When a person thinks about repairing an apartment, the stumbling block becomes hallway decoration. This room is usually small in size, lacking natural light, but with high traffic. Therefore, it is so important not to make a mistake when choosing wallpaper for the hallway. After all, the whole interior will depend on them. A correctly selected drawing can visually expand a small space, add the missing light to it. It is the hallways that are the visiting card of the owners, the place where guests immediately get when they enter the dwelling. A place whose design determines the first impression of the apartment.
Types of wallpaper used in the hallway
Given the purpose of the space, choice of wallpaper for the hallway you need to remember that they will be subject to constant pollution. Therefore, only those types that can be washed are selected for decoration. This is determined by the icons on the labels of the rolls.
- Vinyl wallpapers look great on the walls, hiding their defects. Resistant to tearing and easily tolerate mechanical stress when washing walls.
- Silkscreen is a wallpaper made from natural materials. They have a paper base and a top layer of silk threads. It is advisable to putty the walls before sticking them, as irregularities will be noticeable.
- The decoration in the hallway (photo) with liquid wallpaper looks very good. They are applied to the walls like putty. This type of finish cannot be washed, but the contaminated area can be removed with a spatula and a new layer applied.
- If the owners of the apartment like frequent changes in the design of the room, then you can use cullet. They are convenient because they can be painted in any color. If you want to change the scale, just wash off the old paint with a solvent, and you can paint again.
- Wallpaper made of cork, palm leaves and bamboo wallpaper in the interior of the hallway not only look great, but also create a special atmosphere. In addition, they are environmentally friendly, and also tolerate wet cleaning well.
Wallpaper colors
When choosing a color scheme, it is necessary to give preference to light or neutral tones. The gloomy dark tone brought into the small hallway will make the room even smaller, it will put oppressive pressure on the people in it. White color can distort the space, it will become blurry and boring.
But at the same time, plain wallpaper for a small hallway is the ideal material, on the basis of which you can then build the original design of the entire interior. Working with such wallpapers is the most difficult.
- The walls under the canvases should be perfectly even and smooth.
- Since the corridor is a passage room, expressive colors will look good in it. They will give dynamics, visually enlarging the room.
- Warm orange shades will add a drop of sun to the interior, create a positive mood.
- Yellow, gold colors, usually used in the decoration of palace premises, will give the hallway a solemn look, while it will have a special charm of solidity.
- Green wallpaper in the hallway (photo) will give a sense of peace and tranquility.
Before making a final choice, you can take a wallpaper sample from the store and see how it will look in your hallway.
Interior wallpaper with dark doors
Modern design style has brought into fashion the installation of interior doors in dark colors. In large hallways, it is not difficult to beat them and include them in a decor element. Hallways in apartments usually try to visually enlarge, so the wallpaper in the hallway under the dark doors should be chosen in contrast with the doors of light colors.
Properly executed horizontal combination of wallpaper in the hallway will also help to smooth out the dominant pressure of dark color that will come from the doors. This type of pasting of the room will allow you to visually change the shape and size of the space, emphasizing the style of the interior.
- The lower part of the wall is pasted over with a heavier material.
- The color scheme of the lower part should be in harmony with the color of the door leaf.
- For the upper part, it is better to use a contrasting color. It can be either monophonic or have a floral or abstract pattern.
When combined wallpaper is glued, the joints of different thicknesses are masked with an overlay that has the color of a door or the bottom of a wall.
- A monochrome combination of colors will give the hallway in the apartment a strict formality, and the addition of bright colors will make it playfully original.
Wallpaper combination
Wallpaper combination for the hallway can be used not only to beat the piece of furniture.
- When decorating, the upper half of the walls can be decorated with light wallpaper, and the lower half can be practically darkened by choosing purple, brown or maroon for this. Such an arrangement of them will not only visually expand the hallway, but also allow you to clean the dirt without leaving visible marks.
- Horizontal stripes will push the space apart and lower the level of the ceiling, while a vertical stripe will have the opposite effect. However, inept work with this material can lead to too much narrowing or expansion of space. Therefore, striped wallpaper should be used with caution.
- Inserts made of brightly colored material with large patterns can be used to create individual accents in the room. They will draw attention to themselves by bringing the wall they are on closer. Such inserts look good in long narrow corridors on the walls opposite the front door.
- The combination of a saturated color with a softer shade of the same gamut also looks good.
In a classic hallway design, wallpaper can be combined with panels.
Mustard color in the design of the hallway
Mustard color has become the main color in the design of recent years. It creates a special atmosphere of warmth and peace in any room in which it is used.
- Wallpaper in the hallway, made in this color scheme, cannot be supplemented with more than two colors.
- Before using this color, you need to decide how to combine wallpaper in the hallway so that it is solo.
- When gluing material designed in such colors, it must be remembered that in the hallway there should not be a large amount of furniture and decor items. A photo or poster on the wall, a mirror, a hanger and a small bench. This will be enough to create a cozy interior.
Mustard is a tone that does not go well with all colors.
- It will look good when combined with decorative elements and furniture in purple.
- It looks good in combination with blue or brown.
- Interesting combination of mustard color with white. This color is perfect for light doors.
- It will be harmoniously combined with a duet of light green and pink.
