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Decorating home with wallpaper

Published in Book Rest in January 2017 by Marion’s editors

wallpaper, a new touch to your home

Willing to give a new twist to the rooms of your house? Why not just parts of the walls, often the last to be considered, to revolutionize all the furniture?
If the brush and the color are not your thing, a beautiful wallpaper is the right alternative!
Too old and outdated? You are wrong! Nowadays the wallpaper has shaken off that image of "grandma's house" and more and more designers put their creativity at the service of the construction of new lines and patterns, giving style and character to any room.
The wallpaper is back in fashion. Must be seen!

Renewed also in the materials that make them easier to lay and increase the duration, there could be many beautiful ones, impressive, high-quality, highly decorative and original ,as well. Jungle style and floral designs are the must of the moment, but there is a wide selection. They can also transform a simple photograph or a newspaper page into wall covering.
From the classic plain for the living area and the most fun for children's bedrooms, to the more fanciful to give color and personality to your whole house ... So there's a little something for everyone!

FLORAL ELEMENTS

wallpaper, a new touch to your home

The wallpaper with any type of floral elements is the most popular because, in fact, it matches with many types of environment: modern, retro, chic, urban and even classical. An elegant and original effect is surely assured. The macro design is of great impact and adorns the wall almost like a work of art.

BLACK & WHITE GEOMETRIC GRAPHICS

wallpaper, a new touch to your home

The black & white geometric graphics always has a minimal flavor that fits well with basic home furnishing and equally neat lines. The geometric patterns are an interesting solution to decorate special places, with a unique and elegant style, different from the rest of the house. It is ideal, however, only if the room is not too small, because the coating makes the environment visually narrower.
This idea is perfect for the bathroom. Choose a washable and practical lining and, to complete the furnishings, you would simply need to add a painting or a mirror with classical lines to transform your bathroom into an exclusive setting!

LET’S GO BLACK!

wallpaper, a new touch to your home

Who said that black is not suitable to the walls? Daring with a black wallpaper can be a bold solution to give impact to a room and create refined and elegant interiors. One piece of advice: better choose black for a single wall, so as not to remove light to the room. Still for the same reason, it is preferable to create contrast with the color of the furniture, which should be characterized by clear shades, or, on the contrary, garish, so as to brighten the chromatic palette of the environment.

GAME AND CHILDREN ON THE MOVE

wallpaper, a new touch to your home

The wallpaper can also decorate and furnish the children’s room. Delimiting certain areas of the room, like the one of the games, with a wallpaper with patterns and designs can be a great way to make the atmosphere of the room even more effervescent!
Choose colors that recall the furnishings of the room: usually pink for girls, blue for boys, or vivid and eccentric colors like orange and green if your children share the room. If you opt for fantasies not too childish, you may not be forced to change it as soon as they grow up.
Do not add more ornaments or pictures if the room is already quite full of books and games. The wallpaper decorates, fills the wall, without being invasive, and give free space to play. Pick a washable one, so there are no problems if your children try to write on the wall!

ATMOSPHERE AND VINTAGE INSPIRATIONS POP

wallpaper, a new touch to your home

Nostalgia of the '70s? The wallpaper with optical pattern immediately gives a vintage touch to the room, to be mitigated by furniture with a futuristic and minimal design. If you want to give a pop touch to a room, this type of wallpaper is perfect to use in a versatile and creative way. An example? Cropped around a piece of furniture or a library and, why not, even in the kitchen.
Remember, though, that the use of a lively wallpaper attracts the eye of visitors. Though, keeping the spaces tidied, is a must!

COMICS

wallpaper, a new touch to your home

Are you a fan of comics? You will have many possibilities! This type of wallpaper, very original, is inserted into modern youth zones and should be used in small doses that would create a pleasant and original environment to be seen even over time.
Pay attention to the effect of boredom! Some types of paper may have this effect and strain the eye after a short time: never go overboard just to get a more modern, stylish environment!

ALTERNATIVE USES

wallpaper, a new touch to your home

The wallpaper can be used not only to cover the walls, actually with a little imagination, you could accomplish anything!

  • • UPHOLSTERING A PIECE OF FURNITURE: the wallpaper could help you change the look of an old piece of furniture, coating it completely or only partially. Think of your grandmother’s antique furniture with glass doors that you love so much, you could coat them with two wallpaper sheets and make it more suitable to the style of your rooms!
  • • CREATING PANELS: the wallpaper is so beautiful and durable that could also be framed! Apply the wallpaper on one side of the wall by creating rectangular shapes to be framed as if they were paintings. Select the main wall: there you will unconsciously make your guests look in that direction.
  • • DECORATING THE STAIRS: do you live in a multi-floor home? Use wallpaper to decorate the stairs. If you choose marble and stone, rather than leaving the raising of a white color, you can cover it with a wallpaper of the same color of the tread. Opt for washable coatings, since it is a point that gets dirty easily in contact with the sole of the shoes.