For the design of the walls, two types of finishing materials are most often used - wallpaper and paint. Moreover, the paint, once lost its popularity, reaches it again. All because new compositions appeared, which look beautifully, are easily applied, do not smell, many are clean and do not lose attractiveness for a long time. At the same time, the painting of walls in the kitchen occupies a much less time than pasting wallpaper, but it looks at least, no worse.

What paint and why

The kitchen is a room in which the likelihood of the appearance of spots is large. Moreover, their nature may be the most different. It can be spots of fat, any caustic substances, juices and sauces with a bright color. Hence the main requirement when choosing paint - it should wash well.

For these requirements, special washable paints are suitable (Tikkurila Remontti Assa, Teknos Biora Balance), creating a dense film on the surface. These paints are made on the basis of latex or acrylic, they are an aqueous dispersion, that is, almost not smell. You can wash with brushes, and some even using abrasive substances (Dulux Realife, Dulux Diamond Matt, Tikkurila Luja 40, Johnstones Acrylic Eggshell).

It is even better that the walls are coated with anti-vandal or resistant paints. They are withstanding several thousand washing cycles with detergents (Johnstones Acrylic Durable Matt, Johnstones Anti-Mold Acrylic, Teknos Timantti 40, Novatic Farbe, Novatic Inntentex Matt).

A little about the type of surface, which is obtained after painting walls. Spots from glossy surfaces are best laundered, worse than everything - with matte. The matte surface is obtained by an inhomogeneous, porous structure. In these heterogeneities, a pollutant is clogged and it is harder to laugh (there are rare exceptions - Dulux Diamond Matt). Therefore, on the walls that you often have to wash, it is better to use glossy, semi-units or at least half-one.

Preparation of the foundation

Some acrylic, acrylate and latex paints have good covers, due to which small defects can do invisible. But, basically, good preparation is required - the walls first, then before getting an ideally flat plane. To obtain a reliable base on a layer of starting putty, fiberglass is pasted - web. It serves to reinforce the base. After drying the glue on the "Cleafder" walls align the finish putty and finally grind.

Painting walls in the kitchen with glossy or semi-tales requires very smooth walls: the gloss reveals even the most minor irregularities. To obtain a good result, pay a maximum attention to this issue. Drop all irregularities using a LED lamp. She really denotes all irregularities.

To paint lay down exactly, the walls are ground. The composition is selected depending on the type of paint: under the latex needed its primer, under acrylic - its own. This stage lines the absorbency of the base, which reduces the flow rate of not at all cheap paint. In the surface covered, the surface it is absorbed in the same quantity, it turns out a beautiful smooth coating.

Even if the painted wall is specifically made uneven - brickwork or other similar embossed surfaces - primer is desirable. It still improves the adhesion with the base, the paint is better falling, keeps hard, does not peel.

Color selection

It is not easy to solve which color to paint the walls in the kitchen. The choice of colors and shades is very wide, many firms offer to smoke the composition on corporate equipment to one of the colors of RAL, and this is more than 200 shades. In addition, special shades can be created - metallic, sparkles, and the like. If we consider that painting walls in the kitchen can be non-unique - stripes, geometric and floral patterns, ornaments, painting and any other, the number of options strive for infinity. However, first it is necessary to choose the basic color of the walls in the kitchen. When choosing a dominant color there are two approaches:

When choosing a color should be remembered about the effect of it on the emotional state of the person. Red - the color of danger, speeds up the work of all body systems. It is long in such a room tedious. If you crave activity - you can choose it, or softer on the effects of orange. If you need relaxation - something more calm is required. For example, green and its shades. It creates a calm atmosphere, and so that it is not so boring, you can add yellow. With him green becomes more active.

Brown creates a feeling of stability, but you should not use too dark shades - it will be too gloomy. Black in pure form suppresses, but as a "additive" to all winding makes the interior more dynamic. It is good in small doses.

Can't solve what color to paint the walls of the kitchen? Choose gray, white or beige - perfect for bright facades of kitchen headcards

White, gray, beige - it is ideal "background" shades that allow you to highlight brighter interior items without overloading it. That is why the painting of walls in the kitchen in these tones are used where the facades are decorated in juicy colors.

Technology Painting

The exact order of applying paint depends on the type of binder and the base, affects the effect that you want to receive. But there are general moments:

When the painting of walls in the kitchen is over, do not rush to test how well the paint you choose is. First read the instructions carefully. Some of the compositions acquire their operational characteristics only a month after applying. So it is not worth a hurry.

All of the above is true for all types of paint - water dispersive acrylic, latex. But, before starting work, carefully read the manufacturer's recommendations. If there are different recommendations, you need to perform them.

Kitchen wall painting options - Photo

Not so long ago, the third tendency appeared - painting the walls in the kitchen in two colors. Color-companions are selected. It can be shades of one color - dark and light, can - contrast or combined. If you want to pick up different colors, use the design tables of the combination of colors.

In any case, the most popular trend is the color of one wall in another color. This allows you to clearly designate accents. In the kitchen, it is usually a wall, near which is a dining table, but not necessarily.

Gray - background color and bright green - as an emphasis wall contrasting colors - green and lilac in one kitchen

Striped walls in the kitchen

Another option is to apply the strips of another color. More often - vertical stripes, which helps visually "lift" the ceiling. They are usually different widths, located at different distances from each other, but it is far from canon. Options are different. Several - in the figure below.

If you do not want a varnish, you can play with the texture of paints. The combination of gloss of gloss and matte paint of the same color give a very interesting effect. It is like a combination of velvet and satin. Looks very interesting.

The combination of white and orange - not so brightly different shades of the same color - an interesting solution

If the strips are narrow, first paint the walls in the dominant color. After drying, there are lamps of painting tape, which will serve as borders when staining in another color. After the second tint completely blocks the first, the tape is removed, they receive clear boundaries without a "transition".

Ornaments and stencils

To paint the walls in the kitchen was not boring, it can be revived by a pattern, ornament. The pattern will cope more difficult - professional skills are needed, and the application of ornaments can be easier than you think. Using stencils is quite simple. They can be made independently of tight paper, saved with scotch (so that it cuts and not rummaged), and you can buy ready-made, carved on a dense polyethylene film.

Stencils - a simpler way of wall decor for kitchen

A suitable stencil is fixed on the wall. The easiest way to do is with the help of painting scotch. Paint is applied using a regular sponge (you can use kitchen). They take a little paint on the sponge, distribute it evenly over the entire surface (a plastic plate is suitable as a palette). This "gun" is missing the wall in the slits. Since the paints are a little, it will dry quickly.

If you want to get a two-color ornament, parts that will be painted in another color Clear Scotch tape (also painted). Apply the pattern in one color, wait until the paint is driving. Clamp these parts with a scotch and add the missing part to other color.

You can choose a suitable kitchen pattern in the site directory selling ready-made stencils. They are very much in different styles. You will definitely find the one that you will like more.