Border for wallpaper. What is this and for what?

It often happens that the wallpaper is selected, pasted, but something still does not have enough, some little things. But it is this little thing that does not allow the soul to calm down and just enjoy the repair. What is it? It is possible that for complete satisfaction, you need something just one small stroke - a border for wallpaper. About him and will be discussed in this article.

What is a border for wallpaper?

Curb borders are called decorative elements for interior decoration of premises. They are strips of wallpaper paper. Very often they come complete with wallpaper.

Appointment

Border wallpaper is used to give the room a finished look. Its main purpose is to create various effects when decorating rooms. Their use allows you to achieve such effects as a visual increase or decrease in the internal space. They are often used to decorate the edges of pasted wallpaper at the ceiling or near the floor. Often, such decorative elements are used to decorate walls around windows and doors. And also without them it is very difficult to do when combining wallpaper on the walls of the room, and if the combination is carried out in a horizontal plane, such elements smooth the transition well, and if in the vertical plane (dividing the interior space into two separate zones), the borders establish clear boundaries .

Kinds

In general, the border for wallpaper can have a different shape, pattern and even size. But it is customary to separate them quite differently. This is the material from which they are made. By this criterion they are divided into:

- Paper curb. This type of curbs is very easy to glue and subsequently remove. But they can not be washed, and they are short-lived.

- Textile curb. As well as textile wallpaper , these decorative elements consist of two layers: the main one in the form of thick paper and decorative of fabric material.

- Vinyl border. By analogy with vinyl wallpaper, such curbs are durable and easy to use, i.e. They can be cleaned, washed, they do not fade and do not burn out.

- Acrylic curb. By its characteristics this type of wallpaper curbs is almost identical to vinyl. The only difference is that the acrylic emulsion is applied to the curb.

How to choose

Let's figure out how to choose a curb. Wallpaper - this is the first thing that should be guided in this matter. First, the curb should be taken in the same form as the wallpaper, i.e. Acrylic, textile, vinyl or paper. Secondly, the color of the decorative element should be as close as possible to the color of the basic finishing material. And, thirdly, the drawing should also be as similar as possible, and is better identical to what is on the wallpaper.

Sticker for wallpaper curbs

1. Before you begin to glue the curb for wallpaper, you need to make sure that the surface has no flaws in the form of cracks, chips and holes. If they are, then they need to be removed.
2. If the wall is flat, then the next step is to remove all the dirt from it to ensure a good quality gluing of the materials.
3. Next, apply glue on the surface. If you took a self-adhesive border, then still apply a layer of glue, will not be superfluous.
4. Glue strips of curbs should be overlapped. If the curb for the wallpaper is glued along the wall, then it should be brought to the next wall, and then continue from the corner, then there will be no marked transitions.