Wallpaper for the living room - trends of 2019

Creating a practical, functional and beautiful interior in the living room is a priority issue. Indeed, it is in this room that all households spend evenings, close guests are welcome here and large receptions or parties are held. The living room can be safely called the calling card of any home. The decoration of the walls of this room largely forms the whole image of the room, its character, mood. That is why the choice of the method of finishing vertical surfaces becomes a stumbling block for most owners. The choice of modern finishing materials is incredibly wide, the spread in cost is also great - it’s just right to get confused in a modern store. Nevertheless, wallpaper has remained the most popular option for decorating walls in the living room for many years. The technical characteristics of this finishing material are changing, improving, new collections from modern manufacturers appear, color and textured solutions are presented in an incredibly wide range. Why is it so difficult to find your perfect wallpaper for your living room? We hope that our large-scale selection of living room design projects, designed in the most diverse way, will help you find the answer to this question and choose the best decoration option for the main room of the house.

Despite the appearance of various ways of decorating walls in residential premises, wallpapers confidently lead the list of current ideas. Most Russians choose the method of wallpapering the vertical surfaces of their living rooms, because:

• they are presented in an incredibly wide range of colors and textures;
• You can select the material with the desired technological characteristics;
• the spread in the cost of goods is also wide, a homeowner with any wallet size can find a suitable option;
• wallpapering the walls is one of the simplest methods of decoration, which can be done independently, without the help of specialists, and not endanger the aesthetics of the room;
• Using wallpaper, it is easy to create an accent of color or texture, highlight a particular functional area, decorate walls;
• Wallpaper can be combined with other types of finishing materials;
• it’s easy to get rid of the boring finish and refresh the living room interior.

So, on what factors will the choice of wallpaper for the living room depend on color, texture and technological properties:

• the size and shape of the room;
• the presence, quantity and scale of window and door openings;
• the location of the room relative to the cardinal points;
• the design of the premises adjacent to the living room;
• if the living room combines a kitchen and dining area, the choice of wallpaper will differ, primarily in terms of technical characteristics of the material;
• personal preferences of the owners in choosing colors, print wallpapers;
• the desire to create a calm, pacifying design of the room or to highlight the room with a bright accent, an unusual wallpaper pattern or a spectacular imitation.

If the common room performs only the functions of the living room, then the choice of wallpaper according to technical characteristics appears before us in full. If in the common space, in addition to the living room, there is a dining room and kitchen, then more stringent selection conditions are presented for the decoration of vertical surfaces. It is necessary that the wallpaper can be cleaned with a damp sponge, withstand minor mechanical damage without losing its aesthetic properties. At the same time, the decoration should create a single, harmonious image of a multifunctional room.

In the living room, for all or part of the walls, all types of wallpaper can be used in terms of classification by technological characteristics:

Paper - The main advantage of this type of wallpaper is its low cost. A wide selection of colors, patterns and prints and high environmental friendliness can also be attributed to the obvious advantages of paper material. But the fragility, susceptibility to color fading from exposure to sunlight and the lack of the possibility of any surface cleaning significantly reduces the popularity of this type of finish. Finishing with paper wallpaper may require replacement after 1.5 - 2 years of operation in a home with small children and / or pets.

Vinyl and non-woven Wallpaper can be attributed to one category of strong, durable materials with a wide range of color and texture solutions. Vinyl wallpaper on a non-woven basis can be repainted several times, creating a new image of the room without significant investment of time and money. Such wallpapers can be cleaned, even use wet cleaning, cleaning products. The material does not lose its aesthetic qualities for a long time.

Textile wallpapers look luxurious, have high environmental properties, are able to "breathe". But such a finishing material has many drawbacks - in addition to a rather high cost, the surface cannot be cleaned using means (it is necessary to be very careful about the operation of such a finish). If earlier it was possible to see mostly beautiful velvet, velor fabrics on the walls in the living rooms, then the latest trends in the formation of the modern style dictate the use of cotton and linen. For minimalist, strict, concise living rooms, this type of decoration can be used not only for accent surfaces, but also for all walls of the room.

Metallized Wallpaper I would like to single out in a separate group. Although they can be made from various raw materials and have different properties, all types are related by the presence of golden, silver or copper luster in the composition of the material. Where not in the living room you can afford a touch of luxury. Even in laconic modern interiors, the metallic luster of the accent wall can create a special mood, increase the degree of originality and elegance of the image of the room.

Also, in a separate type, you can select all photo wallpaper (on whatever basis they are printed). Modern technology allows for the highest quality photo printing on any surface. Your wall with the image can be textured, have metal inclusions. You can choose any drawing - from your own portrait to a picture of the earth from space orbit, as long as the theme and method of printing is organically fit into the overall picture of the design of the living room.

Fortunately, designers do not give a definite answer to this question. How many owners - so many preferences in the design of living spaces. In addition, modern style, although it gravitates to minimalist moods, but decoration does not cancel. So, decorating the walls with the help of wallpaper with prints is an actual way of decorating rooms like living rooms.

If we talk about the monophonic execution of the wallpaper, then the designers recommend choosing natural shades in the new season. They not only create a favorable atmosphere in the room, but also simplify our work on combining decoration with the colors of other interior items. If the room is located on the south side of the building, then you can use a cool palette. If the living room has an exit to the north side, it also has scant natural light, then it is better to give preference to warm tones.

A bright palette will never go out of style. Moreover, there are enough apartments with small living rooms in our country. The old housing stock is replete with rooms with an area of ​​not more than 15 sq.m. Such a room needs a light color scheme for wall decoration, capable of visually increasing the volume of the room. But this does not mean that it is necessary to use exclusively white color.You can apply the design technique of the accent wall for one surface and use wallpaper with a picture (on a light background), or create a textured accent, apply embossed wallpaper that differs only in luster and is visible only at a certain angle.

Gray color does not go out of fashion. Universal shades of gray are able to create a neutral background to focus our attention on furnishings and decor. Elegance and nobility, restraint and even rigor - in shades of gray there is everything that is necessary to set a specific character of the room. In addition, the gray background is ideal for integrating objects made of wood, snow-white surfaces or dark contrasts.

Dark velvet (velor) wallpaper or paintings with embossed, light metallic luster or texture can radically change not only the external pitch of the premises, but also its character, the reigning atmosphere. Of course, using dark tones in the design of living rooms is only to create accent surfaces in the case of well-lit space of medium and large sizes.

The trend remains in the use of wallpaper with imitations of various surfaces. This can be the creation of a concrete wall, brick or masonry, wooden elements, even wall panels with peeling paint. It all depends on the effect that you want to achieve when decorating the main room of the home.

If we talk about imitations more extensively, then this type of decoration can be attributed to the use of photo wallpaper, creating the illusion of wall decoration. You can create a feeling of surface finish with fabric, soft fur or spikes, arrange a photo of a brick wall with a hole or a green lawn with a long-term perspective.

Considering modern collections of print wallpapers, it can be argued that the most popular in recent years has gained a geometric ornament. In this case, the pattern can be both clear, bright, colorful, and barely noticeable, as if blurring in space. Most often, geometric print wallpapers are a combination of two, rarely three colors or shades.

One of the options for a geometric print - a strip - is a popular option for wall decoration, including in the living room. Vertical stripes (even light, not colorful) can visually increase the height of the room ...

And horizontal stripes will visually increase the volume of the room as a whole.

Floral and animalistic themes in the collections of printed materials for decoration have a clear oriental bias. Not only plants, but also birds, animals, insects become "participants" in the interior of the living room. Typically, these wallpapers look like art paintings and create a very special atmosphere in the living room. The uniqueness of the interior will be ensured.

By far, the most popular way to use wallpaper to decorate a living room is by pasting all the walls of a room. But with this option it is hardly possible to surprise anyone, but to create reliable, beautiful and sufficiently durable protection for the walls of the room is quite the strength of almost all types of wallpaper. If you plan to create the decoration of all walls with one type of wallpaper, it is important to remember some simple rules, which, however, are not the ultimate truth and may be subject to exceptions:

• if curtains with print will hang on the windows, then it is better to choose plain wallpapers;
• the smaller the living room, the lighter should be the tone of the finish;
• a large, colorful pattern for small rooms is undesirable, but a very small print that can cause a ripple effect is better to exclude - if wallpaper with an ornament is used, it should be soft, medium size;
• if the room is planned to focus on the bright upholstery of upholstered furniture, then the wallpaper is better to choose in light, neutral colors;
• dark wallpaper (contrasting drawing using dark tones) it makes sense to choose as an accent in rooms with good natural light (panoramic windows or several medium-sized window openings).

The design technique for creating an accent wall for interior decoration has been used for a long time and very actively among our compatriots. This design can be used in rooms for various purposes, living rooms are no exception. In some cases, it is in the living room that it is advisable to highlight one or another vertical surface with the aim of zoning the space, emphasizing the functional segment, switching attention from unsuccessful in terms of geometry or layout of the room area.

Beautiful wallpaper that differs from the main background of the room in color, print or texture can not be used for the entire wall, but only for its part. For example, you can highlight the chimney of the fireplace (the part that is not exposed to the flame does not heat up intensively).

The opposite version of the design of the space around the fireplace is the allocation of the surface of the chimney with symmetrical canvases of beautiful wallpaper. Strict lines in combination with a delicate pattern will help to create not only harmonious (and what may be more traditional than symmetry), but also a slightly festive atmosphere in the living room.

Also, wallpaper, different from the main background, you can paste over niches in the living room, which embeds a video zone or storage system with open shelves. Any geometric nuances of the room can be presented on the winning side, if you use accent finishes.

No less effect can be achieved by gluing interior partitions, designed to zone the combined space, in which, in addition to the living room, there are other functional segments.

Using beautiful, expensive wallpapers to create the likeness of wall panels in frames of moldings will help not only to diversify the monophonic decoration, but also to emphasize the interior belonging to one or another stylistic direction. Zones with accent design, arranged according to all the rules of symmetry, will bring orderliness and balance to the interior.

Another way to use wallpaper locally to decorate the living room is by pasting space inside niches with open shelves or book shelves. Thus, you can create the necessary color accent, and diversify the room palette and solve the zoning issue by highlighting a segment for reading, a home library or a zone of storage systems.