- a very urgent problem, because every second inhabitant of the apartment faces it. This problem affects not only high-rise buildings, but also cottages and private houses. People try to arrange the windows of their house in such a way that the room is as bright as possible, but even with this approach, it is almost impossible to achieve the desired result. But don't worry, all of these problems are solvable.
With the help of artificial lighting (read more in the article: "How to choose lighting") and well-chosen wallpaper for a dark room, you can change your living space for the better, making it much more comfortable and brighter.
Cons of a dark room
- Gloom;
- Bad visibility;
- Inability to spend time comfortably.
Choosing wallpaper color
The first step is to consider the color palette for wallpaper in a dark room. For dark rooms, wallpaper of light colors is recognized as the best option. Peach and golden tones will help to add a bit of joy to a dark room. You can also read the article "Tables of color combinations in the interior" and choose the best option.
Don't forget that the colors can be mixed for different shades for the soul. Just be careful, do not overdo it, because if the walls are too contrasting, the darkness of the room will not be eliminated from this.
We would like to draw your attention to the fact that it is not worth buying wallpaper with a large outstanding pattern for a dark room, as it contributes to the effect of "visual darkening" of the room and will significantly reduce its size.
Try to paste over a dark room with wallpaper with a small pattern, slight reliefs and an unobtrusive color.
If you cannot make a choice in favor of wallpaper without patterns, then persuade yourself to buy wallpaper in a plain bed color, because if you are reading this article, then your room probably requires additional light, and without these wallpapers it will be unrealistic to achieve this.
As an example, we will give several options for pasting: we make one wall the central one and glue on it the lightest wallpaper with a relief and small patterns, and we glue the other three walls in a slightly darker color. Thus, we can visually increase the illumination of the room. Note that the brightest wall should be the one opposite the window. Another nuance - when you paste over the walls of a dark room, try to choose reflective wallpaper, this will help to further exacerbate the illumination of the room.
Wallpaper for a dark living room
If you are the owner of a dark living room, do not despair. We will help you to lighten it up in a matter of minutes with the help of wallpaper. To begin with, we recommend reading the article "What color of wallpaper to choose", and then proceed to a more subtle selection of shades.
A great idea would be to combine wallpaper colors to get something original. Of course, you can make the game in contrast, but this is unlikely to make your room brighter.
Please note! The only option available in this case for playing on contrast for lighting a dark room will be the one we proposed above.
You can also decorate your room with interesting decorations and bright elements, but do not forget that our task is to make the room brighter, not more colorful. Add two or three notes of bright, colorful flowers, and your dark living room will transform into a cozy, bright room. Of course, do not forget to paste over it with wallpaper, according to the scheme proposed by us.
Wallpaper texture for dark room
The lightening effect of our room can be enhanced by purchasing wallpaper with the correct texture. For example, matte wallpaper with deep embossing will absorb almost all of our efforts and attempts to brighten the room, since they will leave almost all the sunlight. Our goal is a glossy wallpaper that will reflect light (by the way, we already mentioned reflective wallpaper in passing). They will not only help to make the room brighter, but also visually enlarge it. If you are full of creativity, you can paint the wallpaper in iridescent colors with your own hands and enjoy good lighting in the room.
Photo: wallpaper texture in a dark room
A fairly good effect can be expected from liquid wallpaper, they will help you make your room brighter and more spacious. Liquid wallpaper has reflective qualities, due to which the room will visually increase and become at least 40% lighter. The main task when choosing liquid wallpaper is to take into account that the light reflection of these wallpapers is obtained through the use of sparkles, which are present in almost all types of liquid wallpaper.
As you can see, I will make my dark room lighter very simply, and most importantly, inexpensively and without much time. Be sure to take advantage of all our tips and brighten up your room.
The use of dark wallpaper in apartment interior design
As for the dark-colored parts of the apartment, for which various techniques are used for lightening and the original look, it is not so difficult to list them. So, brightening wallpaper can be used for walls:
- living room;
- bedrooms;
- hallway;
- kitchens;
- hall.
What to look for when designing
As far as the widespread belief is concerned, many believe that the problem of dark small rooms can be easily solved with the help of bright interior lighting in the center of the room. However, this is not the case.
Advice! The best solution would be to place color sources, both in different corners and areas of the room, and at different height levels.
As for lighting, in their reviews, interior design experts do not recommend fighting blackouts in rooms by lighting them in light blue, gray and terracotta tones. The fact is that when the weather is bad, these colors turn into rather faded and inexpressive shades, unable to compensate for the insufficient amount of sunlight and light. In addition, it is undesirable to use also pearlescent shades.
How to brighten a room - video
Thank you for your attention and wish you a successful repair!
When it comes time to renovate, choose wallpaper or paint for decorating an apartment, few of us think about dark walls. We are used to the fact that designers often decorate our apartments in standard colors. Immediately before the final answer - whether to use heavy colors during repairs in your interior decoration of the apartment, we advise you to first look through the photos of dark wallpaper and how you can decorate the apartment.
How to combine correctly
Traditionally, we are used to decorating an apartment with light colors, because we associate them with harmony, tranquility and stability. Do not be afraid to glue dark wallpaper in the interior - with the right combination, you will not get an absolutely black interior, but on the contrary, you will have a very refined and elegant room.
Best combination options:
- contrast - one of the walls may be gloomy (if it is a dining room, the dining area will be black, in the living room black tones will look great behind the sofa, and so on);
- dividing the apartment into several zones will work out well when using light-dark wallpaper (ideal in a small room);
- transition with shadows - ideal for a very bright room;
- using one or two non-light walls (it is desirable that they are located opposite to each other), you can visually increase the length of the space of the room;
- dull tones are ideal for rooms where there is increased pollution - a kitchen area where they cook a lot, a corridor and others.
Remember a couple of simple rules for combining - in a simple version, two colors will do; with a complex version, more than two colors can be applied; non-standard combination involves the use of more than three shades.
Black will look good as a background - this way you can emphasize all the details of the situation. The interior of a small room, papered with black wall coverings, can be broken with mirrors, wall lamps, white cornices or baseboards. Furniture should also be bright and light.
Do not forget about the presence of green plants. A small recommendation - the flooring should also be in harmony with the wall coverings. It is better to take parquet or laminate in classic wood colors.
Don't be afraid to apply a blue tint to your home decor. A bright blue hue will work well with beige, white, brown, metallic, sand and other warm wall paints. Combining cool and warm colors like this will give your home decor a chic and daring look.
Do not combine other bright colors with blue wall coverings - they will draw all the attention. In case you want to glue dark blue wall coverings, glue them to one side of the wall. It is better to decorate the rest of the walls in other cold colors.
To dilute the gloomy green walls, you can add accessories in blue, beige, white, yellow colors. These can be pillows for sofas, bedspreads, curtains, and more.
Dark gray wallpapers don't look friendly. In order to smooth out the non-friendliness effect, play with contrast - add some warm tones (reds, yellows, oranges or greens).
Features of using dark wallpaper
Using a combination of gloomy and bright areas, we can create a contrasting accent on one of the main surfaces of the room. Purple, brown, blue and green undertones are considered the most common combinations with dark wallpapers.
To create an excellent interior decoration of the room, use for combination not only wall decoration, but also furniture of other brighter halftones. The most popular dark-colored wallpapers can be paper, non-woven, vinyl or fabric.
If the apartment is well lit by sunlight, you can apply gloomy paints on the walls, like certain spots. An interesting option that deserves your attention is gluing wallpaper with drawings in a gloomy room. For more light, use a gloss paint that reflects the sun directly into the room.
Effects with dark colors will help you achieve visuals. Wall coverings in dark shades will do a good job of emphasizing the classic style of the interior, art deco, baroque.
If you want to visually stretch the space, paint the farthest wall in the room with dark paint. You can also paste over or paint two opposite sides in dark colors. Thus, you can decorate any room, regardless of what its purpose is.
Basic rules for decorating the interior of an apartment
- The darkest side must always be located opposite the window.
- There should be bright spots in the room - if the walls are pasted over or painted with a non-light color, then the furniture should be brighter and vice versa.
- Heavy tones should be used in spacious rooms.
- There should always be a light side opposite the bed.
- It is forbidden to use gloomy halftones in the children's room.
- Wallpaper in a dark hallway can be used in white shades.
Photo of dark wallpaper in the interior
Modern wallpapers are so diverse that anyone can choose a worthy option for their home. There are a huge number of very different colors, among which most of the available colors, many beautiful drawings and photographs. A well-chosen color and pattern on the wallpaper can help eliminate room imperfections and highlight the merits.
Today we want to talk about what wallpaper options you can choose for a small, dark room to make it comfortable and cozy, and not lifelessly gloomy.
Floral theme in the interior of a tiny room
Difficulties of design
In our apartments and houses there are different rooms: wide and narrow, light and dark. For large and light rooms, it is quite easy to come up with and implement any interior, but in a dark, small room, everything is much more complicated.
Why such premises are found is easy to explain, the following factors are to blame:
- Depending on the location of the house, many rooms in apartments are poorly lit. There are also those where there is very little natural light.
- In densely built-up residential areas, situations often arise when one house blocks access to sunlight for another. On the lower floors of the house, trees can also block the light.
- Illumination can be disturbed after repair work related to the redevelopment of the premises.
However, the situation can be corrected if you choose the right wallpaper, they can help increase the illumination of the room and, possibly, its visual perception. Thus, from a dark and small room, you can get a bright room that is quite suitable for living.
It is clear that you will have to work with lighting in such a room, increase the number of lighting devices, and successfully distribute them by zones. But lighting partly solves the problem, you won't always keep it on. Therefore, it is worth considering the possibility of pasting wallpaper in light colors, a pastel palette is also suitable. If you want to bring a little color into the room, you can pick up accent wallpapers and place them in the brightest part of the room.
One of the rooms of a multi-room apartment
It is not necessary to achieve strong contrast in a small room, it does not contribute to an increase in illumination, however, it is permissible to use more than one color, but several. The successful combination of variegated and calm shades allows you to get the illusion of a light space.
Plain wallpaper is perfect for such a room, you can consider what options wallpaper stores offer us and choose. It is advisable to focus on pastel colors. It is also permissible to use a small drawing and a small relief, they will not spoil the overall picture, but add originality.
It is strongly discouraged to use a large ornament on the wallpaper for a small, poorly lit room. Since such a pattern will negatively affect the perception of the room as a whole, it will give the impression that it is smaller and darker than it actually is.
Another design technique will allow you to transform the room by increasing its illumination: glue light wallpaper with a small, discreet pattern on the wall opposite the window, and glue the rest of the walls with canvases in the same tone, but slightly darker. Thus, you will achieve an original perception of the space, it will seem to you that the light expands the room, reflecting from one of the walls. In fact, this will happen, which means that in this way we will get two very light walls in the room at once.
Striped wallpaper will help to work with the geometry of the room. Depending on the direction of the strips, they can increase the height of the ceiling, or lengthen the walls. A strip of medium thickness works well, while any color can be used: bright colors will make the interior more lively, restrained more strict.
Expansion of the room through the use of light wallpaper
Colors and combinations
To brighten up a small, dark room, you can use multiple colors. A couple of light and one bright will be enough to create a balanced interior, and make a small emphasis on important places in the room.
If you use more bright colors, the room may turn out to be too bloody, saturated. Of course, outwardly it will look more lively, lighter and even brighter, but it will be difficult to be in it for a long time. Do not forget that the use of contrasting combinations in the room of such a room is also inappropriate.
Wallpaper for a dark and small room should work with all its texture for lightening, so options should be considered with a glossy finish. It is very good if glitter is already present on the wallpaper, if not, then they can always be added to liquid wallpaper or paintable options. It is very easy to mix reflective elements into the preparation mixture of liquid wallpaper. After applying it to the walls, the sparkles will be located on them in a chaotic manner. By adding similar elements to paint for painting walls or wallpaper, you can also achieve a similar result.
Choosing glossy wallpapers, we know for sure that matte wall canvases will not suit us for our room, since they help to absorb light, not reflect it.
Comfortable and warm atmosphere in the bedroom
Do not forget about the side of the world that the windows of your premises face. In our situation, most likely it will be the north side, which means that they will be perfect for us:
- yellow colors, sunny and cheerful;
- beige tones, soft, light and at the same time very warm;
- various variations of orange, gold colors.
White and its shades will not be appropriate here. In low light, they will look gray, nondescript and dreary, and we do not need depressive moods at home.
You can use the original move when choosing wallpaper in a store. Just ask yourself the rolls of wallpaper you like to try on, and in the actual conditions of the room, see how they will look on the wall on a normal day under natural lighting and under artificial lighting. If you are satisfied with this type of walls, buy them, otherwise continue looking for the desired color.
Psychology of color
Understanding the psychology of color will make it even easier for you to choose wallpaper for a small room with poor lighting. As you probably know, psychologists have long ago identified the effect of different colors on people.
An approximate list of primary colors and their effects is as follows:
- One of the positive mood-enhancing flowers is peach. It is quite soft and light, but at the same time slightly energetic. It is used in living rooms, bedrooms in kitchens.
- To accumulate vital energy in a room, a yellow color palette is often used. This wallpaper color reminds us of summer, relaxation and fun, and therefore brings joy and pleasant emotions. Yellow is a bright enough color, so it will be in place in the living room, kitchen or bathroom.
Cozy small living room
- Orange has similar properties, wallpaper in this color energizes, increases brain activity and awakens appetite. By toning the body, orange predisposes to active actions. Wallpaper in this tone is appropriate in the kitchen, in the living room.
- A luxurious gold tone is used as accents; it cannot be the main one due to its high impulsiveness and saturation. With its help, you can add brightness, solemnity and nobility to the room. Wallpapers with drawings of this color fit perfectly into the classic interior of living rooms
- A calm, comfortable, warm and cozy atmosphere in the room will help to create the colors of the beige palette. This laid-back tone promotes rest and relaxation, which means the main place of its application is in the bedroom.
- In combination with beige, a brown tone is often used, it kind of stabilizes the interior. The chocolate shade of brown looks the most advantageous, it brings comfort with it to the house, and with its internal energy helps to relieve stress.
- Pink is considered to be a characteristic romantic color. In its light performance, it calms, brings tenderness, while in its bright and saturated it excites passion. It is customary to use a similar color scheme in bedrooms, bathrooms, children's rooms.
- Red tones have always been associated with the holiday, they bring joy and fun. Most often, red is used in large living rooms, where it is necessary to achieve a solemn atmosphere in the interior. In the kitchen, it is also appropriate, as it helps to awaken the appetite.
Design of a bedroom in an apartment on the upper floors of a multi-storey building
- Even in a small and dark room, consider using a purple wallpaper. Despite the fact that it belongs to the galaxy of dark tones, it also contributes to the expansion of the visual space. If you successfully combine it with a light tone, you can expand the space and lighten it.
- Blue tones are also designed to expand the space; they can be used in both large and small rooms. They add freshness, lightness, reduce human fatigue and emotional stress. Wallpaper in blue is most often used in bedrooms, living rooms, children's rooms.
- On the other hand, the blue tone narrows and diminishes the space; it is a cold and deep color that has an extremely calming effect. Wallpaper in this color is applicable in large rooms where there is very good natural and artificial lighting.
- Natural green color scheme promotes relaxation and quick recovery of the body. Depending on their saturation, such tones can be used in rooms of any size. Wallpaper with green colors is actively used in children's rooms, living rooms, in kitchens.
Summarizing all of the above, it is worth noting that when choosing wallpaper for a small, poorly lit room, it is important to pay attention not only to the color of the canvases, but also to the size of their pattern, the glossiness of the texture and the presence of relief on it. Do not forget about the side of the world that the windows face from the room. If you take into account all these factors, and besides, take wallpaper from the store for fitting, the probability of error will be minimal.
Probably, many are faced with such a problem as the correct interior design in a dark room. Some rooms in our apartments or houses become dark for various reasons:
- it may be due to the fact that there is little sun on this side of the house;
- due to closely spaced trees or neighboring houses;
- as a result of redevelopment of the apartment, if the illumination of the room was not taken into account.
But with the right choice of wallpaper, you can correct all this and visually brighten the room.
Ways to solve the problem
Of course, the problem can be solved by lighting, but you won't keep the lights on all day and night, it's expensive and unnecessary. You can choose a color palette of wallpaper for the walls of a small dark room. First of all, the wallpaper should be in light colors: peach or golden. It is not necessary that they dominate in the color of the wallpaper; intersperses of these colors are enough. When choosing wallpaper, it must be borne in mind that by mixing different shades and colors, you can achieve the feeling of a light room, but measure is needed in everything: if you overdo it, it will turn out to be colorful, the room will become even darker, thus, you will achieve the opposite effect. We don't need a strong contrast.
To achieve the desired effect, you cannot use wallpaper with large patterns, this impairs the visual image of the room, it will seem smaller and darker. A small pattern, a small relief and a discreet color are the most suitable. If you decide to apply wallpaper without a pattern, then get a solid wallpaper in pastel colors.
To increase the illumination of the room, use this method: cover the wall opposite the window with wallpaper with a small pattern and a light tone. And paste over the other three walls with wallpaper that has a darker tone that matches the color of the light wall. You will get the visual effect of increasing the light. The thing is that a weak light from the street, reflected on a light wall, creates the feeling of two light walls.
Selection of a combination of colors
A dark living room can be lightened by matching and combining colors to make it look original. But do not rely on color contrast, this will only worsen the situation. Use the same scheme as above, just decorate the room with bright and light elements, for example, decorations or pictures, but do not overdo it, because our task is to make the room not colorful, but light. Two or three bright colors are enough to bring a touch of holiday and comfort.
Matte wallpaper absorbs sunlight and is therefore not suitable for us. Looking for the opposite: glossy wallpaper that reflects light and illuminates the room. It will be nice if there are glitters in the wallpaper. Creative people can be advised to paint the wallpaper on their own, enjoying the play of colors and admiring the effect made with their own hands. A type of wallpaper like liquid wallpaper may well suit you. Light colors, especially yellow, will transform the room into a clearing illuminated by sunlight. After all, liquid wallpaper contains reflective gloss.
In rooms with windows facing north, it is preferable to apply a cream-colored wallpaper. White will be similar to the tone of gray and will create an unpleasant impression of being in such a room. Adding yellow to one of the walls will give the impression of a sunny day.
Don't be afraid to experiment! If you are not sure of your choice, take a few pieces of wallpaper for a sample (ask the seller) and see how they look in different lighting conditions: in bright sun, in cloudy weather, with the lights on. This fitting will show you for sure whether the colors you have chosen match.
The effect of different tones on a person's mood
If you find it difficult to choose color options for lightening a dark room, knowing the effect of colors on a person's mood can also come in handy. Here is a description of the psychological effects of color on people:
- Peach-colored wallpapers are great for the bedroom, they make the room look larger and brighter. This color cheers up in gloomy rainy weather.
- Beige wallpaper creates a calm, peaceful atmosphere, and is also suitable for bedrooms or living rooms. Combined with white, creating light warm tones, when combined with others, slightly darker tones create a sense of calm.
- Wallpapers of golden colors stand out from the usual color scheme. They add a little solemnity, warmth, tenderness. An overabundance of this color will ruin the impression of the room, use it as a small addition to beige or light brown wallpaper.
- The cheerful yellow color combines with almost any other color, creates the effect of a sunny day in the room, and is great for lightening dark rooms.
- on the impression with the yellow ones. Color promotes working mood, raises tone, and attracts to communication. It is undesirable to use such wallpaper in the bedroom, it is best to glue them where your whole family often gathers.
- Brown wallpaper can cause sadness in a person, however, when combined with light shades, it can make a room a more noble, austere look. But they require more artificial lighting as they darken the room.
- Pink color is typical for romance, sensuality. A light pink shade evokes calmness, bright tones excite. Such wallpapers are quite suitable for brightening a girl's bedroom or in a bathroom.
- Aggressive red should be used in places where showiness and festivity are appropriate. This color stimulates the appetite, so it is worth using it in the dining room or in the kitchen.
- Purple wallpaper creates a sense of space in small rooms. This would seem to be a dark tone, but it does an excellent job of visually expanding rooms.
- Blue, on the other hand, narrows the space. This cool, soothing color reduces activity and induces drowsiness.
- Blue is the color of romantically minded people, it gives a feeling of comfort, reduces excitability. In some companies, blue rooms are used to resolve conflicts and disputes. Suitable for small rooms, allowing you to expand the space, suitable for children's rooms.
- Green is juxtaposed with life, confidence, visually pushing the walls apart. In such a room, it is easier to cope with anger, irritability, negativity.
- Striped wallpaper affects a person not so much with color as with a geometric pattern. The vertical stripes visually increase the height of the room. Horizontal stripes give the impression of increasing width. Bright colorful stripes create a good mood, playfulness. Classic - austere style.
As you can see in this article, the color scheme can be matched to increase light and space. For this, there are certain colors that can affect a person in different ways. You just have to decide what you want to achieve from a particular room.
Most people do not know how to use the richness of dark and saturated colors in the interior, but admire other people's examples. Traditionally, whitewash or light wallpaper was used to decorate city apartments and country houses so that the room did not seem dark. But it is the dark wallpaper in the interior of the hallway, bedroom or living room that can favorably set off the nobility of natural parquet, luxurious furniture and exquisite style of multilayer curtains. It is worthwhile to understand in detail when and how to use design techniques with the play of dark planes in order to give chic and extravagance to your personal space, where it is high time to change something.
Beautiful dark wallpaper
Dark wallpaper in bedroom design
There is no dispute about tastes, but there are cases when the choice in favor of black, dark gray or dark brown wallpaper in the interior is quite justified.
Secrets of a contrasting background
Many have noticed that a black background with soft backlighting is used for the most advantageous presentation of expensive things. In a jewelry store and on a catwalk with exclusive jewelry, at the exposition of an international exhibition or an elite salon. It would never occur to anyone to consider a black wall or a velvet backing, no, all attention is on the design of the main exhibit.
The same principle works when there is brown wallpaper in the interior, which has become the background for a fireplace, a white grand piano or a light furniture set with an elegant shape. It will not look the most advantageous if it merges with the color of the floor and walls. Although everyone decides for himself how to decorate the room, it is worth experimenting with dark walls - here is a good example.
Dark wallpaper in the interior
Striped dark wallpaper in the interior
Advice. It is not necessary to decorate all walls with a dark color in a light interior, one "central" (according to perception) wall is enough to shade:
- marble fireplace;
- soft corner with expensive upholstery;
- a glass showcase with lighting for antiques or a collection of expensive porcelain.
The principle of combining three colors
Considering collections of fashionable clothes, examples of modern interiors or some kind of designer installations, human consciousness will highlight and remember where the 3 primary colors are used. In this case, there should be a contrast of dark and light tones, where the dark is proportional to no more than ¼, plus one bright one - for emphasis. Other shades can act as a tint option. This is the accepted standard used by artists and designers around the world. This also works in home furnishings, from palaces to interiors with dark walls in a small kitchen or bedroom, as shown in the photo.
Dark wallpaper with patterns
Bedroom interior with dark wallpaper
Noble combination
The choice of the range and combination of shades occurs on a subconscious level. Everyone has their own preferences, but with all the richness of the existing natural palette, one can name:
- favorite colors;
- shades that cause dislike and unpleasant memories;
- neutral colors or something that does not cause any sensations in the interior of the room;
- preferred "warm" or "cold" scale.
Eliminating unpleasant components for the consciousness with the active use of "favorites", it is easy to beat the atmosphere, making the house more hospitable. For example, lovers of chocolate and coffee will surely like brown wallpaper in the interior of the bedroom or dining area with gold stains, reminiscent of foil or monochromatic. Silver and gold accessories and fittings are preferred.
Beautiful bedroom design with dark wallpaper
Living room with dark wallpaper
Other “mouth-watering” associations will be an excellent addition to the “tasty” place in the house of chocolate shades. These are cream, peach, orange, raspberry and caramel shades, as in the photo.
On a note. Not everyone loves brown, but experts say that it subconsciously gives a feeling of stability and solidity. These shades are considered warm, and they calm and soothe the atmosphere, especially in a home where representatives of three generations with different tastes live.
Chocolate shades “reconcile” and lead to calm, constructive dialogue. Perhaps that is why it is believed that chocolates are the best present at a party, and in the living room there is brown leather furniture.
Dark wallpaper in the interior
Dark wallpaper in the interior
Black wallpaper in the interior
Balance out excess lighting
It's no secret that dark walls hide excess lighting, especially on the south side of the house. In summer, direct sunlight blinds, and glossy walls and lacquered floors only enhance the effect. To compensate for them, it is worth choosing a room design with dark wallpaper with a matte texture:
- chocolate;
- graphite (dark gray);
- burgundy;
- emerald (dark green);
- sapphire (dark blue);
- black (jacquard or patterned).
Attention! Dark wallpapers are suitable for rooms with different functionalities in good lighting. Even in a northern bedroom or living room, they will be appropriate with competent lighting design with local illumination. Use diode and energy saving lamps to save money.
Chic room design with black wallpaper
Dark wallpaper in the interior
Combination table in the interior of dark shades with companions:
Note. This table suggests tried-and-true combinations, but daring experimentation is acceptable.
Dark wallpaper in the interior of the bedroom
Chic room interior with dark wallpaper
Interior of a room with dark wallpaper
Expert advice on the use of dark wallpaper
A thoughtful interior with brown wallpaper assumes a balance of color, where no more than a third or a quarter should be dark, depending on shades and additions. All shades of brown go well with white, especially if it has a large inclusion of yellow:
- cream;
- light beige;
- lactic;
- ecru, etc.
A thoughtful interior with brown wallpaper assumes a balance of color, where no more than a third or a quarter should be dark, depending on shades and additions.
The duet "chocolate and milk" is an excellent alternative to monochrome black and white interior. This contrast looks warmer and more welcoming. Adding accents from bright greenery will further enliven the atmosphere, especially for eco-styling, as in the photo.
White furniture looks luxurious, regardless of style, but against the background of light walls, it is lost or merged. The yin-yang design technique looks interesting when zoning a large living room. This is when white leather furniture is set off by brown wallpaper in the interior, and cabinet furniture made of wenge wood will be near a light wall with translucent curtains.
Dark wallpaper with beautiful flowers
Bedroom design with dark wallpaper
Many shades of brown are considered neutral because they harmonize well with natural wood and warm colors. This color in different saturations is periodically returning to interiors with new new names. They are used in classic and modern settings:
- cappuccino or "coffee with milk";
- chocolate;
- chestnut;
- terracotta;
- wenge, etc.
Practical advice. If you do not like monochromatic dark walls in the interior of the bedroom, but you like the color itself, choose lighter tones with a pattern:
- abstraction;
- geometry;
- wood grain;
- leopard print;
- autumn leaves;
- flowers and plant motives.
A brown background of walls with yellow is an excellent solution for a children's room, with pink - for a bedroom, with gold - in the living room, with orange - in the dining area. The combination of wenge with beige is considered classic for the hallway, and with turquoise for the bathroom. Followers of the Feng Shui teachings recommend using brown and red as the basis for the bathroom.
Black wallpaper in the interior
Black wallpaper with patterns in the interior
Fancy Black Wallpaper
Dark wallpapers in grays, blues and greens are used less often than brown ones, but this is how they create luxurious interiors with dark walls, for example.
A dark background, as already mentioned, will perfectly set off everything that you want to accentuate:
- expensive furniture;
- works of art;
- antiques;
- original accessories;
- luxury goods.
A rich green hue looks great in the English style, especially when it is in harmony with natural wood, billiard table cloth or velvet curtains.
Dark gray (graphite, anthracite, granite) wallpaper is a fashionable interior trend in 2017. These shades are best used in modern styles - loft, techno and hi-tech.
Room design with dark wallpaper
Dark wallpaper in the interior
Advice. If you have already decorated the interior with dark wallpaper, but it turned out somehow gloomy, experts recommend placing photo wallpaper or decorative panels on a solid wall.