Make your ordinary room into an extraordinary room. Creating a feature wall is exemplary without breaking the bank. The feature wall is a wall that you single out as the focal point of the room, such that is lifts the appearance of the whole room. Also, it is an economical way to renovate.
First, you have to choose the wall you want to make a focal point or feature wall. To make a wall as a feature, it has to be a blank wall that is which doesn’t have any doors or windows or any such distracting features. You can take the largest wall in-room or the first wall you see when you walk into the room. Or it can also be a wall that seems to be lost in the background and need highlighting.
Characteristics of Feature Wall:
The feature wall stands out dramatically from all other walls in the room. This wall attracts attention and also is a piece of admiration. Choosing the materials, lighting, color, textures are all of paramount importance. Here are some materials for the feature wall:
Paint:
Paint the feature wall in contrast color from the rest of the walls in the room. Choose the color carefully. This is because it will be difficult to make a perfectly clean line down the vertical corner, and light imperfections may catch the eye.
It’s better to paint walls with outward-facing opposing walls than inward-facing walls.
Wallpaper: it’s made a huge comeback and makes an ideal feature wall. Available in the market are amazing wallpapers and great design and texture as well. Choose subtle or bold, depending as per your background and contrast. Examples:
Bamboo stalks against the subtle background
Vibrant tropical garden
Multi-colored wallpaper
Veneer Wall:
This allows you to use roughhewn, irregular stones and exotic timbers, brick veneer, manufactured stone veneer, etc.
Natural Stone Walls:
This can stand out beautifully. Natural fissures and cavities can highlight a feature wall. Rough cut or unpolished stones can give rustic charm.
A feature wall can be made from any of the material and can be an amalgamation of many of these materials along with Soft Led lighting to highlight it.