Laminate in the interior on the wall of the bedroom, living room, hallway and balcony + 100 PHOTOS. Let's make a fashionable accent in the interior!

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In recent years, laminate on the wall has been used more and more by designers. The practicality of this material is combined with a wealth of textures and patterns. By successfully combining textures, with the help of laminate you can achieve bright accents in the interior. Read about the pros and cons of this material as indoor wall decoration in this article.

Advantages of using laminate on walls: is it really that good?

European trends in interior design are increasingly using laminate for decoration, not only in the usual version on the floor, but also for wall decoration.

Unusual but popular use

What attracts craftsmen and discerning consumers? Let's consider all the points, but first let's look at the advantages.

The result always exceeds any expectations

Comparison with wallpaper

Manufacturers offer a large number of wallpapers that differ from each other not only in appearance, but also in technical characteristics. Roll materials have a presentable appearance. Presented in a large assortment. Manufacturers offer canvases that imitate various natural materials, including wood. However, in terms of their characteristics, they are significantly inferior to laminate. They cannot be used to create an apron, since the material is not able to resist fire and moisture. Washable models allow for periodic cleaning. However, only some of them allow the use of detergents.

Laminated boards can be washed multiple times. Contaminants that appear on their surface are more easily removed. Manufacturers offer a large number of detergents designed specifically for cleaning laminated surfaces. Using them makes it easier to remove settled dirt. As a result, the formed surface retains its original appearance longer.

Design techniques: breaking stereotypes

Using laminate flooring can dramatically change the perception of a room. More and more attention is being paid to this technique, and an increasing number of designers are adopting it.

Simple, but there are drastic changes

The ease of fastening to the surface and the special joining mechanism allows you to make the cladding horizontally, vertically or at an angle.

What does one immediately notice when looking at a wall covered with laminate? It looks perfectly straight. And it adds nobility and chic sophistication to the interior.

Easy to install and amazing results

By highlighting one of the walls of the room with this material, we draw attention to it, creating a fashionable accent.

Selected lighting and good compatibility with other objects can additionally emphasize the textured surface.

Pronounced texture of the material

With laminate you can easily zone a space. This is very convenient when combining several functional areas within one room.

Sometimes, especially in large rooms where there is not too much furniture, simply decorating with laminate may not be enough.

Adding nobility to the interior

You can make it interesting and even more unusual by using additional decorative tiles that are attached to the top.

Depending on the style of the room, the texture and shade of the material are selected. For the country direction, the structure of the wood should be bright and eye-catching, in contrasting colors, reminiscent of rough hand-crafted wood.

Sophistication in a bedroom decorated with laminate

For classics, a smoother texture and less pronounced texture are suitable.

An innovative technique would be to combine several directions for laying laminate on the wall.

Elements that highlight the style of the room

Such a room will acquire individual features unique to your home.

The influence of the direction of the board on the perception of the interior

Is the direction of the laminate coating important or not? Looking like natural wood, the material has the ability to influence our perception of a room.

Board placement influences perception

In this case, you can significantly “adjust” the parameters of the room that you don’t like – right down to the height of the walls and square footage.

Horizontal arrangement: “expanding” the walls

This technique allows you to visually expand. A horizontal arrangement is appropriate in rooms with high ceilings but a small area.

Visual expansion of walls is easy to do

In this case, the laminate is installed with a shift so that the joints are not located directly above each other, but, for example, in a checkerboard pattern.

What if the ceilings are low? In this case, the board is not sewn to the very top. When the entire space is filled, the proportions of the room change, and it begins to seem that the ceilings have become even lower.

Possible different installation options

Vertical arrangement: “raise” the ceiling

The vertical orientation of the laminate flooring creates the feeling of a high ceiling.

You need to pay attention to the brightness of the material

If the room has low ceilings, but is also narrow, then it is better to abandon this method of finishing.

Diagonal arrangement: choice for originals

This approach to installation allows you to use laminate flooring in any room. This method is complex and uneconomical, as it requires careful calculation and cutting of the material at an angle.

Choosing laminate to match the furniture

Only a master with relevant experience can perform the installation beautifully. This method is quite rare in design.

How to combine different textures and materials

When using laminate for finishing, the main thing is not to get carried away. Installing this material on the walls will make the room look official and clumsy, losing its coziness. An excellent solution would be to combine different options:

• Paste light wallpaper on three walls in the room, and on the fourth, make a laminate in contrasting dark shades.
• Using a similar scheme, plaster the walls, creating a textured deep surface, and mount laminated shiny panels on one.
• Select a zone in the room by decorating a section of the wall and ceiling with the same laminate. For example, this can effectively highlight a space by the fireplace, a study or a greenhouse.

Advice. To make expressive accents, use laminated panels of 2-3 shades. Create a surface with their alternation, cutting into pieces of different widths and lengths.

How to make your interior look expensive

There are many ways to use laminate flooring to give a room a special shine and elegance.

Accent wall in dark colors

For a bedroom, for example, this could be a combination of warm shades of materials with soft lighting. Cold light in this case will reduce the cost of design and reduce its attractiveness.

For the living room, laminate flooring in dark and grayish tones can create a sensation among guests. Sophistication in this case should be emphasized by an overall calm color scheme in cool tones.

Creating infinite space

The wall, which is decorated with laminate, becomes the most noticeable in the room.

Therefore, you need to pay attention to those objects and furniture that will be located in close proximity. There simply shouldn’t be anything bulky, heavy or sloppy here.

We definitely pay attention to furniture and decor

The more open a wooden wall is to view, the more impressive it will look.

Frame fastening technology (on lathing)

If the laminate is installed horizontally, the sheathing slats must be mounted vertically. (photo No. 23)

For fastening using the frame method, wooden or plastic lathing is used. Moreover, if the laminate is installed horizontally, then the sheathing slats are attached vertically. And vice versa.

The technology is as follows:

1. Drill holes in the wall for the dowels. Insert them and screw the rail to them with self-tapping screws.
2. Attach the remaining slats in the same way. Level using a level or plumb line.
3. The laminate is attached to the slats using a stapler or self-tapping screws.
4. The boards are connected to each other using locks.

There is no need to pre-level the wall surface.

Laminate in the bedroom - a fashionable accent

In bedroom design, the use of laminate boards is most often used to highlight the head of the bed.

Bright guest room design

This technique creates an unusual accent. A bedroom with a “wooden” headboard acquires true home comfort and warmth.

The head of the bed is not the only place where you can put laminate.

If you go the other way - decorate the surface opposite the bed. In this case, an interesting effect will also be achieved.

Choose according to taste and preferences

A logical question arises here: is it worth covering the entire bedroom with such an original covering?

When completely decorated with laminate, the individuality of the room may be lost.

To prevent this from happening, it is advisable to make only one wall or even a fragment of it “wooden”.

Each room decorated with this material is individual

Another technique, no less interesting from the point of view of interior design, is a laminate floor that smoothly transitions to the wall near the head of the bed.

Depending on whether a warm or cold shade of the surface is chosen, a special mood is created - more austere, or, conversely, warmer and more soulful.

Smoothly transition from wall to floor

There are no clear rules here and cannot be. Even a small part decorated with laminate will give the bedroom zest and attractiveness. Which style “loves” laminate on walls more than others?

Of course the loft. Country and even classics are not left out.

How to trim near walls without taking it apart?

If it happens that the laminate, laid tightly to the adjacent walls, begins to stand on end, this is a sign that it is time to trim it.

It is best, of course, to disassemble the entire structure, but if there is no such opportunity or desire, you can trim without disassembling it.

To do this, you can use a hand-held circular saw, setting the step in thickness with a gap.

There is another option - an ordinary grinder, but here you need to be very careful, because... This tool is very dangerous. Special saw blades for laminate flooring are available for sale.

You can also use a file for this material, varieties of which can be found in hardware stores.

The easiest way to trim is with a sharp chisel, marking the cutting line with a construction knife. The cut will not be completely straight, but this can be easily corrected by closing the ends after finishing the work. We discussed above how this can be done.

Everything is clear with pruning. Next, let's talk about possible color variations on the walls.

We highlight in the living room

The living room, decorated with laminate, can look just as interesting as the bedroom.

There are no clear rules on how to do it right

It plays not only a decorative, but also a practical role. In addition to an impressive design that creates coziness, laminate allows you to hide, for example, wires from a TV behind the skin.

For your information! Ease of maintenance is also important - stains, fingerprints and other contaminants are easily removed from the surface.

We enliven the interior with bright decor

Warm shades of wood add relaxation to the room, while cool shades create an unusual, intriguing impression.

With such a design of the fireplace, the atmosphere is given masculine severity and even asceticism. In large rooms, you can cover a column, one of the walls, or just a corner in this way.

Laminate flooring must be laid on a perfectly flat surface.

If such a wall seems empty in the living room, you can revive and balance it for a harmonious interior using the following techniques:

• decorative shelves to match on which to place souvenirs or books;
• arrange decorative beautiful sconces;
• hang paintings or photographs in stylish frames.

We revive it with decorative shelves to match

For your information! The selection can only affect the recreation area or a fragment of the wall with a TV.

China

• Paraflor, priced from 230 to 1000 rubles. m. sq.
• Westerhof, priced from 210 to 1200 rubles. m. sq.
• Millennium, priced from 250 to 1000 rubles. m. sq.
• Zygard, priced from 200 to 1300 rubles. m. sq.

Testing extreme conditions in the bathroom

A bathroom is a test of strength for any finishing material. This room is characterized by high humidity and temperature changes. In addition, water can get on the laminate surface.

Great combination of colors in the bedroom

Due to such difficult conditions, conventional laminate will not work. It is necessary to choose a material with increased moisture resistance.

It is important not to overdo it with a dark color if you are finishing not only the walls, but also the floor

It is expensive, but at the same time it will last a very long time, pleasing with its appearance. An ordinary one will not work - it may lose its appearance and warp.

Installation features

Another important selection factor is the type of lock for fastening the boards together. It affects the method of fastening: on the sheathing or with glue. The panels are connected to each other using locks. It could be:

• click lock,
• lock-lock (another name is tongue-and-groove).

How does a click lock work?
(photo No. 20) The first one is more common.
It is suitable for fastening to lathing or glue. How does a tongue and groove lock work?
(photo No. 21) The second is no less reliable, but such boards are used only for installation on the sheathing. So, before choosing panels, you need to decide how to install them. In small rooms, you should not attach laminate flooring to the sheathing - it will “steal” precious centimeters of space. In spacious rooms, lathing will be the best choice - this method is more reliable and durable. In addition, if you are gluing panels, you need to carefully level the surface of the wall. When installing on a sheathing, this step is not necessary. A comparison of laminate installation methods is given in the table.

Which way is easier? This is individual: some are comfortable working with glue, others prefer dry installation.

Kitchen decoration

For a room that is designed in a country style or with an emphasis on environmental friendliness, laminate boards can be used on all walls or only for the apron of the work area.

Gorgeous look in any room

In order for the surface to serve for a long time, it is recommended to choose a moisture-resistant material.

It is very important to highlight the dining area “under the tree”. Most often in this room, horizontal orientation is used when laying.

A wonderful accent wall above the headboard

When selecting a material, it is important to consider its compatibility with furniture facades, floor coverings and general decor.

Short description

It is an MDF board consisting of wood fibers impregnated with resins and pressed under pressure. A decorative layer of paper with a protective coating is applied on top.

It has 6 wear resistance classes: 21, 22, 23 (low class). 31, 32, 33 (high class). The thickness varies and does not affect the quality.

Corridor design: a combination of attractiveness and practicality

When decorating a hallway or corridor, preference is given to materials that are easy to care for.

Practicality of the material in any room

Since the walls here can often get dirty, laminate will be an effective solution. For finishing, you can, for example, decorate all the walls with panels or select only one of the walls.

The corridors are often narrow and sometimes poorly lit. To compensate for this drawback, it is better to prefer a fairly light coating - after all, it is still easy to maintain.

Design solution for wall decoration

But the gloomy corridor will take on a new life - it will become lighter and, as it were, even larger.

Which laminate to choose

When faced with choosing a finishing material, what should you pay attention to?

There are nuances that are important to pay attention to

When you buy a material for flooring, the requirement is its ability to withstand significant loads and exhibit good wear resistance.

For the design of walls, these requirements fade into the background - after all, the load on the surface will be quite insignificant.

The main thing is that the material can withstand the load

Classes and thickness

When giving preference to a certain color, you should not forget about the class of the material. It is more profitable to choose one that is thinner than for the floor and has less wear resistance.

Strength is determined by classes. The cheapest is 21st, and industrial wear-resistant can be 3rd or 4th class. The minimum thickness is suitable - about half a centimeter.

Each laminate has its own class and strength

Additional requirements

When choosing a coating for rooms with additional requirements, it is important to choose a board with the necessary properties.

So, for wet rooms, the laminate must be moisture resistant. For sunny rooms - resistance to ultraviolet radiation.

Luxurious interior for room decoration

Using laminate on the wall, you should strive to create a beautiful and harmonious interior in which all the finishing elements look stylish without appearing dissonant.

For this, everything must be thought out. After all, in the right interior there are no trifles.

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Adhesive installation technology

It is important to carefully glue the entire surface of the board to the wall. (photo No. 22)

To attach the panels you need to stock up on silicone glue or liquid nails. Step-by-step algorithm of actions:

1. Level, putty and prime the wall.
2. Apply glue to the board from the back and sides, as well as to the wall.
3. Press the panel to the surface.
4. Level using a level (for horizontal installation) or a plumb line (for vertical installation).
5. Remove any excess glue that has come out.
6. In this way, glue all the boards one by one.