Advantages and disadvantages
- A fresh color that is associated with purity, sea, snow and sky;
- A room with blue wallpaper is calming, relieves fatigue after a working day;
- Visually increases the space, adds light, is suitable for small rooms and rooms without windows;
- Combines with bright interior items and textiles;
- Refreshes a room whose windows face the hot southern side.
- With an abundance of blue (if you combine wallpaper in blue tones with blue furniture and textiles), a feeling of tension arises, so you need to maintain a color balance;
- Blue-colored wall wallpaper is not suitable for rooms where the windows face the north side (this will make the room gloomy and colder).
The photo shows a classic English interior with blue wallpaper in a small flower pattern, which matches the color of the chandeliers and curtains.
Types of wallpaper
Along with the correct selection of color, there is also the right decision in choosing the texture of the wallpaper. The choice is huge, so sorting out this variety is not the easiest task.
Design
Monochrome
Wallpaper without a pattern or design can be used to cover the entire room or just one wall. It goes well with white or contrasting moldings. Wallpaper in blue tones does not look boring, as the emphasis is on the texture (waves, herringbone, speckled, polka dots, etc.) of vinyl or glass wallpaper. Neutral style is suitable for modern, Scandinavian and classic interiors.
Plain wallpaper does not need to be matched to the joint.
Wallpaper with a pattern
Suitable for the style of the room based on the theme of the pattern and are divided into subtypes:
With an ornament
A combination of identical figures and lines, where the sequence alternation and change of sizes creates dynamics in the interior.
Geometry looks best in a large version.
The photo shows bright blue wallpaper with a geometric pattern.
The photo shows a room in a classic style, decorated with stylish dirty blue wallpaper with texture.
The polka dot pattern, the checkered pattern is combined with plain curtains or with curtains with the same pattern. Suitable for modern and classic styles.
Imitation of brick, stone, wood, fabric, plaster
Suitable for any type of room in loft, Scandinavian or country style.
Patterns (damask, monograms)
Suitable for art deco and classic style. Depending on the wallpaper covering material, they can be embossed or flat.
Flower-patterned
This pattern is characterized by interweaving of leaves, flowers, branches and grass.
When gluing wallpaper, it is necessary to observe the continuation of the fragment.
The flowers can be large or small, white, pink or red. Suitable for classic, English style, country and Provence.
The photo shows a beautiful bedroom with wallpaper in a small floral pattern on a soft blue background, which echoes the print of classic long curtains.
Images of birds and animals
A print with birds or butterflies is well suited for the Provence or shabby chic style, and will also be a good idea for creating an accent wall in a modern interior.
Stripes
Striped wallpaper can be vertical (which will visually raise the ceiling), horizontal (will expand the space, but will make the room lower), large (suitable for a large room) and small (for a small one). The stripe can alternate with another pattern, with stripes of a different color, or be monochromatic.
Suitable for minimalism and classic interiors.
The photo shows the interior of a bedroom with wallpaper in white and blue stripes.
Photo wallpaper, 3d wallpaper
A great choice for any room, will help to visually enlarge a small room.
The photo shows azure-colored wallpaper with a shark image.
Combination with other colors
Wallpaper can be combined with one color that is close to blue (white, blue, aquamarine, turquoise, brown). In this case, blue will be the background for the companion color. Wallpaper can also be combined with lively contrasting colors of warm tones (orange, yellow, red) in moderation. These can be curtains, fittings, decor and textiles.
Light blue
This version of wallpaper in combination with a white pattern or design will create a feeling of cleanliness and freshness.
In the photo in the bedroom, blue wallpaper with a white geometric pattern acts as an accent on the wall at the head of the bed and the central part of the ceiling, highlighting the sitting area.
The combination with shades of beige, green and brown will be associated with nature.
Dark blue
In combination with light gray stripes in a spacious hot room, the wallpaper will create a cool effect, and wallpaper with gold patterns and white relief skirting boards will suit a room in a classic style.
A combination of pale pink abstraction or flowers on a blue background will suit the Provence style. This tandem of colors can be diluted with white textiles and dark brown furniture.
Soft blue
They go well in any proportion with green wallpaper of light green and pistachio shades, and dark blue with olive.
Black and dark brown color
Allowed for glossy furniture surfaces, as patterns on upholstery and wallpaper panels.
Photo examples of color combinations on wallpaper
In the interior of the rooms
In the living room
The blue color of the wallpaper in the hall complements the minimalism, classic or country style well. They can be used to cover the area near the sofa or fireplace for relaxation. Combined with bright accents of yellow stripes on pillows and curtains.
The photo shows a white and blue living room in a marine style, where the wallpaper serves as a background for interior items.
For the bedroom
It is best to choose plain wallpaper with a relief pattern in white or brown.
The light blue color of the walls will help you relax and get ready for rest.
If plain wallpaper, then the accent can be made on beige, brown or white curtains and bedspread.
The photo shows a blue bedroom interior, which is diluted with a dark wooden floor, a white headboard and a fluffy ivory carpet.
In the kitchen
In a small kitchen, light blue shades for wallpaper will look appropriate together with a white or light brown set. In a blue kitchen, as experts say, a person eats less food, this should be taken into account when choosing wallpaper. In the dining area, you can use kitchen photo wallpaper with an image of the sea or sky.
The photo shows an example of a blue kitchen with a floral pattern, where all natural shades are combined. The design is made in Scandinavian style.
In the nursery
You can wallpaper it in bright or pale blue. You can also decorate only the recreation area in blue, combining it with a pale orange work area. Traditionally, blue shades are found in boys’ rooms, but if you combine it with white and pink, this option will also work for girls’ bedrooms.
In the hallway
To create a bright hallway, it is best to combine a white ceiling with blue wallpaper. This choice will visually expand the corridor, add space without windows.
Rules for choosing curtains
Curtains can be in the same tones as the wallpaper and repeat the pattern. The color of the fabric or border can match the upholstery, the color of the dishes, fittings, edging of pillows, bedspreads and other interior items.
The photo shows the design of a bedroom in sky-blue tones, which looks fresh due to the large window, white accents and a glossy ceiling reflecting daylight.
Contrasting colors (bright purple curtains) are used to visually correct the perception of the room. or burgundy color decreases, and white translucent ⎯ increases).
For the design of one windows can be combined without fail turquoise and yellow, blue and green, brown and turquoise, brown and white.
To prevent the interior from looking too bright, you need to choose pastel colors (pale yellow, lilac, light green). To accentuate a window in a bedroom or living room, you can make one of the curtains in a contrasting color.
The photo shows greenish-blue liquid wallpaper.
For the kitchen, it is better to choose curtains made of fireproof fiber and a simple cut.
The photo shows an example of a blue kitchen in Victorian style with a classic small monochromatic pattern that does not reduce the space of a small kitchen. Blue wallpaper goes well with Roman striped blinds in harmonious colors.
Blue roller blinds, tulle, and classic curtains with a pink or gold pattern are suitable for a child’s room.
Choosing the color of furniture, floor, ceiling, and doors
Depending on the saturation of the wallpaper, different colors of furniture will suit. You need to stick to the rule: the darker the walls, the lighter the furniture, and vice versa.
For blue wallpaper with brown patterns, furniture in the same color as the pattern will do.
It is better to make the ceiling and floor the same color, or it can be dark laminate and a white ceiling. In a small room, it is not recommended to make the walls and ceiling the same color.
Interior doors are preferably white or light shades.
Choosing a style
When choosing wallpaper, it is important to maintain a unity of style in the design of the walls, curtains and furniture.
Classic
Recognizable by its characteristic print: white monograms and ornaments on a blue background, or gold patterns on a dark blue background. The size of the patterns depends on the dimensions of the room. Plain wallpaper will be decorated with relief borders, moldings and decorative items.
Modern
It is distinguished by restraint and practicality, so here you can see plain wallpaper, photo wallpaper, geometric patterns and straight lines.
Country
Natural shades of blue in combination with white, green and brown are characteristic.
The photo shows combined wallpaper in country style, an excellent interior solution for a country house.
Marine
Wallpaper with a small pattern, striped or photo wallpaper with a large thematic image on the entire wall is used. This option is ideal for a child’s room.
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