15.01.2020
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Dark doors in an apartment are a classic, timeless and fashionable. They add nobility, elegance, and sophistication to the interior. At the same time, they dictate their own rules for the design of the corridor. An entrance hall with dark doors will correspond to aristocratic characteristics only if the colors of surfaces, furniture elements and decor are correctly selected. In addition to high aesthetic properties, this design has practical and economic meaning. Good carpentry is always an investment. High-quality doors can survive several cycles of repairs, and in some cases remain the face of the corridor for life. At the same time, the dark color successfully masks errors and allows you to maintain the product in its original form for a long time.
Wallpaper selection rules
How to choose the right wallpaper for the hallway under light-colored doors? Photos of design solutions help to understand the specifics of the choice, take into account certain nuances in order to get the desired result.
Attention! Doors of dark colors are recognized as unusual and creative solutions in the interior of hallways. They help to add decorative elements to any interior design.
The photo shows light wallpaper in the hallway, which highlights the dark doors.
Among the interesting solutions that interior designers have been widely using lately is the use of beige wallpaper in the hallway under dark doors, which allows for an interesting contrast. The photo shows such wallpaper in the hallway of a small city apartment.
Currently, in the modern construction market for finishing materials, buyers are offered a huge variety of wallpaper, including photo printing.
Wallpaper is available from various materials: non-woven fabric, paper, velor. Such a variety of wallpapers allows even the most picky and capricious customers to choose the wallpaper they like for dark hallway doors.
Warm or cold?
The complexity of the structure gives brown the properties of cold or warm shades. Different tones solve different problems, and in order to decide on the choice of model for the interior, you need to clearly understand what is a priority: respectability or comfort.
If the warmth of the family hearth is more important, you need proven reddish shades, that is, a mixture of yellow and orange.
Brown color, dark or light, is a wonderful solution for the living room, dining room or kitchen. That is, rooms where comfort and tranquility are always desirable. A noble palette will improve the psychological atmosphere of the house. In warm interiors, generational conflict is rare. Whatever the mood of the person entering, the light brown corridor puts him in a good mood.
The bedroom requires caution. An excess of even the warmest shade, such as beige, can negatively affect the intimate life of the owners, so it is used sparingly, but if brown doors in a light interior are paired with scarlet or pinkish-peach, the negative effect will be nullified.
Cold-toned doors are appropriate in the design of business and industrial premises. It is the dark brown doors of the office that will emphasize professionalism, increase the self-esteem of the manager, and his authority in the eyes of business partners and clients. The same office is the only home room where a cold option is also acceptable. A guest entering the hallway will immediately understand that the owner is a calm, serious, but powerful person.
The main background can be combined with beige, gray, white, and golden shades.
Rules for selecting materials for the corridor
Before purchasing wallpaper in a store, you need to think not only about whether it will fit under the doors, but also how appropriate it will be in the interior that has been chosen to decorate your apartment or country house.
Advice! Light wallpaper with a slight pattern or discreet geometric pattern is perfect for dark doors.
When decorating the hallway, it is necessary to maintain harmony between the chosen colors and style direction. Professionals recommend giving preference to plain materials, or purchasing plain canvases for painting for the corridor.
You can decorate one wall by choosing a photo print. Wallpaper for the door panels in the hallway will help complement the created image. The only drawback, which is present in almost all hallways, is the lack of a window.
The photo shows a photo print used to decorate the corridor.
Advice! A “gloomy” ornament would be inappropriate in the hallway. For example, small flowers, stripes, and plain beige trellises are not suitable here.
When selecting materials for decorating a corridor, it is important that it becomes a complement to the overall interior style, and not a separate bright or dark “spot”.
Shades of dark doors
Classic dark doors are associated with wood shades: brown, rich beige, cherry, walnut. But modern design pushes traditional boundaries. The doors look interesting and unusual:
- Black. Massive and monolithic doors will become a stylish accent in combination with light surfaces. Also, black loves contrasts with red and white. But such a design requires careful consideration of every detail so that the interior does not resemble a gloomy gothic style.
- Gray. “Mouse” color has long been a favorite of designers. The universal “gray” serves as the background for the original design. In combination with pink, purple, yellow, turquoise, gray doors play, filling the corridor with light and mood.
- Dark gold. Adaptation of classic gold in the doors will suit lovers of luxury and pomp. The color is complex and requires several stages of processing. Typically, a classic brown tone is topped with a dark gold lacquer to make the doors shine but at the same time be understated.
- Vintage brown. Matte, richly colored doors are reminiscent of the entrances to monumental buildings from the middle of the last century. An interior with such doors clearly communicates the conservatism of the owners. Dimension and stability are the main characteristics of the design.
- Tobacco. Gray doors, which have become traditional, but with a slight touch of patina and shades of green, give the interior an old, lived-in look. The design is reminiscent of prim English aristocratic clubs or a library. Ideal for creating a calming atmosphere.
The solid and presentable appearance of the hallway, and the rest of the rooms of the apartment or house, is entirely the merit of dark doors.
Interesting decor options
Among the latest fashion trends in hallway design is the use of bleached oak. This is wood that has been treated with a special coating or varnished. The material has a pronounced texture and a rich matte color.
Attention! Natural oak is a fairly expensive material; only wealthy people can afford such luxury in decorating a hallway.
Interior doors made from natural solid oak are distinguished by their resistance to high humidity and long service life.
Considering the coldness of the colors, professionals recommend combining such doors with plain beige canvases on the walls.
When choosing wallpaper for the hallway, you can take a closer look at milky, purple, burgundy, and light green colors. The photo shows an option for decorating the walls in the hallway. Brick-like photo printing is not suitable for oak doors.
You will find interesting tips on how to use photo printing in the interior of a hallway in the video fragment
Where to start renovating the hallway
Not all owners of urban and suburban real estate know where to start repair work in the corridor. Some people first wallpaper the walls (pictured), others try to first change the interior and entrance doors. Who is right in such a situation?
Professionals are convinced that first you need to start replacing the doors. Since difficulties may arise during the installation of new doors, it is better not to rush into gluing decorative materials. The photo shows an option for decorating a hallway with dark doors.
In order to obtain a unified hallway style after completing all the decorative and finishing work, you need to match the light wallpaper with dark furniture (to match the color of the interior doors).
To install the panel in a doorway, it is important to use plasterboard to sew up all the voids between the hole and the door frame before proceeding with gluing the walls with new finishing materials.
If you put up wallpaper before installing the door, you will have to remove it, wasting time on double work and losing money.
What do psychologists say?
Brown is one of the most common colors in nature. This is the color of wood, earth, and therefore even today it symbolizes reliability, stability, and the comfort of home.
During the Middle Ages, brown was considered an attribute of wealth and nobility. Noble-calm colors adorned exclusively the upper class, while flashy colors were the lot of commoners.
However, the symbolism of brown, like any other color, also has a negative side. In this aspect, it means authoritarianism, even dictatorship, stiffness, conservatism.
Preparation for decorating with wallpaper
The photo shows an option for wallpapering doors. Interior designers recommend using a similar technique when decorating entrances to children's rooms.
Photo printing in the hallway has become something of a fashion trend. This technique allows you to update the interior of the hallway in a minimum period of time and without significant material costs, giving it a fresh breath.
The use of light doors in the corridor does not imply the use of bright lighting, since all types of dirt will be visible on the walls. Photo printing in the corridor is mainly used on an open wall that is not covered by furniture elements.
The selection of trellises is carried out not only taking into account the color of the doors, but also the coating used to finish the doors. Among the wallpapers offered by manufacturers for gluing corridors, preference should be given to bamboo, paper, and non-woven fabric. These finishing materials are capable of allowing air to pass through, which is important for this room.
Light and color
The next factor influencing the main tone of the hallway is its illumination. The main thing here is to follow the rule: the brightness of the walls is directly proportional to the amount of light in the room.
If the hallway has a window facing the sunny side, or the lighting scenario is well thought out, then the choice can be made in favor of:
A dimly lit hallway should be decorated in light colors.
What designers do not advise doing is choosing white, since in insufficient lighting it becomes dull and, over time, also “dirty.” White is a “reflector” of daylight, and when there is nothing to reflect in your hallway, it is better to give preference to another shade.
Self-adhesive materials for walls
The use of such materials in the interior of the living room is an excellent way to update the interior. The self-adhesive contains a thick film. Therefore, this material has excellent mechanical strength. You can use self-adhesive film not only to decorate walls, but also to update interior doors. It is the doors that quickly lose their original appearance and become unaesthetic. The use of paint is associated with an unpleasant odor, which is inappropriate in children's rooms.
Self-adhesive tape allows you to solve a similar problem in a matter of minutes, getting excellent results at low material costs.
