Italian wallpaper: chic and luxury in a modern interior

Italy is a country of artists and architects. Many Italian factories have more than two centuries of experience creating wallpaper, constantly improving their skills and improving product quality. This helps manufacturers not only retain, but also increase the demand for their goods.

Modern Italian wallpaper created by special technologies. For drawing a print on a surface especially resistant paint with which mechanical attritions, and also damp cleaning are not terrible is used. This will erase small dirt with a sponge and even a brush. This circumstance allows you to glue such wallpaper not only in the living room, but also in the hallway, where, as you know, the most polluted place.

If a young artist grows in your family, you can safely paste over his room with wallpaper made in Italy without fearing that he will spoil them with his early works.

Due to the use in the structure of the wallpaper of tiny particles of quartz, their service life is significantly increased. Italian manufacturers produce non-woven wallpaper. This is a very docile material that can take any form, and the vinyl coating, which is applied to the canvas by spraying, is a kind of shield for the decorative layer.

Some manufacturers have mastered the technology of creating a three-dimensional image, in which the drawing seems to be volumetric and takes on different shades depending on the lighting and the angle of view. Also Italian masters successfully apply the technology of embossing wallpaper, when on a smooth surface creates a kind of relief.

There are cold and hot stamping. In hot stamping, the canvas with the print already printed on it is processed in a special oven to soften the upper layer. Then it is driven through a metal roller, which creates a relief. And to secure the result, the canvas passes through another roller, now rubber.

When cold embossed on the surface of the wallpaper, a pattern is applied using a special glue and allowed to stand for a certain time so that it dries slightly.Then on those places where glue has been applied, apply a film from a foil. After a while, the foil is removed, and a certain ornament is formed on the surface of the wallpaper.

The very first thing that the buyer pays attention to when choosing a wallpaper is design. For Italians, complex plots are reminiscent of the times of the Great Roman Empire, interesting textures, rich colors. Often on the canvases of Italian manufacturers you can see the ruins of the Colosseum, the famous leaning tower and other monuments of architecture.

Wallpapers made in Italy are made from natural materials, meet all accepted quality standards in Europe and therefore are absolutely safe for the health of both adults and children. Therefore, they can be safely glued in children's rooms, especially since many manufacturers have special children's collections with a dull pattern.

An extensive palette of colors allows you to choose the option of clothing for the walls absolutely for any room. In the collections of some manufacturers there is even wallpaper for the bathroom. Designers are constantly looking for new ideas, expanding their product range and working tirelessly to create new collections that come out once a year and sometimes more often.

As you know, good can not be too cheap, and the quality of Italian products is not questioned. Therefore, the society has formed the opinion that it is prohibitively expensive and not accessible to the middle class. However, in the assortment of many brands there are collections of both elite and economy options.

Before pasting vinyl wallpaper from Italy, the walls do not require preliminary preparation. Dense non-woven base hides small cracks, gouges, roughness and other minor surface defects. After drying, the seams at the joints do not crawl, so that this wallpaper can be glued in new homes that have not shrunk after construction. In addition, they are adapted to rooms with high humidity.

Italian brands do not get tired to surprise their fans with novelties. The range of finishing materials from this country is constantly updated, and technical progress allows you to create truly unique in its aesthetic and performance properties of the samples.

Varieties of wallpaper, which is the birthplace of Italy, a huge amount. Consider some of them:

This is the classic and most popular type of wallpaper. They are present in almost every collection. Despite the fact that vinyl has low air conductivity, manufacturers managed to improve this quality.

This type of wallpaper is more expensive than the previous ones. They also have two layers: the base is non-woven, and the top is made of natural fabric. For their production can be used and flax, and tow, and cotton, and other fabrics. Some elite models are decorated with crystals.

With such wallpaper, you can recreate the atmosphere of any era. In the range there are options for any design direction. For the interior in the Baroque style, for example, silk, velvet or velor suits perfectly.To place in modern style, you can choose an imitation under the skin of reptiles or other animals.

Textile wallpapers also have the ability to retain heat inside the room and absorb noise. However, they are not without flaws. As a true aristocrat, this type of wall covering is very capricious and coddled. The texture of textile wallpaper is not waterproof, easy to get dirty and absorbs various odors.

This is truly a royal look wallpaper. It consists of three layers. The basis of tradition is flizelin. A layer of glue is applied to it, and then shredded fabric threads are sprayed on. In this case, the threads themselves can be either natural cotton or wool, or synthetic - polyester, nylon, etc. At the final stage, a transparent protective layer of varnish is applied. The result is a rather pleasant to the touch texture.

Depending on the breed of the raw material, as well as on the length of the threads, two types of flock can be obtained: calibrated, when all the villi have a strictly defined height, and uncalibrated, when the entire pile is unevenly trimmed. Such wallpapers imitate the texture “under suede”.

Flock wallpapers are very similar to natural leather in their properties, but in some properties they even surpass it - they are also practical and easy to clean. But, unlike leather, this type of coating passes air, and also does not stiffen at low temperatures, which allows using them in poorly ventilated rooms.

These wallpapers are also absolutely safe for humans. They do not contain harmful impurities, do not fade in the sun, do not react to a change in temperature. Covering with a nap will be a great addition to the interior in a classic style. They are perfectly combined with wooden furniture, heavy curtains, marble fireplace.

Smooth flock wallpapers perfectly combined with metal accessories, with modern materials. A room with such wallpaper can be decorated with furniture with glass inserts.

The classic design of Italian wallpaper does not imply any too dark colors. Bright shades, if they happen, are extremely rare and very dosed - with all their temperament the Italians do not like flashy colors.

Most often, the palette is dominated by light shades: white, beige, pale pink, the color of young green, all shades of blue, reminiscent of the sea. The range includes both plain versions with a smooth or structural texture, and with various prints.

Design solutions for wallpaper from Italian artists are generally pleased with their diversity. Almost all brands have in their collections options for canvases in the Venetian style: with complex patterns and monograms characteristic of the Baroque style, for example.

Many collections offer antique wallpapers - with brickwork, crumbling plaster. This is the so-called classic of the genre, the calling card of this country.

Italians are famous for their temperament and cheerfulness. This is reflected in the nature of the decoration of the rooms: as a pattern on the wallpaper, damasks with plant motifs are often used - curly ivy, green bunches of grapes, delicate roses.

Not paid attention to the designers and the symbol of the country - the olives. Their subjects are often played up in various collections. It can be just plain wallpaper, painted in the tone of fresh olive oil, or various images of olive branches and even whole trees.

Often in the design of the interior design can be found canvases with birds in various decorations. At the same time, the birds themselves differ in size, color, appearance, nature of the actions performed. On some canvases you can see a bird sitting on a rose bush, and on the other it has already spread its wings and rushed off into the distance. This theme is typical for country style or Provence.

In general, wallpaper with the image of flora and fauna personify the beginning of a new life. They are a symbol of spring and lightness. Psychologists say that such motives create a pleasant atmosphere in the room, contribute to relaxation and emotional relief.

For the design of the room in the style of modern, hi-tech and other minimalist solutions, you can choose a simple and understandable geometry.So, for example, the strip never goes out of fashion - such wallpapers can be used both in a standalone version and with monophonic canvases. At the same time, its width can also vary - from a narrow rope to a wide walkway with an ornament.

Modern technologies allow you to create imitations of various textures. Therefore, in each new collection there are models under suede or leather, under a tree or metal, with imitation of brickwork - a huge variety of options. The surface may resemble a delicate velvet, shiny satin, thick satin. The image can be both flat and with the effect of volume and even a hologram.

We will conduct a brief tour of the most basic and most well-known wallpaper manufacturers.

Three different brands united under this name:

• Sirpi. In the company's collections there are both elite models on non-woven base and more democratic products on paper. The company has long been successfully applying the technology of deep embossing, reproduces anti-antique print on the surface, as well as flock printing. Relatively recently, manufacturers of Sirpi have started production with the use of metallized inks, as well as began to use large format and digital printing.

• Emiliana parati. This factory is located in Italy in the province of Cremona. Designers constantly delight their fans with new items that are released every few months. One of her most famous collections was created in collaboration with the famous Russian artist - fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin. Products turned out luxurious and very pompous. Here you can see the famous Venetian monograms, and paintings with the effect of hand embroidery, and watercolor painting on plaster. Not without floristics. The collection is replete with the presence of nacre, patina and gilding.

• Prima italiana. This brand has been produced in Russia in Kaliningrad since 2014. All the technologies and equipment on which they are manufactured are Italian, therefore, in terms of quality, they are not inferior to those produced in Italy. The factory produces wallpaper in a convenient meter format, and the non-woven base does not allow wallpaper to deform under the influence of time.This product compares favorably with other brands more democratic price.

The products of this brand have a paper basis, therefore it is distinguished by relatively low prices for Italy. However, it is not inferior in quality to its competitors. On account of this brand more than a dozen collections, and almost every one of them is dominated by calm colors and warm colors. Among the shades of a lot of gold and silver, the main background is inspired by the southern climate. It reflects both clean warm sand, and the sea surface, and golden-green olives, and, of course, warm sunlight.

One of the new products is the Pianosa collection. Its distinctive feature is the difference of structures, allowing to create three-dimensional images. There are no sharp color transitions - all shades have smooth play from one color to another - rich coffee gradually dissolves in beige, milky mixes with caramel-pink, and white magically turns into jade.

Choosing wallpaper in the living room, you should pay attention to the labeling.It must have a Russian translation and contain not only the full name of the manufacturer, but also the date when they were made, as well as the serial number. In addition, the label should contain information with the name of the collection in the original language, as well as the material of manufacture.

Even with a discount, Italian wallpapers cannot cost too much, so in order to avoid disappointment, you should not believe suspiciously tempting offers. And, of course, you should purchase all the finishing materials in the checked places, so that, if necessary, you can make claims on quality.

There are a lot of ideas for styling rooms with Italian wallpaper. On some canvases you can find abstractions in the modern style. This brickwork, and strict geometry, and black and white gamma. If you want to have in your interior masterpieces of the Renaissance, some collections offer canvases depicting scenes by Michelangelo himself and other world-famous artists.

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