Interior design with gray wallpaper (140+ Photos): General rules for selection and combination
Wallpapers in a gray shade visually expand the space, create a non-marking interior for the kitchen, hallway, living room and bedroom.
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Rules for the design of various rooms wallpaper gray tint
The lack of pronounced color temperature and the variety of shades make it easy to combine gray cover with bright textiles, to give the room a brighter or neutral color scheme. Depending on the saturation of the tone, graphite wallpaper can be used as a background for bright pictures, mirrors, stucco, or be the central element of the design of "empty" walls.
Gray is not boring
Entrance hall
Most new buildings have narrow miniature hallways rectangular shape without additional sources of natural light. Interior design with a bright graphite visual shade of the visual expands the space, and you need to use additional floor lamps and wall sconces to make the interior look more welcoming.
Hallway decoration using photo
Color gives the room a classic style.
Living room
Interior decoration of the living room using textured wallpapers of this color in combination with bright curtains, massive crystal chandeliersglazed cabinets creates the style of the Empire or Art Deco. Owners of small apartments with combined kitchen-living rooms decorate the room with light shades of wallpaper with a pronounced pattern.
It is easy to combine gray cover with bright textiles.
In the interior of the living room
Kitchen
The kitchen room in a city apartment is used for cooking, relaxing and receiving guests. Coatings with a smooth texture in a gray tint make it possible to choose furniture in saturated colors, to comfortably place dimensional equipment, to combine several styles in one interior. Wallpaper for the kitchen should be easy to wash, to be resistant to chemicals and wet cleaning.
An interesting option for the kitchen
Room restraint
Bedroom
The bedroom is suitable for decoration rolls with a large pattern, pronounced texture and extra shine (shimmer, rhinestones, silk-screen printing). Situation bedrooms limited to bed or a sofa, a wardrobe and bedside tables, so the walls are decorated with bright ornaments of large sizes.
Bright roses as a highlight of the interior
In the interior of the bedroom
Choice of ornament
Monophonic wallpapers of light-graphite shades visually increase the space, combined with dark and light colors of textiles, furniture. For example, smooth transitions of a gray shade are carried out with the help of decorative plaster; a neutral gray wall can be easily created with the help of thin paper canvases.
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Decorative plaster is suitable for decorating even walls in new buildings and country houses. The material imitates marble, standard plaster plaster, creates the effect of a pronounced texture on the walls. Liquid wallpaper tolerate daily cleaning with chemicals, wash well and visually level minor defects in the walls.
Provence style
The hue of liquid wallpaper is recommended to choose with small transitions. For example, the lower half of the walls is framed in a darker tone, the upper one in a gray-white shade with the addition of decor. Installation involves applying the finished mixture on the walls, so the picture can be created independently.
Modern style in the interior
Wallpaper with a pattern
Traditional large floral ornaments draw attention to the walls, allow minimal use of accessories and additional lighting. The combination of a graphite-colored wallpaper with a large pattern, white furniture and bright-colored textiles serves as a base for the interior of a small room.
- Theme drawing. Floral ornaments look brighter, create a festive atmosphere in the room, combined with accessories in the styles of loft, Provence. Geometrical drawings require more massive accessories, create a laconic interior, visually expand the space.
- The size of the picture. Large ornaments in the form of paintings or lithographs are combined with furniture and textiles of uniform colors, do not require installation of mirrors, paintings in massive baguettes and large clocks on the walls. As a rule, canvases with an extensive pattern are chosen for spacious rooms with a good level of illumination, a small amount of furniture and accessories.
Traditional large floral designs
- The color scheme of the picture. The gray tone in combination with the colors of the warm gamut (yellow, red, green) creates a harmonious, intense interior. These combinations make the walls of living rooms, kitchens, spacious hallways with chandeliers. Dim designs that combine several shades of gray are used for smaller rooms, as well as for daily rest and relaxation.
Solid colors
Covering walls with one shade of gray is used in a setting of miniature apartments, rooms with low illumination. A single-color canvas is combined with an abundance of decorative elements on the walls: paintings, massive wall clocks, mirrors, and installations.
- Color selection. The saturation and color temperature should be slightly lower than that of the surrounding pieces of furniture, in which case the space will look larger. For example, gray-white wallpaper in combination with dark furniture create a strict Scandinavian interior, the abundance of metal elements forms the style of the loft.
Monochrome canvas combined with an abundance of decorative elements
- The choice of texture. Monochrome canvases with a pronounced invoice mask insignificant defects of the walls, giving the room sophistication. For example, wallpaper for painting, imitating cork or linen coating, are used in the interiors of living rooms, libraries, classrooms.
- Dressing. You can diversify the design of the walls with the help of massive fillets of a lighter tone, large baseboards made of natural wood, installation of posters and mirrors on the surface of the wall.
Monophonic option
Color selection
The classic graphite tone requires the addition of lighting and accessories; it is used in stylized interiors that imitate a laconic design. Coating walls with a gray tone in combination with additional colors look more comfortable and colorful:
- white;
- beige;
- brown;
- pink.
Depending on the saturation of the primary color, the walls look more brightly or strictly, modern or vintage.
Stylish entrance hall
Gray-white wallpaper in the interior
Cloth for decoration of rooms, kitchens and hallways of a small area, richly equipped with furniture and appliances. Cold colors require the addition of saturated colors with textiles, installation of lighting in tone.
- Picture selection. More soft look ornaments imitating floral colors, lace. Gray and white canvas with photos, geometric patterns, gradient filling create strict interiors, are used for the design of offices, libraries.
- The choice of texture. Neutral color scheme allows you to choose a pronounced texture imitating fabric, wood, plaster.
- Material selection. Gray-white shades are quite so-so, so it is recommended to pay attention to washable formulations made of fiberglass or non-woven base.
Gray White
Dark gray
The material is used to stylize bright interiors, requires light-colored furniture, an abundance of decorative mirrors. Dark gray canvases make out the walls of kitchens, hallways, spacious living rooms. The pronounced color scheme in combination with contrasting textiles (for example, in a green shade) and wall lamps is suitable for daily rest.
- Picture selection. A rich tone implies a small geometric or floral pattern that draws attention to the walls, combined with light floor coverings, an abundance of stucco on ceiling.
- The choice of texture. Small rooms are decorated with dark gray canvases with a smooth texture, imitation of bulk materials is appropriate for built-in furniture and spacious rooms.
- Material selection. Dark gray scale is non-dark, so the material can be selected simple material: paper, textiles, cork tree.
Dark version
Gray beige
The popular “warm” wall design option is suitable for owners of rosewood-colored furniture installed in small rooms. The shade of the walls is quite catchy, so the decorative elements are selected to match.
- Picture selection. The ornament on the gray-beige canvas is chosen large and noticeable, which gives the interior a touch of Provence style, vintage accessories will complete the picture.
- The choice of texture. The beige tone is combined with a pronounced texture and an abundance of additional decorations: laid moldings, glitter and rhinestones.
- Material selection. Gray-beige tone is quite so-so, the wall covering is treated with protective wax or buy washable wallpaper.
Gray Pink
The combination of colors, suggesting a festive interior living room, guest rooms or child's. Depending on the design and material, such canvases can look more vividly and emphasize the palace interior, or have to relax.
- Picture selection. Gray-pink color scheme looks optimal on floral ornaments, associated with ethnic styles: boho, African.
- The choice of texture. Pink shade draws attention to the coating of the walls, so the texture is chosen clearly expressed, create an imitation of damask cloths made of thick natural fabric.
- Material selection. The combination of light colors is quite dashing, it is recommended to process the walls with protective coatings to preserve a pleasant appearance.
Classic, stylish bedroom
Neutral shade in combination with warm colors suitable for small spaces, forms interiors of Provence, Loft, Vintage styles.
Pearl wallpaper of light shades (gray-white, gray-beige) with small floral or geometric patterns expand the space, combined with furniture of different shades and do not require the selection of complex accessories to match. Such materials are suitable for owners of small apartments interested in the visual expansion of the space. Wall coverings of more saturated colors with a large pattern are more complex material for combination with furniture and decor; it is recommended to pre-select additional lighting and accessories.
Textured gray-white and gray-beige coatings "for painting" or with a small ornament are materials for wall decoration in hallways, kitchens, small living rooms and bedrooms. Posters, prints, lamps, clocks and mirrors on the walls will help to diversify the interior.
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