability to decorate and decorate walls in rather dark and gloomy shades, such as: dark blue, black, gray, green, silver, metallic;
• Visual increase in space due to the presence of arches, mirrors and large aisles;
• The use of patterned wallpaper, stones, paint and any other coating intended for wall decoration.

Country Direction and Color

Country color palette:

• Dark brown matte shades and structures with imitation of stains;
• Solid white and beige colors;
• Rough milky and pale yellow surfaces;
• Combined shades and structures;
• Calm background with bright and catchy accessories.

Each style has its own distinctive features and features that make it unique and memorable.

• In addition to the main areas that are described in this article, there are others that also have their own distinctive features and a characteristic color scheme.
• It is important to know that the color of the wall covering depends not only on the chosen style, but also on the general features of the room itself, its area, shape, the presence of doors, niches, furniture and other decor, which should be in harmony in structure and color palette with each other.
• In order to achieve maximum compliance, you can use ready-made solutions, which can be found in the photographs in this article, or independently develop an individual project.

You can also seek help from professional designers who will select the most suitable solution for you, the color in the corridor of the walls, which will fully emphasize all the advantages of the room, and hide the disadvantages if necessary.