There are quite a few materials for finishing wall bathrooms. Despite the wide range, the choice of buyers is often stopped on the wallpaper. From the material of this article you will learn about the pros and cons of the use of this cladding, its varieties and nuances of choice.
Pros and cons of use
Wallpapers can not be called universal facing material for the bathroom. The microclimate in the bathrooms is special: it is condensate, constant evaporation and high humidity, water splashes, temperature change. That's why The choice of wallpaper, as an alternative to wall facing, is not always justified.
The advantages of their use in the bathroom include:
- aesthetic appeal;
- the widest selection of colors;
- a variety of facial surface texture type;
- The possibility of combining with any cladding;
- simplicity of sticking on the base from a different material;
- Optimally fast room transformation;
- undemanding in care and wet cleaning;
- the ability to emphasize any interior style;
- a variety of composition and type of cloth;
- the ability to visual expansion of space;
- giving the interior of the atmosphere of home coat;
- Wide price range.
The use of wallpaper in the bathroom allows you to create an absolutely any atmosphere, not limited to the choice of style, size of the pattern, the form of the material.
This allows you to implement not only the usual, but also original ways of facing surfaces. Wallpaper you can focus the walls both completely and partially. They can be used as a panel, contrasting inserts on a monochon or textured background.
Buying and finishing costs significantly cheaper building materials that need tiled glue or frame structures.
Besides, Disassemble the wallpaper is much easier than changing the tile or wall panels. Some of them moisture resistant, and therefore can be used to design washbasins.
Along with the advantages, the use of wallpaper in the bathroom has the disadvantages. For example, the key of them are:
- High hygroscopicity (absorption of evaporation);
- lag from the surface (bloating from constant humidity);
- instability to fungus (the appearance of mold with poor ventilation);
- loss of the protective layer with the surface lagging;
- short term;
- The impossibility of sticking in wet bathroom zones.
Not all types of wallpapers are equally well suited for cladding walls of the bathroom. Some varieties lose their appeal very quickly, and therefore they need a plywood.
With the accumulation of moisture, other types of wallpaper material not only refer, but also swell. Due to the wet microclimate and change of temperature changes the properties and glue. As a result, sometimes the canvas depart from the walls with almost whole stripes. And if in large rooms it is still possible to glue the wallpaper as the main cladding, then in small bathrooms it is practically excluded.
Basic paperwork
The choice of wallpaper for the bathroom is subordinate to certain criteria. Unlike analogs for residential rooms, these varieties first should be practical and durable. Decorativeness is in the second plan, since every day of the panels will be exposed to the bathroom microclimate.
The basic requirements for this cladding include:
- moisture resistance;
- durability;
- reliability of fixation;
- antistaticity;
- environmental friendliness;
- ease of care;
- Aesthetics.
For facing walls of the bathroom you need to buy waterproof wallpapers.
They are inert to moisture, and therefore will stay on the walls for a long time. At the same time, it is important to pay attention to abrasion resistance, as well as the possibility of adjusting or small repair (painting, lined).
Varieties
From the widest spectrum of trademark offers for trimming, only a few types of wallpaper material are suitable. Each of them is distinguished by the composition, thickness, is designed for a certain service life.
Wallpapers may have a paper or fliselin substrate.
Moisture-resistant wallpaper They differ from other varieties by the presence of a special protective layer located on the front side of the cloth. It does not miss moisture, and therefore it will not be fungus or mold under it.
These wallpapers are wear-resistant, but not breathing, and therefore it is necessary to glue them in rooms with a thoughtful ventilation system.
Washing wallpapers are universal This is a group of wallpapers intended for exploratory rooms with high humidity. They are durable, can stay on the walls of about 10-15 years without the need for correction.
These panels are easy to install and dismantle, they are easy to clean with sponge and detergent.
Make them with different letters:
- BB - foamed vinyl;
- RV. - Relief vinyl;
- PV - flat vinyl;
- Stel - fiberglass;
- Page structural under painting.
At the same time, the products may have a different class of water resistance. Indicate it on labeling in the form of lines. Each type has its own designations.
- One line indicates waterproof wallpapers. They do not provide washing.
- Two lines Mark the finishing material that can be cleaned with soft detergents.
- 3 lines It is suggested that the wallpaper can be cleaned with a sponge and soap solution.
- Brush and line Indicate the possibility of treating the material with a brush and detergent.
- Brush with 3 lines Waterproof wallpapers are noted with high abrasion resistance.
All waterproof wallpapers are harder than ordinary analogues. Therefore, glue them to adhesive for heavy wallpaper materials.
To improve the adhesion, the base surface before sticking is treated with a primer solution of deep penetration.
Vinyl
Plastic wallpaper can have a paper or fliesline substrate. Due to the polymer (polyvinyl chloride), which consists of the upper layer, the canvas are resistant to moisture, evaporation. They are durable, withstand the effects of high temperatures, do not lose the original brightness and decorativeness long enough.
They include an antifungal component, they are environmentally safe.
They glue them for special adhesive with high levels of adhesion. The best version of the line is considered varieties with an opaque layer masking irregularities of the base. The ideal place for sticking wallpaper of this species is dry bathroom areas.
The disadvantage of the finishing material is the high cost.
Self-adhesive
The coating of this kind is nothing but a water-repellent film with a adhesive basis on the back side, on which the wallpaper is glued. They are referred to a special type of vinyl coatings. The adhesive wallpaper do not let moisture, they are high strength, durable and are not destroyed under its impact. The material can mimic the texture of stone, wood, marble.
Self-adhesive canvases are released in the rolls of the half-meter and meter width. The film is very thin, and therefore the base under sticking has to be prepared thoroughly. Mix them on the wall or doors is more complicated than ordinary analogs.
Pocking does not provide for adjustments: if the film was stuck unevenly, it would not be possible to pose it. We will have to tear off the wall and replace the new web.
Glass equipment
The coatings of this type are made of fiberglass material, processing it with starch impregnation. They are inert to moisture, high strength and environmentally friendly. Gymelomes are purchased for sticking under painting, as they can be painted up to 25 times with special latex paint. In this case, the texture of the cloth may be the most diverse.
There are more expensive such wallpapers, but their price is justified by a long service life.
These are not only smooth, but also textual varieties that can transmit the most diverse texture (from cargo to an extraordinary ornament). They are sold in the rolls of the meter width, made in a white base color. Such coatings are about 15 years old, providing for a periodic painting of the surface.
Liquid
This material is different from conventional wallpapers appearance and method of application. It is white or painted powder that is flashed on the walls after pre-disconnecting. The scheme of work resembles the facing of surfaces by plaster. At the same time, at will, on the surface, you can create a different pattern. It is drawn in advance directly on the wall, and after the patterns of the pattern are filled with a material of different color.
The use of liquid wallpapers in the bathroom is considered controversial Despite the fact that the finished finish after drying is covered with acrylic varnish. Someone believes that they are suitable for finishing dry zones of the bathrooms. Others are convinced of the impracticity of the material.
The type of the finished surface is distinguished by an unusual relief, powder wallpaper can be composed, the decor (sparkles, glitter, pearl) can be included in the composition.
Photo wallpaper
From the point of view of design, A universal solution to emphasizing individual zones of the bathroom is to use moisture-resistant wallpaper with photo printing. This technique allows you to highlight one place in the room, making the interior expressive and fresh. The composition of such a material is varied, and therefore its operational characteristics are different.
These coatings can be washable, vinyl, self-adhesive, they use stable popularity from buyers. They can be adjusted for any interior, such wallpapers are highlighted by a democratic price, immunity to ultraviolet, simplicity of sticking and dismantling. They are durable and perfectly combined with different facing materials for bathrooms.
Styles and color gamut
Large importance when choosing wallpaper has not only drawing, but also the texture. It is due to her that she managed to transfer one or another line of a particular style, increasing its recognition.
If earlier there were predominantly smooth wallpapers on the store shelves, today the buyer can choose options with realistic imitation:
- draped textiles, jeans, core materials;
- Reptile skins or exotic animals;
- construction material (stone, brick, concrete, textured plaster);
- three-dimensional pattern changing the perception of space.
Thanks to the use of modern technologies, the texture of the front of the wallpaper can reliably transfer the radiance of silk, velvet sings, brick shcher, roughness of clinker and concrete. Manufacturers produce wallpaper not only standard, but also a paired type. This material is convenient because it eliminates the buyer from the tedious selection of shades and textures.
As a rule, wallpaper-companions consist of monophonic and accent cloths.
The choice of color solve depends on the preferences of the buyer, interior style, as well as the size of the room. For example, Little bathrooms are not taken to make up the overseas of bright shades. This design looks aggressively, bright colors sharply indicate the boundaries of the room, and this is unacceptable in a small space.
Selecting the drawing and the optimal tint of wallpapers for creating the atmosphere of comfort in the bathroom, It is necessary to repel from several rules:
- Wallpaper are selected with the color solutions of the main finish (tiles, panels, mosaics);
- In a small room, panels are taken by light shades (red, black and blue are undesirable);
- Wallpaper colors should not be too catchy and sharp (they violate the harmony of the perception of space);
- Wallpaper tone must elaborate;
- Large drawings in the bathroom are undesirable (plumbing and furniture are lost on a background);
- If possible, it is necessary to combine cladding (relevant allocation of accent sections of walls);
- 3D wallpaper looks appropriate only in a large space.
To choose the subject of wallpaper you need to fit thoroughly. You should not try to create a safari park from the bathroom or sea depths. Need to understand that The topic of the print affects the perception of space. Few who will be cozy in the bathroom with walls overloaded with a large photo printing pattern. Do not need and excessive ripples.
When selecting a specific option, it is worth considering its relevance for a particular interior style.
For example, floral prints are relevant in country design, vintage and provence . However, for modern, high-tec, art deco, such colors will not fit. Here we need one-photo, but textured wallpaper with original relief.
The choice of drawing for different styles may differ. So that the interior looked expressively and expensive Finishing material must be selected for the characteristic features of the stylistics. In this case, it is necessary to take into account current trends. For example, for some ethnic branches of stylistics, the purchase of wallpaper with plant prints and characteristic ornaments is appropriate.
To the bathroom Classic style It is worth choosing a cladding with golden vensels, for registration Eastern Interior - with Damas Patterns. Transfer the atmosphere Moroccan style You can with the help of wallpaper patchwork. When you need to beat the Wallpaper in the bathroom style minimalism , take one-photo coatings with simple textures.
Best Color Gamma - Light . Among the current shades of the season, beige, gray-blue, peach, sand-milk, creamy, mint can be noted. Fashionable combinations are white and beige contrasts, blue with white and brown, warm green with wood and white. In addition, in fashion Duets of beige and wood, white and black, light gray and beige, mint and white.
How to choose?
It is necessary to approach the choice of wallpapers for facing walls of the bathroom. To take an option that best encroses in the planned interior stylist, you need to pay attention to a number of factors . One of them will marking : Wallpapers are not universal. You need to take species with high resistance to moisture and cleaning.
It is better to buy washable options on a fliseline substrate with a dense structure.
They can be wiped with a cloth or a soft sponge. However, you should not count on the fact that the wallpaper can be washed in the literal sense of the word. From this they will appear spots and sublifting, the brush will damage the texture of the facial surface.
Selecting the coatings for the walls of the bathroom, you need to pay attention to their quality.
It is important to make sure that the same thickness of the crafts from both sides. It is necessary to draw attention to the color. Check when paying are taken at mandatory. If at home when opening a package on the front of the wallpaper, marriage will be found, they will be able to exchange or return to the store.
If you select wallpaper-companions, you need to pay attention to the label. You need to take products from one party. This very eliminates the difference of shades characteristic when buying rolls from different parties. In addition, it will make it possible to choose the coatings as accurately as possible with the coincidence of color shades.
The selection of invoice will create a special color in the interior.
For example, if a smooth surface can look robustly, then options with a grainy or embossed structure will already be added to the background design of high status notes. In addition, textured wallpapers today in fashion. You can choose varieties with the texture of Venetian or Versailles plaster, the effect of "coroede" or "fur coat", chaotic strokes, diagonal or wave-like embossed lines.
When buying, you need to take into account the status of the finish. If furniture, plumbing expensive, wallpapers are selected to them. Sweet wallpapers will make interior tasteless. Do not take too catchy canvas. There are no plumbing, no furniture, nor accessories on this background.
You can approach the choice from a practical point of view.
For example, in the wash zone, a canvas can look at marble or other stone, as well as with divorces or a simple pattern. In addition to flower and plant topics, relevant prints are monograms, a Christmas tree, ethnic patterns and Scandinavian motives.
Where can I stick?
The moisture zones of each bathroom are different. Conventionally divided by Dry and wet. And if the tile and panel can be glued in places of more moisture, then wallpapers are not glued in such places.
The most dangerous zone is considered a wall above the bathroom or shower. No type of wallpaper will endure here and years. Even waterproof will be renob and come into disrepair. These walls are covered with tiles or panels, decorated with mosaic, less often paint them.
Walls near the bath are considered the second in humidity of a dangerous area. It is undesirable to glue here, because large water splashes are often falling into these places. Here you need wallpapers with special resistance to moisture and pollution (for example, glass walls). The canvas must withstand regular cleaning.
The third zone is considered to be walls located at a distance of 60 cm from the sides of the bath or the edges of the shower cabin. This is relatively dry areas, because the splashes here fall rarely. You can glue here all types of waterproof wallpapers.
You can take wallpapers in those places where water splashes cannot fall on them.
For example, it can be a linen of the entrance door, part of the wall at the location of the boiler and the washing machine. The larger the wallpaper will be located from the washing zone (bath or shower), the better. They can be located on the wall opposite the bath or soul.
Depending on the method of sticking, wallpaper can be arranged part of the wall in the area of placement of the toilet bowl. For example, if the panel will be located below, water splashes will not be able to fall on the wallpaper. For this principle, you can cale the wall above the sink in the washbasin zone. Sometimes wallpapers are covered by distant walls, protrusions and columns of spacious bathrooms adapted to residential rooms at home.
Even in the interior with a single-standing bathroom wallpaper glued where they will be minimal exposure to steam and splashes. You can crack the canvas above the mirror. They can accommodate the walls near the entrance door, as well as partitions from the dry zones of the plumbing room. In addition, they can only make up the upper parts of the walls, leaving the rest of the space under the panel or tile.
Material combination ideas
It's no secret that wallpaper look more expressively if they have something to contrast. The contrast finish can be different: It is possible to combine wallpaper with panels, plastic siding, cafeter, board and painting.
However, each combination is selected individually for a specific project. With it, it is drawn up by the degree of harmony of both materials, based on the game of texture, colors, the relevance of the print.
Wallpaper can be labeled in full, and also partially, issuing them in the form of a colorful panel suitable for a specific interior stylist. They look perfectly on the walls at the top, contrasting with the background finish from other materials.
It is possible to combine them with different wall material.
- Wallpaper sticking in the top of the wall in the washbasin area Change the interior for the better without reducing the practicality of the bathroom. The finish is perfectly combined with plastic sheet panels with brickwork texture.
- Wallpaper combination with board Makes a special flavor to the bathroom interior. With a successful selection of lamps and plumbing, the atmosphere of the ancient era can reacted here.
- Wooden Wallpaper Performed in gentle colors, are perfectly combined with ceramic tiles decorated with border. The harmonious choice of color gamut allows you to fill the interior with light, making the atmosphere as much as possible.
- Self-adhesive wallpaper with floral pattern Garmoniously combined with plastic slats, located in the wash area. The exact choice of color and selection of texture enhance the effect of vintage, transmitting the atmosphere of retrostil.
- Practical sticking of wallpapers in the wash zone with the transition to the so-called wet plot. Wallpaper with vensels harmoniously looks with a small cafeter.
- Combining finishing materials in a bathroom made in neutral tones. Contrast of smooth coverage of wallpaper and embossed boar, matte and glossy textures.
The original idea can be the use of self-adhesive wallpaper as elements of finishing the facades of mounted or floor cabinets.
In addition, using such a material, you can create the effect of tiled cladding. There are ready-made sliced squares from self-adhesive canvas on sale. Thanks to them, you can make a special style in the interior design.
Successful examples in the interior
The design of the walls of the bathroom wallpaper can be not only practical, but also aesthetically attractive. This is evidenced by examples of photo gallery.
An example of practical design Wall with wallpaper with a pattern, contrasting against the background of narrow panel plates.
Wallpapering wallpapers with a niche gives the bathroom atmosphere of home comfort, visually expanding the space.
Choosing an accent finishing material To decorate the walls of the bathroom located on the attic.
Creating a special mood in the interior of the bathroom is achieved by designing the zone of washing with birds.
Contrast of wallpaper and mosaic tiles, underlined by a wide decorative border.
Allocation of one of the functional zones with bright wallpaper, sticking at the location of the dressing table.
The walls of the washbasin of the wet zone are bright wallpaper in retrodisane, contrasting against the background of plastic rails.
A good choice of wallpaper for the embodiment of a retrodism, a harmonious combination with panels and interior accessories.
The original version of the wallpaper is emphasis on practicality, Adaptation of the room under the residential room.
Light wallpaper with a vegetable print in the design of an old-style bathroom.
Facing wall bathroom wallpaper in the washbasin and toilet zone, selection of coatings in the tone of the furniture.
Review reviews
Wallpapers are not universal finishing material for lining wall bathroom. This is evidenced by buyers left on thematic forums and information portals of the Internet. Someone believes that they look beautiful in the pictures, but in practice it is not at all practical. At the same time there is an opinion that after sticking, they very quickly depart from the foundation.
Others are confident in the opposite, noting that the canvas tightly hold onto the walls of the bathroom for several years. In the comments, people write that they buy wallpaper wallpapers for decoration wallpapers. To keep the wallpaper longer, the air is dried before work, removing moisture from the working base.
In the next video you will learn about some features of the bathroom wallpaper.