Wallpaper for a small room: choice of color, pattern, expanding photo wallpaper, combination

What color wallpaper increases the room?

A color or a combination of certain colors can visually expand a small space.

• When decorating the ceiling in white, the small room will appear larger if cold colors are used for the walls.
• Blue, light gray walls will add air.
• Walls of shades of gold will make the room sunny and light, but its size will not increase.
• Black and navy blue are not suitable for a small room. Walls or a ceiling of this color will make it even smaller.

For a bright room

If the room is bright, the walls can be saturated with vibrant colors - blue, turquoise or green. It is better for small rooms, even bright ones, not to use wallpaper in dark colors.

On the picture bright children's room with a large window. Pink-blue wallpaper with floral motifs added sophistication and comfort to the small room.

For a dark room

To make the dark little room bigger, the ceiling and walls should be as light as possible. Sometimes the best design technique is to make them white. Then, against their background, the furniture will not seem bulky and can be dark.

What pattern enlarges the room?

Every year, wallpaper factories offer new collections with a variety of patterns and textures. Using some types of drawings, you can change the visual impression of the room.

• Solid wallpaper with a small floral pattern give even a small room lightness and comfort.
• A vertical strip adds to the low room the missing height.
• If the picture on the wall does not contrast with the background, but harmonizes with it, then even if the picture is large, it is a winning background for furniture and decor items.

On the picture the successful use of wallpaper with a small geometric pattern to decorate the corridor of a small apartment. The white ceiling balances the proportions of the room and relieves the saturation of the walls.

Design Ideas for Room-Expanding Rooms

There are several design techniques that allow you to visually increase the area of ​​a small room. One of such tricks is to paste over the wall of the room with photo wallpaper or 3D wallpaper. The high-quality photographs that have appeared in recent years are not inferior to the frescoes in terms of the impression made, and they win in price and speed of execution. 3D walls can change the room of a small hall or studio beyond recognition.

Wallpaper for a small living room

The drawing room is the main room in the house and should be decorated most expressively. For decoration and to expand the space of a small hall, you can use photo wallpaper. Most often, the wall on which the sofa stands is most suitable for this purpose.

On the picture the wall of the small living room is effectively decorated with vintage murals and images of predatory animals, which adds dynamics and originality to the interior.

On the picture the end wall of a small hall is decorated with photowall-paper on which images of bright facades of houses look very attractively. This design technique will not leave indifferent any guest.

Wallpaper for a small children's room

For children's rooms, it is recommended to use finishing materials that are easy to replace. When children get older, wallpaper is easy to re-stick, changing the mood of the child’s room with them.

On the picture The combination of stripes and plain wallpapers not only added rigor to the children's room for the boy, but also brought dynamics and diversity to the small room.

On the picture nursery for the little princess. The walls are covered with wallpaper with birds. The small room looks tender, bright and sunny.

Design a wallpaper in a small toilet

A small toilet is a characteristic feature of small-sized Khrushchevs. Wallpaper in such toilets is an interesting design technique that can refresh a room. In these small rooms there is no furniture and you can make the walls bright and expressive.

On the picture left toilet with exquisite patterns on the walls. The room gained style and expressiveness and gained a visual impression.

Visually expand a small bathroom

The use of wallpaper in bathrooms is becoming increasingly important. From such a bold decision, these small rooms only benefit. Here, the wallpaper on the walls looks like murals or art paintings.

Decoration of a small dining room

When you want to unusually design a dining room, and there is not enough space in a small apartment, you can use images that will expand the space and effectively highlight the eating area. The dining area in the studio apartments looks very nicely pasted with expressive wallpaper.

Design options for the dressing room

Even the dressing room can be decorated with taste. Interesting patterns spread the space of a small room reserved for cabinets and shelves. For this purpose, bright wallpapers are suitable, light or dark depends on the idea of ​​the designer.

Wallpaper enhancing the kitchen

Small kitchens, especially kitchens in the Khrushchevs, can be visually enlarged in quadrature, if you do not limit yourself to the design of the walls with traditional tiles, but use expressive bright wallpapers. Geometric patterns, stripes or figures perfectly emphasize the geometry of kitchen appliances and appliances. And bright accents add dynamics and a small room seems bigger.

Ways to visually increase the hallway

The entrance hall in the house is the first room that meets the hosts and guests. To visually enlarge the hallway, the pattern on the walls can be selected with horizontal stripes or a small pattern. To make the corridor seem more, the design technique with the use of horizontal stripes will reduce the height and expand the walls.

How to visually enlarge a small bedroom?

At choosing wallpaper for a small bedroom it is better to arrange it in unobtrusive colors and patterns that are pleasant to the eyes, which contribute to relaxation and a peaceful sleep.

Wall murals increasing space

One of the design space tricks in small apartments and studio apartments - this is the use of photo wallpaper. When it is not possible to purchase a finished fresco or invite an artist for painting, you can paste over a specific wall with photo wallpaper.

A perspective image of nature or a panorama of the city with plans of different sizes will create a certain mood in the room. In the studio apartment, competent zoning by photowall-paper will allow to avoid a mess.

Style Features for Visual Enlargement of a Room

Different interior styles have their own characteristics of using wallpaper to visually enlarge a small space.

Provence

To a small room in the style of Provence seemed more, you can use light furniture.If the walls are glued with dark wallpaper, it will be correct to supplement them with a white ceiling cornice.

On the picture an office in the style of Provence, the walls are successfully combined with furniture and a white ceiling. The room does not look small and cramped.

Classic

The classic style is characterized by the use of wallpaper. Silky wallpapers with patterns, monograms and floral ornaments adorn this style.

On the picture classic bedroom. The color of the walls repeats the color of the furniture, which creates unity and adds sophistication to the interior. In small rooms, this technique will always be relevant.

Minimalism

The style also does not do without such decorative material as wallpaper. For the design of accent walls, to highlight important surfaces, this coating is the best suited.

On the picture bedroom with accent wall imitating mosaic. This technique creates a feeling of greater depth and size of the room.

Modern

Modern style or modern is just the style in which wallpapers are used in almost all rooms of the house. Light pastel colors on the walls create a feeling of lightness and lightness, which increases the size of a small room.

On the picture light Art Nouveau furniture harmoniously combines with the same shade of wallpaper in calm geometric patterns. The absence of lines and colors that violate the composition creates a feeling of spaciousness and transparency.

Design options for a long narrow room

Long narrow rooms can be expanded for perception by applying the correct color and pattern on the walls. Geometry, especially with clear graphic contours, can create a feeling of freedom and permeability in a small room. Light walls with a glossy surface add light and space.

On the picture the wall at the head of the bed is papered with stripes. This design technique allowed to visually expand the narrow space of a small room.

On the picture You can see an interesting solution for expanding a narrow little room for a child. The long boring wall of the small room is decorated with expressive 3D wallpaper with imitation of shelves with books of cheerful colors.

On the picture in a narrow arch, bright inserts in certain places serve both for a visual accent and for expanding a long narrow passage. The use of expressive, sunny wallpaper adds light and joy to a small room.

Wallpaper for low ceilings

In order to visually raise the height of the ceilings, there are some design techniques. Vertical stripes wallpaper and a dark wide curtain rod between the wall and the white ceiling will help to achieve the desired effect.

On the picture small bedroom with a low ceiling. The stripes on the walls aligned the proportions of the room and added lightness and comfort to it.

On the picture An example of applying wallpaper in a small room with a low ceiling. Cards with colored wallpaper were highlighted on the white walls. The vertical arrangement of the cards added room height and originality.

How to combine wallpaper for visual zoom?

One cannot ignore such a design technique of visual expansion of space as combining various wallpapers

There are several ways to combine:

• Contrast combination of wallpaper on opposite walls of the room,
• Highlighting an accent wall with photographs or contrasting colors,
• The combination of different color walls for zoning the room,
• Combination of different colors and patterns for horizontal wall division,
• Highlighting with active wallpaper - bright against a pale background, with a pattern against a plain background to highlight the main area of ​​the room.

Ideas for combining two colors

You can expand a small room by applying two types of wallpaper for wall decoration. Most often, a good result is obtained from a combination of plain and color or contrast coatings.

On the picture An example of a small room where wallpapers from one collection are combined on the walls. The accent wall is highlighted with wallpaper with ornament.

Photo gallery

With the help of wallpapers, you can experiment with the interior of a small room, create original walls and visually expand the space. Below are photos examples of the use of wallpaper on the walls in rooms for various functional purposes.