37 Original and Trendy Wall Decorating Ideas
Wallpaper, frames, posters, mirrors… Plenty of different ways to decorate your walls! with a little imagination and some original pieces, you can create the interior trend you dream of without necessarily spending all of your budgets on it.
Living room
A world map made of metal to display your travel souvenirs.
Rather than letting your travel photos die in a box, post them on the wall. This 100% personalized decoration allows you to rediscover your most beautiful everyday memories.
Hook your picture frames around the metal world map, and link the elements together with a simple grey or black tape.
Scrabble letters to pass a message
Whether DIY or bought on the Internet, Scrabble letters bring fun and unusual style to your walls. Keep their use limited to short enough words, so that they have an impact and that the decoration is not overloaded.
Wallpaper for creating a unique painting
Over a fireplace, to cover a large wall, or simply by placing it in a framed area, the wallpaper – especially if it is very graphic – becomes a truly unique piece of art. Prefer trendy motifs such as vegetal, tropical.
Antique floral prints to give a vintage touch to your living room.
Shop or go to antique bookstores to buy old botany engravings. Surround and create a wall devoted to plants in your living room, to create a decoration inspired by nature.
A plant garden wall to bring wildlife to your home.
A garden wall is an excellent idea to bring natural beauty inside, especially if you live in an urban area. To enhance it, choose a place in your living room to create it.
There’s no need to cover all the walls around your living room with green plants! If you don’t have a green thumb, create a green wall with artificial plants.
A mystical atmosphere
Witchcraft is making a comeback in the last few months, in fashion, literature, and interior design. Salt lamps, incense, curtains …
These new-age items combine perfectly with a wall decoration highlighting symbols and lucky charms such as the eyes, the stages of the moon, or the stars.
Kitchen
Metal basket to store fruits and vegetables
For a small kitchen, use the wall space to attach beautiful and functional wall decorations.
For example, a fruit basket can bring some color to the room when it is filled with fresh fruits and vegetables, but also to keep them close to hand at all times.
Wooden kitchen tools for a rustic kitchen decoration
In your kitchen, choose a wall decoration that matches the room and its purpose.
Mix wooden spoons with cooking posters or glazed plates to create a rustic or vintage decoration in this part of the house.
Storage jars to turn your kitchen into a grocery store
There are more and more emulators of packaging in bulk. This trend of more ecological consumption can become a real decorative element if you place these foods inside glass jars or earthenware pots. Arrange them on open shelves to create a grocery-style kitchen.
Bedroom
A light curtain style garland for a luminous headboard
Place a large curtain-type light garland over the bed, suitable for indoor use. This colorful wall decoration also provides a softened light in the room, ideal for relaxing and sleeping.
A Sticker to make your partner get the message each night
Wall stickers are a practical and inexpensive solution to decorate your walls without the need to redo everything. Message stickers are very trendy, as long as you choose a hand-written type that is unique and original compared to the simple sticker.
Straw hats for decorating your room in a country style
Country, rustic, farm life… Very trendy decoration styles these last years. And quite simple to reproduce, no matter if you live in the city or a more rural environment.
You could add light-colored furniture and walls to your room using country objects such as straw hats, baskets, dried flowers in vases like iron pots, etc.
A wire grid to make a frame support
Take your ideas from industrial and urban furniture to design the master bedroom. Grids can be used to dress a wall above the bed to define the sleeping space.
It’s also a convenient way to hang frames inside a room without piercing the wall many times. Use hooks to attach frames containing posters or illustrations. Change them according to your desires without breaking out the drill!
Hanging baskets to provide extra storage in a small room
The decorative objects made of plant-based materials have been trendy in recent years. One of them is baskets which are both decorative and very useful for storing.
Fixed to the wall, they make it easy to create extra storage space in a small room to store lightweight objects such as accessories scarves, headscarves, bags or bed linen blankets, small cushions, etc.
Dried flowers to create a pastoral wall
You can have dried flowers at home in vases, as a bouquet, well you can also use them as a wall decoration. On a section of wall, above or in front of a bed, stick one by one the dried flowers with some masking tape which leaves no marks on the wall. Use colorful flowers to brighten up your room’s decoration.
Kids room
Metal shelves to create an original bookcase
Not all libraries are attractive to children. Stored in a metal basket shelf, books are easier to catch. A metal shelf, a little industrial in design, adds a vintage touch to your children’s room.
A pop lighting for a modern touch in a classic room
Wall lights, such as wall sconces or nightlights, provide both a decorative element and a soft light to comfort your child at night.
To keep your wall decoration trendy, try to create a nice balance, especially if you’ve decorated your children’s room in a very classic style.
A climbing wall to create a play area
This is one of the children’s favorite activities: climbing from everywhere. What if you put a real climbing wall in the bedroom, so they can climb safely? Build your wall with climbing wall kits that contain climbing brackets and holds, and don’t forget to include something like cushions so that your child won’t get hurt if he falls.
Bathroom
A wall full of frames for an ambiance of curiosity cabinet style
Bathrooms and washrooms in general are often forgotten when it comes to wall decoration. Yet, there are some great ideas for creating a unique atmosphere in those rooms in the house that are just as frequent as any other room in the house.
Try accumulating frames, posters, and other prints in these rooms to create an original wall decoration that is sure to surprise your guests…
Several designs to create a pop and colorful bathroom
The bathroom decoration is traditionally quite classical. White walls, faience, wood here and there… How about daring patterns and color in the bathroom? Small or big, this type of pop and graphic decoration immediately brings a good mood!
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