The choice of wallpaper for a home is a very interesting activity, especially for those people who want to decorate each room of their home in a particularly original way, and for this it is necessary to carefully select floor and wall coverings. Not everyone knows how to choose the right wallpaper for a small bedroom to make it as attractive and cozy as possible.

Kinds

To begin with, you need to carefully familiarize yourself with the main types of modern wall coverings and their quality characteristics in order to choose among them exactly those that most harmoniously fit into the interior of a small room. The options may be:

• Acrylic. Very effective, but too thin and short-lived.

• Paper - today this type is the most popular, as these materials are the cheapest. Such wallpapers are usually embossed and smooth. They are very easy to operate, but not very resistant to external influences - moisture, sunlight, temperature changes.

• Non-woven. One of the most durable coatings, it easily passes air, is not afraid of moisture and the sun, perfectly hides the defects of the walls of any room.

• Textile. The most environmentally friendly, differ in soundproofing properties, are not prone to burnout, but they must be glued with the help of a competent specialist.

• Vinyl. Provide excellent appearance rooms, resistant to temperature effects, however, such materials are breathable.

• Natural. They perfectly retain heat, are not afraid of dust, but they are very difficult to stick and must be constantly protected from moisture and sunlight.

• Glass fiber - differ in durability (service life - up to 30 years), are not afraid of any impacts.

• Liquid wallpaper. They have a relief surface without joints, serve for more than 5 years, are not afraid of dust and moisture.

• Metal. They have increased wear resistance, while they are the most expensive.

What colors to choose?

For small-sized rooms, it is very important to choose the right wallpaper not only in appearance, but also in color. One of the most important rules for decorating such a room is: wallpaper in small room should be light (to visually expand a small space), without a pattern (in extreme cases, it can be small). In this case, it is also worth considering the colors of accessories and furniture that are in the room.

Basic shades for small spaces are all blues, cream and light beige, light yellow and sand, as well as peach, gray green and light green. From white color it’s better to refuse wallpaper right away - it’s too boring in modern interiors, although it is often used.

When choosing wall coverings for a small room, it is necessary to take into account its lighting. If the room is full of light, it is best to use predominantly cold tones of the wallpaper. Warm colors work well in low light.

Prints

If you want to make your room as interesting and original as possible, actively use prints. However, this must be done carefully, especially if such a room is small. When choosing wallpaper with prints, it is best to choose products with patterns arranged vertically. This will visually expand the space and visually increase the length of the walls of any living room.

If you like large patterns on the wallpaper, so as not to spoil the interior, it is best to choose prints that will be combined with the furniture and the overall idea of ​​​​the interior design of the room. Then they will look very harmonious.

What wallpapers do not fit?

It is worth knowing in advance which wallpaper should never be used in a small room:

• Dark color wallpaper, heavy and oppressive shades (like chocolate tone and black).
• Best to avoid horizontal lines on selected wallpapers, too large prints and difficult-to-read patterns.
• Pay attention to the furniture standing in a small room for which you select wall coverings. In no case should you buy materials with a darker shade than this furniture. This will completely destroy the interior of the room.
• It is worth refusing to buy wallpapers that are too bright and contrastingly poisonous tones. They will narrow the size of the room to a minimum, and you will feel uncomfortable in it.

Combination rules

If you want your small room to turn into a comfortable relaxation room without much difficulty, just read the basic rules for combining wallpapers and put them into practice:

• Reception of combining "different walls". Four walls are pasted over with plain wallpaper, but one of them (the main one) is covered with materials of a more saturated shade, with a large geometric pattern.

• Reception of a combination of "diagonal wallpaper". Choose a wallpaper with a horizontal pattern or texture, but stick it diagonally rather than horizontally.

• alternation reception. The colors and textures of the wallpapers that are as close as possible to each other are selected - the so-called companion wallpapers. You can alternate them on the wall through one or two rolls.

In the next video you can see how to correctly combine wallpaper for a small bedroom.

We eliminate shortcomings

• Very important point may be the selection of wall coverings for a room on the south side. Choosing the perfect cover for a room that is always filled with sun can sometimes be problematic. It is especially worth paying attention to muted and cold shades (green, blue, gray), which will give a feeling of necessary coolness and will not “steal” the size of a small room. The colors of the natural spectrum will give your eyes a rest even in very bright sunlight, so sand and ocher wallpapers should be your choice.
• To a dark room it is best to choose the most light shades of wallpaper and be guided by the rule "the darker the room, the lighter the coating."
• To visually enlarge a room with a low ceiling, a separation technique is used. The lower part of the walls of the room is pasted over with darker wallpaper, the upper part with lighter ones. The border between them is chosen the thinnest. Visually, the ceiling in such a room will seem higher.

Design Tricks

Many designers turn their attention to the fact that in small rooms the main problem is always the lack of the required amount of light. That is why they often use actual lighting to visually expand a small space. Directional illumination on light wallpaper forms an additional beam, which favorably emphasizes the surface and gives more comfort.

To make a small room seem lighter and more spacious, it is necessary to minimize the amount of furniture in it. Light wallpapers compensate for the lack of space, and you will soon cease to perceive this room as small.

Glitter and glitter coatings work well, but many people refuse to use them, considering such materials to be too decorative and unacceptable for ordinary living spaces. In fact, these wallpapers are great for dining rooms and living rooms, children's rooms and bedrooms, especially in cases where you need to visually enlarge the space.

The dark room is like Tolstoy unhappy family- all bright rooms are equally good, each dark room is bad in its own way. If you got a room with a window facing north, with a window shaded by trees, with a small window, with a shaded balcony block, a long narrow room, an asymmetrical room - in general, if you got a dark room and need to make it lighter, then this article For you.

Here I will tell you how to make a dark room brighter in daytime, in natural light, but I will not touch the electric light.

You don't have to use all the design techniques that I'll cover - choose the ones that suit you best and you like.

The first way to brighten up a dark room is the white box – white walls, white ceiling and white floor. In photo 1 you see a kitchen that is configured in such a way that only part of the space gets daylight, and the main part of the room is in the shade. The "white box" reflects more light.

Photo 1, 2 and 3

In photo 2, you see a room that may seem bright - no, it's just that when photographed, a window with daylight always seems dazzlingly bright because the rest of the room is shaded. In fact, this room is very dark, if it were not a white box, then it would receive almost no daylight, since the window is north and the room is asymmetrical. Due to the white color of the “box” (floor, walls, ceiling), it becomes much lighter.

The white ceiling in dark rooms has absolutely no alternative, the Russian consumer is gradually getting used to the white walls. But the white floor causes protest, because white is the most rarely used color for the floor in Russia.

But a dark room with a white floor becomes noticeably more lit, the difference is very noticeable. And besides, the "white box" is not only a way to reflect maximum daylight into the room. This is also a way to make a narrow room visually more spacious, especially if the furniture is also white, as in the photo above. Sounds terrible (all white), but it works!

Photo 3 shows a very dark, narrow room, which in any other color than white would be just a crypt. The white floor, ceiling and furniture make it brighter during the day and smarter in the evening when the electric light is on.

If a white floor is combined with white walls and white furniture, then the room becomes both lighter and visually more spacious. Then the lack of contrast and transition between background surfaces (floor, walls, ceiling) and furniture makes the space more homogeneous (the boundaries of the room seem to blur), and, in turn, because of this, the space seems wider.

The room in photo 4 seems large and bright. In fact, it is small and not very well lit - there is one high narrow window and two very small ones, the total area of ​​​​windows is small. But due to the white walls, floor and white furniture, a completely different impression is created. Mentally paint the walls, floor, and furniture and you'll see the difference.

In dark apartments, they make white floors, white doors and white walls in all rooms. Everyone immediately thought about the soiling in the hallway and corridor. But modern materials(tiles, linoleum, veneer, washable wallpaper and resistant paint) are very easy to clean and do not lose their appearance for a long time. Yes, you need to wash more often. But it will be clean and bright 🙂

Many people are afraid of the “white box” solution, and even more so the “white box with white furniture” solution, because it seems very sterile, boring and “hospital”. But avoiding “white silence” in the interior is easy - add bright accessories and medium-sized furniture in bright colors, as in photo 5-8. If you don't like bright colors, just use more details (photos 9 and 10).

For dark rooms with low ceilings, the “white box” is very shown - among other things, such a design of the background surfaces still creates the feeling that it is easy to breathe in the room, this is very important in small rooms. To avoid boredom, use varied decor, from which white lace is especially shown - lace, carving, macramé, patterns on glass, etc.

In photo 12 you see the most beautiful headboard, which greatly decorates a small dark room (note the height of the ceiling) and at the same time does not absorb light at all. That is, the room remains white, it does not even use additional colors, but at the same time you definitely cannot call it boring.

Photos 12, 13 and 14

So, the first way to maximize the daylight in a dark room is with a white box. If the room is small, then the furniture and part of the decor can also be made white. For decor, you can use a few bright accessories or accessories in soothing colors, but in large quantities.

If this method is completely unacceptable for you, modify it: use the lightest colors that you can bear for background spaces, curtains and large furniture. Add white elements and accessories in saturated colors to them, as in photo 11. This will help reflect the maximum incoming daylight. Contrasting bright elements are needed to give the interior clarity, as in photos 13, 14 and 15, but there should not be too many of them - literally two or three.

Photos 16, 17 and 18

What colors are suitable for walls in dark rooms? From cold: light blue, light green and mint, light turquoise, light light pink - these colors reflect a lot of light. But light lilac, light blue and light gray are not recommended in dark rooms - with a lack of daylight, these colors acquire a dirty gray tint and look dreary.

Turquoise, as in photo 19, is used so often in bathroom design for a reason - it reflects a lot of light and makes the whole design very light.

Of the warm colors, dark rooms are suitable: milky white, cream, the lightest beige and ivory, light warm pink, very light pistachio, vanilla and all light yellow shades (they are especially indicated for northern rooms, since yellow walls partly compensates for the lack of sunlight).

Peach, terracotta (they absorb a lot of light and in cloudy weather also get a dirty shade), olive and orange (they absorb a LOT of light) are not recommended. In photo 23 you can see how bright Orange color darkens the room.

Photo 22 and 23

In general, in dark rooms, experiments with bright background surfaces (floor, walls, ceiling) almost always fail - especially in the northern and eastern rooms. Photos 24 and 25 are an eloquent example. The top walls of the bathroom were painted with umber, a beautiful and rich color, and then they were repainted in blue. Feel the difference.

Photo 24 and 25

So, the second way to make a dark room lighter is “light + white + bright”: light walls and floor, snow-white ceiling, white elements (doors and at least a couple of pieces of furniture) plus a couple of bright accessories for contrast.

The third way is almost forgotten for some reason, I don't even have good illustrations. This is a horizontal wallpaper combination according to the principle “darker bottom + very light top”. Approximately as in photo 26, only the colors do not have to be contrasting. But the furniture against the background of the lower part of the walls should, of course, be light.

This combination of wallpaper is well suited for dark rooms. The lower third of the walls are pasted over with darker wallpaper, the upper third with lighter ones, the joint is usually covered with molding or wooden platband- white or in the color of the floor or doors.

Photo 27 and 28

Now for some small tricks that will help you lighten up the interior. Make some of the surfaces white glossy. If there is a built-in wardrobe in your room opposite the window, make the doors glossy and at least one of them mirrored. If there is no closet, but there is furniture on the side of the window, make it glossy white. In photo 27 you can see how well the white gloss reflects light.

A similar role can be played by a mirror placed in the same way - on the side or opposite the window (photo 28). But do not abuse mirrors - contrary to popular belief, an excess of mirrors is not so positively perceived in the interior - read more about this. In short, white gloss reflects only light, while a mirror reflects everything.

Use pastel colors in a dark room. The pastel contains a lot of white/whitish undertones and reflects daylight very well. Plus, all pastel colors are perfectly combined with each other and allow you to create very light, visually light, but not boring color combinations, as in the photo in the article at the link. Pastel is especially indicated if the room is dark because the window is shaded by trees.

Photos 29, 30 and 31

Hang only snow-white tulle and, if possible, white curtains (photos 29 and 30). If it is possible to do without curtains at all, closing only the lower part of the window so that the room is not visible from the street, great.

For example, if your room is shaded by dense foliage of trees growing in the yard, as in photo 31, or opens onto a non-residential space from where no one can look into your room, you can simply close the lower half of the windows with transparent film or muslin, or light white tulle - and thus win some more daylight. This method, of course, is not suitable for everyone.

Photo 32 and 33

Make the most of the window. In photo 32, you can see that the dining table is placed so that people do not receive daylight at all - there is nothing near the window, and the table is pushed into the most shaded place in the room. Consider arranging the furniture in your room so that you spend maximum time in its most lit place.

In a dark room, wall decor is important. Use paintings or posters in light, light colors. If you want more brightness, let them have bright colors too, but let the background and overall color be light and be sure that the top of the picture or poster is lighter than the bottom. Very good light flowers(photo 33): orchids, jasmine, white peonies, white lilacs, sakura, lilies, etc.

Well, if you use paintings or posters behind glass (photo 34) - glass reflects daylight, although its disadvantage is that then the picture becomes less visible.

In dark bedrooms, use light-colored bedspreads (photo 35), especially if you use the bedroom during the daytime. Few people think about it, but the veil is large object, and the larger your bed, the more important the bedspread plays in the overall color of the bedroom. Therefore, if your bedroom is dark, choose not only the curtains as light as possible, but also a bedspread. Light bedspreads are very beautiful, as you can see in the photo on the left. In general, bedspreads of the “light background + beautiful exquisite pattern” type are an excellent choice for any bedroom, but especially for a dark one.

Now a little about what is NOT suitable for dark rooms. All dull, faded, muted colors are contraindicated in dark rooms.

Neither for furniture, nor for carpets, nor for curtains, nor for decoration - for anything do not use colors such as in photo 36. In bright yellow electric light, they can be quite OK, but in daylight, as you can see, they take on such unpleasant "worn", especially in cloudy weather. Nothing makes a dark room look as gloomy as these colors. Moreover, there are very beautiful muted shades of green, lilac, burgundy - no matter how sorry, but you simply will not see their beauty.

Photo 36 and 37

Gray is not suitable for dark rooms. Gray, even its light shades, is in a very difficult relationship with daylight and especially with its lack. Gray during the day often takes on an unpleasant deathly hue, especially in rooms facing north and northeast. In photo 37 you see an example - an elegant gray shade would be very beautiful if it was better lit, otherwise it became flat and cold. At the same time, pay attention to this photo, how well the light floor works as a reflector.

Mother-of-pearl wallpapers are not suitable for dark rooms. Many people confuse gloss and mother-of-pearl, or think that anything that glitters and reflects light is good for a dark room. This is not true. Gloss reflects light without distortion, while mother-of-pearl distorts and darkens it. Silk-screen printing and metallography are not suitable for dark rooms - they darken the walls even more. In photo 38 you can see how strongly the intaglio absorbs light - about two meters from the window the wall is already completely dark. Imagine this wall just light, without mother-of-pearl, and you will understand the difference.

So, if you got a dark room - do not despair. Think carefully about its design and, in particular, the layout, discard dark and dull colors in favor of white, pastels and pure bright colors; ask in stores for samples of materials to look at them at home in daylight (or buy with a subsequent return if they don’t fit), approach the issue as meticulously as possible - and you will succeed. I hope this article was helpful to you - if so, click the +1 button, "like" button or your icon. social network. Thanks!

Moreover, experts say that dark-colored wallpapers can be used advantageously in absolutely any space.

Beneficial effects

One of the main obstacles to creating interiors with dark wallpaper is the fear that the room will look too gloomy and uncomfortable. The risk of creating just such a design really exists, but, nevertheless, with correct and choice of areas for gluing positive results are also possible.

In particular, using dark-colored wallpaper on the walls, you can achieve the following effects:

The use of dark shades on the walls allows to achieve harmony and rigor of design, and thanks to the versatility of such wallpapers, you will not spend a lot of effort for the correct selection of shades in the interior. Any bright or light tone can be combined with deeper dark shades, observing certain proportions and focusing on the features of the interior.

Variants of dark wallpaper in the interior

The most common dark shades that are allowed to decorate a space are black, brown, blue, green and purple tones.

Black wallpaper is not recommended for all walls in the room. as it may create an overly gloomy and rough atmosphere. However, this shade is perfect for highlighting accent walls, and with a pastel palette it will look quite harmonious.

Shade selection rules

Although each interior is individual, and the color design options cannot be called the same for all cases, following a few universal rules will allow you to avoid common mistakes in the process of decorating walls with dark wallpaper:

If you plan to use dark wallpaper with patterns in bright colors, choose other coatings to match such patterns. This approach will allow you to harmoniously fit dark wallpapers with flowers, antique ornaments and even realistic images (if used) into the space.

Features of the use of coatings of dark shades

dark wallpaper most often used to decorate the living room: first, in modern apartments these rooms have the largest dimensions, and secondly, due to their versatility, the use of almost any color scheme is permissible here. The antique living room is decorated with dark wallpaper around the perimeter, modern styles suggest such gluing only in some areas.

The key to a successful design of a hall or living room will be the right combination dark and light shades, as well as sufficient lighting rooms. For example, a wall with a sofa or a fireplace is decorated with dark patterned wallpaper, and the rest of the surfaces are painted in a light tone or decorated with wallpaper coverings that match the style and palette.

Advice: for the hall, dark wallpapers are quite often used to highlight ledges and niches in the interior. This approach will create an emphasis on these features of the layout, as well as divert attention from some of the shortcomings in the room.

Dark-colored wallpaper in the bedroom must be pasted in such a way that gloomy and oppressive shades did not interfere with a relaxing holiday. This is especially true for children's rooms, since the child is susceptible to any irritants in the interior.

Dark wallpapers should only be used in the form of small inserts on light walls or decorate the surface behind the bed. In spacious bedrooms, horizontal dark wallpaper with lighter options is acceptable.

Remember! Dark wallpaper in the bedroom is not recommended to be combined with bright colors, since such a palette will have the effect of a double irritant, interfere with proper rest and thereby contradict the purpose of the interior.

Modern and vintage bedrooms are often decorated with striped wallpaper: balanced use of dark and light shades in this case, it will help maintain a comfortable atmosphere in the room, as well as emphasize the dynamism of the design. In addition, such an effect in the design of the bedroom with dark wallpaper allows you to expand the space and raise the ceilings.

In the kitchen, dark wallpapers are designed to fulfill zoning function, therefore, are used exclusively for decorating a dining or working area.

It is desirable to ensure the presence of light elements in kitchen interior: it can be furniture, curtains, tablecloths, dishes and other paraphernalia.

If your kitchen set also has a dark shade, choose dark wallpaper with large patterns of light colors.

It is undesirable to use dark wallpapers in the hallway: such rooms are usually very small, and the effect of tightness is inevitable. But with the help of dark coatings, you can protect the bottom of the walls: horizontal stretch space and underline stylish design. In spacious hallways and corridors, it is permissible to use dark wallpaper, but only in the correct proportions with light-colored coatings and pieces of furniture.

To emphasize your individual style, it is not necessary to contact the designers: the use of beautiful dark wallpaper for the walls in the interior will become the main feature of your room, and the accents created in this way will attract the attention of guests and family members. Comfortable and harmonious environment with beautiful wallpaper in dark colors is possible - and you can see this in illustrative examples.

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How to choose wallpaper for a small room: 6 golden rules

White expands, large print steals space, and textured wallpaper completely unacceptable - forget about these stereotypes. Here are some really good advice, which will tell you how to choose the right wallpaper for a small room and which will add to your room square meters due to the visual effect.

Rule 1: choose the right print

Do you like wallpaper with a large or bright print, but you are afraid that the room will look smaller than a shoe box? In vain. The right approach to the selection of a large print in wall decoration, on the contrary, allows you to visually expand the room.

As for the right approach to choosing a pattern, I can recommend the following:

• The use of a print that almost merges with the background makes the room airy and spacious;

• The combination of a large print with plain walls allows not only to visually expand the room, but also to make it more comfortable and homely;

• The combination of wallpaper with a large pattern with a plain drapery visually elevates the ceiling - take this into account if your ceilings are low;

• The combination of a large print on the walls with a single-color drapery makes the windows larger, and at the same time enlarges the oversized room;
• A similar effect can be achieved using a set of plain furniture, coupled with a large pattern on the walls;

• Two zones designed in the same color scheme make each of the two conditional rooms more spacious and functional;

• The use of designer wallpapers with a retro print allows you to visually move the sofa away from the wall behind which the dressing room is located;

• The horizontal pattern contributes to the visual expansion of space;

• Just as a horizontal pattern stretches a room, a vertical pattern stretches a room upward;

The following example shows what better wallpaper do not choose to wallpaper all the walls in a small room. The stark contrast between the background and the pattern is very eye-catching, and even the red pillows don't help the situation.

In the photo - a bright print on the wallpaper is too intrusive

Rule 2: looking for the right strip

Are you crazy about stripes, but don't risk using them to decorate the walls in a tiny room? You've probably seen the "wrong" stripe. Depending on the desired effect, striped wallpaper can and should be used in small spaces.

How can a vertical strip help?

In the presence of low ceilings, I recommend decorating the walls with vertical striped wallpaper. And if the drawing and the background do not differ much in color, you will achieve a double effect, because your room will become more spacious. This is a great option for those who want to pick up wallpaper for a small dark room.

A vertical strip can lighten the room, even if the design is dominated by a rather dark and deep color. Through the gradation various shades dominant color, the interior softens and becomes more elegant.

This effect can be created with purple, turquoise, burgundy, gray and brown wallpapers.

Where there is clearly a lack of a high ceiling, a vertical strip comes to the rescue. Feel free to use this pattern indoors.

What can a horizontal stripe do?

If your goal is to visually expand the room, a horizontal strip will help. The thinner the strip, the more noticeable the effect. Wide stripes will practically not change the proportions of the walls. Take a look at your home and decide which ones are right for you.

You will need a thin horizontal wallpaper if you live in a "Stalin" or in a house with high ceilings.

Important points for gluing

So, how to glue striped wallpaper so that they play in your favor? The instruction is simple:

1. It is important to choose a drawing with maximum accuracy, so I advise you to buy one roll more than you counted by footage;
2. Before gluing, take care of a perfectly flat surface - putty and then prime the walls;
3. When the striped canvases lie on even walls, only then will the visual effects of the striped wallpaper come into play.

Rule 3: choose the invoice

Embossed wallpapers, in different shades or plain, are designed for small spaces. The fact is that the presence of a texture, even the smallest one, will affect the perception of a room by a person. The more pronounced the relief on the coating, the more tangibly the shadows contrast with the light, and this gives volume.

If you have a question, what kind of wallpaper to glue without first leveling the walls, I definitely advise you textured ones. The presence of the relief lubricates the original plane and creates a new one, with an uneven, and therefore advantageous in this case, coating.

How much do textured wallpapers cost

Flizelin has optimal qualities: durability, wear resistance, environmental friendliness. Therefore, the price of such paintings is quite justified.

Rule 4: pay attention to shine

In addition to relief, walls in a small room need surfaces that can reflect light. Glossy, iridescent, shiny canvases are just what you need in such situations.

This technique is effective in various manifestations. You can decorate the entire room with glitter canvases, and you can also decorate one or two walls, enhancing the accent.

What color fabrics to choose? The most advantageous look colors, selected according to the principle of contrast - gold on medium and dark brown, silver on medium and dark gray, gold on turquoise. A golden pattern on a white background looks no less impressive.

How much will glitter canvases cost?

Wallpaper with glitter, mainly made from textiles. The material looks great, resistant to sunlight, environmentally friendly.

Rule 5: accent wall

One of my favorite techniques that I can recommend to anyone and everyone is an accent wall. Application accent wall can not only decorate your home, but also make it more spacious.

What colors to choose for accents? Basically, I advise you to choose a color or print that contrasts with the rest of the surfaces in the room.

When there is an unusual ornament or an intense color in the interior (except for yellow and red), I recommend choosing a color similar to this color or print.

As an accent, you can use not the whole wall, but only a part. It can be a headboard, a y zone, or any other place that deserves special attention.

The location of the accent wall also depends on the furniture of the room, the location of the openings (windows and doors) and, of course, on your preferences.

Rule 6: Perspective on photo wallpapers

Photowall-paper photowall-paper strife. Therefore, when pasting a wall with macro photography of a flower, think about how visually the parameters of your tiny home will decrease. But an image that carries light and perspective is ideal for decorating a wall in a small room.

A few words about how to glue photo wallpapers beautifully:

• Remove the old coating, including adhesive residue;
• Fill all irregularities with putty - for an impeccable result, you need a perfectly flat surface;
• Apply the primer to the wall, in two coats, to ensure that the two surfaces adhere well;
• Lay the photo wallpaper on the floor, face down, and carefully mark out;
• Sticking start from the corner or from the window - this will be the starting point;
• Avoid drafts when gluing.

Following my advice, you can stick photo wallpaper with your own hands. Even if you've never done it before.

conclusions

So you got acquainted with how to arrange a small living space. And although this article will not add real footage to your apartment, now you know how to create such an appearance. If you have any questions, ask them in the comments to the material.

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Modern wallpapers are so diverse that anyone can choose a decent option for their home. There are a huge number of different colors, including most of the colors available, many beautiful drawings and photographs. A well-chosen color and pattern on the wallpaper can help eliminate the shortcomings of the room and highlight the advantages.

Today we want to talk about what wallpaper options you can choose for a small, dark room to make it comfortable and cozy, and not lifelessly gloomy.

Floral theme in the interior of a tiny room

Design difficulties

In our apartments and houses there are different rooms: wide and narrow, light and dark. For big and bright rooms it is quite easy to come up with and bring to life any interior, but in a dark, small room everything is much more difficult.

Why such premises are found is easy to explain, the following factors are to blame:

• Depending on the location of the house, many rooms in the apartments are poorly lit. There are also places where there is very little natural light.
• In densely built-up residential areas, situations often arise when one house blocks access to another sunlight. On the lower floors of the house, trees can also block the light.
• Illumination may be disturbed after repair work associated with the redevelopment of the premises.

However, the situation can be corrected if you choose the right wallpaper, they can help increase the illumination of the room and, possibly, its visual perception. Thus, from a dark and small room, you can get a completely habitable bright room.

It is clear that you will have to work with the lighting in such a room, increase the number of lighting fixtures, and distribute them successfully into zones. But lighting partly solves the problem, you won’t always keep it on. Therefore, it is worth considering the possibility of pasting wallpaper in light colors, a pastel palette is also suitable. If you want to bring some color into the room, you can pick up accent wallpaper and place it in the brightest part of the room.

One of the rooms in a multi-room apartment

It is not necessary to achieve strong contrast in a small room, it does not contribute to an increase in illumination, however, it is permissible to use more than one color, but several. A successful combination of colorful and calm shades allows you to get the illusion of a bright space.

Plain wallpaper is perfect for such a room, you can consider what options wallpaper stores offer us and choose. It is advisable to stay on pastel colors. It is also acceptable to use a small drawing and a small relief, they will not spoil the overall picture, but will add originality.

It is strongly not recommended to use a large ornament on the wallpaper for a small, poorly lit room. Since such a pattern will negatively affect the perception of the room as a whole, it will give the impression that it is smaller and darker than it actually is.

Another design technique will allow you to transform the room by increasing its illumination: stick light wallpaper with a small, discreet pattern on the wall opposite the window, and cover the rest of the walls with canvases in the same tone, but a little darker. Thus, you will achieve an original perception of space, it will seem to you that the light expands the room, reflecting from one of the walls. In reality, this will happen, which means that in this way we will immediately get two very light walls in the room.

Striped wallpapers will help to work with the geometry of the room. Depending on the direction of the strips, they can increase the height of the ceiling or lengthen the walls. A strip of medium thickness works well, while any color can be used: bright colors will make the interior more lively, restrained more strict.

Expansion of the room through the use of light wallpaper

Colors and their combinations

To lighten the space of a small and dark room, you can use several colors. A couple of light ones and one bright one will be enough to make a balanced interior, and to put a little emphasis on important places in the room.

If you apply a larger number of bright colors, the room may turn out to be too blurry, saturated. Of course, outwardly it will look more lively, light and even bright, but it will be difficult to stay in it for a long time. Do not forget that the use of contrasting combinations in such a room is also inappropriate.

Wallpaper for a dark and small room should work with all its texture for lightening, so options should be considered with a glossy finish. Very good, if not, then they can always be added to liquid wallpaper or paintable options. Reflective elements are very easy to mix into the mix liquid wallpaper. After applying it to the walls, the sparkles will be located on them in a chaotic manner. By adding similar elements to the paint for painting walls or wallpaper, you can also achieve a similar result.

When choosing glossy wallpapers, we know for sure that matte wall paintings are not suitable for our room, since they contribute to the absorption of light, and not its reflection.

Comfortable and warm atmosphere in the bedroom

Do not forget about the side of the world, which the windows of your room face. In our situation, most likely it will be the north side, which means that they are perfect for us:

• yellow colors, sunny and cheerful;
• beige tones, soft, light and at the same time very warm;
• various variations of orange, gold colors.

White and its shades will not be appropriate here. In low light, they will look gray, nondescript and dreary, and we do not need depressive moods at home.

You can use the original move when choosing wallpaper in the store. Just ask for your favorite wallpaper rolls to try on, and in the immediate conditions of the room, see how they will look on the wall on a typical day in natural light and artificial light. If this type of wall suits you, buy them, otherwise keep looking for the right color.

The psychology of color

Understanding the psychology of color will make it even easier for you to choose wallpaper for a room with small dimensions and poor lighting. As you probably know, psychologists have long identified the effect of different colors on people.

An approximate list of primary colors and their influence is as follows:

• One of the positive colors that can improve mood is peach. It is quite soft and light, but at the same time slightly assertive. It is used in living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens.
• To accumulate vital energy in a room, a yellow color palette is often used. Such wallpaper colors remind us of summer, relaxation and fun, which means it brings joy and pleasant emotions. Yellow enough bright color, so in the living room, in the kitchen or bathroom, it will be in place.

Cozy small living room

• Orange color has similar properties, wallpaper in this coloring energizes, increases brain activity and awakens appetite. Toning the body, orange predisposes to action. Wallpaper in this tone is appropriate in the kitchen, in the living room.
• The luxurious golden tone is used as accents; it cannot be the main one due to its high impulsiveness and saturation. With it, you can add brightness, solemnity and nobility to the room. Wallpapers with drawings of this color fit perfectly into classic interior living rooms
• A calm, comfortable, warm and cozy atmosphere in the room will help create the colors of the beige palette. This relaxed tone promotes rest and relaxation, which means that the main place of its application is the bedroom.
• In combination with beige, a brown tone is often used, as it were, it stabilizes the interior. looks the most advantageous, it brings comfort to the house, and with its internal energy it helps to relieve stress.
• Pink is considered to be a characteristic romantic color. In its bright performance, it soothes, brings tenderness, while in its bright and rich performance it excites passion. Similar color scheme It is customary to use in bedrooms, bathrooms, children's.
• Red tones have always been associated with the holiday, they bring joy and fun. Most often, red is used in large living rooms, where it is necessary to achieve a solemn atmosphere in the interior. In the kitchen, it is also appropriate, because it helps to awaken the appetite.

Bedroom design in an apartment on the upper floors of a multi-storey building

• Even in a small and dark room, consider using wallpaper. purple. Despite the fact that it belongs to the galaxy of dark tones, it also contributes to the expansion of visual space. If you successfully combine it with a light tone, you can expand the space and brighten it.
• Blue tones are also designed to expand the space, they can be used in both large and small rooms. They add freshness, lightness, reduce human fatigue and emotional stress. wallpaper in blue color most often used in bedrooms, living rooms, children's rooms.
• The blue tone, on the contrary, narrows and reduces the space, it is a cold and deep color that acts extremely calmingly. Wallpaper in this color is applicable in large rooms where there is very good natural and artificial lighting.
• Natural green colors promote relaxation and rapid recovery of the body. Depending on their saturation, such tones can be used in rooms of any size. Wallpaper with green colors is actively used in children's rooms, living rooms, and kitchens.

Summarizing all of the above, it is worth noting that when choosing wallpaper for a small, poorly lit room, it is important to pay attention not only to the color of the paintings, but also to the size of their pattern, the glossiness of the texture and the presence of relief on it. Do not forget about the side of the world, which the windows overlook from the room. If you take into account all these factors, and besides, you take wallpaper from the store for fitting, the probability of error will be minimal.