Cladding, house design: tiles and siding

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Facing tile in facade design

We are used to using ceramic tiles mainly for decorating kitchens and bathrooms. Today, its range is such that, facing tiles for design with the desired pattern or texture, there is almost any room.
Moreover, ceramic tile lining, design and installation methods are so diverse that rooms with such finishes look solid, elegant, and even stylish. The same can be said about siding panels.
In this article we will talk about how these materials are used in the decoration of facades and interior design.

Ceramic paradise

Besides that ceramic tile It has exceptional water resistance, it is also very durable. If there were no violations of the technology of its laying, then the strength of the surface lined with tiles, especially clinker, far exceeds the performance of concrete.
So:

• A tile that is not subject to any deformation is also a refractory material. These properties allow you to perform, among other types of finishes, the design of the lining of stoves and fireplaces, as in the picture below.

Fireplace Tiled Design

• Appearance, physical and mechanical properties, and, accordingly, the scope of application of one or another sort of tile, depend on the technology of its production. There are products that undergo the firing procedure once, there is a tile that is fired twice.
  The price of double fired tiles is higher, because after that it becomes more durable and waterproof.
• Before the first firing, the ceramic tiles are glazed, and before the second - they are also covered with enamel. Various variations of the components in the composition of the raw material, in the production of this material, allow you to get a completely different result.
  Namely, a different density coefficient, on which other properties depend.

Design: ceramic tiling in a cafe

• Well, the design of the facing tiles is simply amazing. Currently, there are options not only for any colors, but also with all kinds of textures.
  Tiles can be styled for almost all known natural materials: wood, leather, various types of stone, brick, fabric.
• You can verify this by looking at the photo above. Fragment shown here cafe finisheswhere the wall, and even the pedestal, is faced with ceramic tiles with unusual colors.
  The drawing on it depicts a log of wood in miniature. Such a coloring is able to decorate any interior, and would look great in the house, on the wall adjacent to the fireplace, or in the kitchen.

Tiling: living room design

• The design of the tiling of the floor and walls of the room may be such that you do not even understand that it is ceramic. See for yourself: in the example above, the tile resembles a parquet board: not only in texture, but also in configuration.
  This is what allows her to participate in the decor of such a room as a living room.
• Stone wall cladding is now very popular: both on the front side of the building and in the interiors of rooms. And manufacturers always react very sensitively to consumer demand, and, for their part, offer new products.
• One of such proposals is ceramic tile, stylized as textures of various types of natural stone. Including, there are frost-resistant options used for cladding facades.

Stone-styled tile

• Our next example shows facade decoration, the design of which is made by ceramic tiles imitating the surface of a stone called sandstone.The porch and steps of this house are also tiled, but not ceramic, but porcelain.
• By the way, porcelain stoneware is practically inferior in strength to traditional ceramic tiles, but it has a lower cost. That is why it is more often used for facing facades, flights of stairs, porches.
  This is a relatively new material, and in the assortment is significantly inferior to ceramic tiles.

House Design: Living Room Cladding

• In interior finishes, porcelain tiles are most often used as flooring. Look at the image above.
  Here, in the interior design of the living room, two types of tiles were used: porcelain tiles on the floor, and ceramic tiles imitating the walls decorative brick.
• Such a choice of tiles for wall decoration, gives practical benefits. After all, the brick has a solid weight, and if they wall the entire height, the load on the foundation will be significant.
  And the tile solves this problem, not at all inferior to the brick in decorativeness.
• As for the floor, its design with tiles can be the main decoration of the interior of the room. Design is not just a continuous laying of one type of tile.
  To create a beautiful coating, you need to think through a drawing well, draw up a scheme for laying fragments and calculate the required number of tiles of a certain color.

A panel in the form of a carpet on the living room floor

• After all, the panel is laid out not only from mosaic tiles or small typesetting mosaics. Fragments of the picture can serve as a seamless smooth tile of the usual format, but with different colors, or patterns.
  A great example of flooring design is shown in the picture above.
• As you can see, the “carpet” on the floor is made of tiles of the same format and quality as the rest of the coating, but using contrasting colors. Everything harmonizes perfectly in shades, including the small tiled decor, depicting the fringe of the carpet on this panel.
• Please note that the rectangular image of the carpet is parallel to the walls, while the rest of the tiles are laid diagonally. It is this technique that creates the impression that there is a carpet on the floor. Something similar can be thought up on the wall.

Patchwork style bathroom

• Room decoration in any architectural style can be made not only in residential premises, but also in the bathroom. The patchwork style is a kind of mosaic, reminiscent of a colorful patchwork quilt. It is very suitable for the bathroom.
• Fortunately, you can pick up tiles for such panels in any store from the leftovers, and you don’t have to buy each type of packaging.
  It is enough in this manner to wall only one wall, and your bathroom will acquire a bright and cheerful interior. The main thing is to correctly calculate how many and what tiles will be required for this fragment of the wall.

Hi-tech bathroom

• Modern architectural styles, such as fusion, hi-tech and minimalism, often involve the use of avant-garde colors in the interior. And the bathroom is no exception.
  And there is always a ceramic tile with the right shade.
• Using the example above, the design of the wall cladding with tiles is made in high-tech style. As this happens most often, the emphasis in the interior is on the contrasting combination, and the light gray and bright lilac shades are in perfect harmony with each other.

Particularly eye-catching are several elegant panels with a floral theme. Such a bathroom cannot but like - try to do something similar with your own hands!
A panel with a picture is usually sold in a set, assembly instructions are attached to it, so that there will be no difficulties. The main thing is to adhere strictly to the technology, and not to spoil a single tile with a fragment of the picture.

Siding in the design of houses

Siding wall decoration technology is a frame paneling with a lock.The most familiar for us are siding panels with a long rail configuration.

Front design option: siding cladding

• In our country, they are used to decorate facades for just over twenty years. Over time, in the building materials market, new offers from manufacturers appear.
  And today, the design of cladding siding is often performed not only outside but also inside buildings.
• According to the type of material, which is the basis for the production of panels, there are several types of siding: metal, vinyl, wood, fiber-cement, ceramic. And the configuration of such panels can be different: both in the form of a square or rectangular panel, and in the form of an element that looks like a tile.

Metal and ceramic siding panels

• In addition, the surface of the siding panels can be not only painted, but also have a polymer coating. And polymers, as you know, not only extend the service life of products, but also allow you to get any color, or texture on their front.
• In fairness, I must say that there are bilateral options, where each side of the panel is the front. This diversity allows you to create an individual design of the cladding of houses, and the buildings do not look like test tube twins.

Design of the cladding of the house with wood siding: facade

• All types of siding are used for ventilated facades, which can be either insulated or without insulation. Our site has articles and videos on this topic.
  In them you will receive detailed information about the technology for the production of heat-insulating works and facade cladding. By the way, porcelain tiles can also be used in the ventilated facade.
• As for the lining of the premises. Of all the above types of siding, for internal work, most often, PVC siding is used, which we call a plastic lining.
  From the budget options for plastic panels, PVC siding is distinguished by the quality of the plastic, and the presence of castle, and not groove-ridged joints.

PVC siding in the kitchen

• According to the same criteria, wooden siding panels differ from the lining boards that are more familiar to us. And if other types of siding are used mainly for cladding balconies, loggias, basements and attics, then wooden panels fit perfectly into any other room in the house.
• In our example, the bottom, the design of the cladding siding the house from the inside, made using wood panels. Unlike lining, they can be mounted not end-to-end, but with a gap, which makes the surface of the lining more interesting.
  With this installation method, due to the peculiar perforation, the sound insulation of the room is improved.

Wooden siding in the design of the room

• In this case, wooden siding panels are lined with a common room on the first floor of the cottage, combining the functions of the lobby and living room. Everything is original in this interior: from a mustard green shade of siding to a glossy black ceiling with white ringlets.
  It is immediately clear that the designer worked on its design.

Such creative thinking is not inherent in every person, but many have a good imagination. Sometimes you just need an idea: browse options, modify them, add something of your own.
And who knows, maybe the interior of your house will turn out even more attractive and original.