How to choose a wallpaper for your kitchen
The kitchen is a common room in the house where the whole family gathers, where we meet close friends and relatives. Therefore, I really want the kitchen to be not only fashionable and stylish, but also cozy. The video shows step-by-step instructions on how to stick ready-made murals for the kitchen with your own hands.
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Wall mural in the kitchen
The kitchen is a place of preparation and consumption of food, so this room requires very frequent cleaning. And because of this, we can’t come to the store and buy the first wall murals that we liked. Wall mural in the kitchen, should have some certain qualities.
Let's look at a few examples of what are good photo wallpapers in the kitchen:
- Photowall-paper with picturesque images can help the cook prepare amazing, unusual and delicious dishes.
- For people who support a diet and proper nutrition, photo wallpapers with light and cold images are well suited.
- Cool colors for photo wallpaper good for small rooms, as they can visually increase the volume of the room.
- For a family with kidsWall mural with the image of vegetables or fruits, especially red and orange, is well suited, as these colors increase appetite.
- To give the interior of the kitchen a refined nobleness, it is good to choose photo murals depicting architecture or picturesque nature.
This is only a small part of the usefulness of photo wallpaper in the kitchen.
Photo wallpaper features in the kitchen
Wall murals in the kitchen, as in other rooms, can perform various functions. Having decided on what you want to get from the photo wallpaper in the kitchen, you can understand what size you need the canvas, where to place it and which pattern is more suitable.
Consider a few basic functions that can be used as wallpaper in the kitchen:
- Decoration. Of course, decorating a room is the main function of photo wallpaper, no matter what other functions they will perform. If you choose the wall murals on the wall in the kitchen just to decorate it, then you can choose small sizes of photo canvas.
- Zoning. This is a common technique to visually separate the dining and work areas. By pasting the mural for the kitchen on the apron of the working area, you visually separate it and decorate it. The dining area can be separated by gluing photo wallpaper on the kitchen wall (see How to glue wall murals: instructions) near the dining table.
- Blende. This technique visually deceives and decorates the room. It can be a fake window with a beautiful view or a wall with a fireplace, book racks or access to a terrace with sea views, an outdoor cafe in the old town or access to a wooden bridge.
- Space. With the help of photo wallpaper, we can visually influence the area and volume of a room, emphasizing the necessary geometry, making ceilings higher or lower. Wall mural with the image of perspective, for example: a path that goes into the forest, we visually increase the space of the kitchen.
- Stylistics. Wall murals can help create or emphasize the style of a room. To do this, you just need to choose an image that suits and expresses the style of interior that you want to see in your kitchen.
These are the most frequently used functions of photo wallpaper, but everyone decides what he wants, it may just be a way to hide some flaws in the repair, room or furniture, in any case the photo wallpaper is good for any decisions.
How to choose the right
To choose the right wallpaper for the kitchen so that they do not bother, look harmonious and deliver only positive emotions, professional designers advise taking into account several factors that will help when choosing:
- Firstly, of course, these are your financial opportunities. Since modern photo wallpapers differ not only in quality, but their price is diverse.
- Secondly, it is the tastes and desires of all members of your family. Since the kitchen is a common room, the whole family will enjoy them.
- Thirdly, this is the volume of your kitchen. Since in a small room you need to choose images that can visually enlarge it.
- Fourth, this is indoor lighting. As in a poorly lit room, a dark or very bright image will make it even darker. Perhaps you need additional lights.
- Fifth, this is a stylistic interior design. Since the image on the photo wallpaper should emphasize the style of the interior of your kitchen.
- Sixth, this is the coloring of the decoration and furniture of the whole room. Since for harmony, the color of the photo wallpaper should be repeated in the colors and shades of the interior and kitchen design.
Advice! When choosing wall murals in the kitchen, do not forget about their functions or the functions that you want them to perform in your room.
Where to place photo wallpaper in the kitchen
Wall murals in the kitchen can be placed anywhere, provided that they perform the function of design decoration of the room and the room is large, bright and without flaws.
Most often they are used:
- On the free wall.
- On the wall near the dining table.
- On the kitchen apron.
- On the facades of furniture, kitchen wall.
- On the fridge.
Depending on the functions that the murals perform in the kitchen and choose a place where to place them.
Types of photo wallpaper
Once the murals were already in fashion, people were proud of them, because it was not a decoration for everyone. But they quickly disappeared, as they stopped buying them. And all due to the fact that the quality of the old photo wallpaper did not differ in virtues and they quickly deteriorated.
There was no large assortment of images either, so very often the same images were encountered and few could boast of exclusiveness. At present, photo wallpapers differ not only in quality, but also in a wide variety of images.
Photo cloth quality
Wall murals come in several forms, depending on the material from which their main layer is made, it happens:
- Paper - this is the most common type of photo canvas and the most affordable for any consumer. Paper murals have the largest assortment of images. Their advantages include: environmental friendliness, air permeability, accessibility and ease of installation. But their disadvantages do not allow the use of such material in the kitchen, it is: fear of water and fragility.
- Vinyl - this is the most commonly used type of photo cloth in the kitchen. These murals are quite affordable and there is a large selection of images. In addition, they are very strong and moisture resistant, which allows them not only to wash, but also to clean. Their only minus is their density, which does not let air through at all.
- Non-woven (see Non-woven photo wallpaper: how to choose and stick) Is an ideal type of photowalls for any room.Such photowall-paper consists of continuous positive qualities, it is also environmental friendliness, and moisture resistance, and breathability and many other things. By cons, their small assortment of images and rather high cost can be attributed, although they are worth it.
- Woven - this is the most aesthetic in appearance appearance of photo cloths, as it resembles real fabric. These are eco-friendly murals that pass airflows well, but they are not for the kitchen and that's why. They absorb odors and attract dust, you will not wash them, because they do not like moisture and the cost of such a canvas is very high.
Manufacturers have come up with many different methods and techniques, how to make all types of paintings suitable for any room. So some canvases that do not tolerate moisture are impregnated with a special composition so that it protects the canvas from damage.
Some of the upper layers of photographic cloths can serve as protection, for example: the laminated upper layer is a thin transparent film that can protect against water, friction and mechanical damage.
Photo Canvas Textures
Modern photo wallpapers differ not only in quality features and materials, manufacturers have come up with unusual textures of paintings that resemble various natural and artificial materials and elements, for example:
- Fabric: silk, velvet or linen - this surface of the fabric imitates the fabric and to the touch it just seems that way. On such canvases most often depict flowers, plants or natural landscapes.
- Stone and brick - can be both on the entire surface of the canvas, and on parts of it (as in the photo above). Such canvases can be imitating a wall or architecture is depicted on them.
- Sand - this texture resembles sand scattered throughout the canvas. On such canvases depict animals, natural subjects or architectural buildings.
- Hoarfrost is a fleecy surface of the canvas, which is very suitable for images of winter plots and the plant world.
- The surface is a completely flat and smooth surface of the canvas, which gives a glossy sheen. Such canvases depict cosmic motifs, cars, people and cities.
- Canvas is a canvas resembling a real canvas for paintings, so the images of famous paintings and portraits look perfect on it.
- Tree bark - an unusual uneven texture with veins, like a tree bark is well suited for images of plants, flowers and natural subjects.
This is just a small fraction of the huge variety of textures of photoworks, they affect the colors of images, making them either muffled and calmer, or brighter and more saturated.
Select an image in the kitchen
The images on the photo wallpaper are divided by:
- Subject.
- Color.
- To the species.
- Types.
- Drawings or photos.
- Printing method.
The coloring of the same image can be different, it can be a multi-colored, colorful picture, and a picture made in one color, but in different shades, and its black and white image (see. Wall mural black and white: which ones to choose) Everyone will find their own color scheme.
Printing methods, although they differ from each other, but the durability of the image is guaranteed by all of them. Also, the images are distinguishable by the way of drawing the picture. They can be made in the form of watercolor or oil paintings or drawn in pencil. And most often, these are just beautiful photos.
Image Topics
The themes of modern photo wallpaper are so diverse that no one can not pick up something of their own. Even modern youth can find murals depicting abstraction or graffiti now trendy.
The most popular images now:
- Nature is: green forests and colorful gardens; delicate flowers and unusual plants; majestic mountains and steep cliffs; noisy waterfalls and small streams; as well as animals.
- Sea - this: water landscapes and coastal cities; seething storm and sea surface; sandy beach and green-blue bay.
- Architectures are: modern megacities and small towns; majestic bridges and quiet streets; famous monuments and wonders of the world; Ancient castles and ancient ruins.
- Space is: mysterious stars and uncharted planets;
- People are: famous actors and popular singers, groups; historical figures and simply beautiful girls (see Wall mural with girls in the interior).
- Cars are: beautiful cars and fashionable motorcycles; aircraft and ships, as well as military equipment.
Advice! When choosing an image for the kitchen, do not forget that it should be suitable for the kitchen and the style of the interior of the room.
3D photo wallpaper
Photo wallpaper with a 3D effect is classified as a separate type of photo wallpaper, because of their unusual three-dimensional image, which creates a real illusion of the volume of the picture.
Such photo wallpaper is divided into several main subspecies, these are:
- Single are small-sized canvases with a specific, thematically directed image. With their help, you can emphasize the style of the room, or you can even create your own style in the room. But basically they just serve to decorate the room, sometimes they are additionally decorated, for example: with a frame and they look like a realistic picture.
- Background - this is a narrow long canvas, with which you can zoning the room. They can be pasted over as part of the wall, or all of it. Usually they do not have a specific image that needs to be clearly joined together, often geometric shapes or abstraction are depicted on them. With their help, you can create the background of the entire room.
- Panoramic - these are very large panels with which you can paste several walls at once. Often on such canvases are images that emphasize the geometry of the room. For example: a bamboo forest emphasizes the vertical and visually makes the room taller; the sandy beach and the blue sea emphasizes the horizontal and makes the room visually wider.
But manufacturers do not stop there, and come up with new types of photo wallpaper, for example, such novelties as:
- Fluorescent - this is an unusual form of 3D photo wallpaper differs from others by the glow of the image in the dark. This is achieved using phosphorus, which is part of the paint. For a longer effect, it is advised to illuminate the photo wallpaper with special black lamps during the day.
- LED - this is not even a photo wallpaper, in the sense that we know about them. This is an unusual electronic system, which consists of a million tiny LEDs. These murals are controlled by the remote control, and you can easily change the color of the image and its image.
Important! Due to the high cost of this type of photo wallpaper, a lot of fakes appeared on the market, so buy 3 D photo wallpaper in specialized stores or require warranty documents and certificates for them.
Conclusion
Wall murals will decorate your kitchen and will please you, your family and friends.
