Wall murals: the past century or a new look?

How to choose wallpaper with beautiful views and stereo effect, interior design nuances, is it worth using this technique

Owners of country cottages and apartments often decorate the interior of their property on their own. For example, from the whole variety of modern finishing materials, choosing a photo wallpaper or wallpaper with a stereoscopic effect (i.e. n. 3D illusion). What caused this decision? Will beautiful pictures on the walls, printed on paper or non-woven backing, fit into the design of your room? Let's talk about this, based on the practical experience and recommendations of portal users.

Photo wallpaper in the interior - stylish and versatile decor

Many would add a question mark to the above heading. The reason is that some people believe that the wallpaper is a relic of the past, and this material gives the interior a fake and artificiality.

Lamfadel

FORUMHOUSE user

In my opinion, photowall-paper is an imitation of a certain virtual space in which a person would like to be, but, for various reasons, cannot. An example is the wallpaper on the desktop of a computer monitor. Wall murals on the walls are decorations when the soul demands, but circumstances do not allow. This leads to unstable psychological discomfort in a person, as well as to the grotesque interior. I believe that photowall-paper can be used only in very rare cases, and only strictly dosed. Then they look beautiful in the interior. This issue must be approached meaningfully and in conjunction with the stylistic and design features of the room. Wall murals in every room are overkill.

Wall murals cannot be sculpted thoughtlessly, according to the principle, if only there was a bright picture on the wall. For example, if a small room is cluttered with furniture that stylistically does not match the photo wallpaper.

Even abroad photomurals are rarely used for interior decoration (do not confuse photo wallpaper with designer or artistic wall painting).

Photo printing should be the same as the interior and geometry of the room, and complement the space of the room.

Sirgreener

FORUMHOUSE user

It seems to me that everything depends on how to fit the wallpaper into the interior. If you achieve harmony with the rest of the interior elements, then the picture will not get bored. And if you just paste over the wall with an autumn landscape, as it was with my grandmother in the 90s, then the picture will soon "fizzle out".

Portal user Clude believes that the wallpaper does not create discomfort. On the contrary, a person should be surrounded by what he likes and pleases here and now. Especially if you are a resident of a metropolis and every day you see the same concrete "boxes". In this case, photo wallpaper is a window to another world, and an incentive to change something in your life. For example, if you want to go to the sea - glue photowall-paper with a beautiful view of the ocean (of course, not thoughtlessly, but stylistically consistent with the entire interior). Look at her, dream of the lapping of waves and warm sand under your bare feet.

The picture will become a reminder to get out to sea. After all, thoughts are material.

Recommendations for choosing photo wallpaper

When a person is puzzled by the question of which wallpaper to choose and whether they are convenient to use, he turns to the Internet for help. It is necessary to enter a request for photo wallpaper, as prompts will appear: “photo wallpaper on the wall”, “3D photo wallpaper”, “photo wallpaper catalog”, etc. If you follow the links, you will see hundreds of pictures with beautiful pictures of photo wallpapers. Eyes run wide. How to choose if most of them advertising photos in expensive foreign interiors without the slightest connection to Russian reality.

The same goes for the laudatory reviews. The way out is to refer to the practical experience of users and participants of FORUMHOUSE.

Informer

Participant FORUMHOUSE

I didn’t like photowall-paper, but, looked at examples of their use, and caught fire with this idea. There were questions:

• It is true that the wallpaper is very thin.
• Are folds formed when gluing the photo wallpaper?
• Wall murals do not tear or scratch.
• Is it convenient to use them in the room.
• Can photomurals be washed?
• Do they look stylish?

JuliaYa

Participant FORUMHOUSE

When we ordered and bought vinyl wall murals, we were pleasantly surprised that they were not thin at all. Sticking to walls like regular vinyl. The ones we have chosen have not a smooth, but a pleasant textured surface. These are more reliable. We decorated an empty wall and chose a perspective image.

Vinyl photomurals have a paper or, which is more practical, more durable and stronger, a non-woven base, and on top are covered with a protective and decorative polyvinyl chloride coating. Polymer film (vinyl) is not afraid of water. It is resistant to mechanical stress.

Vinyl wallpaper is washable, making it easy to use in the kitchen.

Fotosoup

FORUMHOUSE member

Regular paper murals can tear when glued, bubble and fade after a couple of years. If you want the photo wallpaper to please you for 10-15 years, then select the picture you like on the Internet, which will fit into the interior, and print it on thick vinyl wallpaper.

A high-resolution picture for custom-made photo wallpaper can be selected in a photo bank (photo stocks) on the Internet.

Wallpaper for digital photo printing is not just vinyl, but specially designed for this. There are many textures of photowall-paper: from fine and coarse sand, to canvas imitation, in the form of a fresco, matting and other finishing materials.

It is better to print with latex ink - it does not smell.

Examples of decorating the interiors of the kitchen, living room and children's rooms with photo wallpaper

You can print anything on your photo wallpaper - from a picture of a famous master to abstract landscapes.

Examples of the use of photo wallpaper in the interior of the bedroom.

Mielena

Participant FORUMHOUSE

And I pasted wallpaper in the kitchen in a log house. True, I bought paper ones, the ones that were. The wall and beams were first leveled with plywood. All caps and screws were sunk. Better to putty before gluing. And that's what I ended up with. True, the interior is still being finalized for wallpaper.

Idea for a note:Alis0501 wants to use just such a picture, not only as a photo wallpaper, but as a picture on a canvas in a frame and hung on the wall to decorate the staircase in the house.

“Imagine,” says the user, “you are going up the stairs, and it’s as if this staircase leads you to the moon!”.

Derbes asks if there are 3D wallpapers and what they look like. Here's one example.

And another example.

Wall murals as a portal to the sky.

And this wallpaper with stereoscopic effectletema88.

When guests arrive, they ask if this is a real window. More examples of 3D photo wallpapers with perspective.

A good example of integrating photo wallpaper into the space of a room.

And more options.

And this is a photo wallpaper in a children's room.

The advantage of photo wallpaper for a child's room is that, as he grows up, you can change the pictures in the interior. From simple fairy-tale landscapes to images of idols or illustrations from books, or frames from your favorite movies.

The main thing is not to forget about environmental friendliness and buy or order printing of high-quality photo wallpapers from trusted manufacturers.

Decorating rooms with photo wallpaper: tips and an algorithm of actions

dom32

FORUMHOUSE user

The room for decorating with photo wallpaper should not be cluttered with furniture. Then the picture will look great. Before gluing, think over the options for arranging furniture and the relationship of the photo wallpaper with it and with the rest of the interior.

Wall murals can visually flip the decor in a room, enlarge the space and bring the walls to life. And to achieve this effect, you need to adhere to a few simple gluing rules:

• Wall murals should harmoniously fit and be combined not only with furniture, but also with the entire interior. Furniture is often matched to wallpaper. The main thing is to adhere to a single composition.

• Photowall-paper should be glued to the whole wall.

• Ideally, the edges of the photo wallpaper should be finished / framed with wall corners or ceiling decor.

• The picture on the wallpaper can be emphasized with LED backlighting. This will make the wallpaper stand out and draw attention to it.

LED lighting and glowing wallpapers open up great possibilities for imagination when decorating the interior with photo wallpapers.

• Wall murals should help you relax, not irritate your eyes. Avoid using bright, flashy, chemical colors. This is especially important for the bedroom.

Conclusions: Photo wallpaper is not a panacea for decorating rooms, but only a design tool.

In skillful hands, they can emphasize the merits of a room or hide its flaws.

Before buying or ordering wall murals, do not be lazy, make a design project, then the result will exceed all expectations.

We advise you to study the topic of a professional designer-architect: "EcoLoft or how to make it beautifully using non-standard materials".

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