Living room wallpaper: fresh interior ideas - 2019 design

Making a living room is a priority for any owner of an apartment or a private house. Indeed, in the common room, not only the whole family gathers in the evenings and gatherings are held on weekends, but guests are also received, holidays and important events are often celebrated here. The living room becomes one of the most popular places in the dwelling also because it often combines functions with other life segments - it is combined with a kitchen or an office, a play area and even a sleeping place for one of the family members are placed within it. That is why repair in a building so important for any home becomes a difficult dilemma - I want the design to be not only practical, functional, but also beautiful, fashionable, relevant for the next few years. But the designers are not asleep, offering us all new options for the design of living spaces. Manufacturers of finishing materials do not lag behind them, because the appearance of the room largely depends on the method of designing its surfaces. In this publication, we would like to talk about the most popular way of decorating the vertical surfaces of a living room among Russians - pasting walls with wallpaper. Fashionable color solutions, current textures and original design techniques - all this in a large selection of photo design projects of living rooms, collected by us around the world.

Today, there are many options and methods for surface finishing of living spaces. Designers come up with new techniques, and manufacturers of finishing materials do not stop creating products to translate these ideas into practice. But no matter what the latest options for wall decoration in the premises of the dwelling arise, the Russians prefer to use a proven and universal way - pasting the surfaces with wallpaper.

So, why do the majority of Russian owners of apartments and private houses choose wallpaper for wall decoration in the central room of their home - the living room? Let's note some obvious advantages:

• the widest range of paintings, a wide selection of colors and textures;
• a large selection of paintings in terms of technological qualities of the material;
• the opportunity to find your option at an affordable cost - the range of prices is incredibly wide;
• the ability to independently paste the surfaces and save on the services of specialists (in most cases, this approach does not harm the appearance of the living room);
• quick and relatively “clean” installation method (no need to drill walls, repairs can be carried out even if there is furniture in the room);
• annoying canvases can be easily removed from the walls for subsequent alteration and refreshment of the living room image;
• Wallpaper can easily be combined with other finishing materials (plaster, painting, wall panels of various modifications);
• Using wallpaper, you can not only create an effective surface design, but also zoning the space, highlighting a particular functional segment, creating a specific color or texture accent, visually changing the architecture of the room, its volume.

Fashion trends in the field of interior design dictate to us certain areas that need to be followed in order to create a difficult, but fashionable, stylish living room design. But no matter what the designers say, any homeowner who plans to repair a common, family room is guided, first of all, by common sense and the data that his specific room has, namely:

• the size and shape of the room;
• number of door and window openings (level of natural light);
• the location of the living room relative to the cardinal points and adjacent premises of the home;
• concept, room decoration style, own idea of ​​aesthetics, practicality and beauty;
• the desire to highlight the central room of the dwelling among the remaining rooms or organically fit into the overall picture of a private home ownership or apartment.

Only at first glance it may seem that for gluing the walls of the living room you can choose absolutely any canvas composition. The fact is that not all living rooms perform exclusively the functions of a common, family room. Living rooms combined with the kitchen (studio room) are exposed to almost the same types of influences as the complex microclimate room for cooking. In living rooms, where children’s play areas or home offices (workplace) are located, it is also necessary to take into account the peculiarity of the available functionality.

An important role in choosing wallpaper for walls in terms of their composition and performance is played by the quality of the surfaces. For perfectly aligned, absolutely smooth planes, you can use thin canvases, affordable in price, if the walls cannot be called ideal and you need to hide some roughness, then it is better to choose the most dense (albeit not cheap) wallpaper options.

But if we talk about the average living room, then for the full or partial decoration of its walls, you can use almost any type of wallpaper in terms of material composition. We begin our classification with the least popular type of wallpaper. Paper canvases as a living room decoration have both a number of advantages and disadvantages. The advantages of paper wallpaper include:

• low cost;
• a wide selection of colors, prints;
• high environmental friendliness of both material and finished paintings.

But, unfortunately, a longer list of disadvantages outweighs a small number of advantages:

• low strength and low wear resistance of the material, which means a short service life of the finish;
• the possibility of burnout in the sun;
• low resistance to mechanical stress;
• the complexity of installation (the sheets are thin and can tear if you use a large amount of glue or do the installation inaccurately)
• the inability to clean the surface in the event of contamination of the paintings.

Currently, the most widely used vinyl wallpaper on paper or non-woven (non-woven) basis. The thicker the vinyl layer, the stronger and more durable the canvas. The obvious advantages of vinyl wallpaper include:

• high wear resistance and strength, durability with proper operation;
• a large selection of colors and texture options;
• the ability to simulate various surfaces - from masonry to a stone wall;
• long preservation of the finish of its original appearance (the canvas does not fade when exposed to sunlight, is resistant to moisture within reasonable limits);
• the existence of wallpaper for painting and the ability to quickly change the main color of the living room walls (repainting is possible up to 4-5 times);
• dense canvases can hide imperfections in the processing of wall surfaces;
• for gluing it is necessary to spread only the wall with glue (clean and quick installation).

The disadvantages of vinyl canvases include a fairly high cost (compared with paper wallpaper) and low environmental friendliness. But, if we compare vinyl wallpapers with textile or metallized products, then the cost of decoration and the opportunity not to spend money on the work of specialists and installation on their own become priority for most Russians.

It is in the interior of the living room that textile wallpaper - the next type of canvas, will be most welcome. Luxurious and expensive velor or with golden (silver) threads, or laconic cotton, linen - in the living room this type of decoration looks luxurious, but at the same time modern and appropriate. In a classic (neo-classical) interior, velvet wallpaper inserts or an accent wall in embossed paintings will look luxurious.In a minimalist interior, cotton and linen wallpapers accentuate the asceticism of the setting, but can add warmth and coziness to a concise atmosphere.

No less popular in recent years are liquid wallpaper. They are sold as ready-made mixtures that can be applied to walls as paint. The lack of joints and the speed of installation attract many owners of apartments and houses. This type of decoration is perfect for rooms with complex architecture - arched openings, rounded bay windows and so on. Liquid wallpaper can be presented in various colors, some are made using special inclusions - textured particles and even sparkles.

Of course, the most common way to use wallpaper in the interior of the living room - pasting them with walls. The desire for simplicity and conciseness, to abandon excess luxury is only at hand for those who take their first steps in the field of interior design or simply do not like complex combinations of finishing materials. Everything ingenious is simple - we paste over all the walls with wallpaper with a liked (and suitable) pattern or a monophonic color scheme. For rooms of small sizes, the choice of light, almost white tones is always preferable. Such a design will never go out of style.

If the living room boasts a large area and good natural light (a panoramic window or several window openings), then the use of plain dark wallpaper can be a real design find. Against such a background, light furniture, textiles and decor will look especially impressive.

Wallpaper can be combined with other finishing materials very successfully. However, there are several options for combinatorics. One of the most popular is the emphasis on the wall. For example, all walls are painted in a light, neutral color, and one is pasted over with expensive, bright or simply textured wallpaper. Such a design technique allows not only to bring color diversity into the interior of the living room, but also to create an emphasis on a certain functional segment, divert attention from unsuccessful sections of the room and attract part of the decor to successful execution.

From beautiful wallpaper with a pattern, you can create elements of wall decor, for example, panels. In the living room, decorated in the neo-classic style, the use of plain wallpaper as the main background, on which beautiful panels created from paintings of the same collection are located, will be luxurious.

Wallpaper can be used for pasting interior partitions, if any, in the living room. The choice of colors for the paintings in this case will depend on the color schemes of the entire interior. It is also necessary to take into account whether the partition will be the background for any furniture or whether the TV will hang on it, or maybe there will be a fireplace.

And another way to apply wallpaper in the living room space is by pasting the inside of racks or cabinets with open shelves (glass doors). Thus, it is possible to bring a color accent to the design of the room, to draw attention to the contents of the shelves. In addition, with the help of such pasting it is possible to give what is called a “second life” to old racks or open shelves.

Infrequently, but you can still see in modern design projects of living rooms the use of wallpaper of expressive colors for decorating (partially gluing) the ceiling. Most often, wallpapers act as companions to ceiling tiles or a snow-white ceiling decorated with stucco molding. Contrasting combinations allow you to create a truly unique room design, but this design method is suitable only for spacious rooms with fairly high ceilings.

If we talk about the most popular options for the execution of wallpaper for the living room of 2018, then plain colors become the undisputed leaders. Light natural shades are a hit of the season.They will help not only create a visual increase in small spaces, but also create a favorable atmosphere in the living room and become a wonderful backdrop for any furniture. In addition, with such wallpaper you should not puzzle over the combination of wall, ceiling and floor finishes.

If we talk about canvases with a pattern, then canvases with a geometric and abstract print are considered relevant. It is important to compare the size of the room, the brightness and variegation of the geometric pattern on the wallpaper. If the room is small, then canvas with a large pattern is better to use only on one wall, as an accent element. A light, medium-sized geometric print can be used on all walls in a medium-sized living room.

The use of photo wallpaper has not lost popularity. An ideal way to create an accent wall is to use an interesting image created on the canvas using photo printing. It can be a huge family portrait, beautiful landscape, abstraction or a thematic image. The main thing is that the plot on the photo wallpaper is in harmony with the general concept of the design of the living room.