Some homeowners are looking for something unusual when looking for flooring that is both practical and beautiful. Many have already become fed up with the traditional colors of cherry and bleached oak, they want something new. In such a situation, buyers began to change their tastes, preferring gray laminate in the interior of the apartment, which is becoming increasingly popular.
- How does gray laminate affect the interior?
- Rules for using a gray floor in the interior
- Gray laminate in different interior styles
- Minimalism
- Urban style and loft
- Kitsch
- High tech
- neoclassical style
- Rustic and vintage styles
- The combination of gray laminate with other colors in the interior
- Gray laminate walls
- Door color combined with gray laminate
- Details and Precautions
It should not be hidden that there are still skeptics who perceive the gray laminate in the interior quite restrained and even critically. In fact, this coating can perfectly fit into most types of interiors, making them even more comfortable, giving them features of aristocratic restraint. In addition, such a laminate visually expands the space.
How does gray laminate affect the interior?
If you use a dark gray laminate, then visually it will reduce the space of the room, while the light one has the opposite effect.
A floor that is not too dark makes the atmosphere more airy and soothing, and the air in such a room seems cooler and fresher, which you can even feel when looking at the photos showing the laminate in gray tones. A person living in such a room strengthens self-control, he more easily maintains peace of mind.
But some shades of gray and its combination with colors such as beige can even cause too much relaxation, making it even difficult for a person to concentrate on meticulous work.
Therefore, the gray color of the coating is not very suitable for rooms associated with any kind of labor activity, but for the same reason it is ideal for dining rooms, living rooms and especially bedrooms.
Monochrome gray is cold, so the room where it dominates can turn out to be lifeless. Not everyone likes such an atmosphere, but even such people can find a suitable combination of gray laminate with wallpaper, for example, beige, and, in addition, bring warm notes of wood or accents of hot colors (yellow, orange, terracotta) into the interior.
Photo of gray laminate in the interior:
Rules for using a gray floor in the interior
- This type of coating, such as gray oak laminate, is recommended for use in interiors that are excessively saturated with heat: if the room is on the sunny side or warm colors are predominant in its design.
- On the contrary, dark gray flooring should not be laid in rooms with insufficient lighting, so that they do not become even darker and duller.
- We should not forget that an excess of gray makes the room depressive, so it should not be predominant. Then you will certainly have to think about suitable wallpaper in order to disperse the excessive dullness of the gray floor with your colors. Accessories with warm bright shades can serve the same purpose.
- The gray floor itself is not an accent due to the neutrality of the color itself, it seems to suggest looking at other furnishings: walls, windows, furniture, etc. From this point of view, the gray laminate resembles a canvas on which the main picture of the interior will then unfold.
Gray laminate in different interior styles
Minimalism
Since the gray color does not attract the main attention to itself, this floor is great for a minimalist interior, for which free space, airiness and a minimum of accents have always been important. All these conditions are perfectly matched by light gray laminate. In a similar style, you can decorate the bedroom, living room and even the kitchen. Dark gray shades look more conservative, with them the interior becomes more strict and restrained. Therefore, the dark gray palette will look most natural in the most strict and prim styles.
Urban style and loft
Gray laminate is perfect for modern urbanism, which has a weakness for cold shades. It is worth remembering at least the loft style, the characteristic features of which are the presence of bare concrete surfaces or exposed brickwork. Therefore, the gray-brown laminate in such an interior will look completely natural.
Gray flooring in modern interiors easily coexists with glass, white gloss, sparkling and matte metal.
Kitsch
In a phenomenon such as kitsch, which by its very nature rejects any interior style, a gray floor can serve as a good basis for piling up various colors, reconciling their blatant inconsistency.
High tech
For an industrial style like hi-tech, a gray floor is generally the perfect solution, as there are many shiny metallic or plated elements that the gray palette blends perfectly with.
neoclassical style
The gray laminate flooring fits quite nicely into the neoclassical style, perfectly combined with shiny metal furniture fittings and bringing a fresh stream of modernism into the established classic canons.
Rustic and vintage styles
A floor covering was also invented, the gray color of which resembles worn and darkened old wood. Such materials are an excellent choice for inclusion in rustic or vintage interiors (Provence, country, retro classic, shabby chic). The gray floor here emphasizes the beauty of stone, stucco, the texture of brickwork, nostalgic notes of aged furniture.
The combination of gray laminate with other colors in the interior
Being an intermediate monochrome color between white and black, gray goes well with them. Therefore, it fits perfectly into monochrome interiors, reducing contrast and, as it were, reconciling antagonistic colors. With a gray laminate, not only white and gray wallpapers will get along, but also:
- cream;
- beige;
- yellow;
- blue;
- purple.
In addition, purple, yellow and blue can be used to make bright accents to diversify the dull gray background of the floor or wallpaper.
In a room where a gray laminate or parquet is laid, you can put the same monochrome gray, white or black furniture made of zebrano, wenge, vanilla or wood with other cold shades.
Gray laminate walls
Achieving a harmonious interior, you need to ensure that the design of the walls better matches the gray laminate floor. The question of what color of wallpaper goes with gray laminate is not so easy to answer. It is desirable that the wallpaper also has a gray color: it can be a material with a very light gray color or with gray stripes.
What wallpaper is suitable for a gray laminate in addition to gray? A combination of a gray floor with blue or blue walls is acceptable, since all these cool colors blend well with each other.
It will be much easier to choose wallpaper for laminate not in pure gray, but with other shades mixed with gray: beige or brown (this can be seen in the photo of the gray oak laminate in the interior). Then it will be possible to stick similar wallpapers under the gray laminate, ensuring the smoothest transition between the walls and the floor. Sometimes on one of the walls they even make a special transition of the laminate to the wall. In the bedroom, you can decorate the wall near the head of the bed in this way, and in the living room, zone the corner near the TV.
If there is a dark gray laminate on the floor, then it is better to choose a more “cool” shade for the walls, and you can dilute these tones with furniture with rich beautiful colors, flowers, paintings and other bright accessories.
Photo of wallpaper and walls under a gray laminate:
The laminate in the interior performs not only the main function - it serves as a surface finish, but also decorative - depending on what type, color and method of attaching individual plates to each other will be used. The method of laying is also of great importance - the appearance of the interior ultimately depends on this.
In which rooms to use laminate?
This finishing material can be used in the bedroom, and in the living room, and in the "pass-through" areas of the apartment, and in areas with difficult operating conditions. The main thing is to choose the right kind.
- Living room. The main purpose of the laminate in the interior of the living room is decorative: it should emphasize the overall style and, possibly, highlight separate areas, for example, for reading, relaxing or watching TV.
- Bedroom and children's. A coating with aesthetically attractive properties is suitable here, while performance is not so important. For use in living rooms, only materials marked with an environmental symbol are recommended.
- Hallway. Laminate in the interior of the hallway, on the contrary, must be wear-resistant and withstand heavy loads - this is the most "passing" place in the house.
- Kitchen. Resistance to elevated temperatures, the action of acids and other aggressive substances - these are the qualities that a laminate should have for a kitchen interior, since the conditions in this room are very specific.
Laminate color and design
The use of different colors of the finishing coating allows you to get interesting interior effects, and at the same time correct certain shortcomings of the room.
- Allows you to make the space more light and visually spacious. Suitable for shaded rooms and rooms with a lack of natural light.
- Black laminate in the interior it is used in cases where they want to achieve graphic, spectacular presentation of furniture and decorative elements. Suitable for modern interior styles - techno, pop, loft.
- allows you to create a neutral background for furniture and other active elements of the decor. Against such a background, bright color accents look advantageous.
To the colors listed above, you need to add two more very popular shades.
- has the quality of tradition. It fits most styles of interior design, is perceived as neutral, and, depending on the saturation and hue, can both visually enlarge the room and slightly reduce it.
- Recently, wenge has also been popular - the laminate in the interior of this tone is similar in properties to black, but has an expressive pattern of natural wood.
Laminate in the interior of the apartment: surface types
Choosing a coating for finishing, first of all, they are guided by the appearance. In the production of finishing material, it is possible to give it any pattern, imitate the surface of stone, wood, metal, leather, as well as apply any pattern. Another important selection criterion is the surface of the plates. The appearance, its “naturalness” and expressiveness depend on it. There are the following types of surfaces:
- Wood. The smooth surface has small bulges and depressions, imitating the pores of natural wood.
- aged tree. On the surface, the irregularities typical of boards that have been in use for a long time are reproduced.
- Oil. Imitates a tree treated with drying oil - the surface is smooth and even.
- Gloss. Glossy laminate in the interior is similar to lacquered floors.
- Wax. The matte sheen of the wood, as if waxed and then well polished.
- natural texture. The surface reproduces the surface of the natural material that is being imitated. It can be wood, stone, leather.
The appearance of the material, and, ultimately, the interior, depends on its color and texture, as well as on what material was chosen as the "source" and taken as a model for imitation.
Of all the wood species, oak is the most attractive in terms of quality and durability, so its imitations are in great demand. Natural oak has many shades, which allows you to choose the material for any interior.
The greatest opportunities for design fantasy are provided in the interiors by a light oak laminate. It creates a favorable background for any experiments. It looks spectacular furniture in contrasting shades or bright colors.
The white oak laminate in the interior goes well with the walls of snow-white shades, the interior with the gray oak laminate can be both neutral and quite bright - for example, when combining a gray floor with colored walls or a large pattern on the wallpaper. The "bleached oak" laminate in the interior of the Scandinavian type can be used both as a floor covering and for wall decoration.
Non-standard surfaces for finishing: walls and ceiling
Laminate on the floor allows you to get flooring for the interior in any style, from classic to modern techno, with a modest budget. But this is by no means the only way to use this material in finishing work.
In any interior, a light laminate, "passed" from the floor to the wall, will help expand the space, it will seem lighter. The use of dark laminate in the interior will help to highlight certain sections of the walls, for example, by the fireplace or near the TV panel.
On the walls of the living room, he will highlight functional areas, in the kitchen he will serve as an apron over the work surface, in the bedroom he will put an emphasis on the wall near the head of the bed, in the hallway he will close the wall that gets dirty from contact with outerwear.
The first obvious advantage of such a ceiling finish is its originality. Few people dare to try this option, although in fact it has only one minus: a rather high cost. There are more pluses. Firstly, the appearance of such a ceiling is no worse than the appearance of a eurolining ceiling, and the cost is lower. Secondly, such a ceiling increases sound insulation.
Laminate installation options
The way the plates are laid in relation to each other largely determines the perception of the room and the interior as a whole.
Standard laminate installation methods:
- Straight. Laying "in a straight line" emphasizes the direction in which the floor is laid. The proportions of a long narrow room can be corrected by placing the plates perpendicular to the long wall.
- Diagonal. The laying direction at an angle to the direction of one of the walls is usually used in non-standard rooms. Also, laying laminate diagonally in the interior is used to emphasize zoning.
- Curly. Herringbone or square laying gives the illusion of parquet, but requires a special laminate with small planks and special locks to engage at right angles.
Types of locks for styling
The plates are supplied with locks so that they can be fastened together when laying. There are three types of locks:
- lock. The protrusion on one plate is connected to a notch on the other, which matches the protrusion in shape. The main disadvantage is that the mount wears out quickly. It cannot be disassembled and reassembled elsewhere.
- click. The design of the lock allows you to "snap" it by connecting the plates at an angle. Over time, the castle does not diverge. The cover can be disassembled, moved to another place and reassembled.
- Uniclic. Assembly is faster and easier than with other types of locks. The quick-step laminate produced using this technology looks very dignified in the interior of any room. The coating is absolutely even, suitable for disassembly and installation in a new place.
Laminate is also distinguished by the presence or absence of a chamfer - a beveled edge along the plate. Chamfers are used when installing wooden floors to make gaps less noticeable and protect the wood from chipping. Laminate with a chamfer in the interior is more like natural wood.
Photo of interiors with laminate in various colors
Below are examples of the use of different types of laminate in the decoration of apartments.
Photo 1. Dark brown flooring unites the spaces of the kitchen and living room.
Photo 2. Shade "bleached oak" allows you to create a light, "transparent" interior.
Photo 3. The light tone of the floor is perfectly combined with a darker shade of the same material on one of the walls.
Photo 4. The flooring in the bedroom looks indistinguishable from natural wood.
Photo 5. The laminate on the floor, walls and ceiling is combined in color and is the basis of the original interior of the living room.
Photo 6. A bright and cheerful interior is based on a combination of yellow tones in the decoration of the walls, green tones in the furniture and juicy warm shades of mahogany flooring.
Photo 7
Photo 8. A noble combination of the color of natural wood flooring with deep blue in textile elements brings a touch of luxury to the atmosphere.
Photo 9. "Direct" laying of plates emphasizes the line of the work surface in the kitchen, and its natural shade gives warmth to the interior.
Starting repairs, everyone dreams of creating a stylish and comfortable home, similar to those that flaunt on the covers of glossy magazines. But the result is not always as expected. A common reason for this is the wrong color scheme in the selection of wallpaper and laminate, which either hide the beauty of each other, turning the room into a dull likeness of a hospital ward, or come into conflict and cause dissonance.
You should pay attention to the fact that the tone of the walls and the laminate does not match, otherwise there will be a box effect.
How to combine the colors of floors and walls? What mistakes can be made and how can they be prevented? Here are some questions to ask yourself as you begin the final phase of your renovation.
It is best if the design of the room is thought out in advance, before the materials are purchased. However, people often create an image in stages. First, choose the color of the walls, and everything else follows them. If your walls are already ready, you should especially carefully and carefully select the laminate for them.
Here you need to focus on several strong points: tasks that should be solved with the help of flooring, practicality in operation and the creation of a complete style.
Functional approach to color selection
First you need to define the task. The color of the laminate can easily increase or decrease the height of the room, narrow or expand the room, create an atmosphere of warmth or coolness. How to command space, playing on a combination of color effects of walls and floors?
To make the room seem taller and more spacious, a dark-colored laminate is selected for light wallpaper. Such a floor looks solid and noble, emphasizing the lightness and "airiness" of the walls. Dark furniture will look advantageous in such an interior, whose shapes and texture will clearly stand out against the background of light wallpaper.
To visually reduce the space and focus on horizontal lines, a combination of dark shades of wallpaper with a light flooring will help. This will save the room from excessive elongation.
You can achieve the opposite result and “stretch” the room by pasting the walls with light wallpaper in combination with a light floor. However the tone of walls and floors should never match, otherwise there will be a box effect.
The next point to pay attention to is practicality. If direct sunlight hits your room and brightly illuminates the floor, you should not lay a dark-colored laminate. Such floors always seem to be dusty. And the most zealous housewives cannot win the war for perfect cleanliness. After all, even in a room with closed doors and windows, dust constantly forms. Only about 30% of it is minerals, i.e. our usual dirt. The rest is microparticles of skin, hair, textiles, paper and other household derivatives.
The question often arises, how to choose a laminate for a dark room? It is definitely not worth laying dark floors here, so as not to create a gloomy, hopeless atmosphere that brings boredom and blues.
White laminate is best rejected by families with small children and pets. The fight for the purity of these floors can become paranoid. It is better to stay on beige options.
The cardinal directions that your rooms face also play a decisive role in the selection of color shades. Northern rooms are best decorated in light and warm colors. The gray laminate on the north side is able to create a feeling of "permafrost". Warm wood textures will recreate the comfort of the hearth.
A cold palette is more suitable for the south side, which is exposed to solar attacks. It will help create a feeling of "coolness".
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Basics of color: what goes with the white floor
White laminate is perfect for a minimalist or ultra-modern style.
Both the atmosphere of the room and its style depend on the color combinations of interior items. The main load is taken by the walls and the floor, so their design is given the greatest importance.
White laminate flooring will harmoniously fit into a minimalist or ultra-modern style. Can be justified in high-tech style. This floor color is pretentious to the surrounding interior and requires brevity in design. It does not tolerate the neighborhood of white walls, but it goes well with almost any other colors.
In the relaxation room, white laminate will be a good backdrop for rich green wallpaper, which will help create an atmosphere of freshness and spring mischief.
Purple wallpapers in combination with white laminate look elegant, luxurious, but not pretentious. This color scheme will suit any design style.
If you decide to purchase a white laminate for raspberry wallpaper, remember that white should become predominant in your interior. Support the floor with white furniture, stucco, white figurines and other elements. Only then will you be able to recreate an atmosphere of lightness and playfulness. A white floor without color support against a background of raspberry wallpaper will evoke a feeling of incompleteness.
Small rooms with white laminate are preferably decorated in blue tones. This will make them airy and give a feeling of weightlessness.
The white floor and red walls are a game of contrasts where the floor serves as a backdrop for the rest of the decor. This technique visually enlarges the room and excites the spirit. Therefore, it is preferable to use it in living rooms and kitchens. Sometimes he is justified in children, if the child is not too temperamental. For hyperactive children, this design of the home is not suitable.
Yellow walls on a white floor are classic. There is a feeling of cleanliness and spaciousness, the room is additionally filled with light.
Brown wallpaper with white laminate looks presentable. Like the previous version, it is perfect for a classic style.
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Features of gray laminate
Surprisingly comfortable combined gray laminate with beige wallpaper.
One of the most popular laminate colors is grey. At first glance, it seems neutral, unassuming and well-matched. However, this is not quite true. The use of gray requires some care.
For example, a gray floor in a green room can kill even the most interesting idea, making the interior rustic and discreet.
The gray laminate goes well with the wallpaper, in which there are yellow elements of the pattern. However, the yellow color should be less than the rest.
Be wary of a gray floor if your room's walls are red. Despite the fact that this combination looks modern and fashionable, it is quite difficult to perceive it. Therefore, this combination requires additional elaboration from the rest of the decor. It is necessary to dilute it with white or another neutral color.
In a classic style, a combination of a gray floor with beige wallpaper is often used. Such a palette is suitable for modern design.
Gray and orange colors are surprisingly comfortable. Can be used in a glamorous style. As well as the purple walls against the gray background of the floor. It all looks spectacular and unusual.
Modern trends include a mixture of gray floors with pink walls. It looks feminine, airy and innocent.
Venerable decorators and designers claim that incongruous colors and materials do not exist. However, in practice, it is sometimes difficult for ordinary people to choose such shades for the floor and walls so that they harmoniously complement, contrast or enhance each other. We will reveal the secrets of color matching, which will help you to identify the optimal combination of laminate and wallpaper when buying.
In public opinion, stable stereotypes have long been formed regarding the psychology of color perception. For example, green in combination with brown is considered pleasing to the eye, has a calming effect, and blue, together with gray or white, sets you up in a businesslike way, creates an atmosphere of freshness. But try decorating all the walls in a shade of lime or indigo. We guarantee you won't like the result. And even a beautiful coffee or silver-gray laminate will not fix the issue. Because a positive impression of the interior creates:
- Color harmony that gives a sense of order. The best source of inspiration is nature. It is she who can be safely called the most ingenious designer who creates ideal combinations.
- Correctly selected proportion of tones. It has long been noted that when flowers are used in the design of rooms in a ratio of 50:50 or 33:33:33, a repulsive, depressing impression is created for any person, regardless of age, taste preferences, mood. Therefore, the asymmetrical use of shades (for example, 40:60, 60:30:10) will allow you to create an interior from seemingly completely inappropriate colors.
- Various optical illusions. Good designers have in their arsenal a whole range of tricks with which you can beat a complex-shaped room, visually expand the room, visually raise the ceiling, etc.
- Individual color perception or personal psychology of color. A very important point in the development of the design of objects, their decoration. It is not in vain that they say that "there is no comrade for the taste and color." One person feels comfortable in a room decorated in cheerful orange-red tones. And the other is satisfied only with a typical Scandinavian interior in white and gray tones.
Remember: there are NO uniform standards or unified rules in design. Any advice, instructions, opinions is not a guide to action, but just a recommendation that needs to be adapted “for yourself”. Simply put - choose what you like, and not the designer, craftsman, neighbor, relative.
It is difficult for an unprepared person to understand how to choose the right colors for walls and floors. Let's first briefly go over the theory that color is characterized by several parameters. For clarity, we summarize everything in a table.
| Characteristic | Description | Example |
| Tone (hue) | The wavelength of light emitted or reflected by an object. It is thanks to this criterion that we can distinguish red from yellow or blue from green. The range of visible light for humans is from 700 nm (infrared) to 400 nm (ultraviolet). |  |
| Chromaticity | The property of a color that denotes its purity. That is, the absence of achromatic (monochromatic) white, gray or black impurities in the shade gives us the brightest, richest (main) color. Sometimes this property is confused with saturation. |  |
| Saturation | A characteristic of color intensity, which, coupled with chromaticity, tells how a particular tone looks under different lighting conditions. That is, one color can look pale or weak in the evening twilight, and pure, strong in the daytime. |  |
| Brightness (value/brightness) | It directly depends on the amount of light that is emitted by a particular color. Let's explain with an example: imagine a scale where white goes to black with all gray tones. The more light, the brighter the tone. To describe this characteristic, the terms "dark", "light" are used. |  |
| Lightness (luminance / lightness) | The color index, defined as the intensity of the light flux per unit area of its source. Simply put, when white is added to a pure tone, its luminosity increases, and when black pigment is introduced, its lightness decreases. |  |
| Key (tone) | A characteristic that demonstrates what happens if gray is added to the initial tone. |  |
| Tint (tint) | The property of a color to change when white is added to the base tone. The gradation goes from dark to light. |  |
| Shadow | A term used to refer to a color to which black is added. |  |
All of the above is reflected in such a useful designer tool as color palettes. The most famous is Itten's rainbow or color circle. A very convenient graphic model, with which it is easy to identify harmonious combinations. The base tones are yellow, red and blue, the mixture of which gives the colors of the second level. The entire hexagonal design fits into a circle divided by Johannes Itten into 12 sectors. He studied the features of color for a long time and singled out exactly twelve tones from the entire spectrum, placed them around a circle in such a way that the most contrasting or complementary pairs were located opposite each other or side by side.
Itten's color wheel.
The basic tool is perfectly complemented by its more advanced version, ideal for decorating - the circle of saturation. As you can see in the figure below, in each column, the hues change from highly chromatic to monochromatic. That is, the intensity of the color varies.
Saturation color wheel.
Of course, readers may wonder - is it possible to "cross" pastel walls with a rich dark floor? Of course, but for this you need to choose the right proportions and colors, use various visual effects. For example, zoning using halftones, playing on the contrast of textures, volume or degree of gloss.
If the color wheel is not available to you, in building stores, as a rule, there are coloristic fans, flyers or booklets in which complex combinations have already been selected by professional designers. Although you can easily create your own.
By the way, when developing a collection, wallpaper manufacturers use the same tools, so each series has 2–4 designs of the main color, at least 2–8 canvases of additional shades, as well as 1–6 decorative borders, friezes, etc.
However, back to color circles. It was from the development of Itten that the modern circle for selecting combinations and its many variations (Oswald spectral, RGB, CMYK, HSL, etc.) were born. This tool is actively used by designers, stylists, artists, florists, etc.
Modern designer color wheel.
When working, specialists use 3 basic schemes that allow achieving harmony in almost all parameters:
Let's make a small digression. Many experts in color science and coloring consider Itten's circle to be inaccurate, exemplary. More stable and relevant combinations are obtained by using the three-dimensional Munsell color tree, on the basis of which a 10-color wheel is created. Let's explain why: complementary colors not only enhance each other, but when mixed, they give a uniform gray without halftones. That is, in fact, they are mutually neutralized.
Munsell color scheme
This interesting effect can be verified by an example: in the circle of Itten, yellow corresponds to purple. When they are mixed, gray will not work. And in the interior, the resulting combination looks hard, so multiple additional tones are required, distracting and diluting the main ones. And if you add blue-violet (according to Munsell) to the yellow pigment, then gray will come out.
Surprisingly, the classic interior styles are recognized as reference because they are developed using a combination of real primary and secondary colors.
Features of the design of finishing coatings
Wallpaper - one of the most famous wall coverings, available in the widest range:
Each species is produced in a variety of collections, from simple plain colors to extraordinarily colorful ones. As a rule, companion wallpapers, selected by professional decorators and designers, as well as auxiliary elements (borders, friezes, photo inserts, etc.) are attached to the main pattern or tone. Russian buyers are offered more than 25 million color combinations and decors, and every year the series are updated, new designs are developed. Such wealth cannot be classified, divided into groups. Therefore, we recommend choosing a laminate under the wallpaper, and not vice versa.
When buying wallpaper coverings, try to first choose one main design at the stand, and then ask the consultants for catalogs from the manufacturer and get acquainted with the combinations that he offers for the decor you like.
Laminated parquet is a unique coating with a rich assortment of colors. Only 8% of manufactured products are decorated to look like stone, ceramics, cork, grass, concrete and even plastic. And 92% of the collections are an imitation of matte, semi-gloss or glossy wood in various shades:
But color isn't everything. The decor can imitate a rustic plank or a new piece of "herringbone" varnished, oiled palatial parquet or worn deck flooring. In this case, the surface can be smooth or corrugated, have a U- or V-shaped chamfer. All these little things must also be taken into account when choosing a combination with wallpaper. Agree, wall coverings decorated with palace textiles with golden ligature absolutely do not harmonize with a rough laminate, the surface of which seems to be covered with paint of different colors that has peeled off from old age.
Let's start simple. It is easiest to choose a floor for light colors of wallpaper: white, beige, pale pink and all other pastels. This is a winning combination for any room, regardless of the chosen style, as seen in the photo below. Most often used for hallways (due to the low light flux), bedrooms, children's. As implicit accents, skirting boards and doors in contrasting or similar colors to the floor act.
Since floor coverings in a monochrome palette are in high demand in central Russia, we will separately address such an issue as gray laminate wallpaper. It combines with equal success with light and dark undertones. But with wallpaper in rich, highly chromatic colors, it is better not to use it.
The most versatile floors are laminate flooring in natural golden and honey (no reddish) shades of oak, pine, ash, alder and walnut. They are successfully combined with wall coverings painted in pastel, rich, dark and even bright colors. In addition, floor materials in natural tones are the only ones that always harmonize with any photo wallpaper, even extraordinarily colorful ones.
The most difficult thing is to combine wallpaper with a laminated floor in red and red-burgundy undertones, as well as with non-uniform colors for exotic breeds. Here you need to clearly maintain a balance between saturated and light colors. Therefore, we recommend choosing them for wall paintings in beige, white, peach-orange, green, brown and terracotta palettes.
Series made in dark colors require a special approach. It is difficult for a non-professional to create an interior, say, for a hall, in which a stained oak floor and dark blue walls are harmoniously intertwined. The room can be very light due to panoramic glazing, but even in this case, the situation will be oppressive and oppressive. Accordingly, if you do not have a project developed by a professional, use the good old contrast trick: the darker the floors, the lighter the walls.
Little tricks for big repairs
What to look for when buying finishing materials? Start by working out a general style decision. All elements must be sustained in the same spirit. Dissonance of tones, textures or lines always ruins the final result. Therefore, do not try to bring a note of eclecticism into the interior on your own. It, of course, gives the room some charm, but only if the overall background is balanced. As a rule, it is very difficult for a layman to achieve harmony; a professional look is required here.
- For classic interiors, choose calm, pastel shades. Furniture and other decorative elements should have smooth or concise lines. Some liberties are allowed in the form of separate small accents. Walls can be decorated with wallpaper with simple patterns or photo wallpaper in soft colors. And for finishing the floor, choose a collection of laminate in natural golden and stained shades.
Classic combination in the interior.
- Refined Baroque, Empire, Rococo, Romano and others require luxury. But not lurid and rude, but stylish. The line is thin, so in order not to be mistaken, it is better to use ready-made examples or invite an experienced designer. For wall decoration, give preference to special collections for palace decoration. But there are no restrictions on gender. Just make sure that the laminate does not imitate heavily aged wood. Abrasion and wormholes are also not welcome.
Laminate and wallpaper in Empire style.
- Country, loft, provence, eco are characterized by an abundance of natural finishing materials. Therefore, collections are suitable for rustic or with imitation of oil, wax processing. Walls are most often pasted over with wallpaper with a neutral decor or imitating natural cladding.
Eco experiments.
- Ethnic styles require design taking into account the national color. For example, for the Scandinavian direction, the best are wallpaper for painting and light gray or white laminate. The Moroccan interior is not only an abundance of azure and gold, but also rich tones of teak, mahogany, tinted cherry, oak, etc.
Ethnic decoration of the premises.
- Hi-tech, neomodern and other modern interior solutions put an emphasis on the average level of design (walls, furniture, accessories). However, the atmosphere of industrialization does not affect gender. Laminate under a classic oak board, worn parquet and even under exotic woods is still relevant.
Hi-tech laminate is not a hindrance.
Don't forget about optical effects:
In the end, we list a few immutable rules that will help you when designing an interior:
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One of the important interior decisions is the choice of flooring. In many ways, it determines the picture of the interior decoration of the room. There are quite a few offers to choose from, but a separate line is allocated for gray laminate in the assortment.
The material of this color is practical and has a long service life. It goes great with many styles. The main advantage of gray floors is the visual invisibility of scratches and stains. Let's figure out which wallpaper is suitable for such a floor covering.
Wallpaper for gray laminate 
Stopping the choice on such a laminate, you should carefully consider every little thing. Of no small importance in this case is the color of the wall wallpaper, shades of decor, etc. Design errors in this matter threaten to turn into complete bad taste.
Rules for compiling a harmonious combination
In the modern world, gray laminate is considered the personification of elegance and restraint, aristocracy and practicality. Photos in fashion magazines confirm: it looks great in both classic and minimalist interiors of bedrooms, offices, living rooms, corridors, kitchens.
But the following points must be taken into account.
- Gray oak laminate recommended for warm interiors. When the sunlight penetrates well into the room, or the colors of warm shades predominate in it.
- If the room is poorly lit, then the dark floor will make it gloomy and mournful..
- An excess of gray tones will inevitably create an uncomfortable atmosphere in the room.. Therefore, they should not prevail in the overall scale. Properly selected wallpapers, as well as all kinds of bright decor items that set off the dull grayness, will help to avoid this.
- The neutrality of this floor makes it look like an artist's canvas, which will become an indispensable field for creating a beautiful picture of the interior. While the views of those present will be riveted to the design of walls, window openings, furniture, etc.
What wallpaper to choose for a gray laminate 
Proper use of this flooring will make the interior truly unique. Wallpaper can be bought any, to the taste of the owner.
- If you want to walls of the same color, you need to take textured wallpaper, a little lighter or darker than the floor.
- He's fine harmonizes with all shades of white, black, as well as cold pastel colors.
- Creates special comfort combination of beige wallpaper and this gender. You can use a wall covering with small yellow and crimson splashes.
- Bright glamor to the room will give orange, purple, pink colors.
On a note! Green, red, rich lilac color in the interior will bring some complexity of perception and a sense of disharmony.
The choice of wallpaper for a gray laminate with different shades 
Many people most often spontaneously buy gray flooring at first, and only then start thinking about wallpaper. There is nothing complicated about this, since this color is absolutely universal. But it is worth relying on the color scheme specified by the selected shade.
- Warm tones are conducive to the choice of a wall covering of a similar, soft-to-perceive color.
- A cool shade calls for a cool color scheme for the walls.
You can try to carefully beat the heat/cold contrast. But this requires a subtle design taste and talent. If you have chosen a laminate of this noble shade, then the first step towards a stylish interior has already been taken!
