We have some tips for you and a specific answer to the question: If the furniture is brown, what wallpaper should I choose? We know that not every person thinks about the combination of the color of the furniture and the overall interior of the room. Many rely on the professionalism of interior designers, and some try to make their dreams come true by decorating the room themselves.
There are two types of room design
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- combination of colors (warm colors of furniture should be in harmony with warm shades of walls, and vice versa);
- contrast in the interior (hi-tech style, minimalism, loft).
In most cases, an apartment or house contains brown furniture, which raises the question: if the furniture is brown, what wallpaper to choose?
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A typical combination is brown furniture against a background of wallpaper in pastel shades, muted colors (white, beige, light yellow, cream). It is the brown color of furniture in this combination that can add variety to the interior. If the apartment lacks cheerfulness and color, then it is quite possible to use wallpaper in more saturated colors (turquoise, lime, blue, white).
The main criteria for choosing wallpaper for a kitchen with brown furniture:
- a color scheme;
- kitchen area;
- lighting;
- wallpaper density;
- moisture resistance.
Attention! Never glue wallpaper in brown tones to match the color of the kitchen unit!
A kitchen set in brown opens up great opportunities for creating a unique interior. In this case, soft white, blue, lilac, and peach wallpapers are suitable. You should not paste wallpaper in red colors. Vinyl wallpaper is best suited for the kitchen. Their choice is very large. Many well-known manufacturers offer a huge range of wallpaper colors.
To make your rest in the bedroom comfortable, you need to create optimal conditions for this. You may ask, if the bedroom has brown furniture, what wallpaper should I choose to make this room comfortable, cozy and beautiful? Pale green, blue, light gray, orange wallpapers are perfect for furniture in brown tones. It is these colors that will give the bedroom interior warmth and comfort. If the bedroom is small, visually increase its area using light shades. You should not choose wallpaper for brown furniture with bright patterns and prints. This would be inappropriate in the bedroom. It is possible to combine two tones of wallpaper at the head of the bed, for example, light green and pale yellow, gluing the wallpaper in stripes. And choose a bedspread to match the color of the wallpaper. When choosing wallpaper, pay attention to quality. As for the types of wallpaper, give preference to vinyl or paper, depending on your financial capabilities and preferences. These are very different in their quality characteristics, so before making a choice, we suggest reading a couple of articles on our website:
And also read reviews about these types of wallpaper left by our readers. We hope that you will write your opinion:
The living room is the heart of the whole house. This is where the friendly family gathers in the evenings. Everyone, without exception, wants to create comfort and convenience in the living room. Classics of the genre - brown furniture. Brown color is not only noble, but also calming and relaxing. Against the background of light wallpaper, brown furniture will look very stylish. It is also worth noting the windows; choose curtains to match the color of the furniture. Photo wallpapers are also ideal for the living room. When choosing photo wallpaper for the living room, think through everything down to the smallest detail (which wall to stick them on, how to arrange the furniture, install equipment). They need to be pasted on a free wall in the living room. After all, wallpaper is one of the main decorative elements.
Would a patterned wallpaper or a combination of different colors go well with brown furniture?
- A pattern on the wallpaper is allowed, but it should not have a strong contrast. As for combining wallpaper of different shades, we recommend reading two articles one after the other, most likely you will find the answer on how to combine wallpaper
- Choose wallpaper that matches the pillows on upholstered furniture, for example. An excellent option for brightening up the interior.
- Fuchsia wallpaper in combination with brown furniture will create a special uniqueness and sophistication of the living room interior.
- Whatever wallpaper you choose for brown furniture, it will definitely create a unique apartment interior.
Nowadays, many designers resort to using dark furniture. What about designers... even an ordinary person without specialized knowledge in this area understands that dark furniture looks great. But what wallpaper to choose is the main question.
Below we have made a small selection of well-realized interiors with dark furniture elements. Pay attention to the wallpaper, it will immediately become clear what colors it goes with. The main thing: the wallpaper should be monotonous or black and white at most, but there are exceptions.
The first and fairly simple example in the photo:
There is a dark sofa against a gray wall. It’s hard to say whether it’s wallpaper or not, but the idea is clear in principle. The wallpaper next to the dark sofa and table should be approximately this color, but one condition must be met: light must enter the room in large quantities (as in the photo), otherwise it will be too gloomy.
The photo above is an example of using black furniture with light wallpaper. It looks pretty good, and the first thing you should pay attention to is the white ceiling, dark floor. The wallpaper here is something in between these two colors, which is why a harmonious color transition is ensured.
It is not necessary to glue wallpaper to the walls. Sometimes painting will help, as in this photo (see above). Black furniture against white walls is an old design idea that looks quite fresh today. Combining these two colors is sometimes difficult, but the designer managed to achieve an excellent result. White wallpaper would also be appropriate here, but painting is easier and cheaper.
The beige color would seem to be in harmony with, but not this time. The photo shows an example of a combination of beige color with a completely black bed. The black bed is the only black element here, but it is complemented by a dark brown nightstand. The walls are painted beige, the ceiling is white. This could easily be wallpaper (you can’t make it out in the photo), so take note of this idea.
Very contrasting interior in the photograph with dark pieces of furniture. Usually designers try to smoothly change color transitions, but in this case we see the opposite. The bright yellow walls in the photo of dark cabinets look stylish and unusual. I don’t know about you, but I like this interior the most. I recommend!
However, let's move a little away from light interiors and turn to dark ones. First example in the photo:
A dark blue wall against a background of dark brown furniture elements is also very unusual. The blue carpet on the floor complements the idea and completes the composition. In this case, the photo shows a bedroom, but the idea is also feasible for living rooms.
Some more blue wallpaper against dark furniture:
Unlike the previous option, this interior is bright, which is achieved due to the light tone and the large amount of light entering the room through the windows. Here we see the same thing: a sharp transition from a dark sofa to the bright blue color of the walls:
That's all! Thank you for reading to the end.
Brown color is classic. It is this type that is often used in houses where the owners have decided to implement a classic interior. But there are many other examples where brown very laconicly and stylishly fits into the same minimalism or modern modernism, and below we will look at many pieces of furniture in this color. And we will start with the largest and most important.
Brown sofas and living room designs
First, a little lyricism: brown is one of the universal colors that goes equally well with light and dark tones of walls, floors and other pieces of furniture. The same sofa can be easily placed against a snow-white wall and just as easily it “fits” into the dark interior of the house. The photo below is a perfect example:
The interior of this living room itself is beautiful, and the sofa in this case is in its place. It goes well with a white wall and light brown floor. Despite the dark tone, the living room looks bright and very “light”; you can feel the hand of a professional designer. The second example of using a brown sofa in the interior:
Unlike the first one, this living room is made in a dark tone, but this does not make it any less beautiful. It's just different and, in my opinion, more comfortable. The sofa itself is made in a dark brown color, while the first one is in a light brown color. This opens up creative possibilities for design.
A couple more examples of the implementation of living room interiors with brown sofas:
idea for a small living room
The last photo deserves special attention, where the dark brown color looks unusual against the background of bright blue. A fairly well-known practice in design: using sharp transitions from one color to another. In this case it worked out well.
Combination of tulle and wallpaper
Vertical stripes on textile elements expand the space and are suitable for decorating window openings in narrow rooms. Horizontal stripes will visually enlarge the windows, so they are recommended for use in rooms with low ceilings. Large patterns on curtains are appropriate in a room with plain wallpaper. Tulle with a geometric pattern is suitable for plain coverings. Metallic curtains should be supported by the shiny pattern of the wall hangings. How to choose the right burgundy curtains for beige wallpaper is demonstrated in the photo.
Brown furniture in the kitchen
After the living room, the kitchen is the first most important room, so we consider it in second order. There are so many ideas for the kitchen that it is impossible to describe them all. We'll just look at examples that involve brown.
The photo above is one of many examples of the correct use of this color in the kitchen interior. A brown set and a table of this color against the background of white walls and ceiling look stylish and correct (I think).
It's a small photo, but it shows the idea. This is a bright kitchen with white floors and yellow (or is it green?) walls. And still the central color is brown. It is in it that the furniture in the kitchen is made, which goes perfectly with the yellow wallpaper and snow-white floor. This solution is not suitable for modern Stalinist apartments due to the lack of large space. The same cannot be said about the next kitchen...
It all looks a little standard, but also very good. Dark brown kitchen cabinets go well with light walls, floors and countertops. One of the best examples of harmony between dark and light colors.
Well, another unusual solution for a huge kitchen:
Brown pieces of furniture are not as interesting here as the idea of using space in the apartment itself. Look: this is a kitchen combined with a living room and an OFFICE. This is a little white workplace on the right with a computer and chairs. Very unusual, but not very practical: delicious smells from cooking will interfere with the mental activity of the brain while working.
Photos of real kitchen projects in orange tones
The kitchen set can be monochromatic or have combined facades. Companions include white, brown, wenge, gray, etc. See which colors go best with orange:
White
White and orange kitchen is a universal and win-win option. But keep in mind: whiteness makes any color brighter.
You can use not pure white, but its unobtrusive shades - baked milk, ivory, eggshell, cream. The contrast will be softer and the interior will be calmer. The apron and countertop should also be made light.
In the following collection we have collected photographs of white and orange kitchen sets:
Brown and wenge
Bright, rich, harmonious combination. The tabletop can be beige, white, brown, black, light or dark wood. Light beige plastic or artificial acrylic stone with small brown specks is good.
Wenge bottom and orange top require a light
Zebrano
As in the case of wenge, for inexpensive kitchens they use imitation zebrawood - HPL plastic, PVC film or laminated chipboard; in more expensive models, natural veneer is used.
Mini-kitchen made of HPL plastic on
Black
The duet is spectacular, but very binding. Do not overdo it with black, otherwise the kitchen will look gloomy, alarming and too contrasting. Use it spot-on and balance it out with a light, neutral background. The countertop and backsplash of a black and orange kitchen can be black, gray, white, brown or light beige.
Acrylic facades are distinguished by their rich color and strong glossy shine.
Use the following colors with caution: they will only work with orange if you choose the right shade.
Green
A cheerful and summer combination. Choose pure green or warm shades like light green, apple green, and lime. Leave the walls and textiles neutral beige. The countertop and apron can be made white, beige, brown or to match the upper or lower facades.
The photo shows an example of a green-orange kitchen with a plastic countertop:
Gray or metallic
Cool steely tones “cool down” the orange, which in turn revives the gray color and makes it more interesting. This combination is often used in kitchens in the style of minimalism, techno or hi-tech. In addition to facades, gray can be an apron, countertop, wallpaper, floor tiles or porcelain tiles. Rich shades of gray are especially good, for example, graphite, dusty gray or the color of wet asphalt.
Beige and cream
Orange mutes and calms. Opt for a cool, light beige shade without a pronounced yellow undertone.
Blue
The duo looks fresh and interesting with bright shades of blue: azure-turquoise, denim, cobalt, sapphire.
Bedroom with brown furniture
There are many beautiful bedrooms with furniture of this color. We will highlight the most unusual ones, because no one is interested in looking at ordinary ones.
The photo shows a bedroom made in oriental style. This can be seen in the brown tatami-style bed, as well as wardrobes with characteristic divisions into squares. And what is that on our right: isn’t it a sakura branch? Pay attention to the warm tones of the walls and the harmonious combination with brown.
Lovers of light colors will love this interior. The bedroom looks very bright, either because of the light walls and floor, or because of the large amount of light coming through the window. And only the sleeping corner is brown. Many have already noticed the bed “floating in the air”. Yes, it's really unusual and stylish.
If you like minimalism, then you will also like this interior. Personally, I’m not sure that this is exactly minimalism, but it is vaguely reminiscent of it: strict geometric forms, white and brown colors in the interior, nothing superfluous. Perhaps this is one of the best interiors from today's selection.
Once again, minimalism (or is it?) is wonderful. The central unusual element is a thin bed made of solid wood, as well as minimalist shelves against the wall. The interior itself looks light and cozy, despite the dark colors of the furniture elements.
Using combined wallpaper in the bedroom
If there is a choice between plain and combined wallpaper, then it is better to give preference to the latter type. The right combination of several varieties in one interior will achieve a stunning effect. In the interior, a combination of wallpaper of several styles and colors is allowed. The main thing is to never cross the line between an appropriate combination and bad taste.
Advice. If the question arises about gluing a combination of wallpaper in a bedroom with a low ceiling, then you should not choose too dark colors, which can make it even lower. If the bedroom has a strict rectangular shape, then narrow walls can be decorated with deep dark wallpaper, and wide walls, on the contrary, with lighter ones. This simple trick will make the room wider and more spacious.
In standard rooms that have a regular square shape, you can place accents at your discretion. For example, one wall can be covered with wallpaper in a bright and rich color, and the other three can be subdued and pastel. Using light-colored wallpaper for interior design, you can hide all existing unevenness on the walls.
The right combination of wallpaper of several types will help to achieve interesting visual effects for the perception of the design as a whole.
What wallpaper to choose for brown furniture?
I already wrote above that brown is one of the universal natural colors, so wallpaper for this color can be almost anything. What is important here is not the choice of a specific single tone, but the ability to combine different colors with brown:
One of my favorite interiors is a clear example of the combination of gray wallpaper with brown furniture. Perhaps it’s not even wallpaper in the photo, but paint, but that’s not the point.
How do you like this “bright” example of a combination of unusual colors? Light green wallpaper and dark brown furniture in the kitchen interior - it all looks good, but to say that it’s ideal is to lie.
For a bright children's room, a good option is to combine brown tones with turquoise. The photo shows light wallpaper with turquoise lines. For greater harmony, the designer used pillows on the sofa of the same color. The result turned out great.
And we looked at another example of a combination of turquoise and brown above. Let's duplicate it here:
And finally: a light interior with brown furniture, where wallpaper occupies only part of the wall, but the central one. Please note: the entire wall is white, but the wallpaper in its center matches the brown bed PERFECTLY, as they say. If you have the opportunity to use this technique at home, then do it.
In modern design projects, black (or almost black) furniture is often found, but some twenty to thirty years ago many of our compatriots saw wenge-colored furniture only in foreign magazines. But if we talk about the historical roots of black furniture, then it became most widespread in the interiors of imperial palaces located in China. Nowadays, a homeowner can create any design in his home - from an imperial bedroom to a minimalist living room with one sofa in a spacious room. Black furniture in a wide range of models is presented in stores, all that remains is to create an image of the future interior - how to combine dark furniture with the decoration of the room, what decor to choose and is it necessary to dilute the design with bright accents? Let’s try together to understand the nuances of using black furniture in modern rooms with different functional purposes.
Advantages of decorating a living room with white wallpaper
- First of all, white is an expander and magnifier color. A room covered with such wallpaper will seem larger. This factor is especially important for small rooms, but even in a spacious living room, white wallpaper is not at all superfluous; with their help, an ordinary room can turn into a large hall.
- Another important plus is the increase in illumination, because white perfectly reflects light. Thus, living rooms with small windows, windows shaded by vegetation or facing north will only benefit from the use of white wallpaper.
- A significant advantage of “white” design is the ability to radically change the interior with the help of decor, which is much easier than re-pasting wallpaper. White wallpaper in the living room interior allows you to even change the color scheme according to the season, adding “cool” blue tones in the summer, “warm” yellow in the fall, soft pink in the spring and bright green in the summer. This can be easily done by changing decorative pillows on the sofa, curtains on the windows, and carpet on the floor.
Advice: Storage systems, if provided, should be made the same color as the walls, then they will not “dissolve” in the interior. It is better if the cabinet furniture is also white; exceptions are allowed if these are antique items.
How to Calculate Fabric Counters
If you pass you will drag them to the ground and become a trap, if you are short you will see a wall and nothing will go well. So let's tell you a few basic tricks to select yards of fabric. It all depends on taste, but to start, measure the width of the window, add 30 centimeters and multiply the resulting amount by 2 if you want to collect a little. Multiply by 2.5 if you want a medium length, and by 3 if you want the curtain to be very dry. This way you will know the width of the fabric you need.
Black furniture in the interiors of various rooms
Living room
The most common option for integrating black into the living room interior through furniture is the use of dark upholstery on upholstered furniture. Black leather furniture looks luxurious and is a practical option for furnishing a soft seating area in the living room. As a rule, such furniture is installed in a room with a light finish, most often snow-white. To support the “black theme” in the interior, you can use original models of lighting fixtures of similar colors; fortunately, there are plenty of such models in modern stores.
The monochrome contrasting interior of the living room has already become a classic of the genre for modern homes. The use of only two colors to decorate the room, slightly diluted with the shine of glass and mirror surfaces, looks modern, dynamic and original.
Many designers believe that black is suitable for modern interior design styles, art deco, minimalism or Asian country. But in a classic interior, black furniture will look too pretentious. But what prevents us from using a mix of modern interior and traditional furniture models? The resulting image certainly cannot be called trivial or boring.
Not every homeowner can decide to decorate all the walls of the living room in a dark color, and the space of the room should allow such liberties. But using a black surface as an accent wall is much easier. In combination with the white finish of the remaining walls and the support of a black and white print, the resulting image will be very harmonious and balanced.
Various shades of gray can become an intermediary between black and white colors in the interior. Upholstered furniture with black upholstery will look contrasting in a living room decorated with white and gray. To create a more harmonious interior, it is better to duplicate these tones in additional furniture, carpeting, window curtains or decor.
An original idea for the living room is to use black embossed wallpaper and velor upholstery of armchairs with the same pattern. Of course, for such an active use of black in the interior, it is necessary to seriously dilute the design with light spots - snow-white edging of windows and fireplaces, mirrors, light carpeting.
If the idea of placing black furniture in a similarly colored living room seems strange to you, take a look at the following design project. The room does not look depressing, gloomy and all thanks to the bright wall decor and skillful lighting of the most advantageous interior items.
For those who are not ready for such radical solutions for decorating a living room, we can suggest using a combination of black furniture modules with items of more colorful colors. Even within the same furniture ensemble, you can harmoniously combine two colors, especially since it’s easy to find a company with black.
Black upholstered furniture is great for setting off bright interior items. This could be furniture, decorative elements, original lighting fixtures or colorful textiles.
Many homeowners are hesitant to use upholstered furniture with black leather upholstery because they associate it with office style, especially if the furniture has steel elements. But if such furniture is placed in a room not with plain walls, but decorated with colorful wallpaper with an original design, there will be no hint of office decoration left.
Again, associations with the design of an office space stop owners of country houses from using black leather furniture to decorate the living room. But modern design projects show that this can be done quite effectively. In the interior of a country house, wooden surfaces, motifs of rural life and ultra-modern models of upholstered furniture can harmoniously coexist.
The contemporary style often uses a combination of snow-white trim and black interior elements. For combinations with black window frames, a sofa with black upholstery and a bookcase of the same color will look incredibly harmonious.
Another option for using black furniture in the living room is storage systems of various modifications, because a family room is not only a relaxation area for household members and their guests, but also an excellent opportunity to store various items necessary for the family - from clothes to dishes. The built-in black storage system, which seems to surround the fireplace, will fit organically only into a spacious room with large windows - such a monolithic structure also needs light support from the decoration of the room.
If a monolithic storage system covering the entire wall, and even in black, is too radical a design move for you, then try using open shelves for storing books and other small items in the living room. Placed on either side of the fireplace (which is also decorated in black), shelves will add symmetry to the room, not to mention the functional side of the issue.
Bedroom
The black and white bedroom interior looks stylish and modern. The most common combination of these two contrasting colors is black furniture on a white finishing background. But many modern designers and homeowners find this option boring and use black and white patterns and original designs of textiles, carpeting, and a combination of dark and light in lighting fixtures and decorative elements.
A bedroom in which all the furniture and even textile decoration is presented in black is rare. But it is very suitable for interior design in a modern, minimalist style. You just need to take into account that such a design will look organic in a spacious room, where the surfaces will not “put pressure” on the owners psychologically. To do this, it is important to take care of the lighting system at several levels - not limit yourself to just a central chandelier and night light, but use built-in lighting.
Another option for decorating a “black bedroom”, the opposite of a minimalist design, is a collector’s room. An unusual design move, contrary to the general use of white walls to form a background for paintings, photos and other collectibles, is to use a black tone. To do this not only for the walls and flooring, but also for the ceiling is a truly bold decision.
An absolutely black bedroom with textile upholstery of the walls with long pile is not only a unique design, but also an excellent option for increasing the sound insulation properties of the room. It seems that in such a room black furniture should simply dissolve into space, but due to the difference in surface textures, the pieces of furniture stand out against the general background.
No one will argue with the fact that the main piece of furniture in the bedroom is the bed. If this focal point of the room is made effectively, then almost the entire image of the room will develop in accordance with its design. A high headboard, covered with beautiful textured leather, will create intrigue in the design of a room for sleeping and relaxing.
Nowadays, in stores with ready-made bedroom solutions, it is not difficult to find a black option. A wenge-colored furniture set, consisting of a bed and bedside tables, a wardrobe or a high chest of drawers, looks luxurious in a room with a light finish. To add originality to the design of a room for sleeping and relaxing, you can use wallpaper with a black and white pattern to decorate an accent wall.
Kitchen and dining room
In modern kitchen design projects, black color can easily be found in built-in household appliances, but the design of a large furniture set in dark colors is a rare highlight of the interior. After all, the kitchen is a room with a high level of pollution, and it is not easy to care for black surfaces - even traces of water drops are visible on them. But the extra time spent on cleaning is nothing compared to the modern, original look of the kitchen space.
A huge black kitchen set, built from floor to ceiling, looks massive and needs to be diluted with light spots. It could be wooden countertops, a snow-white kitchen island or the shine of stainless steel household appliances.
A modern dining room with black furniture can be simple and laconic - strict forms, practical furniture models, contrasting combinations. The basis of the design concept for such premises is comfort and convenience for household members and their guests, and black and white alternating surfaces are perfect for an affordable interior.
And the dining room of our days can be an original mix of stylistic interweavings. Modern decoration using the most progressive materials in combination with classic-style furniture looks very impressive. The ubiquitous use of black and white combinations, slightly diluted with steel shine and mirror surfaces, adds dynamism and originality to the image of the dining room.
The easiest way to diversify the trivial design of a dining room is to use designer black chairs of various modifications to complete the dining group with the most ordinary table for meals. Graceful shapes, smooth lines and original design solutions will add a touch of modernity and exclusivity to the image of the dining room.
Bathroom
How to integrate black into your bathroom design through furnishings? Of course, use storage systems. Obviously, it is impractical to place furniture made of wood or MDF in the bathroom due to high humidity, but modern designers are finding a way out - using moisture-repellent PVC film, which can externally imitate any surface.
The black and white interior of the bathroom looks modern, dynamic, and intriguing. Especially if the decoration uses not just black and white combinations of matte or glossy tiles, but the use of an effective imitation of natural stone, such as marble.
