A successful interior includes not only beautiful decoration materials, nice furniture and fashionable lamps. No less important are the walls, which can additionally decorate the room. Some people prefer to do the decor with their own hands. The publication will help to be inspired by ideas on how to decorate a wall in an apartment or house.
To begin with, you should consider the "stationary" methods that will decorate the interior for a long time. You need to think about this design in advance - during the implementation of cosmetic repairs.
Wallpaper Combination
This is an accessible and easy way for everyone to bring some zest to the interior. This design is easy to implement even without the help of a professional. Moreover, many wallpaper manufacturers produce “companion” rolls that are perfect for each other. They can be combined both in horizontal and in vertical combination. Thus, only one wall or the entire perimeter can be pasted with different wallpapers.
Photowall-paper
It is customary to glue such wallpaper only on one of the walls, usually on a large and not closed anything. This is a great way to decorate the wall in the living room, as in the most spacious room. Wall murals are still at the peak of popularity, because with their help it is easy to make a bright accent, eye-catching. If none of the pictures presented in the store are to your taste, today you can order printing of any selected photo or image.
Decoration Materials
The wall looks pretty, which is faced with decorative brick, mosaics, pebbles, wild stone and other similar materials. This design is more suitable for a hallway or corridor. In the living room you can build a false plaster fireplace near the wall.
Great scope for imagination gives decorative plaster. It is ideal for decorating the interior for a number of reasons. It is easy to apply, able to hide minor defects and lasts a long time. Decorative plaster allows you to recreate a different relief. For example, it can be three-dimensional patterns or artsy geometric shapes. Interesting effects are provided by multi-colored and pearly plaster.
The use of ceramics
How to decorate the walls in the kitchen or in the bathroom? For this purpose, tiles are commonly used today. But a more bold and original solution will be decorating with a mosaic. Previously, it decorated houses of aristocrats and temples, but even in the modern world this material has not lost its relevance. With it, you can decorate not only the bathroom and kitchen, but also columns and fireplaces, if they are in the house.
In building stores you can find a mosaic for every taste. You can purchase standard ornaments or a ready-made photo that glues like a solid canvas. It is also worth noting the tiles - they can randomly decorate the room or decorate the whole wall, which is suitable only for the most daring.
It is easy to create a mini-masterpiece with the help of old materials - broken tiles or unnecessary ceramic dishes. It will come out quite nicely if small fragments are randomly glued to the wall or the original drawing is laid out from them.
If you need to decorate the wall in the bathroom, as an option - you can hang mirrors near mosaic ornaments. This will give the room a special flavor, make it brighter and more radiant.
Wall painting
If a plain, even bright surface is not inspiring, then multicolor wall painting will be an excellent solution. A check in a cage or strip looks fresh and non-standard, which is easy to do with masking tape. A similar pattern is ideally combined with a floral image. The room will become chic if you make art paintings on the walls. Acrylic paints are more suitable for such work. If you want to create only contrast in the room, then it is better to give preference to water-based compositions.
Today on sale you can find special styling paints that, when dried, imitate the “blackboard” on the surface. That is, a room can become a large notebook for recordings or an album for drawing. It is a great idea to decorate the walls in the nursery. By the way, slate colors are not only black, but also in other colors.
If there are no artistic skills at all, then it is better to use stencils. You can buy ready-made in the store or make them yourself, which is not difficult at all.
Next, we will consider ways that are suitable for those who like to refresh the interior very often. In this case, “mobile”, easily replaceable decorative elements will be used.
Photos and paintings
To decorate the wall with photographs - “How trite it is,” - many will think. But the idea can become original, if you dream a little. For example, a family likes to travel. Why not report it by posting holiday photos on the wall? Moreover, they can be changed after each trip. Photo collages from a variety of pictures that are fixed on the canvas fit perfectly into the modern interior. The painted family tree, which is complemented by small family pictures, also looks unusual.
As for the paintings, they fit into any interior. The main thing is to choose the right baguette and plot. The room will become more modern if you hang a modular picture on the wall. It consists of several parts, but is united by a common theme. Do not forget that you do not need to hang a lot of pictures in the room. Moreover, all of them must be combined with each other.
Houseplants
Flowers in the interior are not a new idea at all. But with their help, you can still demonstrate your originality if you decorate the wall with a hedge. To do this, place more plants on open shelves or in a narrow rack. Ideally, it is better to give priority to climbing plants, which over time can close the entire wall.
A very unusual decorative element is the eternal terrarium. It is a closed glass container with various plants. The interior will produce an incredible effect if you hang on the wall overall terrarium.
Vinyl stickers
Today, the assortment of this decor element is increasing every day. And all because vinyl stickers allow you to instantly transform the interior. In addition, they easily peel off from the wall. Stickers come in a variety of colors and shapes, which allows you to choose the option for any room. For example, you can make a wall in the bedroom in large capital letters, from which the family name is composed. Today you can purchase custom-made stickers.
Garland decoration
Luminous garlands always accompany the New Year and Christmas holidays. They create a cheerful mood and additional comfort. But these attributes can decorate the interior at any time of the year. They look especially elegant on a brick and white wall. But the main thing is not to overdo it. For example, in a small free area of the wall, one luminous thread will be enough. Also, a garland can additionally illuminate a mirror, a home photo gallery, a window or doorway.
You can also make garlands of paper or thread. In the first case, you need to cut out any figures (birds, butterflies, hearts, airplanes, and so on) and fix them on the wall using double-sided tape. Of course, they will soon become dusty, but then it will not be a pity to replace them with another decor. A good option to decorate a wall is to make volume letters from threads on it. To do this, place the safety pins on the canvas so that the outline of the letters is obtained. After you need to wrap them with colored yarn so that the image becomes voluminous.
Panel from fabric and wall-paper
This is a relatively new kind of decor. The idea is that a piece of wallpaper or fabric is placed on a canvas or enclosed under a frame. Images with a large pattern look beautiful. But the picture can be any, if only it is combined in color and with the general style of the interior of the room.
It is not always worth throwing away the remains of wallpaper. Decorating a wall with them is a great idea. For example, you can purchase plain rolls with a floral pattern. First perform a combined pasting. And then - on a plain wall hang a panel made of wallpaper with the image of flowers.
Using mirrors
Mirrors not only decorate the room, but also add light and visually increase the space. When choosing, it is worth paying attention to the frame. It should fit perfectly into the interior. For example, for the classic style, a wooden frame with gilding is suitable, and for hi-tech, a metal one. A solid mirror wall looks very bold. Mirror tiles look no less original. They can be laid out on the wall in a chaotic manner or in the form of some kind of figure. If you do not want to see reflection everywhere, you can purchase panels that only imitate the mirror surface.
Useful Tips
The choice of decoration method primarily depends on personal preferences. But be sure to consider that individual fragments are in perfect harmony with some rooms, while in others they look completely ridiculous. It is necessary to take into account the size of the room, its functional areas and the overall style.
If the room has small defects in the wall, then it is better to paste over it with wallpaper or photo wallpaper. It is recommended that you opt for vinyl or non-woven material. Large irregularities will help hide decorative plaster. If the repair is done in the bathroom, then for finishing it is worth taking only the raw materials that are resistant to moisture.
So, the publication told how to beautifully decorate the walls in an apartment or a private house. In fact, this is only part of the ideas. There are many decor options - everything is limited only by imagination. If it is difficult to determine the type of material, then you can opt for vinyl stickers or graphics. These elements fit perfectly into almost any interior.