Repair with photo wallpaper: the right choice and sticking

Useful tips for caring for photo wallpaper

Unlike pasting, cleaning self-adhesive wallpaper is the easiest in comparison with others. Their surface is covered with a special anti-vandal film. The presence of this film makes it easy to remove even such serious dirt as greasy stains or marks from the marker.

Use clean gloves and cloths to care for the wallpaper.

They can be washed with detergents and even rubbed with a brush if necessary - they will not lose their color, this will in no way spoil their appearance.
Paper photo wallpapers are the most delicate and vulnerable, they require careful handling - especially if they are not covered with a protective film.They can only be wiped very gently with a soft cloth.

Special tools will help get rid of dust on photo wallpapers.

Vinyl wallpapers are very practical and unpretentious in their care. They can be cleaned with a vacuum cleaner using brushes, and more serious dirt is cleaned with wet wipes or a soapy solution using a sponge.

Textile wallpapers look very rich and elegant in the interior, but if they do not have a protective layer, it will be quite difficult to remove pollution. Soft brushes are used for cleaning. More complex and persistent stains are removed with a special stain remover.

Serious stains can be removed with specialized photo wallpaper stain removers.

Wall murals can completely change the style, mood and character of a room. If the whole room has a generally neat, aesthetic and attractive appearance, it is not necessary to redo the entire interior - it is enough to stick photo wallpapers on one wall. Such a solution will help not only save time and money, but also fill the life of the owners with new colors, impressions and positive emotions.

The step-by-step process of pasting a room with companion wallpaper

Step 1. Decide how you will decorate the room: choose the style and method of how to paste the companion wallpaper, look at various sample photos, make a rough floor plan of the room to imagine how the room will look like in the end.

In this case, examples with photos can help you a lot, how to stick wallpaper in two colors so that they look perfect, as if they came out of the hands of a famous designer.

Step 2. Choose a background wallpaper: decide which shade will be more in the room, what texture the wallpaper will be, from what material.Consider the size of the room, its purpose and style.

Do not forget also about the color of the furniture. Remember that many shades carry a certain psychological meaning. For example, if you want the room to have a good rest, use green or blue in the hall; for combining in the dining room and in the kitchen, it is advised to choose warm orange shades, and for the nursery - yellow.

Important! Remember a simple truth: bright colors give the room playfulness, carelessness; pastel shades fill the room with romance, lightness, elegance; dark colors will add severity, solidity and luxury to the interior.

Step 3. Choose a companion wallpaper color. Remember that it can be the same as the background wallpaper, in harmony with it and contrasting.

Remember: the more strict and calm interior you want to get, the more similar in color should be companion wallpapers. Bright contrasts are more suitable for modern design styles, in which accents should be very noticeable and stand out.

Step 4. Choose a companion wallpaper pattern. The pattern or ornament must match the chosen interior style

If you decide to stick to classical trends, choose floral ornaments, damask, medallions and embossing, and if, on the contrary, you want to achieve a modern style, pay attention to photo wallpapers and geometric motifs

For the kitchen, it is advised to choose wallpapers with drawings of all kinds of dishes and products: they will help you tune in to the atmosphere and increase your appetite.

Step 5. Make accents. You should not glue the same companion wallpaper everywhere. Rooms with an accent wall look stylish and original. Moreover, you do not have to cover it with wallpaper-companions completely.You can arrange inserts on it, make it striped or decorate it with modular paintings (designer photo wallpapers, and paintings or panels from the remnants of wallpaper will do).

Thus, it should be remembered that in order to create a unique, memorable interior, you need only a few important things: inspiration, the desire to create something beautiful, aesthetic taste and basic knowledge of the basic techniques of combining wallpaper.

By following the tips and practical recommendations, you will definitely be able to create a stylish and original design that will be no worse than in the photo in professional catalogs.

Do not be afraid: experiment, create unique designs, create - because only in this way you can please yourself and enjoy the home of your dreams.

TOP 5 types of wallpapers

This finishing material has several main varieties that differ in characteristics.

Standard

This group has standard sizes. The images themselves are not composite. These can be geometric shapes, patterns, etc.

Standard view of the canvas without a pattern

Singles

Such wallpapers can be of two subspecies:

1 An image that is framed and perceived as an independent interior element.

2Image in some composition.

Everything is closer than you think

Each individual element is a fragment of the image. Canvas - only a certain size.

Panoramic

These wallpapers are large. They can occupy one or more walls. At the same time, the pattern throughout the panel is common, perceived as a single whole. If such an image is glued around the perimeter of the room, the effect is maximum.

Panoramic painting on the entire wall

Fluorescent

In the daytime, fluorescent wallpapers are no different from ordinary three-dimensional ones. At dusk, these "ordinary" wallpapers are strikingly transformed.

Manifestation of effects that you did not expect

The secret to the incredible beauty of the effects is the use of fluorescent lamps. They are located behind the cloth. The backlight creates realistic three-dimensional images that amaze the imagination.

LED

This group is considered the most original and interesting in terms of design. The wallpaper itself is a serious electronics-based system that combines many LEDs.

The canvas has LEDs that can be adjusted

LED lighting is adjustable. The operation of the system is controlled by a remote control.

Another way to regulate is with the help of a special application to a mobile phone. By specifying parameters, you can create unique compositions. They will completely change the design, and improve the design.

We create unique compositions right on the wall

These wallpapers require special care, which is not cheap. During operation, breakdowns, problems with operation, etc. are possible.

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How to glue wallpaper on the wall

As with any other finishing material, gluing photo wallpapers has certain rules, without adhering to which, you can spoil the material or the appearance of the walls.

Before using photo wallpapers, you should know how to glue them correctly:

• level the wall
• eliminate drafts;
• mark on the wall.

Surface leveling

The slightest unevenness of the glued surface will be noticeable at the end of the repair, it is possible that it will damage the material during operation, then the whole appearance will be spoiled. It is for this reason that the alignment of the walls should be taken with all responsibility.

Elimination of drafts

If the room is freely ventilated during work and a day after it, then this can provoke a discharge of paper, which is unlikely to be re-glued imperceptibly.

Wall marking

If you do not first apply markings on the wall, then there is a danger that the drawing will not converge, such a consequence of labor will definitely not bring joy to the owner.

How to cut wallpaper with pattern selection

To work, you will need a paint knife with a new blade inserted. Fold the first strip (template) along the mark so that its edges coincide with the edges of the main roll. This provides a rectangular cut. You press the place of inflection well, as when cutting paper. Now you can safely cut off at the bend.

Cut the following strips in the same way, attaching a template pattern on top and marking the desired size. To control the selection of the pattern, apply the newly cut pieces of trellis side by side from time to time and make sure that the cutting is correct.

The remaining waste is already in place docked in size in places behind the heating radiators, over doors and windows. It is more convenient to select a pattern in these places after gluing all the whole strips.

Advantages and disadvantages

Once upon a time, paper photo wallpapers were considered almost the best way to decorate walls. Then the images of forest clearings, lakes and birches literally occupied Soviet apartments and government agencies.Then the murals fell out of favor, turning into a relic of the past, but fashion, as you know, moves in circles. Photo wallpapers are back, only in an improved version. Images have become more realistic, materials more practical, and patterns more diverse. Now you will not surprise anyone with three-dimensional photo wallpapers or the ability to print any desired image. Moreover, the photo wallpapers smoothly “creeped” from the walls and ceilings to the doors.

Door murals are most often a single canvas, which in most cases receives a self-adhesive base. The material is slightly denser and more durable than the analog intended for gluing on the wall, because the door is more often exposed to mechanical damage

When buying, it is important to make sure that the wallpaper is easy to care for and easy to clean, which is especially important when it comes to choosing a finish for the kitchen door.

Wall murals on the door have a lot of advantages:

• great variety of drawings. The door can easily be turned into an exit to another reality. Space, natural and urban landscapes, flowers and animals, abstraction, telephone booths, bookshelves, stairs, antique door panels, cartoon characters - this is just a small list of what can be depicted on photo wallpapers. If a suitable pattern was not found, then you can order the desired one. You can enter this type of finish in any room and in any style of interior;
• ease of installation. Almost anyone can cope with sticking photo wallpapers - no special training is needed for this. If a self-adhesive base is provided, the installation process is even more simplified;
• influence on the perception of the dimensions of the room.If you choose the right image, then the door murals can somewhat enlarge even a small room. Photo wallpapers with a perspective have this property: a view of the arches, streets, steps, a forest path that goes into the distance, etc .;
• low cost;
• durability, resistance to sunlight, and some types can withstand wet cleaning. When the material is varnished, the performance improves significantly.

There are no particular drawbacks to this type of finish - there is only a limitation. Wall murals are glued only on a perfectly flat surface, so if you have doors with panels, mirror inserts or have a fairly pronounced relief, then you can’t glue the canvas on them. Sticking photo wallpapers on such a door, of course, you will somehow succeed, but the effect will obviously be far from ideal. The installation process itself, as we noted earlier, is not so complicated, but it will require the utmost accuracy and patience from the performer.

The main thing is not to make a mistake when choosing an image, so that the finish is enjoyable, not annoying. However, even if you understand that the picture does not suit you, it will not be difficult to remove the old photo wallpapers and stick new ones in their place.

Preparation for work

The right choice of photo wallpaper is at least half the solution to the problem of high-quality design of the situation in your apartment. The most interesting thing starts next. Sticking a photo canvas requires careful preparation of surfaces for finishing. In addition, it is necessary to correctly select, prepare and use glue. But first things first.

First you need to collect inventory, without which you simply cannot do when wallpapering:

1. Glue container
2. A clean rag or sponge to remove excess glue and wipe the canvas.
3. Water tank.
4. Wallpaper glue (selected strictly for the type of photo wallpaper you purchased).
5. Plumb or level.
6. Pencil, tape measure and a long tailor's ruler.
7. Soft roller and wide brush for applying glue.
8. Narrow solid roller for processing joints.
9. Knife with interchangeable blades or scissors.
10. Ladder stepladder.

Tool for working with photo wallpapers

The next step is the preparation of the glued surfaces. This problem is solved as follows:

1. Dismantling of skirting boards, sockets, switches, etc.;

2. Removal of old plaster and wallpaper;

3. Leveling the surface with plaster, followed by grouting and priming;

4. Marking the surface for fragments of the photo wallpaper image:

• the canvas is laid out on a clean floor to get the overall picture;
• marking for fragments begins in accordance with the size and orientation of the latter from window or door openings;
• the correctness of the markup is checked by checking right angles and proportionality with fragments of the canvas.

Wall marking for wallpaper

Advantages of photo wallpaper

Those who decide to decorate the walls of their home with photo wallpapers should be aware of their advantages over ordinary wallpapers.

1. With the help of photo wallpapers, you can create any picture with which you can embody any conceived style of the room.
2. This type of wall material will visually significantly expand the space.
3. The easiest way to change the interior of the room.
4. The versatility of textures.
5. With seamless photo wallpaper, you can easily create a whole picture.
6. Resistant to fading and ultraviolet.
7. Resistant to mechanical damage.
8. With photo wallpapers you can hide the unevenness of the walls.

With the help of photo wallpaper, you can zone the space.

Wall mural 3D

Separately, it is worth highlighting the wallpaper with the 3D effect.The image on them can be almost anything, incl. the above mentioned colonnades, arches, urban and natural landscapes. Also often on three-dimensional wallpaper depict geometric patterns, abstractions, flowers, cartoon characters and space depths.

Three-dimensional photo wallpapers differ from ordinary photo wallpapers in that the pattern in them is perceived as voluminous, it has not only width and height, but also depth. That is why such panels are often used when it is necessary to visually enlarge the space of a room. On the other hand, such depth of the image can be disastrous, because if the room is already so small, and the drawing is created as if it sticks out, then there will be a feeling that there is even less space. However, even the correct drawing, which extends the boundaries of the room beyond its real limits, may also not be suitable - just the effect of volume must be evaluated from a distance, and if it is not enough, then there is no point in three-dimensional photo wallpapers.

However, in most cases, you can find suitable 3D photo wallpapers. The effect of depth in them is created thanks to the following techniques:

• high quality printing;
• image processing in special programs;
• use of texture elements;
• artistic techniques. It has been proven that the eyes perceive objects of warm shades closer, and objects of cold tones - farther. This is the basis for the creation of three-dimensional images. In addition, you can get an image with depth if you make the central object lighter than the background, use tonal and linear perspective, use the play of light and shadow.

You can't even imagine what amazing results you can achieve with 3D panels. The range of such panels is huge, you can choose an image of any type and any shade. If a suitable picture was not found, we recommend ordering 3D murals from Valdeko - the company, in addition to a huge selection of ready-made solutions, offers the production of murals by order of the client. This is a great opportunity to make the interior unique!

How to stick photo wallpaper on the door?

The easiest way to work with self-adhesive photo wallpaper. The procedure is as follows:

• prepare the surface of the door. It is necessary to get rid of old photo wallpapers, if any, clean the surface, degrease it, remove all fittings;
• wooden doors can be varnished or painted - this will provide them with higher durability;
• if there are cracks on the door, they must be repaired with putty, and then sanded;
• if necessary, trim the photo wallpaper. Do not forget to leave a small margin (5-6 mm) for bending the material;
• the protective substrate is gradually peeled off, and the canvas is tightly pressed against the door. It is better to start from above, peeling off the substrate each time by 5-10 cm;
• with a rubber or felt spatula, gently smooth out the photo wallpaper in order to “drive out” all air bubbles;
• along the edges, you can additionally glue the photo wallpaper with glue - this will save them from sudden peeling off;
• cut holes for the door handle and other fittings, install fittings.

The same principle is used when working with ordinary photo wallpapers, without a self-adhesive base. In this case, you will have to buy a suitable glue (the manufacturer gives recommendations on the package), prepare it following the instructions, and apply it to the door. After that, gently press the wallpaper.Glue can be applied to part of the door first so that it does not dry out. It is better to work with an assistant. While the finish is drying, there should be no drafts in the room.

It’s a little more difficult to work with photo wallpapers that consist of several fragments, because you have to make sure that the elements are correctly docked. As a rule, such a finish requires butt gluing, but there are photo wallpapers that overlap. In this case, it is necessary to dock the pattern, make a cut in the middle of the joint and remove thin strips. The result is a perfectly smooth joint.

The final touch is a water-based protective lacquer (matte or glossy finish) to give the material greater durability. Lacquer is applied in 2-3 layers.

The door of your bedroom or living room can lead to a spring garden, to a summer beach or straight to Paris - all this can be done with properly selected and pasted photo wallpapers. Don't be afraid to experiment!

Advantages and disadvantages

What is photo wallpaper, they represent, for sure, everything - this is an image on paper or another basis, which is glued to the wall in parts, and as a result, a complete picture is obtained on the entire wall or part of it. Photo wallpaper as a finishing material has a lot of advantages, the main of which are:

• excellent appearance - murals can imitate any landscape, still life, convey a pattern or even a photograph, thereby enlivening the room and giving it a certain mood;
• as already noted, the choice is simply huge, there is the possibility of individual orders;
• relatively fast gluing method, as well as relative durability. So, modern photo wallpapers are printed in such a way that they are practically not affected by the sun's rays, and they do not fade.Wallpaper can be glued on or self-adhesive paper based, so there is always a choice between several options. And the ability to cover photo wallpapers with varnish solves many issues of care and durability.

No matter how beautiful the aesthetic properties of photo wallpaper are, nevertheless, it could not do without some drawbacks:

• photo wallpapers require a perfectly even and smooth surface - only then will they look as impressive as possible and last a long time;
• the process of gluing photo wallpapers, although it does not require special training, will still take some time, and will require attention, effort, perseverance and patience;
• some low-quality photo wallpapers can peel off over time, and you will have to glue them every now and then;
• and, of course, the most important thing is not to miscalculate with the drawing, otherwise it will not bring pleasure, but sheer irritation.

Methods for spreading canvases

If you have paper wallpaper in front of you, then the adhesive solution is applied with a roller or brush on the wall and on the glued canvas. For non-woven and vinyl representatives, it is enough to apply glue only to a piece of wallpaper.

In order for the canvas to be evenly saturated, it is folded with a book. First, the two edges are folded so that they meet approximately in the middle, and then the already folded edges are again folded in half again.

Two blanks can be made using this method. While one is impregnated with glue, the second is glued to the wall.

Pasting is done from top to bottom. For this, a workpiece is taken and one part is stuck

Then the second half of the canvas is carefully attached.

With a dry cloth, the glued piece is ironed from the middle to the edges. This removes excess glue and unwanted bubbles on the wallpaper, which can be difficult to remove.

There may be unglued areas around the edges. They must be smeared with glue using a small brush.

While one person is engaged in the final work, the second is again preparing the next piece of wallpaper for gluing.

Wallpaper color

Everyone knows that light shades allow you to visually enlarge the space, and dark ones make it more cramped. If you are looking for information about photo wallpapers that expand the space, then most likely you have a shortage of free space in your apartment, so it is advisable to adhere to the following rules when choosing the color of photo wallpapers:

• it is clear that only light photo wallpapers are worth considering, but think carefully before taking white canvases, because you can create the effect of a hospital ward;
• bright shades, as well as rich dark ones, should not be used as the main color - they will visually bring the wall closer, making the room even smaller;
• cold shades tend to visually move the wall away, and warm ones tend to bring it closer. Knowing this, you can adjust the geometry of the room. In our case, it is better to deal with cold tones. An exception to the rule is pale unsaturated shades of yellow, peach, beige, milky;
• rooms facing north usually suffer from a lack of sunlight, and you can compensate for this by using warm-colored wall murals. Canvases made in light pastel colors are ideal (for example, these are the light peach, desaturated yellow, milky shades mentioned above). If the sunlight in the room is already in abundance, then your choice is cold shades.

Finally, the wallpaper should not break away from the overall color scheme of the room. An expanding effect will be achieved only when the wallpaper becomes part of the room, because if the panel, for example, shows a path in a flowering garden, then you can put a pot of flowers near the wall, and a photo of a Provencal street can be supplemented with a light openwork table.

Wallpaper and furniture color

Designers recommend sticking to the following color combinations.

Furniture	Wallpaper colors	Suitable shades
Dark	Calm, light, without massive patterns	vanilla, apricot, light chocolate, carmine, aquamarine, light purple
Brown or reddish	Dark	Dark blue, rich green, burgundy, purple
White	Any options	The dark tone will emphasize the white elements of the interior. Beige shades - for a calm atmosphere. Also suitable: fuchsia, sea ​​wave, eggplant, honey, shades of juicy greens.
Bright	Pastel wallpaper - for balancing. Antagonistic colors - for lovers of contrasts.	Bright contrasting or pastel colors
Multicolor	Gray with chalk pattern or plain.
Blue	bright or light	For fun companies: yellow; red For a relaxing holiday: beige, cream, white, light blue, lilac, jade, turquoise.
Gray	Any	Any
peach	bright or light	blue, yellow, gray, pearl.

Basics and principles of combination

The combination of photo wallpapers with other wallpapers, while observing the simple rules of color harmony, is an easy task and at the same time interesting.Wall murals will look equally harmonious in any room, it is only necessary when choosing photo wallpapers to choose the right wallpaper for the general background, while observing several principles:

1. Correctly choose the image on the photo wallpaper so that it is combined with the overall composition of the interior.
2. Calculate the dimensions of the room.
3. Choose the right combination of photo wallpaper with wallpaper according to the color scheme.

Look at the example: the combination of photo wallpaper with a pattern on a marine theme and pale blue plain wallpaper gives an unimaginable effect:

To begin with, it is worth figuring out which images on the photo wallpapers can be suitable for a particular room.

We study combinations for the hallway

Any apartment begins with a hallway. Very often, when thinking about the interior of the whole apartment, we forget about this room. And in vain, because it is she who first meets the guests and is a kind of face of the whole apartment.

A correctly selected pattern will create the illusion of spatial expansion in the room:

Almost all apartments do not differ in an overly large and spacious entrance hall, which means that visually it can be expanded both in height and width, made lighter, and most importantly, it will become a bright and original accent of your monastery. So, the built-in wardrobe in the hallway decorated with photo wallpapers visually expands the space:

When choosing photo wallpapers, you should first of all pay attention to light shades. In this part of the apartment there is a lack of natural light, so visually it should be made brighter and more comfortable.

Many designers combine photo wallpaper with wallpaper. It is not necessary to glue them exactly on the walls: the ceiling, doors or surfaces of the built-in wardrobe are perfect for gluing.

Actual combinations for bedroom interiors

The bedroom is a place where each person spends a third of the time of the day, so the design of the room should be in harmony with his inner world. Here you should take into account all the features of its inhabitant. This may be a profession, age category, social and marital status.

If the photo wallpapers are selected in the bedroom where one person will live, then there should not be any problems.

It will be harder to choose for a married couple, where the bedroom should be decorated with all the preferences of two people, but even here there is a place for compromises that will make everyone feel comfortable and cozy.

This is how photo wallpapers in the bedroom transform the interior and create additional comfort:

When choosing a photo wallpaper, you should take into account which side of the world the windows face in order to select the color of the photo wallpaper in relation to it. For example, the southern and eastern sides are sunnier, so you need to choose colors of cold shades.

Attention! On the sunny side, voluminous photo wallpapers with a pattern of huge flowers and plants in green, images on a marine or space theme will also look spectacular.

This is what the interior looks like on the sunny side in cold shades:

For the northern and western sides, light shades will be more suitable.

The sun, as a rule, very rarely looks into such rooms, therefore, to create a brighter environment, you should choose brighter and lighter colors.

Images of sandy beaches, landscapes in which red, yellow, orange colors predominate, are perfect.

Gently coral murals combined with light floral wallpaper will add light to the room:

Living room options

For living rooms, a floral theme is very appropriate.She will breathe coziness and comfort into the interior of the living room, give more harmony and beauty.

The urban style in the interior of living rooms is now gaining great popularity: it can also be photo wallpapers with a panoramic view of the most beautiful places on earth.

Photo wallpapers on the wall in the living room can be selected in various themes. Combinations of wallpapers with landscapes of all seasons, drawn glamorous girls will also be harmonious. It all depends on your imagination and desire to decorate your living room.

Here is an example of urban style with a combination of wallpaper and photo wallpaper in the interior of the living room:

Children's variations

If you are choosing wallpaper for a child's room, then you should first of all pay attention to the wishes of your child. After all, the room should please your baby: here he will spend most of his childhood.

Bright colorful photo wallpapers with cartoon characters will decorate any children's room, and children's photo wallpapers can be combined with wallpapers of one of the delicate shades present in the picture: