How to choose the right wallpaper

Did you know that the wallpaper was invented by the ancient Assyrians. Of course, they were very different from those that adorn your home today, but the very idea of \u200b\u200bcreating decorative colored stripes for gluing them on the wall belongs to this particular nation that lived a thousand years before our era. The first wallpapers were pieces of fabric painted in white or black. Yes, they were gloomy and boring, monotonous and ridiculous, but these nondescript rags were able to radically change the atmosphere of the ancient dwelling, transform it and add fresh emotions to the interior.

Modern wallpapers are not old, however, looking at a huge assortment of this finishing material, you involuntarily think: how lucky the ancient Assyrians did not need to think about which wallpaper to choose and how to do it, because their fantasies were enough only to come up with two Type of trellises black and white.

Table of contents

1. Choose the type of wallpaper
   • Paper wallpaper
   • Vinyl wallpapers
   • Glass wallpaper
   • Floselywain wallpaper
   • Textile wallpaper
2. Choose the color of the wallpaper
   • The level of natural light
   • Functional purpose of the room
   • The size of the room
3. Several useful tips in the end

Choose the type of wallpaper

It is impossible to give a complete classification of modern wallpaper, because every year their types and types are becoming more and more, but it is quite possible to highlight the main criteria for their distinction from each other.

In appearance, the wallpaper can be classified as follows:

• Smooth
• Relief. The drawing on such wallpaper and in appearance, and convex or concave to the touch. It is well noticeable and gives the canvas special chic and grace. In turn, embossed wallpaper can be corrugated or embossed.
• Imitating the texture of various materials. Outwardly, such wallpapers practically do not give themselves away, they can convey the beauty and naturalness of tiles, bricks, plaster, metal and other finishing materials so accurately, which is impossible to distinguish who is who.

Depending on the level of moisture resistance, the wallpaper is divided into:

• Classic wallpapers that have no protective upper layer and do not provide for any cleaning with the exception of dry.
• Moisture -resistant wallpaper that can be washed with a slightly moistened cloth or sponge without the use of cleaning and detergents.
• Washing wallpapers that can withstand both dry and wet cleaning using detergents.
• Superfanting wallpaper, differing from the above types in that they can be washed not only with a sponge, but also with a brush, and the cleaning procedure can be carried out at least every day.

By the degree of density, the wallpaper can be divided into two types:

• Their light weight does not exceed 110 g/ m.
• The heavy weight of such multi -layer trellises can exceed 110 g/ m.

And depending on the type of base and manufacturing technology, wallpaper is classified in this way:

• paper;
• vinyl;
• glass wallpaper;
• non -woven.

Paper wallpaper

Strange, but, wondering what wallpaper to choose for a home, anyone will remember not fashionable glass wallpaper, but classic paper, those that adorned the walls of apartments during the USSR. Subtle, nondescript, spreading in their hands from the clayer strip of paper in those years were considered a luxury. Today, this type of wallpaper has not lost its popularity and even managed to earn points in its piggy bank of advantages.

The gray -haired trellises were replaced by paper wallpaper of the modern type. Now they even have their own classification. Simeplex and Duplex should be separated by modern paper wallpapers.

Simeplex is classic single -layer paper wallpapers with a pattern applied to them.

Duplex is a two -layer analogue that has a paper base and a decorative coating with a pattern.

Naturally, the second type of wallpaper is somewhat stronger than the first, but, nevertheless, paper wallpapers do not differ in high indicators of strength and moisture resistance, we can even say that they do not possess them at all. In addition, the paper very quickly burns out in the sun and practically does not hide the shortcomings of the walls and the entire room as a whole crack, irregularities and other flaws will not disappear anywhere, but will become even more noticeable.

Having so many negative features in their arsenal, paper wallpapers can still proudly declare themselves in apartments, where there are small children and animals. It is not a pity to paint cheap trellises with pencils and paints, gnaw your teeth and tear them with claws can always be replaced and at the same time not to spend a fortune.

Vinyl wallpapers

This type of wallpaper boasts the presence of two layers of a fabric or paper base and a decorative layer of polyvinyl chloride with a pattern applied to it. It is at the expense of the upper layer that vinyl wallpaper can withstand pollution and mechanical influences, although they still cannot be saved from the teeth and claws of a cat or dog.

There are quite a lot of types of vinyl wallpaper and not the fact that in a year or two of them will not become even more. In the meantime, progress stopped as follows:

• compact vinyl wallpaper imitating heavy materials, such as plaster, stone, brick, textiles. They perfectly tolerate mechanical influences, have high strength indicators and are unpretentious in operation.
• yazhny vinyl wallpaper, most often used in rooms with not very even walls. Such wallpapers due to their density and colorful pattern perfectly hide the irregularities and flaws of the surface.
• vinyl wallpaper with chemical embossing finishing material relevant for apartments located on the sunny side. It does not burn out in the sun and is able to steadfastly carry wet cleaning using detergents.
• silkography is smooth wallpaper with brilliance, reminiscent of a shine of silk. This type of vinyl wallpaper is advisable to use on perfectly even walls.

Glass wallpaper

Glass wallpaper fashion fashion. This modern finishing material differs from its brothers in that it is based on woven fiberglass threads, which seem to turn ordinary wallpapers into a real fortress, strong and reliable.

Advantages of glass -flowing wallpaper:

1. Environmental friendliness and hypoallergenicity
2. Fire resistance
3. Non -toxicity
4. High strength and resistance to mechanical influences (fangs of dogs, cat claws, etc.)
5. Durability (30 years for them not the limit)
6. Economy (glass wallpaper can be painted up to 20 times in their entire life)
7. A huge assortment

In addition, fiberglass wallpaper allow the walls to breathe, thereby preventing the appearance of an unpleasant smell of damp and mold. And at the expense of strong reinforcing fibers, they reliably protect the walls from cracking and forming various defects.

Glass wallpaper is distinguished only in appearance. So, the most popular are the models in the Christmas tree, the horn, rhombus, but at the request of the client, almost any drawing can be applied to the surface of the material.

Floselywain wallpaper

This type of wallpaper is made not of paper, but from the non -woven material with a thin texture and smooth surface. Its basis is viscose, which gives the wallpaper strength and elasticity. Despite this, non -woven trellises are not shrinking and do not stretch at all while gluing on the walls.

In addition, such wallpapers can be painted, and repeatedly. It was the last fact that turned non -woven wallpapers into finishing material No. 1 around the world, because, having glued them once, you can change the color of the walls at least every year. And when you get tired, they can be easily disrupted, and the surface will remain completely clean.

But this is not all the adhesive composition, applied to the back of the canvas, allows you to decently save on the glue, because it must only be applied to the walls.

Overnight wallpapers are two types:

• with vinyl spraying
• completely non -woven.

The former differ from the latter in that their upper layer is a thin vinyl film with microscopic pores that allow the walls to breathe. In addition, such wallpapers have a pure white color without the slightest hint of at least some shade.

Textile wallpaper

Fabric wallpapers are made of paper or non -woven with application over the base layer of various fabric materials. It can be silk, flax, velor, felt and even jute. Such wallpapers are of environmental friendliness and originality.

Textile wallpapers are of two types:

• thread
• solid

There are also seamless walls for walls, which are made of very dense fabrics. The room, covered in this way, looks like a monolith - on the walls a perfectly even coating, there are no joints and seams anywhere. Although there is still one seam, but an experienced master will try to hide it away from the eyes.

Textile wallpapers have a number of undeniable advantages compared to traditional finishing materials for walls. They are gorgeous, luxurious, exclusive, original and unique. Such an interior will undoubtedly attract attention. In addition, the fabric is excellently sound and heat insulator.

Textile has its own shortcomings. First of all, it is instability to pollution and dust and a rather high price.

Choose the color of the wallpaper

If the type of wallpaper can be determined quickly enough, then problems as a rule arise with their color. They are associated, first of all, with a huge assortment of this type of finishing materials, and after the banal ignorance of the basics of interior design. In fact, everything is simple, even elementary. To begin with, you can watch a small video plot that will help to navigate in the sea of \u200b\u200bshades and colors.

There are three main criteria by which the choice of a shade of wallpaper should be made:

1. the level of natural light lighting
2. functional purpose of the room
3. the size of the room and its configuration

And now in more detail about each of the criteria.

The level of natural light

Of great importance when choosing the color of finishing materials, in particular wallpapers, the number of windows in the room and the side to which they reach. Rooms located on the south side of the house are usually bright. Therefore, it is preferable to use gray, green, blue shades for their decoration, which allow you to visually expand the space and cool the interior slightly. Dark rooms are recommended to be glued with light wallpaper in the warm color scheme of light beige, lemon, golden tones are ideal for small and poorly lit rooms.

Functional purpose of the room

For each room, you should select your wallpaper, because all the premises in the apartment are individual and are distinguished by their functional affiliation.

So, for corridors and hallways, wallpaper of dark shades with a moisture -resistant surface are suitable. In these rooms, the probability of pollution is quite high, so the walls should be protected by strong wallpaper that can withstand wet cleaning. As for the color scheme, dark blue, brown, burgundy colors will be very useful. They will hide particles of dust and dirt that accidentally hit the surface of the wall.

For the living room, you can use both light and dark shades of wallpaper, but it is worth considering that this room is actually the face of the apartment, so you need to approach the choice of color with all responsibility. It is advisable to choose wallpaper for furniture, or the furniture for wallpaper so the interior will look much more expressive.

It is most difficult to choose the most difficult thing in the nursery, because the child is not yet formed, which means that very susceptible to any interventions from the outside. Kids will be happy to see bright characters from their favorite cartoons on the walls of their room. And adolescents can recommend light, not aggressive shades, so as not to distract the child from study.

The size of the room

The smaller the height of the walls and the area of \u200b\u200bthe room, the lighter the finishing materials used in the repair should be. Wallpaper for such rooms should be selected warm, pastel shades either without a pattern, or with small, barely noticeable patterns.

For large, spacious rooms with high ceilings, an option with wallpaper of saturated colors or with a bright, large pattern will be ideal. This will allow the room to give solemnity at the same time, a little soften her configuration.

Several useful tips in the end

1. Do not focus only on a roll. In the roll, the wallpaper looks different than in life. Expand it and hang it so that you can evaluate the quality of the wallpaper, their color and texture.
2. Pay attention to interesting combinations invented by store designers. Large network companies seek to make it easier for customers to choose and offer ready -made sets of background wallpaper, borders and fabrics for decorating windows and furniture.
3. Combine correctly. If you decide to independently decorate the room with wallpaper, but do not know what colors can be combined with each other, opt for clean background wallpaper. Fabrics without a drawing, but with a beautiful texture can be easily supplemented with a border that will give the wallpaper a bright, expressive character or, on the contrary, soften the interior.

There are many nuances, but by orienting them, you can easily choose exactly those wallpaper that not only emphasize the advantages of your apartment, but also hide its shortcomings.