How to give your bedroom interior a unique design? Use modern painting materials to decorate the room. Painting the walls in the bedroom using a rich color palette can effectively emphasize the special artistic style of the room. For interior painting work, environmentally friendly compounds are used, so preference is given to water-based paints.
Choosing paint color
The bedroom is traditionally considered a room where access to strangers is limited. Only household members may be in the room intended for recreation.
To create a calming atmosphere in a relaxation room, it is important to choose the right color scheme.
According to psychologists, for healthy, sound sleep at night and a good morning mood, preference should be given to the following colors:
- Classic bedroom design – pastel. Whitened shades of all colors have a beneficial effect on the psyche, normalize blood pressure and reduce anxiety.
- Subtle colors - beige, coffee, grey, milky, ecru, ivory, as well as the colors of expensive metals - golden, bronze, soft silver - bring respectability to the interior. This color scheme is recommended for people who lack stability in life and faith in their own capabilities.
- Warm shades - soft pink, peach, sand, terracotta create an atmosphere of comfort and promote spiritual communication. In the case where the bedroom windows face the north and northeast, they add the desired light and warmth.
- Cool shades of blue, blue, pistachio, lavender are perfect for rooms facing the sunny side. They create a feeling of freshness and coolness.
- White is one of the most fashionable bedroom colors. In our minds, snow-white walls are associated with ideal cleanliness and impeccable neatness. In addition, apartment owners can choose any bedroom interior design without fear that the color of the walls will contradict their preferred style.
Advice from a designer and psychologist
When the question arises: what is the best color to paint your bedroom, designers and psychologists advise using muted, calm tones for this room, without flashy accents. The most suitable colors are peach, green, beige, white, and cream. It is recommended to dilute them a little with accessories so that the design does not seem too boring.
The green color of the walls calms you down and sets you up for a good night's sleep.
A bedroom with peach walls looks incredibly gentle
From a psychological point of view, oversaturated shades are considered too energy-consuming. If you prefer these colors, then it is recommended to add them to the headboard, behind the bed - so that they do not interfere with resting and falling asleep. Some consider gray, white and black suitable, but experts agree that they are depressing, cause apathy and depression. Also, you cannot complement the decor with dark curtains: it is better to use light or translucent curtains.
A color scheme
Often, when decorating bedroom walls, two or more colors are used.
The color combination can be of three types:
- Mixing different shades of the same color;
- Combining similar colors, for example, pink and peach;
- Using contrasting colors (blue and muted orange, etc.)
Goethe's color wheel will help you decide which combinations are best to choose.
No. 3. How to determine what was used for whitewashing?
Probably everyone has heard at least once in their life that different whitewashes cannot be mixed. If lime whitewash was applied to the ceiling or wall, then when installing chalk whitewash on top, you will soon be able to see unsightly stains. When preparing a room for finishing and assessing the condition of surfaces, it is very important to determine what whitewashing was done before.
The check is very simple. It is enough to wet a small fragment of the finish with water and observe the reaction. Wet lime will darken a little, and if you rub the surface with your finger, there will be no white marks left on your hands.
Bedroom Wall Painting Ideas
Linear division is the most common painting method. The wall is divided into parts by horizontal, vertical or oblique lines. With a horizontal solution, borders or moldings are often used.
Stripes on the walls help correct planning flaws. Horizontal stripes “raise” the ceiling, vertical stripes visually expand the space.
- Inserts of a different color are one of the newest design proposals.
- Geometric markings are applied to a surface painted in a monochromatic primary color, which is subsequently decorated in a darker tone.
- Highlighting one wall with a bright color is an original and bold decision.
- This technique is aimed at not creating an excess of brightness in a room intended for relaxation.
- A color accent is appropriate in rooms with monotonous furnishings or a non-standard layout.
Stencil designs are another fashionable option for decorating a bedroom space. Particularly interesting are high-quality silhouette images in the “fantasy” style and natural motifs.
In recent years, a sharp design solution has been stylized elements (chrysanthemums, complex stars, etc.) of one or several different colors applied to a single-color surface using a stencil.
Design ideas
Designers offer ready-made solutions that will look great in almost any bedroom.
One of the walls is painted dark brown. White or off-white furniture is placed on the wall.
Bright stripes, spots or prints on a neutral gray wall. Paintings and posters in bright colors can be used as accents.
A minimalist design in pure white will help to visually enlarge a small bedroom. The accent can be a bright floral picture above the headboard or a bright bedspread on the bed.
To diversify monochrome walls, you can paste not even, but embossed wallpaper before painting.
Painting the walls is the easiest and most modern way to transform your bedroom. If you choose the right combination of colors and quality materials, you can easily update your bedroom on your own.
Color solutions to maintain style
Each style needs color support:
- In the “classics”, preference is given to rich “aristocratic” colors (emerald, Prussian blue, purple), as well as beige, sand, and golden shades;
- For a bedroom in the Provence style, light green, pale pink or a combination of blue and brown are best suited;
- When choosing paint for a room in the “minimalism” style, you should give preference to beige, milky, ecru;
- It is advisable to paint a room in the high-tech style gray in combination with coral, lingonberry, lavender, and lilac.
White wall surfaces allow you to maintain any style, depending on additional decor (moldings, trellises, borders), appropriate selection of furniture and other interior items.
Where to start the process?
It is important to know how to properly prepare walls for painting in a bedroom interior. First of all, think about the design of the room, textiles, furniture, and decor. Decide on your goal: simply add new colors and refresh the interior or create a project in a certain style.
Do not choose purple, red, brown shades! These are “aggressive” tones that put a person into a state of apathy and depression.
The main disadvantage of painting is the rather difficult preparation of the wall surface.
Before starting the process, it is necessary to bring the surface of the walls to ideal condition: they must be smooth, with a uniform structure.
Irregularities and bumps will attract attention and glances; under a layer of paint, all imperfections will be noticeable.
How to prepare a wall before applying the composition:
- Completely remove old putty, plaster, and wallpaper.
- Take out construction waste, brush away dust, and clean the room.
- Depressions, holes, cracks should be well filled with putty, and the surface should be leveled using alabaster plaster.
- Apply 2 - 3 layers of primer, dry each layer well - leave the room to air for a couple of days.
- Attach masking tape around the perimeter.
- Mix the paint with the desired color in the required quantity.
You can mix white emulsion with color yourself or use the coloring service at a hardware store. To distribute the paint evenly, perform movements from top to bottom.
You won’t be able to get an identical shade the second time, so mix the paints in the volume you need.
Paint all areas that are considered difficult to reach, for example, corners, with a thin brush, immersing it 3/4 into the jar.
It is more convenient to first paint the corners with a brush, and then cover the main surface with a roller
Paint quality
Experts draw the attention of consumers to the fact that when choosing a painting material, you should familiarize yourself with its technical characteristics.
When decorating walls in a bedroom, preference is given to water-based paint based on silicone, silicate, acrylic or mineral.
The following properties of water emulsion are valued:
- Dries quickly after application to the surface;
- Non-toxic and has no pungent odor;
- Does not belong to the category of combustible materials;
- Durable, UV resistant.
In addition, water-based paint is produced in a wide range of colors in matte and glossy versions, so even the most demanding buyer can purchase the paint of the desired shade.
For many consumers, it is also important that if the color of the room is pretty boring, the walls can be easily repainted.
No. 1. Benefits of whitewashing
Whitewashing ceilings and walls is not the most modern way of finishing, and far from the most fashionable. What makes thousands and tens of thousands of people across the country still whitewash in the old fashioned way? Whitewashing has enough advantages:
- low price is the main argument in favor of this type of finishing. When the budget is limited and the room needs to be tidied up, the choice falls on whitewashing. For this reason, hospitals, schools and other government institutions still actively use gypsum and chalk to decorate ceilings and walls;
- ease of application. A person without special training can handle whitewashing - no special skills, abilities or tools are needed;
- neat appearance . Of course, in terms of intricacy and decorativeness, a whitewashed ceiling is inferior to a tension system, and whitewashed walls are inferior to those finished with Venetian plaster, but if you apply whitewash correctly, you can end up with a fresh white surface with an even matte color. If desired, dye can be added to the whitewash solution;
- harmlessness, environmental friendliness , ability to pass moisture and air. Conventional whitewashing in this regard is far ahead of vinyl wallpaper and polystyrene foam ceiling tiles, so in some cases it will be even more preferable;
- Lime whitewash has bactericidal properties , so it will provide additional protection against mold and mildew.
Among the disadvantages are low durability (1-3 years), uncomplicated appearance and dirt during application.
Equipment for painting works
To independently repair the bedroom, after plastering, leveling and priming the surfaces, you can begin painting the walls.
For self-staining you will need:
- Paint rollers for uniform painting of large areas;
- Brushes for finishing corners, joints and other areas that cannot be painted with a roller;
- Painting tape to create a straight, even line delimiting a certain part of the wall;
- A paint tray that makes it easy to pick up with a roller;
- Additional containers designed for mixing paints to create the desired color scheme.
Properly selected colors and high-quality painting of the walls will make the bedroom a cozy and attractive place in the house.
Coloring
There are many options for painting walls. We suggest using the following sequence, which is followed by professional painters:
- Use a brush to paint the interior and exterior corners of the bedroom. Start at the window side and work towards the exit.
- Using a brush, paint the areas that the roller cannot reach (joints between walls and baseboards, areas behind radiators and along doorways).
- After putting paint on the roller, be sure to remove excess paint by rolling it over a special ledge in the tray.
- Paint large areas of walls with a roller.
Photo of painting the walls in the bedroom
Border design
Even masters are not always able to clearly draw the boundaries between two colors. But this is not a reason to be upset and refuse the wall decoration option you like. Wooden slats, moldings, stone borders, and mosaic masonry will help hide the unprofessional hand that performed the combined painting of the walls. Additional decor will not only not spoil the impression, it will become the highlight of the interior.
For an even transition between colors, use moldings
In general, who said that the junction of shades should be even? It is quite possible to make it arched, wavy, zigzag - in general, the way the author of the project wanted it to be.
Zigzag transition between colors
Selecting materials
When two colors are used, then the room is divided into a bedroom and a work area. It happens that the room is large - in this case, you can also allocate a recreation area in the room. Zoning can be done by using the same color for the ceiling and floor. This will immediately limit the zones of the room.
When working on highlighting zones in a room, you can use not only wallpaper or plaster. For example, the head of the bed can be made of wood or plastic panels, as well as fabric upholstery.
Textiles also play a significant role in the interior. The interior can be decorated with curtains, bedspreads, pillows and carpet made from high quality materials.
Latest fashion trends
Even interior design is facing changes in fashion. The image of vegetation does not become outdated, but it is only appropriate on strips or when applied to one wall. A richly colored wall with an ornament is also in trend at the headboard. A combination of voluminous drawings, interesting prints and photo wallpapers is also appropriate.
By following the recommendations of famous designers, trying new projects and creating a unique design, you can create a cozy, exclusive, beautiful two-tone bedroom.
Modern decorative technique
The combination of two colors has been relevant for more than one season. Colors can be from the same range or completely contrasting, it is only important that they belong to the same color temperature. Do not forget that in a bedroom with poor lighting you should not use gray, dark green and dark purple colors. These colors will make the room dark.
Ordinary bedrooms without a panoramic window need to be decorated in light colors, the main color should be color. But you can complement the design with any additional color you wish.
