Features and Benefits
Wallpaper decoration has such advantages as price, the ability to independently update the walls, a wide selection of types and colors. Striped wallpaper, as one of the varieties of design, is used when there is a need to visually enlarge or expand the room. The strip also performs a decorative function.
For example, in a Scandinavian or minimalist style, such a finish may be the only decor. Striped wallpapers are combined with plain walls and fit any interior.
Types of Strips
The geometry and strip on the wallpaper performs the function of visual distortion of the perception of the room in its favor.
Vertical strip
Pulls the room and raises the ceiling. The final look of the interior depends on the color of the stripes, their alternation and size.
Horizontal strip
Extend a narrow but long room with a high ceiling. Not recommended for interior with a low ceiling, where the transverse strip will make it even lower.
On the picture striped green-beige room interior with red accents, which is not overloaded with wall decor.
Diagonal strip
Suitable for interiors with irregularly shaped walls, attic rooms. In this case, one wall can be made striped, and the rest monophonic.
Types of Wallpaper
Each type of striped wallpaper has unique characteristics due to the composition, which plays an important role in the final form of the interior.
| Type of wallpaper | Characteristic |
| Paper | By density, they are one- and two-layer, embossed and smooth. Easy to stick, absorb odors, let air through. Suitable for children and bedrooms due to environmental friendliness. Budget option for wall decoration. |
| Non-woven | They have a woven base, increased strength, easy to glue on, do not shrink, tolerate slight wetting, let in air, hide small cracks on the wall. Are applied to a decor of a ceiling. |
| Vinyl | They are on a paper and non-woven basis, they repeat any texture, relief, and are also smooth. They do not absorb moisture, tolerate wet cleaning and friction with a sponge. They do not fade, they well hide the defect of the walls. Do not let in air and are not desirable for a bedroom and a nursery, but are the only option for a kitchen. |
| For painting | They are on a non-woven or glass base with an embossed or embossed vinyl pattern with a herringbone, matting or with a plain design. Allow repainting up to 12-15 times. |
| Silk screen printing | Wear-resistant and resistant to fading, have a vinyl-paper base. They are distinguished by the sheen and effect of a soft surface due to hot stamping with the addition of threads. |
Strip size and design
The interior with striped wallpaper looks impressive, beautiful and functional.
Wide strip
Suitable for rooms of any size, but such wallpapers are best revealed in the spacious interior of the living room or bedroom.
Narrow strip
It is frequent and rare, contrasting or plain. When choosing wallpaper in a small strip of furniture and decor, there should be a minimum, combined with plain curtains.
Stripes with flowers
Suitable for a rustic, Provence style, children's rooms and relaxed bedroom or living room interiors.
On the picture striped interior with a floral pattern, where the wallpaper is combined in color with textiles and upholstery.
Solid stripes
They look calm and discreet. From a distance they look like plain wallpaper. Do not cause tension in the eyes and do not bother for many years.
Striped wallpaper with a pattern
Suitable for children's interiors, accent walls or with a combination of plain walls.
Striped wallpaper with ornament
They are selected for the living room, wide dining room, bedroom, the ornament can be geometric, floral, with monograms of a contrasting or similar color.
Wallpaper texture stripes
They look voluminously due to the vinyl relief layer. Protruding stripes add movement to the design. They can cause fatigue, therefore they are used in combination with one-color walls.
Shiny stripes
They symbolize dynamics, energy and attract attention. Glitter can be textile, gold or silver. There are in a thin and large strip.
On the picture the interior of the living room with shiny stripes that reflect a velvet sheen at a certain angle.
Color scheme
White
White striped wallpaper is suitable for a small space, expand a large room even more. Universal color for any interior. The white-blue or white-blue strip is suitable for the bedroom and the nursery.
Gray
Gray stripes look spectacular on any bright or neutral background. Wide gray stripes fit in the bedroom, nursery or kitchen. The gray-white room is complemented by bright textiles.
Beige
Beige color looks neutral on a white, brown background, balances a bright background.
On the picture a milky-beige interior with medium-striped striped wallpapers in a classic style that blend with curtains.
Brown
The brown strip is suitable for home comfort of the living room, bedroom, looks good on a white, coffee, orange background.
The black
Black striped wallpapers look strict, depending on the size of the stripes, they greatly affect the perception of the room. The black and white room is diluted with bright decor.
Red
The red stripe looks spectacular on textile wallpaper, suitable for accent walls.
Burgundy
Burgundy stripes create the greatness of the classic interior and a bright accent in modern design, a bold choice for the living room.
Orange
An orange bright stripe brings a note of warmth without an abundance of color, suitable for gray, black, white background.
Gold
Gold striped wallpaper come in different intensities, combined with black, white, beige colors in the interior.
On the picture bedroom interior with golden striped wallpaper in a classic style.
Green
Green stripes relieve tension, set to relax, fit a red, white, black, brown background.
Light green
Light green stripes arouse interest, attract attention, are combined with other patterns of orange and red.
Blue
Blue color looks solid with a combination of different shades, suitable for children in combination with white, gray.
Blue
Blue stripes in combination with white and gray look classic, often used for interior bedrooms and bathrooms.
On the picture blue and white striped interior, where the wallpaper is highlighted with soft decorative light and complemented by paintings in the same framework.
Turquoise
Turquoise stripes look bright and discreet at the same time, combined with vanilla, gray, brown.
Pink
Pink striped wallpaper is suitable for a girl’s room, combined pink and white stripes complement each other in contrast.
Yellow
Yellow stripes are best combined with other bright stripes, should be combined with the same textiles.
Purple
Violet stripes are suitable for a light background, create the effect of a bright and dynamic interior.
Lilac
Lilac stripes are used in medium and large rooms, combined with lemon, gray, pink, white.
Multicolored
Multi-colored striped wallpaper can be of different widths, combine up to 5 colors, where one goes into another, or all the lines are colored and of different shades.
On the picture multi-colored striped wall at the head of the bed, which is combined with a gray primary color.
Photo in the interior of the rooms
Striped wallpaper will fit into the interior of any room and emphasize its advantages with the correct selection of color, size and location of the strip.
Corridor and hallway
For this room, it is better to do it in a white strip to compensate for the lack of daylight in a darkened room. A combination of white with beige, gold, yellow, pistachio, lime, orange is suitable.
Kitchen
Most often it is made up of a headset and other furniture; vertical two-tone stripes of different sizes or neutral wide stripes will be combined with mosaics or tiled aprons. Curtains are matched to the color of the textile.
Living room
Can be pasted in striped wallpaper of any size. Pastel stripes on a light blue or neutral background are suitable for Scandinavian or minimalism style, the classic interior can be done with wide and medium stripes in green-white or red-white color.
Children
It can be in gray-pink, gray-white, gray-blue stripes. For a teenager, a combination of lilac-violet, white-violet, blue-white colors is suitable.
On the picture striped multi-colored interior in a modern style with a bright sofa and a hanging armchair.
Bedroom
Allows a combination of white with pale blue, pale pink, light green. Stripes can be accented or two parallel walls. Solid walls are additionally decorated with paintings.
On the picture white and beige bedroom interior in modern style with accent striped wall.
Curtain selection
Textiles should be in harmony with the wallpaper, so there are several options for choosing curtains.
- Curtains and the main color of the wallpaper in one tone. Such a solution is suitable for a small room and a neutral interior without an emphasis on the window.
- Bright curtains are suitable for a large living room and hall, where you need to "zoom in" the window, while the strip is selected for the main tone of the walls.
- Curtains that differ in tone do not violate unity, but draw a boundary between walls and curtains.
- The size of the stripes, their position and color on the wallpaper can be combined with curtains.
- By the type of curtains, short ones, curtains, Roman curtains, blinds, pleats are suitable.
Wallpaper Combination
If the room is small, then you can select zones and delimit the space using wallpaper-companions.
Striped and plain wallpaper
You can combine striped wallpapers in the interior with plain wallpapers that repeat the color of the background or stripes, it can also be a neutral or bright contrasting choice.
Striped and wallpaper with a pattern
Striped wallpaper can be combined with wallpaper with a pattern in spacious rooms to avoid overloading the interior with decor on the walls. The pattern and strip blend beautifully in identical shades.
On the picture striped wallpapers are combined with wallpaper with an ornament in the interior of one room to increase the space of a narrow room.
Styles
Striped wallpapers are widely used in different styles of interior, from classics to modern designs.
Provence
It is recognized in pastel shades, pistachio, lilac and pink shades of wallpaper with a white or gray strip of medium or small size, which can be combined with the image of birds, wallpaper in flower.
Classic style
The classic chooses plain or non-contrast combinations of stripes on the wallpaper. Most often, this is the average size of identical bands with an equal spacing. Pastel shades of white, green, blue, beige are used.
Modern style
It can be with contrasting black and white or minimalistic monophonic stripes. A wide strip is used, a multi-colored combination on one wall, a combination with plain walls.
Sea style
A marine style with a blue-or-turquoise stripe is combined with yellow, white, sand wallpaper and a red accent in the decor.
On the picture marine bedroom interior with striped wallpaper in white and blue.
English style
An aristocratic interior with dark furniture and a leather sofa emphasizes the English style and restrained strip on a green, red, beige background. The strip is selected medium size.
Photo gallery
The strip in the interior has an active function of decoration and visual expansion; a combination of different stripes and colors in one design is acceptable. The stripes are suitable for a bright interior, narrow room, conservative design and a spacious room. Below are photos of examples of the use of striped wallpaper on the walls in rooms for various functional purposes.
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