What to do if the size of the photo wallpaper does not suit you? Wallpaper size: we calculate the required volume for the repair of an apartment Photo wallpapers are standard sizes.

29.08.2019

You really like the plot of the wallpaper, but you don’t have the walls of the right size. Problem? Nothing like that: we know at least three graceful ways out of such a situation.

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Problem

Photo wallpaper feature. Modern photo wallpapers are no different in quality from others: they can be paper, non-woven, vinyl. The peculiarity of photo wallpaper is that the image is applied digitally and has a plot integrity. And that means well-defined dimensions in length and width. Accordingly, it may turn out that the ones you like will be more or less than the space allotted for them.

How to decide if the canvas is larger

Extra is not redundant. If the canvas is larger than the area under it, it is easier to solve the problem: all excess is cut off. However, in some cases, the plot or the idea of the designer is distorted, or ugly fragments appear along the cut line. Therefore, it is better to choose the canvas of the right size. We read the recommendations of the following paragraphs.

We select the background. If the dimensions of the wallpaper are smaller than necessary, we allocate the central part of the wall to the composition, and cover the rest of the space with a suitable background coating (with an abstract pattern in this sense, there are no problems at all). If the background cannot be selected, again we turn to other manufacturers - they may well have similar options.

Photo: Wallpaper Union Jack 86/13048 by Cole & Son.

How to decide if the canvas is smaller

We turn to manufacturers. Some factories provide several sizes of the same composition - the width and height of the canvases, the number of panels vary. Others allow the opportunity to order a plot of the right size even at the production stage. Still others produce several lines with duplicate plots and are likely to have similar collections in the size you need.

We use new trends. Narrow short wallpapers are now fashionable (height 1.5 meters - despite the fact that standard ones have a minimum height of 2.54 meters). They finish cabinet furniture, doors, focus on one of the functional areas instead of finishing the entire wall. If the wallpaper is too small, you can take this technique into service. Everyone will assume that it was meant to be.

Color proof. Colors on the monitor and when printed are transmitted differently. Therefore, to make sure that in the end you get exactly what you ordered, ask for a color proof before printing - a small fragment (usually 30 by 50 cm) of photo wallpaper printed on the selected material.

Some factories that produce wallpapers “from photos” even offer basic collections in several color options - compare right in the salon

Photo: Alphabet mural P180501-6 by Mr Perswall.

Wall mural to order

Radical decision. In order not to miscalculate with the dimensions, you can choose a photo for the wallpaper yourself and order a composition with the right parameters Many companies offer this service. If the photo is selected in the artist's photobank, then there will be no problems. If you bring the photo yourself, the result will depend on its quality. Specialized firms usually post file requirements on their websites. In short, the photo on the wallpaper (or other image you choose) must be high resolution or placed in a "vector" file (here it is better to consult a specialist). It is believed that in order to obtain an image good quality You need at least 1 photo pixel per 1 mm wall. Thus, a photograph of 1795×2551 mm in size can serve as a prototype for photo wallpaper 1.7×2.5 meters. Not bad! Just keep in mind that only the foreground will be clear; everything on the periphery looks blurry. This is a feature of the standard photo.

Prices and terms. Printing wallpaper with an image selected in the photobank costs from 500 rubles to 5 thousand rubles per sq. m. meter. The price depends on the material (from interlining to natural canvas), the width of the canvas, the type of printing. “Improving” a low-quality source to make it suitable for printing costs from 1 to 10 thousand rubles, but it can be much higher. From several selected photos, you can order a collage, it will cost 3-5 thousand rubles. In general, services for preparing a picture for printing can bring the price of photo wallpapers up to 20-30 thousand rubles per sheet 1.5 × 2 m. The execution of a standard order (without additional services) usually takes 3-5 days.

Interesting samples of photo wallpapers that are easy to cut

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Modern photo wallpapers bear little resemblance to their predecessors of the era of "Soviet deficit". Quickly fading, poorly joined coarse-grained birch trees, autumn groves and sunsets printed on poor cheap paper are a thing of the past. Today, the range of photo wallpapers is so diverse in terms of subjects, purpose, quality and price that it will not be difficult for you to choose the right ones for you. The main thing is not to drown in the variety of offers.

The most popular photo wallpaper subjects are exotic landscapes with sea shores, islands, beaches, palm trees and waterfalls. Urban landscapes are not far behind them, represented by panoramic shots of megacities, narrow European streets and intimate Italian courtyards.

Another popular direction of photo wallpaper is macro photography - photographs of flowers, grass, water drops, coffee beans, etc. enlarged to the size of the wall. However, the choice is not limited to these now quite traditional subjects. Today, in the collections of photo wallpapers you can find old geographical maps, frames from popular films, fragments of street graffiti, imitations of the texture of wood, stone and brickwork(for example), knitted fabric and lace. For stylish interior You can pick up wallpaper made on the basis of black and white photography.

“Open a window” to another world will help stickers with the image of an open window. Even for doors today there are special wallpapers. Having decided on your preferences, you can begin to search for a specific embodiment of your dreams.

Ready-made wallpapers

Most a budget option- factory photo wallpapers printed by sheet offset printing on paper. Their advantage is a relatively low price and the maximum degree of readiness for use: well-known manufacturers, as a rule, even include the necessary glue in the kit, smaller manufacturers limit themselves to indicating the appropriate brand.

Small images are produced in the form of a single sheet, large ones - from 180 x 250 cm and above - are divided into segments, the so-called panels, glued directly on the wall. The number of panels can vary from 2 to 8.

More quality wallpapers they are printed on non-woven or vinyl material with a non-woven base, cheap ones are printed on rather thin paper, which gets wet and stretches when glued. In addition, you have to pay for an affordable price with the repetition of themes and plots.

Standard photo wallpaper sizes

Width, m	Height, m

Photo wallpaper custom (exclusive)

Fans of the interior "exclusive" today have access to the production of custom-made photo wallpapers. They can be printed in specialized studios on a large-format digital plotter. The final price of such a photo panel will depend on its size and the material on which it is printed. As a basis, special roll wallpaper "for printing" is used - paper, non-woven, woven and self-adhesive.

The surface is matte and glossy, smooth or textured, thanks to which the wall can be given almost any texture. The most common textures are: linen, satin, silk, sand, plaster, oil painting. All materials intended for subsequent printing, as a rule, are of high quality, resistant to mechanical stress and moisture, and do not require additional processing and lamination. However, the durability and quality of the finished photopanel will depend not only on the material, but also on the type of ink used.

What paint is being painted

Water-based inks provide the highest quality color reproduction. They also provide the highest print resolution, up to 1600 dpi, but have the lowest light fastness, do not adhere well to PVC materials and require additional lamination. However, even a UV-resistant laminate will extend the life of such an image only up to 2.5 - a maximum of 3 years.
Solvent ink is more lightfast and resistant to any external influences (sun, moisture, abrasion).
They are compatible with almost any media, but do not produce high quality prints. And besides, they have a sharp, long-lasting smell, so they are not recommended for interior printing.
Eco-solvent inks, unlike their "brothers", do not have a smell (which, however, does not mean that they are harmless) and give a print quality close to photographic. However, prints made with this ink are not abrasion resistant and easily erased under pressure. To extend their service life, you will need additional varnishing.
UV-curable inks are comparable in stability to solvent inks, but are considered less harmful (although there is also an odor). They are practically independent of the material (you can print on anything), do not require additional fixing, but printing with such inks will cost more.

Individual approach to the choice of photo wallpaper

If you decide to order photo wallpaper printing in a specialized studio, you will first have to select an image from the catalog. Then, according to your dimensions, a layout will be made and, after agreeing on the material and price, they will start printing. Order fulfillment may take 4 to 5 days. In addition to paper, printing and preparation of the layout, the cost will also include the cost of the original image in high resolution (from 700-800 rubles and more). Printing "ready-made photo wallpapers" will cost less. This vague definition usually refers to a set of images pre-designed to several standard sizes. Additionally, you won’t have to buy a picture, but the choice of subjects will be limited. Printed photo wallpapers will almost certainly have to be adjusted in height and width, but the execution of an order according to the finished “template” will take no more than one day.

If the pictures offered in the catalogs do not suit you, you can order photo wallpapers according to your own layout.

The only thing that will limit your imagination is the quality of the original image.

Even if a photo from a family album in your opinion looks quite perfect, you need to be prepared for the fact that additional computer processing will be required, for which you will have to pay.

The amount, depending on the degree of complexity, will be from 1,000 to 10,000 rubles. The final cost of absolutely unique photo wallpaper can be rather big.

You can save money by purchasing a high-quality picture for printing in a photo bank yourself: there are inexpensive photo stocks in which professional-quality photographs, regardless of size, are sold for 300 rubles.

How to paste wallpaper correctly

A set of factory photo wallpapers is usually attached detailed instructions for gluing, but still, without special skills, it can be difficult to assemble individual pieces into a perfect picture. To achieve the best result, you need to follow the rules.

Carefully prepared surface.

The wall must be perfectly flat, clean and dry. If necessary, the surface should be puttied and primed, any irregularities will subsequently be very conspicuous. If the photo wallpaper paper is thin and the pattern is light, it is better to paint the wall with water-based paint.

Correctly assembled drawing.

Before sticking, lay out the pattern on the floor according to the sample. The panels are usually numbered, the layout diagram is attached. Carefully review the joints of the picture, if necessary - make marks with a pencil.

Wall marking.

Pre-mark the horizontal and vertical lines on the wall exactly in the center of the wall, if necessary, make additional markings for each panel. When gluing, strictly adhere to verticals and horizontals: any deviations will lead to distortions in the picture, which will be impossible to correct.

Invisible joints.

Panels and strips are glued in accordance with the attached instructions - either exactly butted, or with trimming. In the latter case, each panel is superimposed on the previous one with an overlap so that the image on both parts is aligned. Then, a cut is made along the alignment zone - both strips are cut along the ruler in one motion from top to bottom. The cut edges are removed, the joints are aligned and carefully glued.

Technology compliance.

Except for adjusting the pattern, photo wallpapers are glued in the same way as ordinary wallpapers - depending on the type of material. When paper photo wallpaper glue is applied to the canvas, when working with a material on a non-woven basis - on the wall. To stick vinyl wallpaper, both the wall and the canvas are coated with glue. Glue is selected and diluted in accordance with the attached instructions.

Self-adhesive photo wallpaper on the back side they already have an adhesive layer, it is enough to remove the paper protection and roll the canvases to the wall. However, this work requires skill: the adhesive layer sets quickly and is easily damaged, so it is very difficult to fix defects. For the first time, it is better to do the work together.

We glue photo wallpaper with our own hands

Of course, not every picture is suitable for a full-wall drawing. Whether you want to decorate your wall with a landscape, a portrait of your favorite dog, or a tree from your parent's garden, you need a digital image of the quality (sharpness, color, and contrast) to make the story look decent in wallpaper format. Therefore, having outlined a specific motive, do not rush to press the shutter button of the camera.

Mount it on a tripod and set the required characteristics. It is most reliable to take a series of shots with different apertures and shutter speeds. The final assessment of the quality of the resulting image will be given by the wallpaper manufacturer.

This photograph of Spiekeroog Island in the North Sea (Germany) was accepted without any problems for non-woven wallpaper 140 cm high. A durable canvas made of special cellulose and textile fibers weighs about 200 g / sq. m. m and, therefore, needs special glue. In this case, "Methylan Secura" from Henkel was used. Before gluing the plot, you should cut off the white edge around the perimeter with a wallpaper knife, which protects the image during transportation.

Then the work goes, in principle, as with ordinary wallpaper.

Progress of work on sticker photo-wallpaper (instruction for photo)

Make a markup with a pencil and thickly apply glue to the wall. Then attach the first sheet, press the wallpaper to the wall.
Smooth out the image by actively working with the rubber roller from the center of the panel to the edges.
The next and all other sheets must be glued absolutely exactly without offsets - in the butt.
It is convenient to press the joints with a small rubber roller. Excess glue can be easily removed with a cotton cloth.
If you plan to paint the wall in the future, the edge of the image should be covered with masking tape.
It remains to apply a protective coating on the photo wallpaper, which protects the picture from moisture, direct sunlight and other external influences.

Tip: Wall mural should always be pasted on a white base to avoid color distortion.

With the help of photo wallpaper, you can create a unique picture in the entire wall. They print on paper, non-woven, vinyl base.

In the manufacture, a special technology is used, with the help of which the smallest details are printed. This will create a sense of the presence of a corner of nature or another image you like.

Walls, ceilings and furniture are decorated with beautiful paintings. Their service life is 6-10 years. To properly design the location on the wall, you need to know what sizes of wall murals are produced on the wall.

There are many types of photo wallpapers of foreign and domestic manufacturers. Most quality models produced with latex, eco-solvent, UV printing.

We will consider the existing ones and their characteristics in the table:

You should not install furniture, even small ones, near the wall on which the photo wallpapers are pasted, as it will hide part of the image.

Available sizes

Most often, the image is divided into several elements, from 2 to 16

The industry produces photo wallpapers of various geometric shapes and sizes. There are vertical and horizontal wallpapers with a flat, three-dimensional or embossed image. Most often, the canvas is made of several parts, it can contain from 2 to 16 elements. This is done in order to make it easier on the wall.

A small canvas can be made in one piece, its size usually does not exceed 2 square meters. m. Can decorate a wall in a room with a small area or serve as a decorative element in the living room. A seamless image will look more beautiful, but if it is large, it will be difficult to paste it alone.

Consider in the table the dimensions of the wallpaper, depending on the number of elements in the canvas:

The largest wallpapers are produced with a width of 3500 mm.

Photowall-paper of the big sizes needs to be glued together. In advance, mark the location of the canvas on the wall. It is necessary to ensure that the image is located clearly on the horizontal and vertical levels.

Made to order

Experts will help to adjust the selected image to the dimensions of the wall

There are firms specializing in the manufacture of photo wallpaper for individual projects. To place an order, you need to measure the wall or that part of it on which the panel will be located.

Then choose your favorite image. Most often, the selected photo needs to be cropped to the desired size. There is a service that allows you to enter a size and move the cropping frame to choose the best viewing angle in the picture.

When choosing a photo panel of large sizes, you need to choose the right resolution so that the image does not turn out blurry.

Design solutions

Wall murals with perspective can visually enlarge the space

Photowall-paper can both visually expand the room, and hide its sizes. It all depends on correct location canvases on the wall and its dimensions.

Narrow murals visually increase the height of the room and focus on a specific area. If you stick a narrow canvas on the door in the hallway, the room will seem larger. Such panels can divide the area into different zones: for work, rest, board games, etc.

Place large canvases in living rooms

Decorated photopanels, pasted vertically or horizontally, will beautifully fit into the interior of the niche.

Horizontally arranged large canvases will harmoniously look in large living rooms, halls of houses, on and in public spaces.

Sometimes they stick canvases on walls that are parallel to each other.

Wall murals erase the boundaries of the room and expand the space. It seems that the room is located on the ocean or the edge of the forest. It is worth taking a step, and you will find yourself inside a picturesque corner of nature.

Try to stick the panels on aligned walls

The first step is to prepare the surface of the wall. Removing old wallpaper cement mortar or putty all cracks, depressions.

If there are rust spots, paint them over with paint so that the redhead does not show through on the new wallpaper. We primed in two layers with a solution of deep penetration.

We purchase glue suitable for a specific type of wallpaper. Then we lay out the panel on the floor and check the image quality. You also need to make sure that the edges are even. We leave the canvas unfolded for a day so that it straightens out.

If the wallpaper is overlapped, the seam is placed away from the light source. We carry out horizontal markings on the wall using the building level. To determine the vertical plane, we use a plumb line.

The quality of pasting of the remaining parts will depend on how evenly the first element of the photopanel is glued. The subtleties of gluing photopanels on the walls, see this video:

We apply glue, according to the instructions for the wallpaper. Most often, you need to smear both the wall and the canvas. Then we pass with a rubber roller to remove air bubbles.

During the work and until the glued surface is completely dry, it must be ensured that there are no drafts. You can paste over the walls at any time of the year, the room must have a positive temperature.

The right size and shape of photo wallpaper will help visually expand the room, create coziness and comfort in the house.

If you decide to add photo wallpapers to the interior of one or more rooms of your apartment, then keep in mind: they can both decorate and visually expand the room, and make the room unsightly and significantly reduce it visually. To avoid common mistakes in the design of the apartment with photo wallpapers and give the rooms a zest and chic with the help of a printed photo image on the wall, you should know a lot of secrets and nuances.

Photo wallpapers are back in fashion

Wall mural today once again decorate the most modern design interior

The Russians had the opportunity to stick photo wallpapers in an apartment back in the mid-70s of the last century, the total fashion covered them from the beginning of the 90s, but by the end of the same decade it had almost completely exhausted itself.

It is known for certain that the first patterned wallpaper made from rice paper was glued to walls in China around 200 BC. From there, they became known in Europe (although paper wallpaper for a long time they were inferior to the usual fabric ones in terms of brightness, performance and price - almost until the middle of the 18th century). Today, paper photo wallpapers with the highest quality prints and various textures do not surprise anyone.

After the collapse Soviet Union people, tired of the shortage and the meager assortment of stores, rejoiced at everything new, bright and unusual. That is why the opportunity to see Niagara Falls, snow-capped mountain peaks or some kind of Garden of Eden on the wall of your own living room or bedroom every day seemed fantastic. original idea and, moreover, incredible beauty. True, it soon became clear that images of the same landscapes again decorate almost every apartment, the picture itself quickly fades, and even initially the print quality left much to be desired. From that moment on, sales of photo wallpapers began to decline rapidly until they completely disappeared.

Today, times have changed significantly, and the sign of a new era is, first of all, advanced technologies that provide, among other things, the possibility of high-quality printing of pictures of any shape and size at an affordable price. With this opportunity, the demand for photo wallpapers has again revived, especially since even a landscape picture taken by oneself can now flaunt on the wall.

The landscape on the wall in the bedroom, which practically does not differ from the real one, is no longer a luxury and is available to anyone

The main task in the new conditions is to correctly select the image according to the realities and features of your own apartment, as well as your ideas about the beautiful and unique design of the room.

How to choose

In order for the photo wallpaper to decorate the room, and not vice versa, it is important to take into account a complex of factors. And the chosen plot, and color, and even more so the size of the picture should fit perfectly into the room, and the unusual texture should add zest to the original design of the room.

Plot

The plot of the image on the photo wallpaper directly depends on the room in which you want to see it.

Beloved in the 90s, mountain peaks and waterfalls are most suitable for decorating the bedroom. Everything in this room should be conducive to comfortable rest and relaxation, and majestic landscapes are perfect for these purposes.

Mountain peak on the bedroom wall

In the living room, where most of the meetings, conversations and, in general, movement take place, a drawing that is equally dynamic, for example, a panorama of the city, will do.

Panorama of the big city in the living room

Also, the walls of the living room can be decorated with a huge family picture or a photo enlarged several times, which is of value to a certain circle of people close to you.

An office or workshop will perfectly complement an image in retro or vintage style: a photograph of the beginning of the last century, which depicts a big city or, say, an antique shop, a frame from a cult black-and-white film, or, for example, an old geographical map.

Ancient geographical map in the office

Photo of old transport or brickwork real wall(for example, the famous wall of Viktor Tsoi on the Old Arbat in Moscow or the street art of your favorite courtyard in St. Petersburg) will fit perfectly into the corridor of your apartment.

Image of brickwork on the wall in the hallway

In the kitchen, it is most logical to support a gastronomic theme and stick an image of products on the wall in any context close to you: real photo, made by you in the country, a child's drawing of your son or a still life made by a famous Renaissance artist.

Wall mural depicting food in the kitchen looks best

A typical mistake is to place on the wall of one of the rooms the so-called "universal" image of any colors, and in particular, enlarged many tens of times. Such a picture most often looks awkward (most of all due to the unrealistically huge size of roses or tulips). It is more logical to place any life-size images on the wall (including a flower meadow with many small flowers, if you so desire) than to glue a huge image of anything, which can sometimes even scare the person who enters, and not decorate the room at all .

Color

When choosing the color of photo wallpaper, first of all, you need to decide on one of two color concepts that can easily get along in one room:

Contrast.

If your room is pasted over with dull plain or finely patterned wallpapers and furnished with simple furniture, you can safely stick photo wallpapers with a scarlet sunset or other image made in saturated colors on one of the walls - they will not overload the room and will set a certain mood.

Bright wallpaper to contrast with the interior

If the room as a whole is quite saturated with various, including color details, then the image on the photo wallpaper can be plain or even black and white, which, of course, will attract attention and will not argue with other things.

Black and white wallpaper in the interior with bright accents

Uniformity, consistency in one color and concepts.

If you like, say pastel shade your walls, curtains and furniture and you would not want to disturb the harmony of the room, but there is a desire to bring novelty, then photo wallpapers of about the same color will let you bring the idea to life.

Photo wallpaper to match the color of the furniture and the rest of the interior

In a room whose design is based on bright colors and contrasts, photo wallpapers to match will also come in handy.

Bright wallpaper in a bright interior

When pursuing the goal of visually resizing a room, remember that:

White and cold colors (blue, green, lilac) visually expand the space, that is, a waterfall or mountain peaks of Everest will add space and air to the smallest room.

Wall murals that visually enlarge the space

Warm colors (yellow, orange, brown, red and their shades) will visually reduce your room, so a desert or retro New York photo wallpaper is best left for a fairly spacious room with large windows.

Wall murals that can visually reduce the room

Size

The main rule when choosing the size of photo wallpaper is simple - the picture on them should be fully visible! Neither furniture, nor paintings, nor any other decorative elements should cover and overlap the image on the wall that has appeared there to be admired.

Simply put, you need to literally estimate and measure the dimensions open area walls in the room you decide to decorate with photo wallpaper and buy from the store or order a print to your exact measurements.

Remember that photo wallpaper does not have to occupy one wall from floor to ceiling. There are many options for the shape and size of a piece of photographic image:

a narrow vertical canvas (for example, filling the area between the cabinet and other furniture);
horizontal insert at eye level (for example, above the sofa);

Horizontal wall murals in the bedroom

inserts with an image on different parts of the wall, interconnected in meaning;
highlighting ledges or niches in the wall using photo wallpaper.

texture

The choice of photo wallpaper texture is an extremely individual thing, and general tips and recommendations in this area are as follows:

In the living room, nursery or other room, where there is movement, and, consequently, the probability of shaking the coating is the most, it is better to choose a simple, not the most expensive photo wallpaper print without unnecessary frills. As a rule, this is a matte pattern without any texture.
Refinements, such as the texture "Hoarfrost", "Painting" or "Plaster", are most appropriate in rooms for serious pastime, namely in an office or library.
Brilliant glossy images, which go by the appropriate names "gloss", "gloss" and others, are most often used in offices and design studios, but are also great for a teenager's room or a pop art living room.

glossy photo wallpaper in the living room, decorated in pop art style

"Canvas" and "Linen" are recommended for the kitchen or living room, especially if the residents of the apartment are calm, peaceful people of the older generation.

According to Feng Shui, any image, whether it is a picture of a recognized genius or a poor quality photograph taken by an amateur, carries a very specific energy charge. Each of us intuitively feels this charge, and that is why we like some pictures very much, others annoy, and others leave us indifferent. What exactly will we see day by day on the wall in own apartment, is important for our mental health, therefore, according to Feng Shui, the criteria for choosing paintings for your home are very clearly defined (of course, this also applies to photo wallpapers):

The image should be liked by the owner of the house without reservations and assumptions.

That is why the designer does not have the right to single-handedly decide what and how will be located on the walls of the rooms on which he works. In this case, the reasons why you don't like the image are not important.

It is desirable that the photo wallpapers do not depict animals during a hunt or people with weapons, since such pictures carry aggressive energy.
According to Feng Shui, photographs of the now deceased idols on the walls of the dwelling are unacceptable.
The picture should be as realistic as possible or with a minimum of abstract details.
The image must be completely clear and understandable to the owner of the house. Strange hieroglyphs, paintings and even photographs will bring confusion and subsequent strife to the house.

Photo wallpapers with images incomprehensible to the owner of the house, in particular, hieroglyphs, are unacceptable according to Feng Shui

There can be a lot of advice and opinions on the choice and placement of photo wallpapers, but the most important thing is the desire and feeling of beauty of the person who is going to decorate the room, and the recommendations given above will help to do without mistakes and obvious mistakes.

The service life of this beauty is 8-10 years. Such photos and drawings can decorate any room of an apartment, office, cafe. Often, designers decorate not only walls with photo wallpapers, but also ceilings, doors, pieces of furniture; in addition, there are those that cover the floor.

Voice of the past, or murals of the twentieth century

In recent years, wallpaper with a realistic pattern applied to the canvas began to gain unprecedented popularity. Gone Soviet times, when from under the counter it was possible to buy an unprecedented scarce innovation - "wallpaper". At that time it was wallpaper made from low quality paper using faded and soft colors.

Although the image on the photo wallpaper amazed unpretentious citizens with its beauty, after a couple of years the picture used to fade, and instead of a beautiful and bright picture, a piece of paper with faded colors hung on the wall.

Variants of modern canvases

Today, modern photo wallpaper is a product created thanks to high technology full color and digital printing . They have clear realistic graphics and a bright range of colors that do not fade over time, remaining as colorful and juicy as at the time of their purchase and sticking to the wall.

During the manufacture of photo wallpapers, a special technology is used, in which each pixel is carefully printed, and millimeter by millimeter, the clarity and brightness of the picture is preserved.

There are several types of printing: eco-solvent, latex and UV printing.

The highest quality products are made by UV printing and latex on non-woven or vinyl wallpapers. Eco-solvent ink prints paper wallpapers.

Paper

There are many types of paper on which photo wallpapers are printed. There are a huge number of manufacturers on the market: the most common are German companies: RASCH, LEGOCOL and ERISMANN.

On the market, you can find supplies of paper photo wallpapers from French, Spanish and English companies. But this does not mean that the domestic manufacturer does not supply its products. It is a little less high quality, but its cost is much less, which is a big plus for the middle class consumer.

Vinyl

They are printed on vinyl. Texture vinyl wallpaper different: dust, frost, plaster, linen, gloss, and others.

It is vinyl fabrics that allow you to print high-quality photo wallpapers, and color printing fits perfectly on them.

Their advantages are that the photo wallpapers are dense and easily adhesive. The only negative is the rather high cost.

non-woven

Non-woven photo wallpapers are similar in quality to vinyl ones. The difference is that in non-woven there is no polyvinyl chloride and this makes them more environmentally friendly.

Wallpaper of this quality is allowed to stick in children's rooms: allergic reactions the child does not have. They are used quite rarely, since non-woven photo wallpapers are even more expensive than vinyl ones.

By the way, if we talk about decorating a residential apartment with photo wallpapers, then you should avoid a large number furniture, so as not to oversaturate the space with details.

Sizes and prices

There are photo wallpapers of any size: from square and rectangular in the form of pictures, narrow vertical ones to large photo wallpapers.

Manufacturers offer various sizes; the canvas itself can consist of 1, 2 or 4 panels. The number of panels can reach 12 or 16: the more panels, the larger the size of the photo wallpaper and, accordingly, their price. For example:

2-panel photo wallpapers with a size of 190x135 will cost within 1000 rubles;
3-panel size 295x135 - about 1400 rubles;
8 panels 380x270 in size - from 1900 to 2200 rubles.

However, it must be taken into account that this standard sizes and approximate prices, which may vary depending on the pattern and quality of the canvas with the image printed on it.

1-panel is a mini photo wallpaper. They represent one small canvas. These photo panels are perfect for very small rooms.

The big plus is that it seamless murals, which means that when gluing their constituent parts no need to match.

Their sizes are different: standard factory and custom, and the largest can reach up to 3-3.5 meters.

Custom-made photo wallpapers are more acceptable for creating an original drawing: here you can not limit yourself to the size of the photo wallpapers that the factory supplies to stores. In a special company dealing with their printed in custom sizes provided by the customer.

Wall murals with one canvas will be very original if ordered square shape option. For example, you can order a 200 x 200 cm photo wallpaper or a 250 x 250 cm photo wallpaper. They will look great on a square wall with side natural light.

Note that:

2-panel and 3-panel are referred to as narrow photo wallpapers;
4 to 8 panels make up this the average size photo wallpaper;
from 8 to 12 panels - large wall murals.

To create a stylish and extravagant interior optional use widescreen murals- You can purchase narrow photo wallpapers on the wall, which will lengthen the wall and help in creating a bright and unusual interior accent.

In rooms of a small area, large-sized photo wallpapers are not only irrelevant, they simply do not fit into the interior.

The exception is perhaps the spacious apartments: here you can give complete freedom to your imagination and realize any idea.

Colorful and huge photo panels in small-sized rooms will reduce and so small size rooms. For such premises, you should purchase small format samples.

Narrow murals can hide small flaws in the room, add elegance to the interior, emphasize dignity and help to place certain accents.

Narrow vertical murals on the door in the hallway create an effect visual magnification spaces:

Distinguish wall murals narrow vertical type and horizontal. Vertical photopanels are in great demand. With their help, you can successfully decorate rooms with low ceilings, making the room visually higher, as if artificially “raising” the ceilings.

The main thing - choose the right storyline, which will be in harmony with the style of the room, And optimal size canvases.

Such photo wallpapers will be very convenient in studio apartments, where you need to delimit the space into certain zones: rest, sleep, work.

High-quality narrow format photo wallpapers will be a good solution for decorating wall protrusions and niches equipped with lighting: you will thereby turn the lack of your apartment into an original design decor.

For example, to decorate such niches, you can use narrow murals with graphics or abstract patterns. Thus, it is possible to decorate any depth niche in the wall or an arch with top, side and bottom lighting.

Wall mural horizontal type suitable for decorating the hallway, if the walls are pasted against each other in a mirror image. The most common option for using horizontal photo wallpapers is pasting them on a kitchen apron.

Another interesting option is to stick photo wallpapers. on the old furniture or on the door leaf.

If we talk about large sizes of wall murals, they will harmoniously fit into the interior of a large spacious apartment, cafe, restaurant or office. With their help, you can create a lively and colorful atmosphere.

Advice! To create a large realistic photo painting on the entire wall, you need to use photo wallpapers in a large format consisting of several panels.

By sticking large-sized photo wallpapers on the wall, you can erase all the edges of the room, making it seem to be endless. Huge rivers, tall deciduous trees, endless fields and horses running through them - all this can be created independently on the walls of your room.

Read about what the main characteristics are, learn about their disadvantages and advantages.

About Usage textile wallpaper in the interior you can find out and see photos with options for decorating the walls.

The possibilities of using glass wallpaper for the kitchen are described at:

What should be the file resolution for printing?

Before visiting a company that deals with images on photo wallpapers, you should decide on the resolution of the picture. It must be suitable for recreating it on the canvas.

The most common opinion - all images can be stretched to a certain size - is erroneous in reality: you can stretch it, but the quality will be irretrievably lost, and there is no point in sticking such a sample.

Let's define what happens if we change the size of an image: any image is made up of pixels that can be mapped to a single dot on the monitor screen. In order to stretch the image to the desired size, you need to create a third one from two nearby pixels. You can create it from the colors that prevail on nearby pixels.

The smaller the picture, the more artificial pixels need to be created, but this will inevitably reduce the quality of the image.

Any image is measured in pixels, and this parameter is called resolution. The more pixels, the better the wallpaper will be. Therefore, if you select a picture with a resolution of 1368x768 for photo wallpapers, then in terms of quality it will be worse than the resolution for photo wallpapers of 1600 by 900.

Advice: if you choose from photos of several resolutions, it is better to choose the one that has a higher resolution.

Thus, 1920 x 1080 murals will be of better quality and clearer than 1366x768 murals. If you choose between the size of the photo wallpaper 1280x1024 and the image resolution of the future photo wallpaper 1920x1080, you should pay attention to the latter option.

Finally decide to use photo wallpaper to decorate your room and you will realize your wildest dreams and decorate your interior with love and to your taste.