Brown wallpaper in a modern interior

For many modern styles, original wallpaper colors are chosen. One of the popular shades is brown. Giving the walls a dark tone, it looks unusual both by itself and in combination with other colors. Before making the room, you should consider all the nuances of choosing a coating for the walls. They will help you choose the right wallpaper chocolate color and transform the entire look of the interior.

Special features

Like wall coverings of any other color, brown wallpapers have their own exceptional characteristics. This type of coating is not suitable for all rooms due to the following features:

  • The dark color of the walls visually reduces the space of the room. Wallpapers are suitable for large rooms with large windows. Then the room does not "lose its area." The opposite effect occurs in narrow spaces, so it is completely undesirable to glue similar wallpapers in narrow rooms.
  • In most cases, wallpaper in brown, especially if the shade is dark enough, requires an additional light tone on the walls. This may be a combined wallpaper or accessories.
  • When sticking dark wallpaper will be useful to create a contrast between the walls and the surfaces of the floor and ceiling.
  • Dark wallpaper should be carefully glued to the walls and avoid getting glue between the joints on the surface of the wallpaper. On dark products, adhesive strains will immediately become noticeable.
  • Often, the brown wallpaper has an embossed texture. They are ribbed and may contain additional design elements.
  • Brown walls have a positive effect on emotional state. They create an atmosphere of stability and tranquility. Shades in dark variations promote concentration and relaxation, lighter ones will present lightness and freedom.

Color variations and combinations

Very often in the design of the room are used different shades of brown for the walls. But to make the interior look even more unusual, a combined wallpaper is chosen. Plain chocolate colors on one wall can be combined with lighter tones on the other.Sometimes several colors are in harmony with each other on the surface of one wall. The most popular combinations with brown include the following options:

  • White-brown combination. On the cover of coffee color you can often see white drawings. Sometimes the lower part of the walls is made in a light ensemble or with vertical stripes, and the upper is aged in chocolate tones. To the combination of white and coffee did not look boring, it can be diluted with yellow, pink, green shades.
  • The classic combination is considered dark brown cover with beige flowers. Among the walls with cream-colored wallpaper, they often single out one and decorate it with brown wallpaper, which plays an accent role. In return or in addition to the beige wallpaper, gold cast in the light is perfect. They will create extra luxury and beauty.

The golden coating also reflects light and makes the room more spacious.

  • Remember that brown does not go well with black. This ensemble will give the interior a bit of gloom. The best option is light brown tones with rich coffee.
  • Brown is used mainly with pastel colors, it looks inorganic in combination with acidic tones.

Decorative items

Brown wallpapers are the perfect canvas for various prints and decorative elements:

  • Most often you can find wallpaper with patterns. They are divided into geometric, which have strict lines and smooth elements, representing curls without sharp corners. Among the elements of geometry you can find a design with circles, which often creates an optical effect in the room.
  • Many prefer drawings. Beautiful compositions are formed with such a pattern as flower buds. No less elegant look models with butterflies. Sometimes the composition on the walls is an abstraction that attracts the eye.
  • On the walls you can often see paintings in a brown frame. These accessories serve as a great echo for coffee wallpapers in many styles.

How to choose the color of furniture?

It is important that the wall coverings are successfully combined with the color and shape of the furniture. If there is geometry in the wallpaper, it is very It is important to reflect it also in other interior items:

  • The primary nuance is the choice of upholstered furniture.It looks the most advantageous in contrast with the coffee color of the walls. This sofa has a dairy or white upholstery. But it is recommended to arrange decorative pillows so that they repeat the color of the walls. If you choose a sofa for the color of the wallpaper, you need to achieve harmony with the wallpaper by choosing upholstery with bright accents, repeating the features of the pattern on the walls.
  • A plus in the interior will be the presence of wooden furniture. Tables or nightstands made of natural solid wood or other wood materials will successfully fit into the color scheme and decor in the room.

It is important that the color of the furniture is not strongly contrasted with the touch of the walls.

  • If there is a bed in the room, then it is important that the wallpaper is in harmony with its frame and textiles. The classic design is a repetition of the pattern on the wallpaper and bedspread. The color of the wall covering can be repeated in such furniture details as decorative pillows. But it is not necessary to pick up brown curtains, because they will visually merge with the walls and look completely inconspicuous.
  • The carpet in the interior with chocolate wallpaper is chosen under the second color that is present on the walls, in addition to brown.If the design implies a contrast between the floor and the ceiling, then in the center of the room there may be a rich brown carpet, but the floor must be light — beige or milky.

What to choose?

The choice of brown wallpaper depends on the function of a particular room in the apartment. For each part of the room there are a number of recommendations and limitations. allowing to make the design of the room as organic as possible:

  • The bedroom is not a place for too dark wallpaper. In most cases, the brown color appears as a pattern on beige walls or as an accent section of the wall with a different texture. If you choose chocolate, as the main color of the walls, then it is better to dilute the pattern with elegant lines. Pastel shades like pink or turquoise would be appropriate.
  • For the living room is allowed the presence of rich coffee color wallpaper. In this room, matte shades often alternate with the areas where the patterns are located. Sometimes the wall of the room is diluted with a panel that contains various shades, combined with brown.
  • Quite rarely saturated chocolate colors can be found in the design of the kitchen walls.They usually have a subdued tone and are most often present on only one area of ​​the wall. For this site, models with a pattern that set off the colors that embody the rest of the kitchen are chosen.
  • In the corridor rarely choose wallpaper brown tones. This is especially true of narrow corridors, where dark color will only reduce the space. Brown may appear as patterns on light walls or be the main color in the dimensional front.
  • For a child's room, dark wall colors are rarely chosen. Coffee shade may be present as small strokes or stripes on bright wallpaper. Sometimes a brown pattern dilutes pastel colors or is present in multi-colored photo wallpapers that adorn the interior of a nursery.

Stylish ideas in the interior

For each of the modern interior styles are characterized by their own characteristics in the selection of brown wallpaper. They appear both in color and pattern, so in combination with other pieces of furniture:

  • If the brown wallpaper contains green shades or an ornament in the form of flowers and plants, then this color will very well look in styles with an ecological concept.A nice combination will be brown, besides green, also with white or light gray.
  • For the direction of minimalism and oriental concepts, the combination of brown with yellow and orange shades will be ideal. Non-shouting terracotta patterns will ideally look not only in normal, but also in color lighting.
  • In romantic interior styles, brown-violet wallpaper with floral or other delicate ornament will be an excellent option. It will give the situation lightness and beauty.
  • In the direction of the loft, you can often find a combination of brown and light gray. Sometimes wallpapers of coffee-and-milk color have an unusual texture imitating brickwork.
  • A similar design may be present in the style of country, but, in addition to wood, you can often find wallpaper that mimic the wooden masonry. In order to emphasize the peculiarity of the style, the walls are also decorated with accessories in the form of animal heads.
  • An irreplaceable brown shade will be in the African interior. It is not only present in many animal prints, which are often placed on the walls in the form of photo wallpaper, but also can often be embodied as a monochromatic wall covering.On the brown wallpaper looks interesting decorative items, such as African masks.
  • To make the walls in any room look truly unusual, you can use not a standard chocolate-colored coating, but liquid wallpaper, which will create a quaint relief and bring originality into your chosen style.

To make every room of your home look beautiful and aesthetically pleasing, it is important to choose an interesting interior style. To make this style look really original, it is important to choose brown wallpapers for it.

Taking into account all the features and recommendations, you can truly decorate your apartment and create in it an amazing atmosphere using wallpaper.

For tips on how to create a harmonious living space with brown wallpaper, see below.

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