Pictures from the wallpaper: creating masterpieces from the remains of cloths
The paintings, made with the use of various techniques, are designed to make the template design of the apartment exquisite, bringing in it a bright and original notes. A vivid illustration of this – pictures from wallpaper in the interior. What options for the execution of such decor elements can be applied in interior decoration and how to make pictures of wallpapers with your own hands, consider in the article.
Photo wallpapers in the interior
The most suitable for creating paintings from the wallpaper are the canvases of photo wallpapers. After all, they are originally a ready-made element of decor. To give this segment a decor of individual notes, the masters of design art use finished canvases as a background, decorating them with other patterns and drawings.
Important! The main requirement when using wallpaper-paintings for decorating walls – take into account the dimensions of the room, its lighting and general stylistics.
Such decor elements should be placed on a free wall, making them the only accent element
With the help of pictures from the wallpaper you can successfully solve several problems at once:
- Hide flaws in the layout.
- Divide the space into functional areas, which is especially important when studing the apartment.
- Select the main walls in the room and dilute the monotony of the interior.
- To make the final touch of the single concept of the premises, highlighting the individuality of each room.
The decor elements made by oneself are not serial, and therefore are able to give the room an individuality and charm
Properly selected element of the decor will help to change the proportional ratio of height and width of the wall, or to smooth out the effect of too high ceilings. The main thing to remember is that creating original false panels and expressive panels requires not only good taste, but also great accuracy. Inept use of materials creates the impression that the owner of the house simply did not have enough money for the wallpaper.
Geometric prints perfectly blended into the laconic modern interior
Variations of pictures from the wallpaper
Stylish and yet original interior is not necessarily associated with significant financial costs. Create an expressive and at the same cozy environment can be and with the help of accessories made from available materials, using only a little imagination.
Stylistically correctly selected paintings from the remains of wallpaper can be a worthy decoration of the interior
The choice of the color and texture of the wallpaper chosen for the creation of the picture with your own hands depends solely on the taste preferences of the master. The only condition is that they should be combined with the overall design of the room. But the most winning still look paintings with large geometric patterns, intricate floral print or any other expressive pattern.
Why limit the pictures, if you can make a collage on the whole wall!
Decorative panels and false panels
Panel from wallpaper – a modern trend, allowing you to use the old to create a new one.
Depending on the materials used in the composition, the panel is able to visually adjust the room: contrast combinations will bring bright strokes, and mirror inserts will expand the space.
The main thing when creating a decorative panel is to observe a sense of proportion and style
To create a picture from photo wallpapers, it is enough to cut out a fragment of the selected canvas, from another material to make a fringing to it, and to select an interesting frame for the finished composition.
To create a simulation of the “3D Wallpapper” technique, the panels are made from the same wallpaper that was used to decorate the entire wall.
Panels made from 3D wallpapers – a win-win option for creating a stylish and modern interior
To create decorations, the wallpaper is simply pasted onto a plywood or cardboard base, remembering to leave the allowances to wrap the edges of the wallpaper on the back side.
Modular wallpaper compositions
Modular paintings, which appeared in the early 60-ies during the peak of the popularity of the direction of minimalism, and today are able to make a worthy decoration of the modern interior.
Modular paintings are divided into several segments of the canvas, which combines a single storyline
Segmented compositions can be divided into two, three or more elements. The absence of frames is intended to emphasize the smooth transition of the drawing from one module to another.
Bright floral accent
Modules used to create compositions can have the same or different size. They are placed at the same distance from each other, placing chaotically on a plane or on one level. The distance between the modules should be such that, in contemplation, the perception of the whole picture is not impeded.
The easiest way to create modular compositions from photo wallpapers
The work on creating a modular composition is performed in several stages:
- Make a sketch of the future composition, dividing the picture into segments.
- Make the base of the modules. As it used sheets of polystyrene with a thickness of 1.5 cm, stretched on stretchers, cuts of tissue or paper.
- Paste the individual parts on the base.
- Place the elements on the wall, observing the uniformity of the image and maintaining the same distance.
Variants of layout of modular compositions
The main trick in composing modular compositions is that each element has a certain stock that would overlap the drawing. Therefore, it is not enough to have one common printed cloth. It is better to have at hand two or three such pieces, of which it is convenient to cut out individual elements, while leaving a reserve.
Such a modular composition clearly demonstrates the author’s non-standard thinking
A large modular composition composed of paintings on stretchers
Effective pictures of liquid wallpaper
Today, paintings on the walls of liquid wallpaper have become quite popular. Their main advantage is that the drawing can be created even on an uneven wall. Plastic material easily hides all cracks and defects.
Work with material that combines the best qualities of paper wallpapers and decorative plaster, it’s a pleasure. In addition, an eco-friendly material consisting of cellulose, silk fibers and plasticizers, gives excellent sound insulation.
Effective paintings made with liquid wallpaper, always attract attention, both households and guests
When applied to a wall, liquid wallpaper does not form convex joints. And when re-applied to another surface, they do not lose their qualities. To use them again, you just need to remove the frozen mixture from the wall with a spatula and temporarily put it in a container of water.
Such a drawing will please and warm up on cold winter evenings
The most pleasant when working with liquid wallpaper is a laborious, at first glance, process everyone can master.
Create a picture “under the frame”
In order to make a picture of the remains of wallpaper with your own hands, there is nothing complicated. It is only necessary to choose the right material and creatively approach the solution of the problem.
Performed by own hands the most advantageous compositions will look in a room with monophonic walls
The technique of creating pictures “under the frame” is simple: on the basis of hard cardboard paste wallpaper, after which the workpiece is framed with a decorative bar or rail.
Selecting the required materials
To create paintings from the wallpaper is best to use paintings with an abundance of images and patterns. All these items can be cut, using as a work unit when creating your own creation.
No less important is the selection of the base of the picture, which will serve as the background
To create a harmonious composition, it is better to select the background in one color scheme with cut out pictures. But since the price of beautiful and high-quality wallpaper is always quite high, designers recommend considering the option of buying rolls of leftovers. Cloths that have a small marriage in color, store sellers are often ready to give at a fair price.
Unobtrusive plant motifs perfectly fitted into the dining room interior in light colors
Do not throw scraps of cloth, old magazines and children’s drawings – all this can become part of the picture. For work, you can safely use: old photos, ribbons, seashells and dried flowers.
Powerful release of creative energy
Materials will require:
- scissors;
- stationery knife;
- PVA glue;
- wide and narrow brush;
- tissue cloth for removal of adhesive residues.
The frame for your work can later be ordered in a framing workshop or made independently of wooden slats or foam polyurethane. It will be interesting to look around the frame, made of a thick twisted rope.
Tip: in order to protect the image from burnout and dust, while giving more presentable to the created element of the decor, the frame can be completed with glass.
White frames perfectly complement the delicate floral compositions
Formation of the total composition
Before proceeding to work, it is advisable to make a sketch, outlining the contours of the arrangement of the elements on it. Using it, it’s easier to fold the finished track, avoiding many mistakes.
After determining the size of the picture, cut out the base of dense cardboard. It is glued to the cut of the canvas, which serves as a background.
On the prepared basis, beautiful fragments of wallpaper and selected elements of decor
The cut out elements are fixed onto the substrate using PVA glue. The composition perfectly glues the thick paper, without deforming it and leaving no streaks.
After the glue has dried, the finished composition is framed by a frame and inserted into the glass. When planning to use frame elements as a frame, it is necessary only to cut the blanks corresponding to the length and width of the composition. Place the dowel cuts of the baguette cut with a stationery knife at an angle of 45 °. After gluing the baguette to the base, it remains to smear the seams with putty and paint it in the desired shade.
Simple solutions sometimes look more spectacular than expensive exclusive decor
Depending on the weight of the formed composition, hooks, liquid nails or double-sided adhesive tape can be used as a fastener.
Wall decoration with liquid wallpaper
A voluminous and textured picture from the wallpaper can be easily done by yourself. For work you can use liquid wallpaper of any structure and shade.
To create an ornament it is necessary to prepare:
- Universal primer for decorative plaster;
- a metal and rubber spatula;
- Painting tape;
- fur rollers;
- a container for mixing the material.
Liquid wallpaper soaked in warm water for the period specified by the manufacturer.
To give the wallpaper the desired shade,
Meanwhile, using a simple pencil on the wall, sketch a future picture, thinking through the size of the composition and placement of the elements. As a basis, you can take any picture you like or use a stencil for this purpose, which you can buy at a construction store.
On the base, a layer of primer is applied to the base, which is designed to increase the adhesion of the elements to the wall. It is best to use a primer for this purpose, in which quartz sand is present. It in itself gives a decorative effect.
Advice: that when applying the mixture does not go beyond the boundaries of the composition, the edges of the pattern are pasted with pieces of paint tape.
Soaked wallpaper, having a consistency of viscous mass, is applied to the surface using a spatula, laying a layer 2 mm thick. To the blade spatula does not pull the material behind it, it is better to place it at a small angle. If the pattern has a clear outline, the mixture is laid out in stages so that different colors do not touch each other.
Dry such a composition, depending on the temperature and ventilation of the room, will be within 1.5-2 days.
Clearly, the process of decorating liquid wallpaper is presented in the video:
Video instructions for drawing a picture with liquid wallpaper
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Pictures from the wallpaper – effective and at the same time inexpensive way to decorate the interior in an original way, which anyone can enjoy, who enjoys interior design.
