Gray wallpaper in the interior of the living room - pick up the curtains

Gray wallpapers in the apartment look stylish, elegant and, at the same time, original. If the walls of your home are decorated in such a way, then you should carefully approach the selection of other decor elements, including curtains, the texture of their fabric and color scheme. After all, it is the curtains that are the logical conclusion to the general view. In this article we will discuss gray wallpapers in the interior of the living room - it is very interesting to choose curtains for them.

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Gray color in the interior of the house

Gray wallpapers are the perfect solution for a stylish and ultra-modern design. This tone provides designers with the greatest opportunities for creativity.

Important! Dark and saturated shades are rarely used in the decoration of residential premises. Practice shows that the most popular tones are light gray, gray-green, blue, violet.

These shades look attractive and combine both with each other and with other contrasting tones. Choosing this color for the interior decoration of the room, it is worth taking into account some points:

  1. From a psychological point of view, soft gray shades are recognized as comfortable for a person. They are often used to decorate living rooms. Cooler variations are appropriate for the working environment, which means they are suitable for the study, and the color of light steel is for the kitchen.
  2. When used correctly, dark tones make the room more elegant. The main thing here is not to overdo it, otherwise - the room will turn out too gloomy.
  3. Do not get too carried away by slate shades. In large quantities, this color provokes the onset of depression. But the slate color pattern on the curtains will have to be the best.
  4. In order to create an elegant design, you can use contrasting curtains for the room with gray wallpaper.
  5. The boiled-white color on a gray background looks too formal and reminds of a hospital setting. In this case, it is better to use yellowish, milky and dirty shades of white.
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The right combination of colors with gray

How to choose curtains to gray walls? Everything is quite simple here - it can be neutral, bright, transparent or dense curtains. The main thing is that the base color and fabric on the curtains are not monophonic.

Important! It is desirable to select the material in more saturated tones, although gray curtains with a contrasting ornament are also appropriate.

Since gray wallpaper is the base in the interior, which makes it possible to use any design solutions, choosing the curtains from the room should be guided by the following rules:

  • Warm and saturated curtains under the gray walls will make the room brighter.
  • Peach, pink and lemon tones will help to add warmth to a cold room.
  • Blue and lilac colors will hide the abundance of sunny color.

Important! To understand which curtains will look best with gray wallpaper, you need to determine the shade of the overall base of the room. Carefully looking at the main tone, you can see that it has cool or “warming” shades. The first include blue or blue “additives.” Warm - red or yellow. The cool colors of the curtains are suitable for walls with a cold base, and the warm curtains are suitable for gray wallpapers of warm colors.

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Textile neutral shades

Choosing curtains of neutral tones, you will achieve one hundred percent hit, because they are suitable for almost any type of wallpaper:

  • Cream and snow-white. Although white is considered a neutral color, it looks more advantageous against a cool base. Snow-white curtains under gray-white wallpaper - the most optimal option. If the room has more warm tones, then it is advisable to use cream curtains under gray wallpaper.
  • Sand and light brown (beige). These colors can be both cool and “warming”. Straw harmonizes wonderfully with a warm base. Curtains in the color of wet sand look great in combination with cold gray.
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Contrast and bright curtains:

  • Yellow. It goes well with gray, in a duet with it it creates a special atmosphere in the interior. However, this color is too bright, so applying it, you should limit yourself to only a few details. Yellow looks very nice in the bedroom and living room.

Important! If you are thinking about how to choose curtains to the gray walls of the kitchen, then look at the yellow color. It promotes good appetite, improves mood and dispels feelings of anxiety.

  • Green. Its shades are appropriate for both warm and cold base. In the first case, these are herbal, verdep, dark olive shades. In the second - aquamarine, jade, emerald and spring green.
  • Blue. All variations of this color go well with the cold base - turquoise, sapphire, ultramarine. A wonderful effect is given by curtains with a pattern that combines several variations of blue at once. This option is appropriate in the study, living room and bedroom.
  • Violet. Perfectly in harmony with gray. This tone is appropriate in various stylistic decisions. The main thing here is to successfully choose a shade: from richly plum to delicate wisteria.

Important! If you want to choose curtains to the gray walls of the living room, then pay attention to this combination. Such a combination will add dynamism to the room, however, the color of the textile should not be too catchy, otherwise it will press and annoy.

  • Pink and red. Although these colors are warm colors, shades such as raspberry, carmine, cherry and burgundy blend perfectly with a cool base. In the palette of pink, cold shades include pure icy pink, lilac pink, fuchsian, tea rose.

Important! When warm colors prevail in a room, you should pay attention to terracotta, peach and coral curtains to gray wallpapers.

  • Gray. Curtains of this color in combination with gray wallpaper can achieve an interesting design. However, the textiles should be strikingly lighter or darker than the base color. White and gray curtains with a contrasting pattern will draw attention to the window openings and create a cozy atmosphere in the room.
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Curtains with a picture:

  • If you want to dilute the decor with patterns and other decorative elements, then you can give free rein to your imagination. With a competent approach, garter bows and colorful ornaments have a right to exist.
  • Textile with a gray wallpaper pattern is a necessary measure, especially if the walls are plain. Floral motifs will help create a romantic atmosphere in the room, and an abstract pattern will make it stylish and elegant.

Important! The curtains for silver wallpaper can have some kind of steel pattern, while the color of the textile does not play a special role. Such a solution is appropriate for both classic design and the modern trend.

  • To gray striped wallpaper, classic plain curtains are desirable.
  • A small floral print on the wallpaper combines well with a similar, but more enlarged pattern on the curtains.
  • For a larger ornament, it is worth choosing monophonic canvases that repeat the color of the wallpaper.
  • The brilliant wall decor blends well with metallic textiles as well as mother-of-pearl accessories.

Important! Small flowers on the curtains do not combine with a large print on the walls. If the ornament on the wallpaper and textile is selected the same, then the background must be different.

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Thinking over the design of the room, remember that an abundance of decor can spoil the main idea. Sometimes the fabric itself or some interesting drapery in itself is a sufficient decoration. Therefore, choosing curtains to gray walls, give preference to non-marking types of fabric on which dust will not lay down.

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