Wall murals in the interior of the hallway

Narrow and dark hallways in city apartments are not uncommon. Using photo wallpaper when decorating this room is a great way to visually expand and decorate the space.

If you are in doubt whether it is worth using such a non-standard solution for decorating a corridor, consider its advantages and disadvantages.

Let's start with the pros.

• First of all, wall murals in the hallway are not a "hackneyed" technique, which means that with their help you can create a completely unique design for your hallway.
• Having successfully selected the image, you can visually stretch or expand the space, "raise" the ceiling and even smooth out the unevenness of the walls.
• Photo canvas can be purchased ready-made or ordered according to individual parameters. This will allow you to most accurately fit it into the style of the interior and the dimensions of the room.
• If you want to place a specific image on the wall, you can also order large-format photo printing and decorate the hallway in the house with your favorite picture.

Of course, this solution also has disadvantages.

• Wall murals are more expensive than usual.
• They are quite difficult to glue, especially on your own. The photographic image requires maximum clarity when joining individual canvases, otherwise the picture will turn out to be a curve and not only will not decorate, but also spoil the interior.
• If your apartment has bumpy, unaligned walls, you cannot glue photo wallpaper on them. In this case, you will have to either correct them with putty, or sheathe them with sheets of drywall.
• Choosing an image, you can get confused by the many variations. It is important to remember that you need to select a picture, adhering to the general style of the room and its color schemes.
• Wall murals get bored quickly. As a rule, simple patterns on the wallpaper are not striking. But a large picture on the whole wall, willy-nilly, attracts attention and, as a result, becomes boring.

As mentioned above, the style of the chosen picture should overlap with the general interior design of your home and make it welcoming, spacious and comfortable. Let's look at what themes of photo wallpaper the modern market offers us.

The following images are meant here:

• imitation of brickwork;
• woodpile;
• a cut of a semi-precious stone;
• cobblestones;
• the surface of the marble slab;
• misted glass with water drops;
• rocky or sandy beach.

Perhaps one of the most common types of photo wallpaper.

The best photo canvases for the hallway in this subject:

• large single flowers;
• flower meadow;
• tree branches, grass;
• waterfalls;
• African savannah;
• sea ​​coast;
• wild animals in their natural habitat.

Abstract photo wallpaper is a creative solution for any room, be it a spacious entrance hall or a narrow corridor.

In this category, the best are:

• geometric labyrinths: color and monochrome;
• graphic prints;
• cubes and spheres;
• placers of precious stones;
• randomly located geometric shapes;
• optical illusions;
• concave and convex lines.

Urbanism has entered the interior fashion for a long time and still remains relevant. The entrance hall, decorated with the use of urban landscapes, invites the visitor to stroll through the streets of an unfamiliar, but so attractive city.

For the corridor, the following images in an urban style are chosen:

• European cobblestone streets with small houses;
• skyscrapers from megacities;
• attractions (Eiffel Tower, Burj Khalifa, Statue of Liberty, etc.).

A very interesting theme both for the hallway and for the entire room as a whole. Most often, this refers to the time when the world was "ruled" by gangsters driving around in luxurious cars and loving gambling.

Retrostyling involves the use of:

• photographs of world celebrities of past years (Marilyn Monroe is simply top!);
• old school car models;
• monochrome (or bright, here already start from the general style of the interior) images of old streets.

This category includes photo canvas with non-trivial, bold designs. They are distinguished by a bright provocative palette, interesting interpretations of various characters and movie heroes.

One of the rather rare solutions is pasting one of the walls of the corridor with a photo wallpaper depicting a fireplace. Such an idea will "shoot" if the whole room (it is better if it is a house, not an apartment) is decorated in the style of a chalet and supplemented with "wild stone", wooden planks, textured plaster.

You should choose wallpaper based on some recommendations.

• Small hallways should not be "overloaded" with large images, for example, a huge rose or volumetric abstraction will look cumbersome and ridiculous in a narrow room.

• It is better to “save” a bright color palette for accent “spots” in other rooms.

• Wall murals can be glued not on the entire surface of the wall, but only on a part of it, for example, only in the center or on the side, near the front door. This solution will allow you to use small canvases and create accents.

• For narrow hallways, wallpapers with a contrasting pattern or horizontal stripes are not suitable.

• Low ceilings can be visually "raised" using photowall-paper with a clearly defined vertical: with images of trees rushing upward, waterfalls, columns, skyscrapers.

• If there are errors on the walls in the form of bumps or uneven joints, it is not recommended to use canvases with clear and even geometric shapes - it is best to opt for abstraction with streamlined objects.

• Wall murals with a pronounced perspective looking into the distance are best glued to the wall opposite the entrance. If such a picture is from the side, its perspective will distort the perception of both the image itself and the rest of the interior as a whole.

• A spacious and light hallway can be played up with a large color spot, for example, a large flower.

• The last recommendation will concern the care of the photo wallpaper in the corridor. Since in this room people put on and take off their outer clothing and shoes, dust settles on the walls. Therefore, it is advisable to select a cloth from a washable material that is not subject to the same fading.

The most important thing is to pay attention to the subject matter of the image.

• If this is a textured canvas, for example, illustrating a rocky seashore, you can complement it with a “wild stone” in a single style and color scheme. The sandy beach is well set off by textured plaster, misted glass - plastic wall panels.
• If the wallpaper depicts representatives of the plant or animal world, you should also build on the whole picture. Before you is the African savannah - decorate the rest of the walls with sand-colored monochromatic wallpaper, complement the decor in the form of an exotic wooden mask. The bamboo forest can be "continued" on the opposite wall by attaching a couple of bamboo decorative strips to it.
• Urban and retro landscapes are perfectly combined with "wild stone", and you can use its various modifications: brick, cobblestone, etc. As an element of decor, you can install a bench with forged legs and a floor hanger stylized as an old street lamp.
• Modern ideas such as avant-garde and abstraction dominate glass and plastic. Interesting wall lights and wall panels are a great addition to these unusual patterns.
• Wood is considered a versatile material with which you can combine any style of photo wallpaper - it is important to just look at the image and understand what kind of wooden detail to add: a hanger, a housekeeper, a bench or something else.

In this case, one should start from the area of ​​the room and its configuration. Photo canvas can be pasted over:

• one wall completely;
• part of the wall in the form of a modular picture or false window;
• entrance, interior door or cabinet door;
• ceiling.

In small and narrow hallways, for example, in "Khrushchev", it is best to focus on an image that increases the space and occupies one wall or part of it. At the same time, it is advisable to maintain a light color scheme.

Now we want to visually demonstrate how photo wallpaper can transform the interior of the hallway.

• The textured canvas with the image of masonry is in perfect harmony with the brown-beige palette of the room, "echoing" at the same time with the floor ceramic tiles and laminate.

• There is nothing better for living in eco-style than snow-white walls, a light sandy floor, as well as photomurals in the form of bright green stalks of grass. As a complement - a floor hanger in the form of a tree.

• An abstract pattern of many different black "shoulders" on a white background reminds of the purpose of the room.

• The loft interior with a rough brick wall is perfectly "diluted" with the urban landscape. The sheet is glued to the front door.

• A magnificent example of retro theme is the wall, as if pasted over with old photographs. The monochrome interior is complemented by accents: lemon yellow countertop and a couple of interesting table lamps.

• The spacious entrance hall gives free rein to imagination: very bright avant-garde photowall-paper "echoes" the rest, no less bright, details of the situation.

• With the help of such an image, it will turn out to beautifully decorate the entrance group in a chalet-style country house.

• A 3D picture, where the perspective receding into the distance is very clearly visible, is an excellent solution for visually expanding the space.