5 ways to save when choosing wallpaper

Today, many revise the family budget, trying to reduce costs. Our tips will help reduce the estimate of such a costly event as repairs.

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1 Accent Wall

A fashionable trend in interior design is an emphasis wall against the background of others with a calm or monophonic decor. In addition to the premises of various purposes, the role of colorful dominants will successfully play wallpaper: classic rolled, photopiangic or canvas with 3D decor. They will decorate the room without overloading it (which is inevitable when all the walls are equally bright). For one section of the room, it is permissible to purchase very expensive coatings, because it will take quite a few material. For the rest of the walls, you can choose the paint of a suitable shade or inexpensive, careless wallpapers. It should be borne in mind that poorly combined colors of accent and background walls are introduced into the interior of an imbalance and become an irritant factor. Therefore, it is worth choosing a wallpaper with a drawing, the shades of which are harmonized with each other.

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In the accent turn the maximum free wall, not closed furniture or accessories. In addition, it is desirable that she will first fall into sight

2 Import substitution

Despite stereotypes, the products of many domestic producers are not inferior to the importance of imported, the value of which depends on the course of the national currency. Russian wallpapers are cheaper, and the price varies slightly, because it does not include customs expenses and transportation costs. Russian companies offer wallpapers of all types: paper, vinyl, flieslinic. Roll price 0.53 × 10 m begins with 150 rubles.

3 Rapport and type of drawing

When choosing wallpaper, it is important to pay attention to the metrar and drawing. For example, exclusive expensive products are often sold by route. Coatings in rolls are noticeably cheaper. The closets of an increased width (0.7 and 1 m) allow you to reduce the number of joints.

When sticking the wallpaper, it is necessary to monitor the coincidence of the pattern on the adjacent canvas, that is, to take into account the rapport (the distance through which the same pattern is repeated). The manufacturer necessarily indicates the label the size of the rapport. What it is more significant, the more rolls need to finish the room. Those who want to minimize undermining canvases, as well as reduce the number of rolls, should look at the wallpaper with a small pattern. Often, such canvases do not require fitting or it is minimal, as well as the amount of waste.

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Wallpaper with a small pattern - a great option for the premises of the wrong shape, attic and ceilings. Small rooms with small and bright decor will seem more spacious

From simple to complex

Wallpaper with free docking (a) do not have a pronounced pattern. Their canvas can be glued without fitting pattern. Wallpaper blades with straight docking (b) are located next to each other, taking into account the drawing rapeport. On the label of wallpaper with a displaced docking (B), two digits be indicated. The first indicates the size of the rapport, the second is the offset interval. For example, the marking 64/32 means that the pattern is repeated after 64 cm, and each next web is displaced relative to the previous 32 cm. When sticking wallpaper with a counter docking (g), each next cloth is turned over 180 ° with respect to the previous one. Otherwise, the sections of the finished wall will differ by tone.

4 Wallpapers

With wallpaper, it is not necessary to spend a lot of time and money to update the walls. It is enough to prepare the basis and wake it with wallpaper canvases, and subsequently only to repaint, hiding pollution or changing the boring color. These coatings are special paper, vinyl, flieslinic and white glass windows with an embossed surface. Roll price 0.53 × 10 m - from 560 rubles. After gluing, the wallpaper is sometimes left in pristine form, and painted with the next repair. But remember that the colorful layer makes the surface brighter and stronger, as if cementing it and extended the service life of the canvase. Most often, the wallpaper is covered with two layers of paint using water-based eco-friendly. It is permissible to repaint 7-8 times, because each subsequent colorful layer slightly smoothes the surface relief.

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During the coloring of the wallpaper, it is impossible to stop working in the middle of the wall (on the cross, lunch, etc.). If you start finishing it after some time, the border will be noticeable. It is more correct to add to the corner, and then take a break

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The decorative effect of most wallpaper under painting lies in an unusual game of light and shadow on the surface with a pronounced relief

Finding the wallpaper of a suitable shade is sometimes not easy, and the color of the painted canvases will be exactly as required. Due to the special techniques of staining the walls will become the most expressive

5 Compare prices

The head of the corner does not always need to put the price of the material. It is equally important to correlate the type of wallpaper with the appointment of the room. For example, for the hallways, holls, kitchens better pick up not cheap paper, but wear-resistant, washable, albeit more expensive vinyl canvas. Paper easier "lives" in the bedrooms. In addition, it is here that it is preferable to use wallpaper from natural materials.

Online shopping lovers advise partially abandon this practice when it comes to wallpaper. No photo will definitely give color and texture. The canvas are preferably taken in the hands and consider in the store. Then record the name of the manufacturer, the article, the price and search them on the websites of retail and online stores: prices differ significantly. This approach will save up to 30% of the value of the material.