Combining wallpaper in the kitchen

The combination of wallpaper in the kitchen is a great opportunity to bring individuality to the room. To date, this is a fairly common version of interior design, which every year is gaining increasing popularity. The combination of wallpaper will help to divide the kitchen into functional areas, hide the shortcomings of the room, visually expand the space in a small room.

In addition, it is a beautiful decor element that emphasizes the individuality of the kitchen. You can combine not only colors, but also texture, pattern.

 Pros of combining wallpaper in the kitchen

1. By combining wallpaper of different colors, you can easily divide the kitchen into zones. This is especially true for studios and kitchens, which combine not only a place for preparing dishes and a family dinner, but also a place to receive guests.
2. The creation of an accent wall (corner) will help to draw the attention of the owners and guests of the kitchen to the successful layout features, well-chosen elements of decor, beautiful furniture or appliances.
3. Using different shades of the same color or contrasting colors will help visually increase the room. This effect can also be achieved with the help of vertical and horizontal stripes of contrasting wallpaper.
4. Combining wallpapers makes the kitchen more dynamic.
5. Using a combination of wallpaper in different colors, you can hide some of the shortcomings of the room. For example, an unsuccessful layout, disproportional sizes, low ceiling.

 The rules for combining wallpaper in the kitchen

1. When selecting wallpapers, it is worth considering the style features of the kitchen, its advantages and disadvantages. In a small kitchen, you should use light colors and shades, in a large room you can go closer to dark shades.
2. If the room has low ceilings, you can use wallpaper with vertical stripes, or vertically combine wallpaper with each other (wide and narrow stripes).
3. It is very important to choose wallpapers that will fit well with each other. To achieve a beautiful and elegant effect, you can choose wallpaper with the same ornament, choose a single theme. For example, a light floral pattern on some wallpaper, which turns into a pattern with exotic birds in bright colors on the others.
4. To create a smooth transition between different wallpapers, it is important that the patterns are approximately the same size. If a sharp transition is planned, the dimensions of the patterns may be different.
   

   Combining wallpaper with a matching pattern

5. Excellent look in the kitchen wallpaper in different shades of the same color. With the right approach, you can even increase the room with this design. Visually expand the shades of beige, white, yellow, cold light shades of blue and blue-green.
6. Bright colors and motifs should be added in small amounts. A popular variant is when one wall of the kitchen is framed in a bright color solution (bright wallpaper, large picture, photo wallpaper), and the rest of the walls are executed in quiet, discreet tones.
7. Different wallpaper can not only color, but also the texture. It can be a smooth wallpaper combined with a rough, glossy combination with matte.
8. It is better to choose wallpapers of the same price category and the same quality. This will give the kitchen integrity and unity.
9. It is worth paying attention to the thickness of the wallpaper. To avoid uneven joints, it is better to combine wallpaper of the same thickness. Then they will gently move into each other.
   

   Combining wallpaper of the same color with a pattern and without

10. It is important to take into account the style features of the combined wallpaper. They can stick to one design direction. This option is easier, they are easily combined with each other.
11. Wallpapers of different styles require special attention. It is necessary to unite them somehow. For this purpose, decor elements, furniture, technique, borders and other elements are suitable. If the wallpaper is divided into functional areas using wallpaper, different styles are allowed in different zones.

 Features of vertical combination of wallpaper

1. Everyone knows that vertical bars visually lift the ceiling. They are often used in decorating kitchens with low, pressing, overhanging ceilings.
2. In addition, this technique is popular in disproportionate rooms, when the length is incommensurably greater than the width.
   

   variant of vertical combination of wallpaper

3. Vertical stripes can also be combined wallpaper. Most often use contrasting color combinations: bright stripes on a light background. Vertical division can be symmetrical, asymmetric, unifying. Each species has its advantages:
   1. Symmetrical vertical division. The opposite walls of the kitchen mirror the same wide strips of contrasting wallpaper (one strip on each wall). This design creates an interesting optical effect, which will be useful in case the kitchen looks like a corridor (when the length is incommensurably greater than the width). Symmetrical vertical division contributes to the equation of the size of the kitchen.
   2. Asymmetric vertical division creates the same optical effect as the symmetrical, but also gives the kitchen dynamics. In this case, one wall is covered with a wide strip of contrasting wallpaper, and on the opposite wall (closer to the corner), several thin strips are laid by the same wallpaper.
   3. Combining vertical combination of wallpaper. This technique is used in cases where contrasting colors are used in the design of the kitchen, which must be “combined”. If the opposite walls of the kitchen are covered with wallpaper of different colors, the wall between them is decorated with strips of these wallpapers. This design promotes a smooth transition of one color to another.

 Features of horizontal combination of wallpaper

1. If the ceilings in the room are high enough, you can resort to dividing the walls by horizontal combination of wallpaper. This method is popular in small rooms with high ceilings. It is enough only two or three alternating strips and the room will appear wider. This method will approximate the width of the room to its height. It will be appropriate to alternate wallpaper, having different colors, patterns or texture.
2. The horizontal division of the wall is one to two (the lower strip is 1/3 of the height of the room, the upper one is 2/3) is an exquisite and beautiful option, which is often used in modern apartments. For such design there are a number of classical combinations:
   1. bottom – monophonic wallpaper or wallpaper with a small pattern; top – wallpaper in stripes, with a large floral pattern or monograms;
   2. bottom – striped wallpaper; top – monophonic wallpaper or wallpaper with a small pattern;
   3. bottom – wallpaper with a large floral pattern or with monograms; the top is monophonic.
3. At the junction of the wallpaper, you can use a curb, molding or dividing bar.
   

   horizontal combination of wallpaper

4. For horizontal combination, wallpapers with different texture are especially suitable. This will add wealth to the interior of the kitchen.
5. When horizontally combining wallpaper, you can set the horizon at the level of the window sill, extending it with a curb, molding or dividing bar. This will create the effect of a single horizon.
6. There are many ways to horizontally combine the wallpaper in the kitchen, but dividing the wall one by two is still the most common one. This is due to the desire of apartment owners to add to their lives a little elegance. Such receptions were popular in the design of the interior of the luxurious mansions of English aristocrats. The lower part of the wall was decorated with wooden panels. To bring the interior of the kitchen closer to such an aristocratic option, you can pick up the wallpaper of the lower band “under the tree.” For the upper band, you can choose exotic, floral or geometric ornaments and patterns. Such a kitchen will resemble a luxurious English living room.
7. There is a horizontal combination of wallpaper, when the lower strip is not 1/3, and 2/3 of the height of the wall. But this design is quite risky, because it can visually lower the ceiling. Such a decor should be used only in a kitchen with very high ceilings.

 Features of combining contrasting wallpapers

1. The combination of contrasting colors and shades requires caution and special attention, especially with regard to the combination of wallpaper. It is necessary to choose the shades that match with each other. Almost universal colors are white, black, beige, gray, gold shades. They show themselves well in a variety of color combinations: they can soften dark and bright colors, or make them more saturated with light and dull. But even in working with them you need to be cautious.
2. Combining black with white is a classic and popular solution. The predominance in such a combination of white visually expands the room. It is more important to remember that the predominance of black color absorbs space. The latter option is not recommended for use in small rooms.
3. With the help of wallpaper in contrasting colors, you can zonate the room, which is especially important in the kitchen. The working area can be decorated in darker and more practical colors.

 Features of creating an accent zone

1. By combining wallpaper in the kitchen, you can create an accent wall. It is very common in modern interior design reception. For wallpaper, usually choose a wallpaper of light, discreet, calm colors. Most often these are shades of white or beige (beige-orange, beige-pistachio and others), and the accent zone is covered with bright wallpaper. A part of the wall, a whole wall or adjacent parts of the walls (corner) can act as such a zone.
2. To maintain balance, it is advised to add the same accent color to the opposite part of the kitchen. For this you can use furniture, appliances or decor elements.
3. Picking a bright color for the accent wall is important not to forget that people here spend a lot of time. Individual colors can not only squeeze space, but also put pressure on the psyche. The color solution of the kitchen will directly affect the mood of a person. Therefore, you should carefully consider the choice of color and its combination with background wallpaper. For the accent advise to use the orange (gives energy), yellow (raises the mood), blue (color of tranquility and appeasement), lilac (suitable not for everyone), sea wave (promotes a good rest). First of all, the choice of color depends on the preferences of the owners of the apartment, because color perception is subjective enough.
   

   a turquoise accent turret in the interior of a pale yellow kitchen

4. It is worth noting that the dark colors (black, brown, dark purple and other dark shades) are unlikely to be appropriate, because they can become not an accent, but a dark spot. If there is still a great desire to use dark colors, they need to be diluted with large light patterns or ornaments. The color of the picture may correspond with the colors of the main wallpaper. This will create a special uniform style for the whole kitchen.
5. A bright spot can be photo wallpapers. The advantage of using photo wallpapers with a distant perspective is that they visually increase the space. Landscapes are best: forest, waterfall, sea shore. Popular wall-paper with the image of locks and the big ballrooms, but they are more pertinent in drawing rooms.
6. An accent wall will also help with an unusual kitchen layout. The corridor effect can be reduced by focusing on the far wall. This visually brings it closer.
7. The accent wall will help draw attention to the merits of the kitchen. For example, to the beautiful decor of the recreation area, a large window. In addition, it is an excellent diversionary maneuver. The defects in the room will be less noticeable.

 Combination of wallpaper in one shade

1. In the kitchen, there is often a combination of wallpaper of the same shade, but with different patterns. Usually one wall is pasted with wallpaper with a pattern, and the rest is left smooth. Depending on the chosen color and pattern, such a design solution can lead to very different results: from baroque luxury to modern.
2. There are options for design, when all the walls are covered with wallpaper without drawings, but they meet horizontal or vertical stripes with a pattern.
3. The main thing is not to overload the interior. In the case of a combination of colors identical in color, the pattern should not be much and it should be the same. Deviations from this rule are possible, but very risky.

 Use of wallpaper inserts in the design of the kitchen

1. A new way of decorating the interior of the kitchen is the wallpaper inserts. To do this, you can use wallpaper contrasting or overlapping with background wallpaper colors. The pattern and texture can also differ or echo.
2. The side-pieces can be designed in completely different ways. In some apartments there are even wallpaper, decorated in a baguette.
3. Most often, wallpaper inserts mask the defects of the kitchen: they are sealed niches and mask uneven corners.
4. Even the design is popular, when several kinds of wallpaper are used as insertions. Such a decor is like a sewn together scraps.
5. Combining wallpapers patchwork technique – a laborious occupation. However, as a result, the walls become similar to the ancient Byzantine mosaics.

 Kitchen Decor

1. Combining wallpaper in the kitchen requires a special attitude to all the details of the interior. The decor can greatly overload this room. It should echo the general design of the kitchen.
2. If the kitchen is divided into functional areas, it is worth paying more attention to the color and stylistic balance within these zones.
3. If the kitchen is not zoned, you can bring unity into it through decor. If one corner is decorated in bright, catchy colors, you should balance it by arranging in the opposite corner elements of the same color. It can be something massive (large furniture, equipment) or something small (a picture, several figurines, a table, a floor lamp).
4. Textiles should be the continuation of color design. If the kitchen combines wallpaper similar shades, textiles can have their own shade, but if the design of the kitchen used contrasting colors, in textiles it is better to stick to one of these colors. Usually choose either the least common color in the room, or the brightest.

Combining wallpaper in the kitchen requires a creative approach. The most important thing is to choose the most suitable of all possible options. With the help of an individual approach, suitable colors, patterns and textures, you can turn the kitchen into a real work of art.

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Author: Daria Degtyareva

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