Wallpaper in a small hallway: varieties and tips for choosing

The choice of wallpaper for small rooms in living quarters is a pretty big question. Especially when it comes to a hallway in a house or apartment. In order to correctly and harmoniously arrange a walk-through room in a dwelling, you should be guided by certain recommendations.

Wallpaper canvases used to decorate small hallways give designers and decorators room to implement almost any idea. There is a certain number of recommendations regarding the choice of wallpaper for hallways, which will help to harmoniously and correctly decorate the walk-through room.

• For small and narrow corridors, it is worth considering products only from a light palette.

• An effective design technique for visually increasing the height of the walls in a room without window openings will be the use of wallpaper with vertical regular lines. Such products will help to make the room cozy and light.

• It is not recommended to place too much furniture in small corridors of apartments or private houses. To decorate the situation attractively, it is allowed to use wallpaper on one wall with bright images, purchasing for this product with a volumetric pattern.

• Wallpaper can be pasted over in the hallway not only the walls, but also the ceiling, it is recommended to decorate it with light materials. This technique will provide the corridor with a sense of airiness. If you choose the right products, then the space between the floor and the ceiling will seem much larger.

• Wallpaper with a pattern will become a fairly popular solution. A well-chosen ornament with small images will have a positive effect on the external design of the walk-through room.

• The right solution would be to use wallpaper with contrasting color, which can be represented by monochrome black and white compositions, a combination of red and black shades. Such bold solutions, well-designed, will allow a small room in a home to sparkle with new colors.

• Glossy products will be most correct to glue in the hallway. This is due to the peculiarities of such material to visually make the room more spacious. There are attractive options for wallpaper with a mirror effect, a metallic sheen, which will have a positive effect on the overall style and atmosphere of the corridor.

• For "Khrushchevs" and other cramped dwellings, it is worth initially abandoning the use of dark products for pasting surfaces. Also, products with a large pattern are not suitable for corridors.

• For narrow hallways, but with high ceilings, it is allowed to use products with an expressive pattern, which will help to make the corridor neat and comfortable, which will be relevant for any home.

• Various embossing and texture is the right solution for the visual expansion of the walk-through room.

Today, manufacturers offer consumers a huge selection of various products for decorating hallways, different in size and style. Among the most popular types of coatings, the following are worth highlighting.

Such products are notable for their affordable cost, in addition, wallpaper made from this raw material is completely environmentally friendly, which means safe for human health. Modern wallpaper made of paper is made in two layers, which positively affects their service life, as well as resistance to mechanical damage.

Such products for the decoration of small and large rooms will be denser and more durable in comparison with paper wallpaper. These products can be smooth, corrugated, with a mirror surface made in other equally attractive variations. The products will look good in any stylistic solutions, including classics and modern design solutions.

This variety is represented by two-layer products, where paper acts as the main layer, and the second will be raw materials consisting of textile fibers. In addition to the fact that such wallpaper canvases are able to fully cope with the task of decorating walls and ceilings in the hallway, such products will act as a heat-insulating component in a residential area.

The products contain a vinyl layer, after gluing such canvases can be additionally repainted in the desired color. Products from this category will be durable, stand out for their breathability, as well as resistance to fire.

Raw materials from the natural group of canvases for surface decoration. Any chemistry is absent in the composition of such products. As for the colors, then products will differ based on the geography of the crops used for the production of wallpaper.

The selection of suitable products is based on the properties and characteristics of the raw materials. So, for hallways, it is recommended to consider the following criteria.

• Practicality. Products for pasting walls and ceilings must be dense, which will provide them with resistance to mechanical damage inevitable in dwellings. It is better to choose thick, but smooth canvases from which, if necessary, it will be possible to easily clean almost any stains and dirt.

• Environmental friendliness. Based on the fact that the corridor is an integral part of the dwelling, preference in terms of material should be given to canvases that are completely safe for the health of people living in the dwelling.

• Design. The design of the materials used should be relevant to the entire interior, and also suitable for combination with other finishing materials that can be used to decorate the walls, floor or ceiling in the hallway.

Since in most cases, the primary task of wallpaper is to create a comfortable atmosphere, the corridors will need decoration that visually enlarges the space, and light colors will be the best option. Such products will be easier to combine with commonly used panels that imitate brickwork, natural wood trim, textured plaster.

Most often used in corridors beige color. Light shades will help to zone the space, combined rooms with different finishes will look fresh and original. In modern design solutions, for example, high-tech, the use of gray shadesas well as bold acidic colors such as purple, light green, red, which can be combined with pastel colors.

To make an interesting design of a small hallway with wallpaper, you can resort to a popular solution that allows you to combine different textures. The classic assumes the option of visually expanding the area by pasting the walls and ceiling with canvases of different colors with dominant light shades, but with dividing the walls into certain areas, adjusting the design for the placement of the furniture set. A classic interior can also be decorated with wallpaper with a large pattern, beautiful monograms on the surface.

For rustic styles like provence or country designers recommend purchasing textured canvases with floral ornaments for walls, while decorating some areas with natural wood, stone or imitation of natural raw materials... It is also allowed to use combined combinations, where the wallpaper will be dark, and additional natural material can be chosen in a light range of wood shades or stone.

Textured wallpaper with abstraction or a clear pattern can be successfully combined using alternately a plain canvas and a strip with a pattern. In this case, the color scheme can be in one shade or in contrasting tones.

Small hallways decorated with wallpaper can be successfully combined with volumetric cornices of different types, you can also use textured decorative skirting board... It is possible to combine finishes not only in the vertical version, but also by choosing the ideas of horizontal division. The bottom row can be made darker, thus, it will be possible to create a kind of working "apron" on the wall.This idea will become practical, and will also avoid monotony in the design of the corridor.

The combination of finishes involves the use of not only two, but also three colors of wallpaper you like. In this case, most of the surfaces for finishing are assigned to the basic light tone, the rest are distributed around the room in accordance with the arrangement of furniture and other accessories.

A delicate and bright floral print on wallpaper, combined with a perfectly white design of a small hallway, will decorate and revive the interior of the room, make the design unusual and attractive.

An interesting and fresh solution for a small hallway can be a version of wallpaper with imitation of city landscapes, made with a simple pencil. The design of such a room will become a relevant and interesting solution for the owners who welcome modern stylistic solutions regarding the interior.

A perfectly white room will prove to be no less a good solution for hallways that are cramped in size. To dilute such a decoration, it is worth using a contrasting textile product in the form of a carpet at the entrance.

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