Wallpaper in beige tones is a simple and always winning solution for any interior composition. The noble caramel, cream, pearl, sand palette fascinates with its luxurious shades.
A room with beige wallpaper will always look neat, cozy and elegant. Appropriate accessories and additions will help set the right mood, add a touch of exclusivity, and make the interior unique. The living room becomes more luxurious, the bedroom is more comfortable, the kitchen is brighter, and the children's room is filled with a special mood.
Advantages of beige finishing
Beige wallpaper will play an important role in the interior of a living room, bedroom, kitchen or children's room. They can bring peace and tranquility, inspire creativity, stimulate mental activity, and make a person more receptive to information. The talents of beige depend on the color partners and how harmoniously all the elements in the room will be combined.
The undoubted advantages of finishing in beige tones include the following characteristics:
- Visually increases the space of any room, especially with good insolation;
- The same beige plain wallpaper with different types of lighting will look new. By changing just a few lighting fixtures, you can completely change the atmosphere in the room;
- Combining wallpaper works especially well when a tone from the beige palette is chosen as the base;
- It is typical for beige wallpaper in the interior to improve the characteristics of any color. Bright shades become softer. Too dull and boring tones look more presentable.
A specific pattern or specific ornament will also look particularly advantageous against a warm pastel background. Silver shimmers will add high cost and sophistication. Beautiful pearl trellises with a “geometric” pattern will fit perfectly into a respectable office.
Advantages and disadvantages of beige wallpaper in decoration
Such a universal color also has its pros and cons; they must be taken into account when decorating walls with such wallpaper. Advantages:
- Often a light shade is used in the interior, which means it expands the space in the same way as white. Due to this, it can be used effectively in small spaces, due to this you can create the visual effect of a large space.
Warm beige shades in the bathroom will help you relax
- It calms and pacifies, promotes relaxation. What is very important is that it is not depressive, which makes it universal for different rooms and styles.
- Sometimes you want to make a light interior, but the use of white is inappropriate, since going too far with it can create a hospital ward. It is for such cases that light shades of beige are used. It will not “blind” or create a feeling of sterility. But the advantages are the same.
A variety of prints on beige wallpaper in light, cool shades
But there are also disadvantages, these include:
- Light beige is easily soiled; even minor spots are immediately visible on it, let alone large ones. For this reason, it is better not to use them in the room of a child aged 3-12 years. It is possible either for a very small child or for a teenager. It is not the best solution to use wallpaper of this color near the kitchen sink. If you still have a great desire to create a room in these colors, it is better to use non-woven wallpaper, they are more durable.
- The right combination of shades is important. If it is not thought out, then the room will turn from a light, peaceful atmosphere into a heavy and oppressive one. This happens if all the decoration - walls, ceiling and floor - are made in the same color.
A small studio apartment is ideal for finishing with light beige wallpaper
Advice! I use beige wallpaper for decoration; I need to choose the right environment for it. A simple formula - all natural colors will blend perfectly. This also applies to furniture and decoration of the ceiling, walls, textiles and accessories.
Textile wallpaper with a pattern in pastel colors
The choice of beige wallpaper for the interior of any room is often correct. They are universal and can be used as a background if you need to place bright accents in the room - lighting fixtures, a bright sofa or a wall-sized painting. Other tones will become central; they will not need additional decorative elements and will attract attention to themselves.
Basic Rules
In order for even the simplest beige wallpaper in the interior of a bedroom, kitchen or living room to appear in all its splendor, you must strictly follow the most important rules. First of all, beige paper wallpaper should be a background, but not completely fill the space. Textiles, upholstered furniture, wall and ceiling decoration in one color will make the interior boring and uninteresting.
Designers still allow a combination of beige shades based on one interior composition. The main thing is that the shades differ significantly from each other. For example, light beige wallpaper in a delicate caramel shade can be complemented with dark coffee-colored furniture, as well as delicate pearl textiles with brown-red accessories. These can be classic curtains with a spectacular lambrequin.
Beige wallpaper in the living room
plain beige wallpaper in the living room
The living room is a gathering place for friends, acquaintances or maybe even business partners. This is the only place where you can gather with your whole friendly family and spend a comfortable time - watch a movie, play a game, hold a home council. Therefore, it is also worth choosing something that does not become boring and is always pleasing to the eye. Beige wallpaper is rarely seen in the living room, because brighter colors predominate, but over time you begin to understand that it is they that make the interior much richer.
living room design in classic style in beige color
If you have a large living room and you want to make it even bigger, then you can use wallpaper with large designs, patterns or stripes that will “raise” your ceilings. And, if you use a mirror surface, this will expand the space several times.
Simple, patternless beige wallpaper can be used if space is limited. If desired, use a few small inclusions for decoration.
combination of beige pink and black in the living room interior
In any part of your apartment, beige will be appropriate and create style. Beige wallpaper for the hall, office, children's rooms and so on. The main thing is a sense of taste and a quality manufacturer.
Attributes of impeccable style
There is one universal rule for combining light and dark shades to achieve harmony in any room: brightly colored walls, dark floors and light furniture. In fact, the rule can be slightly modified: light wallpaper in gray-pearl and cream tones is complemented with bright furniture on a dark floor.
You can also benefit from combining bright floors, light beige walls and dark furniture. The main thing is not to forget about proportions and the overall design concept. The difference between light and dark elements should be insignificant, with a predominance of soft beige. Bright, original accessories will help balance the design:
- Gold embossed pillows;
- Stylish moldings (especially often used in the living room and kitchen);
- Baguettes with imitation wood.
You can refresh the design using simple attributes: lay a new bright blanket on the sofa, add a lambrequin to the curtains, place flowers in bright pots or flowerpots on the windowsill. Beige vinyl wallpaper will sparkle in a new way with the fresh decor of the room.
All shades of elegance
The texture and richness of shades allow manufacturers to generate new unique ideas. Beige wallpaper with a pattern, special embossing, fabric canvases with embroidery, glossy and matte trellises with polka dots, flowers and bold abstraction: it would take a very long time to list the possible options.
However, the most important role is played by the base shade of the paintings. Here are the most popular ones:
- Sea sand;
- Cream;
- Ivory;
- Light caramel;
- Cappuccino;
- Biscuit;
- Opal;
- Coffee with milk;
- Wheat;
- Pearl.
All of these colors are quite light, so they are perfect for basic wall decoration. They go well with all pastel shades, as well as dark warm tones.
Shades
Beige color has many different warm and cool shades. The most widely used ones are:
- Cream;
- Sand;
- Opal;
- Champagne;
- Biscuit;
- Ivory;
- Cocoa with milk;
- Cappuccino;
- Caramel;
- Wheat.
Often the beige color has shades of other colors in its structure:
- Gray;
- Lilac;
- Brown;
- Pink;
- Green;
- Yellow;
- Peach;
- Orange.
Bedroom
Beige wallpaper in the bedroom can be found quite often. A warm and calm palette is suitable for boudoir in any style. To expand the space, designers recommend using beige non-woven wallpaper with golden tints in combination with cool-toned laminate.
Bamboo trellises and light wooden floors go well together. The installation can be complemented by blue wallpaper, which is used as key accents on one of the walls. There may be no contrasting inclusions. However, to add dynamics, unusual accessories are placed in the bedroom.
Bedroom design most often involves the presence of romantic attributes. For example, blue wallpaper with flowers can be combined with caramel plain trellises. It is imperative that the patterns on the textiles echo the floral patterns on the walls. An excellent addition that will only enhance the romantic design would be a sophisticated bed, the headboard of which will be decorated with flowers.
Interior ideas
white curtains are a good choice for a beige bedroom
- Computer technology is everything to us, especially if you want to see in advance what style and texture of wallpaper is right for your space. Any designer will make a layout upon request, where you can place all the furniture and try it in combination with any wallpaper. And some programs are freely available on the Internet for amateurs.
- It is the symbol of birds on beige wallpaper that makes the interior softer and fills the room with love. Paired birds are a symbol of long-lasting love and a strong marriage. When using birds, you need to choose the fittings wisely (delicate shades and no dark tones).
- For the sake of experimentation, you can try paired beige wallpapers - add lace and solid colors or something to your taste.
- Beige wallpaper with imitation brickwork will look good in the kitchen, so much so that some will actually think that it is brick. For such a design you need good joining and high-quality wallpaper.
- Fashionable techniques. Combining wallpaper by tone and texture. Alternating colors, emphasizing different zones of space with different tones, highlighting some parts of the interior with textured wallpaper, playing with patterns, and so on.
Kitchen
A beige finish would also be appropriate in the kitchen interior. Sandy and sunny tones are considered the most comfortable to perceive in work locations. Preferring more saturated shades, closer to the yellow palette, you can create an extravagant design with fantasies on a gastronomic theme.
For a classic interior in a large and spacious kitchen, it is recommended to combine beige wallpaper with a brown pattern to match the classics and wooden kitchen furniture. Rich chocolate tones are welcome. In this case, beige will reveal all the richness of textures, intensity, and depth of color of natural wood.
For a beige kitchen, you can use more urban materials - plastic, rough brickwork, glass and metal. It all depends on the style of the room, as well as the key features of the layout. Newfangled interiors are characterized by bold combinations: blue wallpaper and beige trellises that form a “stripe” in combination with stone or brick trim.
Beige wallpaper in the kitchen
The wallpaper harmonizes perfectly with metallic furniture
Beige wallpaper for the kitchen is an excellent choice for the housewife. They don’t get very dirty, don’t become boring and fit in with any kitchen set. For those who suffer from overeating, a beige kitchen is the best way out of the situation, because they calm the nervous system, and the designer will tell you which wallpaper to choose. To make it fresh, you can choose beige wallpaper with large flowers or interspersed with fresh foliage, or maybe plain ones.
beige wallpaper goes well with a white kitchen set
For the kitchen, the panel technique is very often used, when monochromes of different color contrasts are glued onto plain wallpaper, which gives the kitchen a special charm. It is also fashionable to make photo wallpapers, but it is worth remembering that you are constantly cooking there and the air is hot and humid, and photo wallpapers are not the most durable option for this.
Living room
The living room is the most elegant and formal room in the whole house. Here you can experiment a lot, combining the most incredible elements, choosing the most luxurious trellises, the texture of which will only enhance the overall mood in the room.
If the wallpaper in a children's room can be lavishly decorated, then in the corridor, hallway and living room it is better to glue more airy, lightweight tapestries. To create a shadow effect, a fragment of one wall is covered with wallpaper of a similar shade of warmth, but much darker. Similar combinations are allowed on several walls at once, and it is not necessary that dark accents be located symmetrically.
Such an interior will be well complemented by massive furniture in black or chocolate shades, as well as appliances in a similar color. A soft dark sofa goes well with light pearl or cream-colored bedspreads. The living room looks exclusive, sophisticated and holistic if the patterns on the textiles look the same as the patterns on the walls.
Wallpaper and curtains: secrets of the “ideal duet”
Considering the beige palette as the main color in the interior, many begin to worry that such a design will be too boring. Some experts argue that a combination of beige wallpaper and textiles in a similar color will literally ruin even the most spectacular and thoughtful interior.
It’s really not worth creating a total “beige mood”. The only exceptions are cases when the curtains should blend into the walls (for example, blinds and Roman blinds). If you are setting up a living room, a combination of neutral walls and darker curtains is allowed. For the bedroom you can choose more delicate shades. For example, all heavenly shades go well with beige tones. You can also use blue wallpaper with a beige print and textiles in delicate cream tones.
In general, you can experiment as much as you like. The main thing to remember is the harmony of textures and the balance of light. Blue wallpaper is not the only suitable “partner” for a beige finish. Gray, chocolate, turquoise, emerald tones will show themselves perfectly. To make the living room or kitchen especially extravagant, accessories in orange and lemon shades are chosen as color accents. In the bedroom and children's room you can use “fuchsia” and “indigo”.
Beige should dominate the color scheme
combination of beige and gray in the bedroom interior
Many have heard about the successful combination of beige with bright colors, but they often made mistakes. If you want to combine beige wallpaper with paint or other wallpaper in your apartment, then you need to know some rules and taboos that can completely ruin the entire appearance and impression of the apartment.
We say "YES"
a duet of beige wallpaper and blue textiles in the bedroom
The combination of beige with gold, white, blue-gray, marsh and silver colors is ideal. And in 2021, beige wallpaper with mint and turquoise tones, pastel colors, tan, bronze and coffee with milk has become increasingly used. These colors only add sophistication and richness to the space.
We say "NO"
beige tones do not combine with close colors
Combination with dark colors of any shade, as this makes them too simple and all the luxury disappears, and the essence of the fittings around is lost. Only a small splash of bright colors in the interior is acceptable; they can be part of the picture, but not in large quantities and without drawing attention to themselves.
Life hack: Black and red are two colors that are unacceptable to use with beige wallpaper, they simply destroy the entire atmosphere and color scheme. Also, the fittings should not be in such a range.
