Brick wallpaper in modern interior

The middle of the last century became a time when non-trivial industrial aesthetics began to dominate the design of living spaces. The tendency to brick interior appeared as a consequence of the conversion of industrial buildings for housing.

The decision to leave brick walls untreated, initially dictated only by the opportunity to save on finishing, had surprising consequences. And it's not even the long-term popularity of the loft style, but the fact that, against the background of brickwork, modern home appliances, unusual decor and designer furniture take on a particularly spectacular look.

But with all the advantages of brick finishing or its artificial counterpart, its implementation is expensive. Compromise steel wallpaper under the brick. What are the advantages of decorating the premises with this material, how and with what it is right to combine it, what designers think about the use of wallpaper for brickwork - read about this and many other things in our article.

The idea of ​​a brick wallpaper is not new. During Soviet times, this option of finishing the entrance area, the corridor and even the kitchen was common almost everywhere. The primitive design and uniform colors of the trellis with a pattern in the form of bricks, twined with ivy, embarrassed the Soviet man a little, since the existing at that time range of finishing materials was characterized by extreme scarcity.

Modern wallpaper under the brick is fundamentally different from its predecessors in all respects - the appearance, the quality of the material of manufacture and performance characteristics. A variety of color solutions, brick patterns and textures eliminates problems with the choice of a suitable coating option.

Although many designers refuse to recognize wallpaper under a brick as a worthy alternative to brickwork, it’s still pointless to deny the practicality and cost-effectiveness of this finishing option. Conclusions to do to you, and we just list the negative side of the wall with a brick or its imitation:

• Long time and expensive. Work on laying takes more than one day. The price of a question includes expenses on materials and services of the master. Only a professional can guarantee the quality of brickwork in compliance with the technology of brick ligation, the formation of uniform rows, correct edges and corners.
• Bulk brick eats space. This design is justified only in spacious rooms, where the ceilings are high, and the windows are large.

• Natural material weighs a lot, respectively, increases the load on the supporting walls, which serve as a support for floor slabs and roof structures.
• Difficulties in the subsequent repairwhen you have to shoot down bricks. Dismantling is accompanied by deforming effects on the walls. In addition, it is necessary to solve the issue with the export of a large amount of construction waste.

And now we will consider the positive moments at registration of rooms by wall-paper with a brick plot:

• The useful area is saved.
• Saving money - in the case of self-pasting will not have to spend money on the services of finishers. The cost of trellis is lower than facing bricks or clinker tiles.
• Save time - if the room is small, then if you want you can cope with the work of the day.

• Easy replacement of the coating with another material without dusty and dirty surface preparation, as is the case with the original brickwork.
• The ability to decorate protrusions, bends and radius elements, and not just surfaces with the correct geometry.
• No need to worry about the increased load on the walls and the foundation.
• Psychological comfort, due to the absence of the feeling of “cold”, which inevitably emanates from authentic brickwork.

Despite the variety of types of wallpaper under the brick in terms of visual perception, they are only raised and flat with a pattern of bricks of different sizes.The first type of coating is just capable of the most accurate transmission of the physics of the “exposed” walls. The latter differ in the degree of plausibility of the image of bricks.

One of the main criteria for choosing a wallpaper with a brick plot - the material of manufacture. Modern manufacturers of finishing materials prefer cellulose, vinyl and interlining. There is a combined version - vinyl wallpaper with non-woven or cellulose base.

This is the most affordable type of wall covering.

Advantages:

• Environmental cleanliness and safety. Walls lined with natural cellulose are “breathing”, which contributes to normal air exchange in the room.
• Simplicity of installation and dismantle.

• Variety of size range.
• Huge selection of colors, including the popular colors in shades of gray.
• Wide variation of brick patterns.

Disadvantages:

• Low lightfastness.
• Exposure to rapid abrasion, as the coating on a paper basis is very soft.
• Because of the flat pattern, the brickwork looks somewhat fake, fake, especially on closer examination.

The basis of such coatings may be non-woven or paper.

Pros:

• Impressive relief imitation accuracy brickwork with inherent irregularities and protuberances due to the textured, textured or structural decorative layer, depending on the method of embossing.
• Hygienic. Vinyl wallpaper with a dense base is allowed multiple wet processing, which contributes to the preservation of cleanliness in the house.
• More simple installationthan a cellulose-based trellis, since vinyl is very durable and resistant to stretching.

• Places docking panels with each other are almost invisible. If you buy meter wallpaper (1.06 * 10 m), then the wall will look almost monolithic precisely thanks to inconspicuous joints.
• Long service life and the preservation of decorative qualities for a long time.

The main disadvantage is poor breathability and formaldehyde content. For this reason, vinyl wallpaper mainly trim kitchens, private areas and rooms that are well ventilated and exclude prolonged tenants.

The main feature of such coatings is the ability to decorate interior paints, which significantly expands their capabilities in interior design. Depending on the method of forming a three-dimensional image, they are textured, textured, structural.

Pros:

• The most natural and realistic transfer of the texture of an old or unprocessed brick. The highest quality coatings are able to imitate the subtle play of shadows created by the relief of the brickwork.
• No need for careful preparation of surfaces for pasting, thanks to a dense textured decorative layer.

• They create a slight effect of wall reinforcement.
• Provide high-quality masking of defects of walls due to tightening of small cracks.
• Possess excellent "breathing" properties, providing free air circulation in the room.

Minuses:

• They strongly attract dust, which requires its systematic removal from the surface of the walls with a vacuum cleaner or manually using a dry cloth.
• They are much more expensive than analogs, which more than compensate for their excellent decorative qualities and a lot of practical advantages.

Separate attention deserve self-adhesive 3D wallpaper.

Benefits:

• High quality of the image of a bricklaying, thanks to the latest printing technologies.
• Three-dimensional coverings are indispensable for creating visual effects and illusions. They are able to visually adjust the proportions of the premises, making it more voluminous due to promising species.
• Photowall-paper belong to the washing types of coverings. Therefore, they are allowed wet processing.

• Possess high light resistance and retain the brightness of the color throughout the operation.
• Can be used in rooms with high humidity conditions.

When choosing a color wallpaper, imitating brickwork, you need to take into account:

• Area and functional premises;
• The degree of illumination of the room;
• Common colors.
• Style orientation of the interior.

Let's find out what colors of coatings will look harmonious when decorating the interior in various styles.

The decoration of the accent wall with trellis in a rich red shade with care in brown most realistic simulates untouched brickwork in the spirit of attic style.

To soften the harsh atmosphere of the brutal loft design, you can use light beige wallpaper. Such a solution will not only add warmth to the atmosphere, but also act as a background for any interior installations. In the ascetic loft-interior with a predominance of dark, gloomy shades it will be appropriate to finish the gray wallpaper with a brick print.

It is characterized by an abundance of white surfaces, respectively, the most successful design option will be white brick wall coverings.

A gray laminated or paneled floor with an imitation of oak wood texture in warm natural shades of the floor will be able to dilute the interior monochrome.An interesting option is to create an accent wall using wallpaper under the brick, combining light, black and gray bricks.

This direction gives new life to old things, long forgotten in attics or in grandmother's chests, turning them into style-forming interior objects. Finishing under the brickwork, mostly white, in such interiors is quite common.

With the help of textured wallpaper with imitation of aged brick, an accent wall or functional zone is formed. For example, in the combined version of the kitchen-living room, zoning is thus performed, highlighting the dining area.

This is suitable wallpaper with a brick print of light shades of yellow palette or with imitation of whitewashed brick. It is advisable to use a coating with a pronounced texture, which due to cracks, irregularities and abrasions realistic simulates the rough brickwork of the village dwelling.

As companion wallpapers, ordinary tapestries of pastel colors of blue, violet, turquoise, and pink are used with delicate and unpretentious flower plots, in vertical stripes or low-contrast cells.

The room, fully covered with wallpaper with a brick plot, looks at least awkward, associating with the garage. Therefore, they are used only to highlight the central walls or create an accent surface. In such cases, one has to be puzzled by the question of how to arrange the remaining planes.

We offer several spectacular combinations of canvases imitating brickwork:

• Classic red-brown shade and background finish in light gradations of olive color. Such a solution may seem unexpected, but there are many successful examples of cozy bedrooms, decorated in this way.
• Any shade and wallpaper with a striped print similar tone. A striped pattern visually corrects the proportions of a small room.

• White and wallpaper in shades of coffee. A set of furniture should include a minimum of items, since the design in bright colors can spoil exactly the "extra" things that overload the space.
• Gray and snow white background finish. Successfully implement such a similar design of the walls can be subject to sufficient illumination of the room and the availability of free space.

As for other materials, the wallpaper under the brick is best to combine:

• With natural stone trimming or imitation.
• With a tree - a combination of wood texture and brickwork has long become an interior classic. A vivid example of such a tandem is wooden wall panels and a raw brick wall.
• With glass and chrome elements, which is most often found in modern interiors of kitchen spaces.

• With laminated floors under the old wooden floor, solid oak or pine.
• With plastered surfaces. Original look wallpaper under the old whitewashed brick and rough plaster.

The current market for finishing materials is replete with offers from wallpaper factories that produce a lot of worthy options for bricks under trellis.We offer you an overview of the products of several popular manufacturers of wall coverings.

This world-famous German brand has an interesting collection of high-quality, and most importantly affordable, textured vinyl, non-woven and combined brick-colored wallpapers of actual colors. From the budget options deserve attention two-layer paper coating for painting. Adding wood chips to the composition of the cloths allows you to get a relief surface that mimics the texture of the cut brick.

Lanes are distinguished by high quality of patterns, good air permeability, resistance to UV and moisture.. If you are looking for the original wallpaper under the brickwork in the room of a teenager, then the models from the Kids & Teens collection of fashionable gray and white colors, as well as the combined options with pictures and inscriptions on the bricks will be an excellent choice.

In the universal Loft collection models of coatings based on non-woven fabric are presented, skillfully imitating not only the texture of bricks, but also metal, raw boards, and concrete slabs.Designers of the company proposed a new concept of creating a living space that combines high-class chic with street underground and industrial-urban culture with elegant simplicity.

This is an excellent choice for those who are a fan of a revolutionary approach to home organization and are concerned about finding fresh and unexpected design solutions for interior design in the trends of industrial, glamor or hipster style.

The More than elements collection includes high-quality, elegant and very beautiful coatings based on vinyl, non-woven, paper, textiles. The design of canvases reflects bold, innovative ideas for decorating the interior space, harmoniously combined with the longstanding traditions of creating home comfort and coziness.

Here you can choose a wallpaper with imitation of brickwork, concrete wall, stone, raw board. The use of deep embossing technology provides the perfect transfer of the finest shades of the color palette.

Adherents of classic, country, attic style, modern, retro-style and urban culture should look at the collection Splendor. Talented Belgian designers beat themes in a different way imitations of a wide variety of materials: textiles, plaster, cracked and old wood, raw brickwork, tiles and old photographs.

Bright design solutions cause the temptation to decorate the whole room with canvases, so fresh, original and believable look at them brick plots, collages with photos, stamps, music sheets. The best option is to purchase plain wallpaper of this brand and combine them with textured brick wall coverings.

In the San Rise collection from one of the best wallpaper factories in Germany, there are models of wallpaper that imitate brickwork, ideal wallpaper for which companions can be single-colored patterns with a pattern for plaster and textiles. The minimalist design of coatings advantageously emphasizes neutral shades of gray palette, slightly diluted with yellowish and greenish tones.

You can use spectacular trellis in black and rich blue to create accent surfaces. Fans of urban style will appreciate the canvas under the old brick with a lot of decorative rubs and cracks, classic colors - gray, black and white.

Many interior designers continue to insist that only brickwork can be better than brickwork, if done with a brick, then at least with a clinker tile.

However, many positive reviews of owners of interiors in modern styles, where they used wallpaper under the brick, prove the opposite. Moreover, users first of all celebrate the excellent decorative qualities of textured non-woven and vinyl tapestries.

Most prefer paintings of light shades or models for painting, independently choosing color schemes for the walls.

The disadvantages include the inconvenience of fitting the paintings according to the design, if the print is small and there are difficulties in choosing the right model for the wallpaper.

It turns out that, despite the existing variety of coatings for bricks, it is quite difficult to find “our” brickwork that would suit the color, texture, size and shape of the bricks. But in the case of a successful choice of wallpaper, the end result - an updated entrance hall, living room or bedroom with a coveted brick story on the walls completely compensates for the time spent searching.

Wall coverings with imitation brick walls are universally suitable for the design of both residential spaces and public spaces. Pasting by wall-paper under a brick allows to change an interior for short term and to do without serious repair and investments.

The interiors of non-residential premises - restaurants, coffee shops and bars, shops and entertainment complexes, beauty salons and fitness centers - this finish makes it bright, spectacular and memorable, which positively affects the image of the establishment in the eyes of visitors.

Actual ways of decorating wallpaper with a brick plot of residential premises with different functionality:

• Kitchen. Here focuses on the apron. To interestingly beat the working surface, textured wallpaper is used,paintings with an unusual color scheme, combining several consonant or, on the contrary, contrasting shades or with bricks of unusual shape and size. Similarly, you can select the bar or decorate the dining room.

• Bedroom. The brick walling of the accent wall at the head of the bed asks for a bedroom, the design of which is maintained in the trends of minimalism or loft style. The combination of such coatings with glass or metal decor allows you to become the owner of ultramodern techno-design.
• Living room. In the classic interior, vertical surfaces, decorated with wallpaper under the old brickwork, will be the ideal background for the whole decoration: paired face mirrors, reflecting the gilded chandelier, curly furniture and paintings. The brick surface is an excellent backdrop for a fireplace with wall ledges-columns in the living area.

• Teenager's room. For the children's room, the wallpaper under the brickwork is too “adults”, which is unlikely to appeal to kids who prefer to see fairy-tale heroes around themselves, rather than boring brick plots. But adolescents will appreciate the decoration of your personal space with stylish brick-like wallpaper,which it is good to perform interior zoning and to delimit functional segments.
• Utilitarian space. Entrance zones and corridors in typical apartments in rare cases can boast of large size and sufficient illumination. Pasting white wallpaper with a brick print will illusoryly push the boundaries of a narrow space, and if you use coatings in combination with mirrors, then the visual effect will be maximum.

Wallpaper with imitation of brick masonry can become a real decoration of the interior in a modern or classic style.

We propose to verify this with examples.

• To diversify the design of the kitchen in the urban style - the loft and its commercial version - industrial, you can use the original finishing of the working area for brickwork with a glossy, rough or matte surface.

• White wallpaper with imitation brickwork in combination with the background finish in bright colors make the room volumetric and airy. At the same time, the totally white design looks dull and monotonous. Bright details, accessories and original textiles will dilute the monochrome setting and add dynamics.

• It looks interesting to finish the walls with wallpaper under the brick, radically different in color from other surfaces in the interior. In such cases, the contrast wall acts as the focal point of the room that forms the entire design concept.

• Walls decorated with wallpaper imitating gray bricks will serve as an excellent backdrop for large furniture, a large plasma panel and three-dimensional decor. Neutral light shades of gray palette will create the illusion of free space.

• Wallpaper under the brickwork favorably perceived democratic fusion style, welcoming bold experiments with combinations of textures, materials and decor. Brick finish perfectly emphasizes the brightness of the colors of decorative elements, furniture and original fixtures.

For more interior options with brick wallpaper, see the following video.