Eco style
You may not support environmental ideology or agree with it, but in the field of design, eco-style has long been firmly and confidently established - in 2020 and subsequent years, the “eco” theme will develop even more actively. So why not use its motifs for wallpaper design?
Moreover, if the kitchen interior is conducive to this: there are elements made of wood or stone, greenery is widely used to create a cozy homely atmosphere.
This can be wallpaper either with an imitation of some natural structure (for example, wood), or with the direct use of natural materials in the composition of the fibers.
Selection of supporting base
Oil and acrylic paints are applied to canvas, while watercolor and gouache are applied to thick fine art paper. The kitchen, depending on its style, welcomes any paint and a supporting base for the plot, respectively. But what kind of painting should you hang in the kitchen if the interior is designed in a traditional or simple style? The answer is simple - a painting painted in oil or acrylic. The corresponding scenes are applied to the following products:
- Canvas on stretcher;
- Canvas on cardboard.
The good thing about the listed types of supporting base is that they can be supplemented with a decorative frame and glazing.
Focus on simplicity
Inventive patterns with complex structures are a thing of the past. Now the show is ruled by the ideas of moderation and balance - the hallmarks of Scandinavian minimalism, which has won a leading position in design and, it seems, is not even going to leave the pedestal.
Such a neutral background can be greatly enlivened by some witty drawing or composition. For example, as in the photo below.
Or a decorative element made by yourself. Three-dimensional butterflies on a plain canvas are a timeless classic.
What motifs and themes of photo wallpapers would be appropriate in the kitchen?
Scenes on photo wallpapers in the kitchen can reflect any fantasy and idea, the main thing is that it is appropriate in this particular place. Let's get acquainted with the most popular solutions and what purpose they serve.
Motifs with 3-D drawings, kitchen utensils, fruits, vegetables, flowers can be successfully used for zoning space, highlighting and emphasizing the dining area. Focusing attention in a specific area or on one of the walls of the room can greatly diversify a boring, monotonous interior.
False photo wallpapers imitate things in a room that actually don’t exist. This could be an image of a shelf with books, a beautiful arch opening a view of the alley, or some kind of continuation of the kitchen in the form of a courtyard enfilade in a classical style.
False windows and false doors will visually add additional space to the kitchen and erase the boundaries of the room. Windows can be made with a frame, and behind them a beautiful landscape of a garden, lake, or sea coast opens. An interesting idea is to make an imitation of a door with access to a balcony from which you can see a beautiful city.
Photo wallpaper with perspective, which depicts landscapes stretching into the distance, visually enlarges the room. Here it is very important to think carefully about the lighting in order to enhance the effect of the drawing going into the distance. For the same purpose, you can hang a mirror opposite the photo wallpaper.
Eclecticism
This idea has already managed to manifest itself in design. It is based on the deliberate use of stylistically different elements in one room. This concept creates the impression of interior eclecticism, but this is exactly the case when artistic “clutter” is beneficial and greatly refreshes the space.
For example, wallpaper with large and bright art objects on the canvas will look incredibly vibrant and interesting in the format of an extremely smooth space.
However, to create such eclecticism, a subtle artistic flair is required so that the final result truly retains aesthetic qualities and produces the intended effect.
Brick wallpaper
It would seem that this format has long gone out of fashion, but in 2020 this idea has returned to trends and can be considered a modern design solution.
Most likely, in connection with the existing request for loft interiors. Many modern kitchens boast a substantial area, and are often combined with living rooms, and such wallpapers greatly emphasize the chosen design course.
Quite often used for finishing some local area. For example, an apron or a dining area. In the first case, you need to carefully look at the specification - the wallpaper must be washable so that water and grease can be washed off from it without any problems.
What can be done with photo wallpaper in the kitchen interior?
Photo wallpaper on the wall in the kitchen is not used for the entire room. This option looks too provocative and does not create the necessary comfort. However, highlighting certain zones makes it easy to make a room unique and memorable.
Wall near the table in the dining area
Zoning a room using photo wallpaper
Often the area near the table is decorated in a brighter color, using 3-D wallpaper. The use of volumetric images allows you to increase the space and highlight the dining area, which is very important for small rooms.
When using brightly colored photo wallpaper, the remaining walls are decorated in soothing colors.
Wall by the window
For kitchen-living rooms, it is recommended to allocate a wall near the window. Thus, the room can be expanded.
Shades of gray or green can be used as colors. This interior is matched with white wallpaper and curtains to match the photo wallpaper.
Apron in the work area
Decorating your work area has many advantages:
- maintaining cleanliness, as it is necessary to use dense coatings;
- dividing the kitchen into two zones;
- highlighting the kitchen set.
Wallpaper can be selected in different shades. However, it is necessary to take into account the color of the furniture and the main background in the room.
Important! Often, when decorating an apron, wall lighting is used. Thus, the emphasis is placed on the picture depicted on the wall.
Kitchen facades
Using photo wallpaper you can update your kitchen set. Ideas for decorating furniture can be varied.
Wallpaper is glued to furniture and covered with varnish on top. Thus, the appearance will last for a long period. To make the wallpaper look neat, you can use corners.
Kitchen façade design
The wall behind the sofa or kitchen corner
Zoning the wall behind the furniture allows you to focus on bright prints. Most often, this method is recommended for use in a studio apartment.
To decorate a wall, you need to use an ornament that will match the curtains or other interior items in style and color.
Niche
In order to highlight a niche, photo wallpaper in the form of a beautiful panel can be used. This design method allows you to expand the space in the room. A good example for a niche would be a panel in the form of a flowering balcony.
3D images
3D wallpaper significantly enlivens the space in a small kitchen, where, as you know, the arsenal of expressive means is extremely limited. It is especially effective to use such three-dimensional images in the immediate vicinity of the dining area - on the wall adjacent to it.
True, it is worth observing the scale: if the kitchen is small, it is better to use medium-sized objects so that there is no excessive pressure on perception.
Color range of photo wallpaper for the kitchen
The kitchen is a place where a person spends a lot of time. Therefore, when choosing a color scheme, it is necessary to pay attention to colors that do not get boring after a short time.
Black and white
Black and white option
Using black and white wallpaper allows you to highlight pieces of furniture. Various shades of gray are often used to highlight unusual furniture. However, this type of photo wallpaper is not recommended for use in a small kitchen. And to prevent the room from looking gloomy, you need to highlight one wall with a bright print or an unusual object in a rich color.
Important! Using black and white shades correctly, you can easily correct imperfections in a room. Using the city panorama, it is easy to visually align the wall.
Cool tones
Using cool shades
Photo wallpapers in cold tones used on the kitchen wall allow you to create a stylish interior.
White is used as the main tone. Cool tones such as blue and all shades of blue go perfectly with white and gray.
Warm shades
Warm color palettes
Warm and pastel colors will be the solution for a small room; visually such a kitchen looks more spacious. Warm shades can be diluted with bright accents on furniture or interior details.
Striped wallpaper
With the help of such wallpaper you can not only build a modern interior, but also work on expanding or, conversely, reducing space.
Everything is simple here:
- if you have high ceilings and want to make the kitchen wider and lower, then wallpaper with horizontal stripes will help you do this;
- if it’s the other way around, then try vertical stripes - this will make the ceiling “rise” and create more space, even if it’s just an optical illusion.
Design features: choose the plot and print
The market for finishing materials for kitchen renovation offers a huge selection of photo wallpapers. But in order to choose the right image, you need to know current trends. Today relevant:
- Classics of the genre are still lifes (flowers, vegetables, fruits, luxury drinks, delicious dishes, coffee cups).
- Animal painting, surreal landscapes.
- Country theme (old neat houses, elements of the interiors of their past).
- Strict geometric ornament.
- Volumetric images. A good example is a realistic view from an open window of a spring garden or autumn park.
The main rule is that the image must fit harmoniously into the color and stylistic interior design of the kitchen. For photo wallpapers, it is important to become the dominant design element, under which the overall concept is adjusted.
3D photo wallpaper with a three-dimensional image effect is a modern, stylish way to decorate your kitchen interior. There are several types of stereoscopic wallpaper: panoramic, fragmentary, roll. The three-dimensional image may have additional LED or fluorescent lighting, which makes the picture more real.
In the photo, the kitchen interior with photo wallpaper near the table complements the overall style of the kitchen.
You should know that the three-dimensional effect becomes noticeable only from a long distance and at a certain angle. Therefore, three-dimensional drawings are not recommended for use in apartments with a small kitchen.
Photo wallpaper with flowers makes the kitchen interior bright and cozy. Royal roses, delicate daisies, noble peonies give a festive atmosphere. This kitchen is warm even on the cloudiest cold days. Photo wallpapers can have a theme, for example, with the image of a beautiful arch entwined with a garland of flowers. And also subject-based - bouquets, still lifes, individual large elements of flowering plants. Another type is panoramic paintings with landscapes.
When choosing a photo wallpaper print, you need to know a few rules:
- the smaller the size of the kitchen, the smaller the flowers should be in the picture;
- the image must fit the overall design solution, furniture and accessories;
- The main color of the walls is selected to match the colors, and not the background surrounding them.
Scene and landscape floral photo wallpapers are great for small kitchens, for example, in Khrushchev-era apartment buildings. They can decorate not the entire wall, but a small fragment. The imitation of an open door overlooking a field strewn with bright tulips or poppies looks beautiful and unusual. A narrow strip with the image of a blooming orchid will give the kitchen an exotic look.
The photo shows an accent wall in the kitchen interior with a bright floral print.
To decorate kitchens, frescoes are often used - photo wallpapers imitating painting. Drawings can be very different. These include still lifes with kitchen motifs, romantic landscapes, and abstraction. There are many options. Frescoes can have different sizes. The choice depends on the dimensions of the room and design features.
Small paintings are convenient to place above the sink or stove. Designers often use several frescoes to decorate the interior, placed in different places in the kitchen, united by a single style and theme.
To create spectacular creative interiors, photo wallpapers made in two colors are used - black and white. This is especially true for retro style. Such images penetrate the consciousness most deeply, because the gaze is not distracted by bright spots or a variety of colors.
Black and white photo wallpaper can adjust the interior and visually change the kitchen space. The more dark it is, the smaller the room seems. The distance to furnishings appears shorter than it actually is. White color, on the contrary, visually enlarges the territory. Makes the kitchen spacious and bright.
An important role is played not only by the combination of colors, but also by the pattern and texture of the coating. For example, the vertical arrangement of black and white stripes will visually raise the ceiling. And the image with perspective will expand the walls of the kitchen.
Lovers of original modern interiors often prefer urban themes. Images of large cities or old cities with their streets and courtyards are best suited for these purposes. The kitchen can be decorated with almost any theme. The main thing is that it evokes positive emotions. In the dining room you can use photo wallpaper with an image that evokes appetite. These could be cozy coffee shops in Paris, squares with grocery store windows.
The views of Venice with its water canals will give you peace and tranquility. Or Greece, with its unique architecture. An excellent option is a city at night, illuminated by a million lights. Urban photo wallpaper can be glued not only to walls, but also to kitchen furniture and to the front panel of the refrigerator. To visually raise the ceiling, it is recommended to use images of skyscrapers, the Eiffel Tower, and high-rise buildings.
Photo wallpapers with natural landscapes are characterized by a huge variety. This is a timeless classic. The use of modern manufacturing technologies allows us to obtain bright, durable images with a variety of cold and warm shades. Blue sea with clear water, fresh spring greenery of the forest, snow-white mountain peaks - all the diversity of nature can be reflected in photo wallpapers.
Typically, decoration in the kitchen is carried out in the dining table area. Choose photo wallpapers in soothing colors that blend with the surrounding space. You can use not only large and wide-format landscapes, for example, a field with yellow sunflowers. But also decorative panels, narrow photo wallpapers, modular paintings.
Photo wallpaper with a gastronomic theme is ideal for the kitchen. This decor promotes a good appetite and lifts your spirits. It is pleasant to cook and eat in his environment. Photo wallpapers with food most often depict:
- Fruits - ripe apples and pears, red-sided apricots and peaches, plums begging to be eaten. Citrus fruits are very popular: lemons, oranges, tangerines.
- Berries - strawberries, raspberries, red and black currants, blackberries.
- Vegetables - hot and bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplants, pumpkins, all types of cabbage.
- Coffee in an original cup surrounded by delicious pastries.
Fruits, vegetables, berries can be depicted either individually or together. Nature has given them a variety of colors and shades. And this is very beneficial when creating still lifes for photo wallpapers.
Photo wallpapers that imitate the view from the window give the interior a unique flavor. Allows you to visually increase the kitchen space. A magnificent sunset, a blooming meadow with dandelions, a park with exotic trees - all this can be seen every day from an improvised window. With the help of such stylish photo wallpapers it is easy to hide the shortcomings of a small kitchen, remove dark areas, and add openness to the interior.
Small kitchens will be visually enlarged thanks to images with perspective. For a more realistic, attractive look, windows in photo wallpaper can be decorated with a wooden frame or polyurethane molding, a window sill, indoor plants, and textiles.
Photo wallpapers for the kitchen with various versions of abstract designs are at the peak of popularity. They are characterized by unusual geometric shapes, arbitrary lines and elements, and non-standard plots. Sometimes abstract images create the illusion of chaos in a confined space. Therefore, they should be chosen wisely and used for wall decoration.
First of all, their impact on psychological comfort and mood is taken into account. For the kitchen, it is recommended to select photo wallpapers in light colors and cool colors. Abstract paintings are best suited for modern interiors, such as pop art, minimalism, and hi-tech.
Decorative kitchen utensils
We do not mean the utensils themselves, but their imitation on the wallpaper. Plates, forks and spoons, knives, aprons - all this is very popular in 2020 and looks organic on the wall, emphasizing the functionality of the room.
This is especially true for kitchens, where all the real kitchen utensils are hidden in drawers and are not accessible to a quick glance.
And if you have enough plates in the kitchen without wallpaper, then try coffee-themed canvases. We are sure that one look will be enough to ignite your desire to immediately brew a cup.
Washable photo wallpaper options
This type of wallpaper is very convenient to use in the kitchen space, since there are temperature changes in this room, and the steam from boiling soup, even if it is cooked in a small saucepan, can cause the most durable wallpaper to peel off.
Stains of grease, soot and dirt can be seen in the kitchen work area. They are quite easy to clean from tiles, tables, walls, wash curtains, and if there are washable photo wallpapers in the room, then it is easy to clean them too.
Hieroglyphs and other ethnic motifs
The expansion of Asian culture into European civilization is already an obvious fact. If you are seriously impressed by oriental flavor, take advantage of the current trend to create a harmonious interior in your kitchen.
Typically, the integration of hieroglyphs into space occurs through auxiliary decorative elements, but nothing prevents you from trying a larger option - wallpaper. The main thing is, before gluing, be sure to find out the meaning of the symbols used.
The sakura branch is from the same “opera” and serves as a good ethnic marker, allowing one to emphasize the direction of the owners’ taste.
Geometric abstractions
It’s hard to call wallpaper with geometric abstractions some kind of fresh design trend. Rather, it is a universal design that always works: no matter what size or layout your kitchen has.
A circle is also a geometric figure, if anything. Use wallpaper with this element if you have a small kitchen and get a modern interior even with 4-5 square meters of total area.
And here’s a real stylistic combo: geometric abstraction inscribed in a spectacular photo image with berries and fruits.
Which drawing should you prefer?
As soon as you manage to decide on the type of photo wallpaper, you should choose a design. The main motifs of the patterns are as follows: background - without an image, with a photograph, abstract. Options without a specific design do not get boring, unlike those with a landscape or city view printed on them.
It is worth preparing to change them within five years. From experience, horizontal or vertical lines become boring much later than this.
Combinations with different textures and materials
The idea is not new, but it seems to have received a remarkable rebirth in 2020. In one room, not only wallpapers of different tones are combined, but also a variety of materials. Most often, a vertical division of the wall into 2 parts is used: the top is covered with wallpaper, and the bottom is covered with tiles, decorative plaster, etc. Usually the separation is beautifully decorated with molding - for a more harmonious transition between materials.
Although in fact you can combine wallpaper in the kitchen in completely different ways. Read more in this article with examples and photos.
Selecting Brushes
Any painting with the exception of graphics welcomes the use of brushes. The latter are selected depending on the type of paint:
- Acrylic and oil – brushes with a synthetic working base;
- Gouache – pork wool and synthetics;
- Watercolor – kolinsky, sable, squirrel.
The ends of the brushes have different shapes - sharp, semicircular, straight, fan-shaped. The choice of form depends on the complexity of drawing a certain element. Therefore, to paint a still life, it is recommended to choose a set of brushes - about 6 pieces. Moreover, the difference between them should be explained not only by the composition and shape of the working part, but also by its diameter.
Finally, if you don’t have enough energy, time and even money for painting, then you can put a banal photo of a painting in the kitchen in a frame. Today it is very easy to order the appropriate work, regardless of its size and complexity of detail.
Mosaic wallpaper
Get ahead of your neighbors and be the first to place such beauty in your kitchen. Now we can say with confidence that they will appear more and more often in modern interiors every year.
In addition to its solid decorative potential, wallpaper of this type can also be considered an asset for its practicality: it perfectly hides imperfections in the base, disguises seams at joints and is easy to maintain. And, by the way, mosaic canvases are relatively inexpensive - real mosaics cost many times more.
Modern paintings
Modern paintings include simple two- or three-color scenes, modular combinations, simplified still lifes, and “NUDE” style. If the last two options mainly come with the frame, then the modules, on the contrary, are better left bare. Corresponding modern paintings for the kitchen are recommended for use in studio apartments where a bar counter is installed or inside kitchens designed in the loft style.
