Choosing wallpaper may seem simple, but there are a lot of tricks involved.
Many friends, after wandering around the building materials market for a whole day, finally took home the wallpaper, but after putting it on the wall, they felt that something was not quite right.
Either the color is different from what you saw in the store, or the edges started to warp and become moldy not long after you lived there.
I have decorated two houses by myself and spent a lot of money on wallpaper that I should not have spent. Today I will tell you what you should pay attention to when choosing wallpaper.
Find out the material before starting
There are various wallpaper materials on the market, each with its own temperament.
The most common ones are paper wallpapers, which have the best breathability and a high environmental protection level. For those with children at home, or those who are sensitive to odors, they can be given priority.
However, it has obvious shortcomings. It is not water-resistant and cannot withstand scrubbing. If the humidity in the home is high, or there are children who scribble at will, using this method will cause a headache.
There is also non-woven wallpaper, which has an extremely soft texture and feels like cloth. It has a very good sound absorption effect and is very suitable for bedroom use, but the price is slightly more expensive.
Let’s talk about PVC wallpaper. It has good waterproof performance, and it also has excellent wear resistance. It is most worry-free to use it in kitchen areas that are prone to dirt, in dry areas of bathrooms, or corridors. It will become clean by just wiping it with a damp cloth. However, its environmental protection is slightly inferior to the first two. When purchasing, be sure to check whether it has environmental certification.
The color and pattern should match the style of your home
The reason why many people suffer a loss is that they only value whether the wallpaper itself is beautiful enough, but ignore the important point of whether it matches the furniture and floors at home.
If your home has a simple and modern style, with straight lines on sofas and cabinets, and relatively sober colors, then it is best to choose plain colors or simple geometric patterns for wallpapers. On the contrary, wallpapers that are too fancy will look messy.
If you like the pastoral style, then small floral flowers are very suitable, and the vine pattern is also very suitable. In this way, the whole home will have a very warm feeling.
if Chinese style , wallpapers with ink landscapes and classical pattern elements will be more interesting.
In addition, color will also have an impact on the visual effect of the room. For small living rooms and rooms with poor lighting, use light colors, such as white, beige, and light gray, so that they can appear bright and open.
For large bedrooms or study rooms, choosing dark colors such as dark blue and dark green can create a quiet and calm atmosphere.
Quality can be judged with hands and eyes
Don’t just listen to the shopping guide’s introduction, it’s most reliable to try it yourself.
When you get a wallpaper sample, the first thing to do is to check whether the surface is flat, whether there are bubbles, whether there are particles, and whether there is color difference.
The edges of the pattern should be clear and there should be no ghosting or blurring.
Then use your hands touch , good wallpaper feels delicate and comfortable, and the thickness is even.
Smell it again. If there is a pungent sour smell or a chemical smell, then you need to pay attention. In this case, environmental protection may not meet the standards.
Try wiping the surface with a wet paper towel to see if there is any discoloration and see how scratch-resistant it is. This simple action can screen out many products of poor quality.
Environmental certification is more important than anything else
Wallpaper is plastered all over the house. If formaldehyde exceeds the standard, the whole family will suffer.
When buying, be sure to look for environmental certification marks, such as domestic ten-ring certification and foreign EU standards.
Don’t listen to the merchants who say “odorless means environmental protection”. Some harmful substances are colorless and odorless.
The environmental protection grade and test report will be clearly marked on the product packaging of conventional brands. You can ask to check it.
Especially if it is intended to be used in a bedroom or a children's room, it must be strictly controlled in terms of environmental protection, because the health of the family is more important than anything else.
Durability depends on where it is used
Every area of your home sees different levels of wear and tear and has different durability requirements for wallpaper.
In corridors where people come and go every day, the walls are easily damaged by being rubbed. There are also children's rooms where children may draw pictures and put stickers on them. For these places, it is necessary to choose wallpaper that is wear-resistant and scrub-resistant, such as PVC material or non-woven fabric with a wear-resistant layer on the surface.
In the bedroom, the wall at the head of the bed is not often touched, so the requirements for wear resistance are not so high. In this way, the budget can be spent on materials and colors.
Also, the room faces south and is exposed to direct sunlight for a relatively long time, so you must pay attention to the wallpaper's ability to withstand light, otherwise it will fade in less than two years.
Don’t be greedy for cheap prices and don’t blindly ask for expensive prices.
The prices of wallpapers vary greatly, ranging from tens of dollars per roll to thousands of dollars per roll.
My suggestion is to first achieve the above-mentioned hard indicators of material, environmental protection and durability within budget constraints, and then consider the design and color level.
Don't save money to buy that kind of extremely cheap engineering wallpaper. It has a strong smell, and it will warp and become moldy soon after it is applied. If you tear it off and reinstall it, the labor cost will be more expensive than the wallpaper itself.
Don’t always blindly pursue the big imported brands. At present, many domestic brands are very cost-effective, and their environmental protection and quality are not bad.
When it comes to making a total calculation, remember to include auxiliary materials and labor costs. The basic film, glue, and labor together are sometimes roughly the same price as the wallpaper itself.
In the final analysis, choosing wallpaper is a job that requires careful attention. Don’t be fooled and misled by those overly fancy and complicated exhibition hall presentations.
Arrange your own needs in order, whether you pay attention to environmental protection or scratch resistance, do you want to have a sense of warmth or prefer easy care, and then conduct comparative tests one by one.
Take a few more samples back, look at them in different lights, and put them on the wall to experience them, so that you can be truly satisfied with the wallpaper you selected.
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