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How to decorate your room with wallpaper

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Decorating with wallpaper is in fashion

When it comes to decorating a wall, painting is the most common choice. However, wallpaper is becoming increasingly popular. So, if you want to keep up to date with the latest trends, decorate your bedroom with wallpaper. It is one of the most important rooms in the home and also one of the rooms that are most favoured with this decorative element.

One of the advantages of the wallpaper is that it is very versatile. It tends to fit perfectly in almost all types of rooms, so you can play with wallpapering the whole room, or combine the paper with paint, giving the bedroom a particular decorative touch.

Today there are a multitude of wallpaper optionsThe plain colours, the ornate ones, the trendy ones, the realistic ones, the ones reminiscent of nature, the abstract ones, the ones that imitate other textures, and so on. There is a lot to choose from. So, you just have to think about which is the best option for the room you want to decorate.

Decorating with wallpaper - Blue and white room

Tips on how to decorate your room with wallpaper

If you have already contracted a national removal service and you're in your new home, you'll probably want it to be decorated to your taste. To make it easier for you to choose, take note of these tips. If you follow the instructions and add your personal touch, you will make your room look splendid and original.

1.- Meditate on what you want to achieve:

Before choosing one design or another, it is important to take into account which are the most suitable for the performance of the room you are going to decorate, as well as the effect you are looking for..

If the room is small, it is best to use plain wallpaper in light tones. However, if you want to achieve a cosy bedroom, we recommend that you choose wallpaper in warm tones. In any case, you should always bear in mind that opting for lighter colours will make the room look brighter and appear larger..

On the other hand, if you wish to contribute depth We recommend wallpapers with landscape motifs for your room. But, if you want them to be seen as a wider wallsIf you want to use a vertical striped pattern in light tones, it is best to use a vertical striped pattern.

So think about these questions and then choose the paper that best suits your needs.

2.- Simulate an original headboard with wallpaper

It is best to wallpaper just one wall, so that it is the focal point of the room in question. In other words, it is advisable to highlight a single wall and paint the rest with another shade in accordance with the chosen range of colours.

If we line the main wall with wallpaper and include a cThe whole ensemble will look very elegant, with a nice picture on top to make it stand out.

Another advantage of this type of wallpaper decoration is that it allows you to cover the whole wall or just a part of it. It's up to you. Even if you already have a headboard that you don't quite like, you can wallpaper it to give it an original touch and more to your taste, so that the bedroom exudes harmony.

Decorating with wallpaper - Headboard

In short, there are many options. You just have to think of a design and imagine how the result will look like taking into account the colours you are going to combine and the paper you have chosen.

3.- Which designs are the most suitable for a bedroom?

Nowadays there is a wide variety of wallpaper designs that can look great in a bedroom. For example, those showing aspects of natureas they transmit harmony and peace to the room. In this case, wallpaper a single wall to achieve the depth we were talking about before, and paint the rest in a single tone, preferably a lighter one.

Other designs that might look good in a bedroom are those that imitate natural texturessuch as wood, stone, etc., but also fashionable are the classic styles.

Decorating with wallpaper - Room with pebble texture

However, we recommend avoid heavy paperworkThe use of dark tones in bedrooms is not advisable, as they are not conducive to rest and restful sleep.

And if the room you are going to decorate with wallpaper, it is the children's bedroomuse images and textures that add an imaginative touch of illusion.

Decorating with wallpaper - Children's rooms

4.- Renew your furniture!

Another advantage of wallpaper is that, not only can you use it to give your walls a new look, but it could also become a good resource for renovate some old furniture. In this way, you can give them a new look by covering them with wallpaper. You can decorate different pieces of furniture such as chests of drawers, stools, wardrobes, chests of drawers, etc. It also looks great to wallpaper the inside of the furniture, creating an attractive and personal effect. It also looks great to wallpaper the inside of the furniture creating an attractive and personal effect, it all depends on your imagination!

In addition to this, it is worth mentioning that there are many people who contract Furniture storage servicesmaking them an available option for future home decoration. Surely you can also opt for this alternative

5.- Make use of paper scraps

Finally, if you have leftover wallpaper after decorating your walls, we recommend that you do not throw it away, since with those leftover piecesyou will be able to make interesting things to continue decorating your home. You can, for example, cover wastepaper baskets, folders, filing cabinets, or anything else you can think of. One idea we really like is to create pictures with leftover wallpaper. To make them, you only have to cut out the paper and glue it to surfaces such as canvas, corks or wooden boards and then frame them. You'll be amazed at the effect this decorative element produces.

We hope you liked our tips and that you are encouraged to use wallpaper!

Finally, we offer you other tips on our blog about decoration to make a room look bigger. In addition, we have other services that we are sure you will love to analyse.


These are tips offered by GIL STAUFFER, your removal company since 1905.
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