How to Create an Accent Wall: 8 Professional Examples

Looking for ideas to make your interior more interesting? Try highlighting one of the walls in the room. Our selection includes striking options for creating an accent wall.

Handmade Wallpaper

In this spacious apartment, designer Anna Pavlovskaya made the dining room the focal point with a stylish and cozy design. The walls were painted in a light shade of Farrow & Ball, while one of them was decorated with handmade wallpaper featuring golden cranes. The pattern looks very elegant and adds lightness, dynamism, and a special atmosphere to the interior.

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Wall Painting

Designer Ekaterina Garashchuk created an accent wall in the bedroom of a young couple's flat. Based on her sketch, artist Irina Yudenkova painted the wall near the headboard with a mountain theme. The painting serves as a reference to the homeowners' hobbies and creates a sense of calm and relaxation in the room.

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Wall Panels

For the bedroom, designer Malika Nurjan proposed a beautiful blue color. The headboard wall was decorated with wall panels, giving it the appearance of chocolate tile. The panel layout was aligned with the placement of the bed and nightstands, creating symmetry that evokes classic design and adds order to the interior.

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Ceramic Tile + Wooden Strips

One of the living room walls was made into an accent wall by designer Aleksey Samotayev. He used large-format black ceramic tile and complemented it with decorative wooden strips. This combination of finishing materials gives the interior a sense of strictness and comfort simultaneously.

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Lincrusta Panel

Originally, designer Anastasia Kholopcheva planned to decorate the wall behind the headboard with a custom-made gypsum relief panel. However, the budget for such an art piece was too high, so she had to find a quick alternative. The solution was a relief lincrusta panel with a pattern of convex interwoven banana leaves, which turned out elegant and unusual.

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Faux Wall Panels

In this interior, designer Tatiana Korolkova suggested creating an accent wall from soft wall panels. These were custom-made in a workshop and then assembled into one structure like a puzzle. Each soft element was built into a frame and secured to a square base. The fabric shades were chosen to match the main tone of the interior.

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Gypsum 3D Panels

To highlight the living room area, designers from the studio “Senchugov & Nechaev” used gypsum 3D panels. This geometry adds volume to the space and makes it more interesting. The accent wall looks especially striking in the evening due to artificial lighting, which makes the gypsum panels appear even more voluminous.

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Wooden and Soft Panels

Wooden panels in “American walnut” are used in the living room, hallway, and bedroom of this flat. In the bedroom, designer Olga Sharlai combines them with soft panels in “goose foot” style. This mix makes the room's atmosphere cozy and intimate.

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On the Cover: Design Project by Aleksey Samotayev