Cheerful striped wall interior

Cheerful striped wall interior

Today, the strip represents a trendy trend not only in clothes, but also in the interior, as graphics, namely, a striped pattern, still remains relevant, despite the existing variety of decorative techniques. After all, it is the strip that allows you to solve many architectural problems and easily gets along with any materials and surfaces. In this regard, designers quite often use this technique, which allows to make the interior more dynamic and vibrant. Because the strip is an alternation of colors, in most cases contrasting, which means it always attracts attention.

Elegant and noble bedroom with vertical stripes on the wallsKitchen interior with horizontal stripes wall decorationContrast vertical black and white stripes in the black and white interior of the living roomNiche decorated with vertical contrasting stripesDelicate interior for a girl's room with vertical stripes on the walls

Striped walls

A strip can be used as a decorative technique in almost any interior, except perhaps for those styles that are not inherent in straight and even lines, by definition, but not many (art deco, baroque). Moreover, you can apply stripes to only one main wall,

one wall decorated with opaque horizontal stripesWide, opaque stripes are used on only one wall.Wall decorated with contrasting black and white horizontal stripes

but it can be used at all, thus experimenting with the visualization of space. In general, smooth, neat stripes look quite elegant and spectacular. And there are a lot of varieties of stripes: sophisticated, moderate, as well as intricate and even fantasy - which ones to use, it depends on the style of the room, because the stripes should organically fit both into the overall design of the room and harmonize with each individual detail of the interior.
If you use only one wall for decorating with stripes, it is desirable that the stripes be wide and not in contrasting colors. Then your interior will look very solid, especially if it still contains wallpapers matching the color scheme and various stylish accessories.
By the way, to create a bright accent of the room, stripes alternation is often used, be it painting or wallpaper.

The accent of the room is the wall, decorated with bright stripes in harmony with the bright accessories on the wall

Which stripes to choose?

Well, firstly, if you select vertical stripes, they will make the room visually more symmetrical, and secondly, it will be stretched in height.

Noble vertical wide stripes on the walls of the sapphireElegant interior with vertical thin stripes on the walls

If you give preference to horizontal, then in this case the opposite effect will occur - the room will visually become wider, and the ceiling, on the contrary, is lower.

The combination of horizontal stripes visually expands the roomOriginal interior with wide horizontal stripes on round walls
Regarding the choice of bandwidths, here we can say that wide ones look in the spirit of modernity, always attract attention, because They look very impressive and fashionable. In addition, wide stripes soothe and relax, especially if pastel shades are used.
The trouble with narrow stripes is that at a certain distance they simply can merge into one shade and become completely invisible. And if you use a contrasting combination of narrow stripes, then even this design of the room will cause irritation.
In general, the success of any interior in which there are striped walls, very much depends on the correct selection of colors. For example, a combination of olive color with gray metal will look wonderful, but do not forget that the selected shades should be in harmony with the rest of the interior.

Which rooms are suitable for striped walls?

Yes, in principle, for everyone. Of course, the most common options are:

1. Bedrooms

Noble bedroom interior with a single wall decoration in horizontal stripesThe vertical stripes on the bedroom walls harmoniously harmonize with the interior.

2. Living rooms

luxurious living room interior, in which one wall is decorated with elegant vertical stripesExtra wide stripes on one wall in the living room interior

which, thanks to this finish, look very unusual and original.

Luxurious interior with wide stripes on one wall

To decorate children's rooms, the reception of decorating walls with stripes is also quite often and successfully used.

For example, light stripes are considered most suitable for a girl’s room, giving the room tenderness and romanticism. Actually, the same option is used to decorate the bedroom. It is very good to use a combination of stripes with patterns or children's drawings for the design of children's rooms.

Vertical stripes of bright colors alternate with a pattern on the walls of a nursery

The color scheme can be different, but as a rule, pink shades are used to decorate a room for girls, and blue, blue or even red for boys. Less often, the strip is used to decorate the walls of the kitchen,

One wall of the kitchen is decorated with original vertical stripes of different thicknessesWide, opaque horizontal stripes used on one wall of the kitchen interior

as well as the bathroom. However, with the help of experienced designers, you can create an exquisite and stylish interior in these rooms.

The original bright design of the bathroom with wide horizontal stripes on the walls to the tone of the entire interior

The little tricks of using stripes

Using certain stripes in the interior, you can very well thus correct the room. To do this, there are a number of tricks that you should familiarize yourself with:

  • if you decorate one wall and ceiling with wide vertical stripes, the room will visually stretch;
  • if you decorate the walls with horizontal stripes using different tones of the same color, the room will become wider and more interesting;
  • if you use narrow non-contrasting stripes, then complete freedom of choice of interior style and color will be ensured;
  • if you decorate only one wall with vertical wide non-contrast stripes, the interior will look more solid - the main thing is to maintain the color of the wallpaper with stripes with some other accessories;
  • if you design the interior with wide vertical stripes, it will be remembered for a long time, because immediately attract attention;
  • if you decorate the interior with horizontal or vertical stripes at equal levels, this will be a wonderful option for decorating a room of creative personalities