How to use decorative elements for walls

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Decorative LED lamp for walls

Decorative plates for walls and other elements for their design add personality to any home, emphasize the chosen style. New technologies and the use of synthetic materials allow the interior to be made much more diverse.

The color and texture range has expanded, decorative wall tiles have become better quality, and prices are more affordable. How to decorate with decorative elements of the wall, the article will tell.

Types and possibilities of decorative elements

For decorating walls, in addition to ordinary paper wallpapers, coatings that imitate natural materials are used.

It can be:

• Leather.
• A rock.
• Ceramics.
• Stucco made of gypsum and marble (seeGypsum wall and ceiling cladding).

Due to the high strength, wear resistance, practicality and utmost ease of care, simple and voluminous decorative elements for walls have gained great popularity among the owners of their houses and apartments.

The main elements of wall decor are:

• Plaster. Such material can revive even a very boring wall. Its advantages:

1. just applied;
2. affordable price;
3. ease of use.

• Decorative sheets for walls. This is a unique opportunity to give the house additional comfort and hide existing bumps. In addition, panels of sheets additionally insulate the room, absorb noise.
• Ceramic tile remains a popular type of decor for a long time. The variety of color solutions allows you to choose your favorite shade and decorate the walls, embodying the most daring solutions.

How to use polyurethane decorative elements

Tip: To design a spectacular and memorable interior, do not spend a lot of money.

Stucco on the wall

Polyurethane stucco molding can be the best option for decorating the walls of the room, because of its unique qualities:

• High strength: purchasing columns or arches from polyurethane (seeArch in the apartment: transformation into a decorative design), you can be sure - they will not break, from time to time they will not crumble and do not deform. The ceiling cornice used for hidden illumination will not melt, it will remain snow-white, and the ceiling socket, arranged under the chandelier, will not crumble, and then fall out in pieces, like stucco molding from plaster.
• Good flexibility. Polyurethane products can go around any corner.

Tip: Cornices, skirting boards and moldings should not be measured, cut, and then joined. You just need to make a picture, while the material will not break.

• Resistance from external influences: platbands for windows, capitals of columns, and other details can also be used outside the house, decorating its external facades.

Features of using a decorative baguette

A decorative baguette for walls is just a decor element, designed to emphasize or highlight a separate element, for example, a jamb of a doorway, or the entire room, for example, one room or an apartment completely.

There are two main techniques for mounting a baguette:

• Frame.
• Closed loop.

Wooden baguette on the wall

By the type of material used for manufacturing, baguettes can be:

• Metal, most often aluminum.
• Wooden.
• Plastic.
• Gypsum.

At the location of the product are:

• Wall
• Ceiling.

The width of the structure:

• Narrow.
• Wide.

Wooden arch made of baguette

Tip: When choosing a baguette design, you should adhere to a certain design technique that allows you to determine the thickness of the product in different rooms. With high ceilings, slats should be used wide, and with standard ceilings, up to three meters - narrow.

Features of the wall border

Decorative border for walls is used to decorate the interior.

The part is installed at the joints:

• Wall and ceiling.
• Walls and floors.

Element installation height can be any. This product can be distinguished:

• Window and door openings.
• Mirrors
• Niches.
• All kinds of interesting home decoration.

The border on the wall in the bedroom

Materials for borders can be:

• Paper. This is the cheapest material. You can buy it in rolls or ready-made stickers. The disadvantage of such a decorative element is its flatness. But, with the right selection of the product according to the color and texture of the wallpaper, the border will look quite attractive (seeHow is the wallpaper border sticker).
• Gypsum. It features a long preservation of its original elegant look. It is an environmentally friendly material, suitable for use in rooms with different humidity and temperature. On it, you can make fantastic drawings, which perfectly read all the nuances of the relief.
• Wood. These are the most expensive products of this type. Their cost depends on the selected complexity of the pattern and wood species taken for the manufacture of borders. They are best installed in homes where wood is widely used in interior decoration.
• Polyurethane. This is a good budget replacement for gypsum products. They are carried out with a simple relief, are easily painted and mounted, have a high level of strength, do not burn.
• Styrofoam. It is notable for low cost, easy installation, but the lack of material is too soft, which makes it susceptible to dents and damage. The choice of decor of this type of borders is quite limited.

Features and varieties of moldings for walls

Decorative moldings for walls are decorative trims covering the gap or connecting different materials.

These include the following:

• Platbands for doors and windows, which can be used to decorate the fit areas of a window or door frame with a wall.
• Skirting boards provide beautiful transitions between wall surfaces and the floor.
• Ceiling skirting boards have a similar purpose with flooring, but are mounted at the top of the wall.
• Wall baguettes allow you to create decorative patterns on the walls, as in the photo.

Decorative molding on the wall

• You can use them for the manufacture of panels, the separation of different in properties and structure of decorative materials for walls.
• All kinds of corners used to decorate the connection areas of various planes of walls in the room.

How to use decorative varnishes and wax on the walls

Decorative wall polish, like wax, is a topcoat that allows you to create additional effects and protect the finished coating from damage during use.

Such materials can additionally:

• Tint.
• Create a matte or glossy surface on them.
• To emphasize the texture of the walls, while remaining invisible.

Decorative wax for walls

How to make a decorative roller for wall decoration

A decorative wall roller is very often used for finishing work using structural plaster. To save money, such a tool can be done with your own hands, and wall cladding can be done independently, with high quality, and most importantly to your liking.

Instructions for the modernization of the decorative roller, offers:

• Prepare:

1. old foam roller;
2. clothesline, about 50 centimeters long;
3. plastic bag;
4. knife;
5. scissors;
6. Scotch.

Tip: After manufacturing such a product, it should be tested on the wall with coated decorative plaster and choose the appropriate option.

• To create a decorative pattern, a clothesline or cord is carefully wound around the old roller. Their thickness determines the type of pattern on the wall with a distinct rhythm, which can be adjusted by the number of passes, pitch of turns and their direction. An unusual pattern is obtained from the depressions located on the roller.
• You can use an old foam roller, on the foam of which to apply a patterned image with bulges. For this:

1. cuts are made with a knife;
2. holes of any diameter are cut with scissors.

A wide bulge that will appear from the thickness of the cutout will build the pattern.

• A textured roller can be made by wearing a soft sleeve neatly rewound with thread.

Any roller on the finishing layer of plaster coating can add original shape to the walls and completely change the interior of the room. In the absence of the old roller, you can easily make a new one yourself.

Accessories for making a roller

On the image:

• 1 - general view of the product.
• 2 - an axis with nuts and washers.
• 3 - sleeve or tube for soft coating.
• 4 - a mill.
• 5 - a coating of foam.

The order of manufacturing design:

• The base is being made - a cylinder. You can use for it:

1. rolling pin for the test. A hole is drilled in it along the entire length, a wire or a metal bar, curved in the form of a handle, or a handle from an old roller is inserted;
2. plastic pipe with a diameter of 5 centimeters. The side openings are closed with plastic plugs seated on the glue. In the plugs are made holes for the handle;
3. in the presence of a lathe, the roller can be machined from any material and a handle can be mounted on it.

• A cord is wound arbitrarily on the base, which will create an original relief pattern, the only one in its execution.
• When wrapping a plastic bag, a regular vegetable net, which are fastened with tape with tape, you can get an image with winding folds on the wall.

How to make a roller for wall decoration, which decorative elements can be used for walls, shows the video in this article.