How to hang combined wallpaper: photo ideas, methods, recommendations

To add dynamism to the interior, designers often combine different shades and patterns.But if a person is doing this for the first time and on his own, then in such a situation you need to first decide how to hang the combined wallpaper in order to get a single and complete design.

What to look for when choosing combined wallpaper

Before in the room put up wallpaperWhen making a combined composition from them, you need to evaluate the size of the room, the height of the ceiling, and the degree of illumination.

Room dimensions and ceiling height

When decorating rooms with combined wallpaper, several parameters are taken into account - height, area, shape, lighting and others.

Large room

A spacious room goes well with dark or rich colors. You need to maintain balance so that there is no feeling of cramping.

Volumetric patterns fit organically into a large space. Such wallpaper should be hung on an accent wall, as it will make the atmosphere more comfortable and dynamic.

The bright colors of exaggerated images add coziness. When combining, plain wallpapers of a calm tone are placed next to each other, as they balance the overall composition.

Small room

A dark palette is not suitable for small rooms.To visually expand a cramped space, light pastel shades are used. Combined fabrics can be plain.

When choosing combined varieties, before hanging two types of wallpaper, take into account that small, unobtrusive patterns fit better into a small volume. They go well with a plain background.

Wallpapers located next to each other with the same base color go well together. The flower arrangement in such a situation does not contrast with the overall color scheme.

Narrow elongated room

Combined wallpapers of different types fit well into an elongated narrow room, as they make it square in shape. One common design technique in such a situation involves placing light-colored canvases on the end walls, extending onto adjacent long surfaces.

If the entrance to the room is located on the long side, it is recommended to highlight part of the wall with a rich pattern or a different tone. Glue wallpaper in a light color to the remaining surfaces. To assess how the perception of the combined volume will change is based on a previously developed diagram.

An unusual design for a narrow room is obtained by beautifully gluing two types of wallpaper, differing in contrasting colors, onto opposite long wall surfaces.

Low ceiling

When choosing combined types of wallpaper, be sure to take this characteristic into account. At a height of less than 2.5 m, it is advisable to glue canvases without a rough texture. Preference is given to light pastel or neutral colors.

If there is a drawing, then it should be small in size. Larger compositions are used on one wall as an expressive accent.

Often in a combined interior there are stripes and geometric patterns elongated vertically.

A technique such as placing part of a strip of wallpaper on the ceiling visually raises the ceiling. You can use this technology to glue, for example, the area behind the head of the bed in the bedroom.

High ceiling

If you need to adjust the height of the ceiling plane in the hall by more than 3 meters, it is worth gluing combined and richly colored wallpaper with a large pattern.

The traditional design of a combined elongated space is horizontal stripes alternating in different rhythms.

Light or dark room

Combined wallpapers of different types are used, taking into account the degree of illumination of the space being designed. This indicator determines how the patterns and color combinations in the interior will look.

Bright room

If the windows are oriented to the south, you should not decorate all the walls with dark wallpaper. An interesting combined result is obtained if the main background is light monochrome. The emphasis is on the wall located opposite the window. It can be covered with canvases in contrasting colors.

To give the interior a feeling of freshness, use combined wallpaper in cool colors. You can, for example, glue canvases in blue shades of varying degrees of saturation.

With north-facing windows, the interior looks dark throughout the day. You can hang very light wallpaper, which is used to decorate only the wall opposite the window frame.

The warm color of combined wallpaper adds coziness to a dark room. For example, the color orange adds a cheerful note. It goes well with pistachio and white colors.

Often curtains are abandoned to increase illumination. Blinds serve as a replacement. This allows you to get a feeling of warmth in a dark room with a peach and white combined wall background.

The yellow color on the walls, diluted with white elements, looks good.Select combined wallpapers with different pattern directions. If you stick them on opposite walls, the atmosphere becomes more dynamic.

What texture

Textured wallpapers are distinguished by the presence of embossing on the surface. There are two types of finishing materials: paintable and imitation.

For painting - this category includes white canvases with noticeable relief patterns. They can be geometric, ornate, or plant-themed.

This material can be painted in the desired shade. Use a convenient roller and quick-drying paint for the job.

Imitating - from this group it is easy to choose a finish stylized as wood, brick or stonework.

Textured canvases are often used to highlight an area in a room that has a different purpose, or to create an original accent.

If embossed and smooth canvases are combined, use material of the same thickness. This will make the joints less noticeable when gluing.

It is recommended to make the border between different types of combined textured wallpaper in the corners. Here the joints are well hidden.

In a small room, a combined tandem looks good - a combination of glossy and matte wallpaper.

Layout options

There are many techniques for combining different finishes in the interior, which makes it easier to choose the right scheme.

Combining wallpaper for zoning

A room of any size looks more comfortable if separate zones are visually demarcated. You can solve this problem by using wallpaper of different colors or textures:

1. The living room-kitchen space becomes orderly when color-rich wall decoration is used for the dining room. The relaxation corner attracts with its design with a large floral pattern of a more delicate tonality.
   
2. In the children's room, it is worth gluing different wallpapers if you need to allocate a corner for each child. The same combination technique is used when dividing zones (for sleeping, playing, studying).
   
3. Zoning the living room can be done without sharp contrast. An interesting result is obtained by using the technique of combining canvases with a neutral, identical background, but with a different pattern. You can glue them on combined walls.
   
4. A more active color scheme, supported by the colors of upholstered furniture, also visually delimits the space.
   
5. An interesting effect occurs if the desired area in the room is highlighted with photo wallpaper suitable in theme and color. You can paste them near the sofa, or decorate a fireplace, dining or TV corner.
   

Vertical combination

The vertical arrangement of canvases that differ in tone, pattern or texture allows you to visually “raise” a low ceiling. To obtain this result, different techniques are used:

1. Make the walls plain and light, highlighting one surface on which to glue canvases with a pattern. It can be contrasting or slightly noticeable.
   
2. To obtain a dynamic combined interior, use the distribution of stripes that differ in width and color saturation on several walls.
   
3. When combining 3 types of wallpaper for vertical combination, use sheets of the same thickness. To glue them without prominent seams, you need to choose a material from one collection, achieving a texture match.
   
4. An interesting combination of combined canvases can be obtained if the tone of the pattern on one part of the canvas matches the shade of the monochromatic vertical stripes.
   
5. An amazing combined nuance is obtained by decorating light monochrome walls with richly colored contrasting wallpaper, which must be cut out and pasted in a winding strip.The tape of the same shade is continued on the ceiling plane. This technique easily increases the height of the room.
   
6. Use vertically oriented combined wallpaper if you want to mask unsightly wall defects. For example, when diverting attention from unevenness, it is worth gluing a contrasting canvas to the opposite surface.
   
7. A stripe of a different color also allows you to highlight an accent item in a combined interior, such as, for example, a shelf with souvenirs. Well, this technique fulfills the task of giving diverse functions to even a small space.
   
8. If you stick canvases of a different color onto a niche or ledge, you get a more expressive combined sound. A soft sofa is comfortably placed in such a corner, creating an additional feeling of calm.
   

Horizontal combining

When arranging canvases horizontally, it is important to think about how you can combine finishes to disguise noticeable joints. More often, this technique is used if you need to visually level the space of a room with a high ceiling. The following options prevail in the layout:

1. Stripes of combined wallpaper alternate along the entire wall plane. You can glue canvases of both the same and different widths. It is recommended to use no more than 2-3 shades that combine harmoniously with the main background or create an expressive contrast. Such a hallway testifies to the good artistic taste of the owners.
   
2. Two types of wallpaper are used. In the lower part there are often embossed or striped vinyl wallpapers. On the rest of the surface it is worth gluing smooth ones (you can take paper ones). The ratio of combined stripes is 1:2. The border is masked with a light, narrow molding.
   
3. The use of moldings allows you to create a more complex composition of horizontal combined stripes from wallpaper. They are placed along the entire wall plane, observing the desired sequence in the width of the tapes and the alternation of shades.
   
4. The design of the wall with combined canvases of the same width looks interesting. To balance, the lower part is done in a calm, neutral tone.
   
5. In a high room, a wide edging of the perimeter of the walls is used for the combined space. It is created from wallpaper, distinguished by an original floral pattern, on the border with the ceiling.
   
6. A horizontally oriented patterned narrow strip encircling the monochrome walls approximately at the level of the window sill creates a feeling of lowering the overall height.
   
7. If you plan to combine the horizontal division of the wall plane into 3 parts, you should paste wallpaper of different widths. The narrow middle stripe is made with the most active ornament.
   
8. A horizontal combined design made up of plain stripes that differ in color and width goes well with patterned wallpaper. They can be glued to another wall. In this situation, you need to select repeating shades.
   
9. Horizontal stripes may not be placed along the entire length of the wall. An unusual combined accent is obtained if a wide, light-colored canvas is glued only to that part of the surface of textured brick-like wallpaper where the seating area is located.
   

Combine wallpaper with panels

Decorating rooms using wallpaper takes on a noble touch if some of the canvases are framed with baguette or moldings, creating a wall panel. There are several ways to create such decor:

1. The golden-burgundy color of the panel fits well into the light monochromatic background of the wall.The frame that marks its boundaries matches the main color in color, which gives the combined interior a noble touch.
   
2. The patterns on the panels can be either bright, contrasting, or muted, delicate. Such combined compositions are well suited for a children's room.
   
3. The headboard of the bed will be highlighted by a panel made in bright blue with a frame of textured white and blue wallpaper. The joints are decorated with light, smooth molding. In combination with a silver quilted bedspread, this combined interior looks fresh and airy.
   
4. To obtain an original panel, combined with other types of finishing, you can paste photo wallpaper. They use images on them, for example, with flowers, corresponding to the general coloristic sound in the interior.
   
5. It is not difficult to obtain original types of panels if you first glue wallpaper to the entire wall surface. Then the moldings are attached, framing individual areas with them. The interior takes on a finished look if the background is an elegant, neutral-colored, light pattern.
   
6. When the shade of the background of the wall and the area allocated on it for the panel match, the combined interior acquires integrity and naturalness. The white color of the frames and pattern adds a fresh nuance.
   
7. To highlight the panels, different types of framing are used. An artistic accessory such as a carved gilded wooden frame fits well. The main background of the wall is made neutral monochrome, and glass wallpaper with an enlarged floral pattern is used for decoration.
   
8. A panel for which the frame is decorated with an ornament identical to the pattern inside will acquire an expressive nuance. The central design created for installing the TV is supported by 2 narrow vertically elongated fragments with repeating decor.
   
9. In addition to planar panels, they use such types of panels as semi-volume compositions. The frame of the required thickness is covered with plywood, and then wallpaper that matches the design can be glued onto it.
   
10. The panels fit logically into the interior with elements of combined finishing, for which they use the same wallpaper with expressive patterns as on the accent wall.
    
11. Marine-themed photo wallpapers create perspective, expanding the space. You can glue such a panel without additional framing, since the border is clear and even.
    

How to properly glue combined wallpaper

When planning to decorate a room with combining elements, follow several rules:

1. For decoration, choose a wall that attracts attention or requires highlighting, as the basis for a fireplace, dining room, play area, etc.
2. To eliminate inaccuracies, before hanging the combined wallpaper, you need to make precise markings.
3. To ensure that the seams remain unnoticeable, the individual strips are joined end-to-end.
4. When combining vertically, you first need to glue the canvases located from the window.
5. If stripes of different colors or textures are placed horizontally, start working from the top tier.
6. When creating a combined in-depth composition, you first need to glue the wallpaper to the niche. Then the wall surface is finished.
7. To obtain a holistic perception, it is recommended to use material of the same thickness. If possible, buy finishes from the same collection.

Single wall design

To obtain a neat combined decor without prominent joints, if possible, cover the entire wall with wallpaper of the desired decor. In such a situation, you won’t have to solve the problem of how to hide the seams.

Monochrome combination

The simplest type of layout is to use canvases that are identical in background.On the accent wall you should stick patterned wallpaper, and for the remaining surfaces use plain varieties. This kitchen becomes very cozy.

The same technique works without fail if the interior design is created with a calm, peaceful atmosphere. Pastel overall colors are well suited for the bedroom.

Complementary Combination

Use contrasting shades. They are placed oppositely on the color wheel. For example, blue and orange colors or yellow and purple tones. In the interior, such a combination often serves as the basis for zoning space.

Similar combination

Use finishes with shades that are adjacent in the color wheel. If you combine them correctly, you get a smooth color flow that does not tire the eye. More often they choose an option such as three-color sound (for example, green, blue, purple). One color will be the base, and the rest will serve as an addition.

Using patchwork technique

Fashionable options include combinations such as combining several prints and even textures into a single composition. They make up a patchwork of individual flaps, controlling the evenness of the joints. The end result should present a cohesive composition that blends with adjacent surfaces.

Design of transitions

It is not always possible to create a combined interior in such a way as decorating the entire wall with one type of wallpaper. Often the joining of canvases occurs on different parts of the surface. Moldings, borders, slats, stucco molding, and baseboards are used to disguise seams.

Pattern and Pattern

If the proportions are respected, the juxtaposition of paintings with different patterns is appropriate. To maintain harmony, it is worth choosing unifying motifs in a combined color scheme. The most common arrangement is a large and small pattern.

Allocation of niches

Non-standard combined design includes the isolation of a niche. To solve this, you need to paste textured wallpapers inside that are darker than the base background. The lighting enhances the impression.

Background + picture

The traditional combined interior mainly represents a tandem of plain and patterned fabric. Follow the principle of repeating one of the shades on all surfaces.

One drawing of different sizes

To prevent a large print from visually reducing the volume of a room, it acts as an accent, supporting a smaller dominant pattern.

Drawing + geometry

Balanced with a noble sound, the combination of floral patterns and stripes brings a classic sound to the interior. It is important that the geometric elements are in calm colors that emphasize the main design.

When deciding how to hang combined wallpaper, first study various design ideas and examples of finished projects. This will allow you to draw up a scheme for combining shades and patterns that will decorate the room.

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