Recommendations for choosing wallpaper

Before choosing a wallpaper for pasting the walls of a house or apartment, you need to decide which wallpaper is best for a particular room.

Especially since the usual wall coverings, produced on a paper basis, remained in the background. More modern, beautiful and versatile materials have taken their place in the market.

Today, at the height of popularity there are non-woven and vinyl finishing materials, after them liquid wallpaper is not bad consumer demand.

To find out which wallpaper to choose from the above materials, you need to understand what the mentioned products are.

Wallpaper on non-woven basis

Non-woven wallpaper is made on the basis of a specific non-woven fabric, its constituent components are cellulose and various additives.

As a result, non-woven products are provided with density and durability, while the presence of binders in the product does not make the material environmentally hazardous.

In the photo you can see products of this category.

Non-woven coverings are classified as a heavy type of wallpaper, so they are glued to the walls using special glue.

Adhesive composition is applied to the support base, after which the segment of the roll product is simply applied to the wall and smoothed over the base.

This gluing technology allows you to speed up the finishing work.

Due to the fact that non-woven coatings do not creep under the influence of moisture, the surface gets a quality look.

The high level of permeability of the material allows to exclude the appearance of air cavities and gives the walls the property of "breathing".

The most interesting thing about this coating is that the non-woven wallpaper is divided into two groups.

The first group includes products with the above characteristics and the method of gluing, to the second - the surface of which is subjected to staining.

By nonwoven make an invoice pattern at its discretion, apply the liked patterns and images, as in the photo.

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In order not to reduce the ecological index of the coating, experts recommend choosing water-based dyes for the dyeing technology.

Wallpaper on vinyl basis

Vinyl wallpaper is made on the basis of a thermoplastic polymer substance, due to which they have exceptional resistance to a different kind of external influences.

Vinyl products are produced in two types, one type is produced by hot stamping technology, the second one - using a foamy ball-shaped polymer mass.

The base itself is a colorless plastic, its layer in production can only receive the function of the front side.

As the reverse side, a paper or nonwoven layer is used. A continuous polymer film or foamed vinyl is applied to the substrate.

Below in the photo an example of existing types of non-woven coatings.

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In the first case, due to the technology of hot stamping, vinyl coatings are endowed with a high level of wear resistance, they are perfectly washed and do not burn out in the sun.

The second variant of manufacturing allows to give vinyl wall-paper in the course of manufacture the various invoice due to which it is possible to disguise uneven walls ideally.

Vinyl wallpaper can be applied to the most unusual types of decoration, from dyeing to thermal transfer printing, as in the photo.

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The front side of the products can be made under the skin or elegant velvet, decorated with intricate patterns and sparkling with sequins.

Vinyl wallpaper has not only a different design, but also the cost.

Expensive options for finishing are more qualitative, as antimycotic substances are added to the composition of polymers, which allows to exclude the appearance of mold on the walls.

It is recommended to select materials of a low price category with caution, since it is from cheap vinyl that a specific smell emanates and spreads around the room.

What is a liquid wallpaper?

It's hard to choose a liquid type wallpaper, if you do not know anything about them. So as not to give the impression that the liquid wallpaper is all "one face", let's consider the existing variety of finishing materials.

Liquid coatings are commercially available as dry mixes.

The components of the powder are:

• artificial or natural silk or cotton threads;
• cellulose fibers;
• natural dyes and fungicides;
• is a binder.

In some compositions in order to increase the effectiveness of the species add decorative components in the form of mica, silver or golden fibers, sparkles and crumbs of various materials.

Liquid wall coverings, depending on the number of these or other components, are divided into the following types:

• silk;
• cellulose;
• combined.

The result of the application of liquid finishing is presented in the photo.

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Silk mixtures are characterized by resistance to ultraviolet, high decorative qualities, effectively hide uneven surfaces and are endowed with a long life.

Cellulose compositions belong to the lowest price category, it is difficult to choose a suitable variant from such wallpaper, because of all the advantages that silk liquid wallpaper possesses, cellulose decoration has only a beautiful appearance. All other indicators are reduced by half.

Pulp-silk mixture is a combination of the above dry compositions, which allows you to classify liquid wallpaper as an average price category.

After reviewing the photo and familiarizing yourself with the above information, we can conclude which wallpapers are better in terms of appearance and quality.

And here's what wallpaper to choose for different rooms of a house or apartment, in the next paragraph of the article.

Which finish to choose for kitchen walls and hallway?

Given the wide range of roll finishing materials, you have to choose with difficulty. After all, the type of wallpaper you like can be suitable for corridor walls, but not for decoration of kitchen walls.

Vinyl wallpaper is generally not recommended for a children's room or bedroom, as their plastic base, it's still not a natural material.

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It is worth to know how to choose the right wallpaper, not confusing environmentally friendly, purely non-woven products with vinyl materials on non-woven base.

Usually unscrupulous sellers slip them to the buyer. Such vinyl wallpaper manufacturer labels on the label as "vinyl", regardless of the type of the wrong side.

Which wallpaper for the kitchen?

Which wallpaper to choose for a kitchen, a room in which there is no stable temperature and humidity is increased. By the way, the kitchen occupies the second place in humidity after the bathroom.

Therefore, in deciding in favor of any finish, first of all you need to make sure of its moisture resistance.

As well as durability, as the walls of the kitchen need more frequent care than other rooms in the house.

Vinyl and non-woven wallpaper can be chosen for kitchen walls only from the range with special badges on the label:

• symbol in the form of one wavy line - means that the product is waterproof;
• two waves - washable wallpaper;
• three waves - superfine trim;
• brush for cleaning and one wave above it - the wallpaper has a resistance to cleaning by rubbing;
• brush below and three waves above it - the symbol speaks of superstability to cleaning, by friction.

What color of wallpaper to choose for the walls of the kitchen, depends on the taste of the hostess and family members. Designers recommend for a small room to choose materials of light shades, as in the photo.

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But to raise the ceiling and expand the space of a small kitchen, it is better to use a combination of materials.

For this two walls need to be glued products with a vertical strip or ornament, the rest with a small flower, which will make the room seem more spacious.

The ceiling of both a small and a large kitchen can be decorated with wallpaper, the products will help to hide the unevenness of the ceiling surface.

In this case, for a small room, you need to choose rolls of lighter shades than those used for the wall surface.

In addition to vinyl and nonwoven products, liquid walls can be applied to the walls and ceiling of a small kitchen, provided they are treated with a protective layer from soaking up odors and moisture.

No need to level the walls and ceiling before applying the liquid finish.

Which wallpaper for the corridor?

Corridor or vestibule - this part of the area unites all the rooms in the house, at the same time delimits the functionality of the space.

Therefore, the corridor must have a plane with a view that fits as much as possible into the overall design of the premises.

As the corridor can be called a space that is in close contact with the outside world, it is better to choose a moisture-resistant and wear-resistant finish for its walls.

What will allow in case of contamination to quickly cope with the problem, by wiping with a damp sponge.

The corridor can be pasted with washable vinyl wallpaper, and non-woven. The second type of product allows you to choose the finish for painting, which can be considered a worthy option for the hallway.

In how to choose wallpaper for painting, there is nothing complicated.

Before decorating the corridor with this finish, it is recommended to pay attention to whether the necessary properties are present, such as resistance to moisture and abrasion in the characteristics of coloring products.

Otherwise, the corridor will have to be re-glued over time.

Decorating the corridor with non-woven "clothes" for painting, we get a universal finish on the output, an example in the photo.

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Products for painting can hide uneven surfaces due to the constituent material - provide sound and vapor barrier properties.

If the corridor has a high ceiling, then the area of ​​a fairly wide room will seem narrowed. Visually expand the space of a small room can be, correctly picking up the finish.

Designers recommend for a small hallway to choose wallpaper only light colors, but no more than 2-3 shades.

In this case, the ceiling is better to glue the material with a cross pattern or with images of the correct geometric shape.

For a small hallway in which the ceiling is located low, it is necessary to choose a light, space-expanding combined finish, with a vertical and horizontal ornament.

The ceiling can be made white or several tones lighter than the walls.