Stylish interior: bamboo finish

Gusevsky Andrey Anatolyevich

Japanese Style Bamboo

For lovers of natural materials, bamboo for interior decoration is just a godsend. This material can be said to be universal.
He is not afraid of moisture, nor high temperatures, nor ultraviolet radiation. Therefore, bamboo decoration can be made not only indoors, but also on the surface of the facade of the house.

Types of Bamboo Materials

In the market of finishing materials, bamboo is presented in various forms. These are bamboo stems, and parquet, floor and wall coverings, wallpaper, ceiling panels, blinds.
The interior, decorated with their help, just can not help but like. After all, bamboo is an environmentally friendly material having an interesting texture.

Bamboo stalks

Bamboo has a fairly high strength, so it is used not only for finishes, but also constructively. Summer verandas and gazebos are erected from its stems.
This wonderful natural material is also used in furniture production.

Summer bamboo kitchen

So:

• When it comes to the use of bamboo stems, it should be noted that they are entirely used only in construction. When produced wall decoration bamboo, each stalk must be split in half.
• It is quite easy to do this with an ordinary knife. The stem is pricked along its entire length into two even halves.
  This allows you to glue it to any surface using ordinary PVA glue, and without any problems do it yourself and decorate walls and ceilings. It is easy to guess: since bamboo is so easy to split, then you can not use nails to fasten it.

Ceiling decor with bamboo stems

• When you want to make a hole in the stem, it is burned. By the way, the burnt bamboo surface is one of the varieties of its decoration, along with coating with protective compounds.
  After all, bamboo, like wood, needs antiseptic treatment.
• The diameter of the bamboo stalks can be completely different: finger-thick or up to 13-15 cm. Creating decorative coverings and panels from them, hemp or palm twines are often used to connect.

Rope joints on bamboo stalks

• If the halves of the stem are made of wall cladding, then its quarters perfectly replace the baseboard. Creating the atmosphere of the jungle, designers often use such techniques in wall design in tropical or african style.
  Although, bamboo fits perfectly into other styles: minimalism, Japanese, fusion.

Perhaps you are interested in the technology of decorating the premises with bamboo stems, and want to independently perform such a decor. In this case, watch the video - it is always better than any instruction.

Bamboo flooring

The popularity of this plant, as a finishing material, is steadily increasing - there are more and more new materials based on bamboo. In Thailand, which is their main producer, a new style of interior design has arisen, and it is called the "Bamboo Path".

Wall decoration with bamboo panels

So:

• Interior decoration in this style is carried out not only by bamboo stems and materials produced on their basis, but also by palm leaves. One of the most used finishing materials from bamboo is various wall coverings: both rolled, and in the form of panels, in appearance resembling a mat.
• Wall and ceiling panels are produced by hot pressing from bamboo tow with acrylic impregnation. They can have different types of weaving, from two to seven layers, and several variations of sizes.

False ceiling with bamboo modules

• Most ceiling tiles have a size of 60 * 60 cm, which is standard for cassette ceilings. So, these panels can not only be glued to the ceiling, but also used in the device of a false ceiling.
• Bamboo for wall decoration, is available in the form of panels of various thicknesses, size 1 * 1.9m or 1.22 * 2.44m. They can perform continuous cladding, or use only one wall for decoration.
• Such panels are cut quite easily. If they are thin, then ordinary scissors or a clerical knife are enough.
  For thick plates you will need metal scissors. Fastening the joints of the wall covering can be done with a furniture stapler.
• Incredibly interesting and varied bamboo wallpaper. In their production, different parts of the plant are used, which gives a completely different result.
  The most popular are wallpapers from the outside of bamboo. That is, its upper, green layer, fixed on a fabric basis.

Wallpaper from the outside of bamboo

• The photo above shows an example. decorative wall decoration such wallpaper. Combined with wood panels, it turned out beautifully, didn't it?
  The surface of the wallpaper from the outer part of the bamboo is always heterogeneous: both in color and in texture.
• On it you can see bamboo rings, small scratches that appear on the plant during the growth period. It is this heterogeneity that testifies to the natural origin of the material.
• The front side of such wallpaper is covered with a special wax layer. Therefore, this wall covering does not need additional protection, in the form of antiseptic impregnation or varnish.
• By color, it can have only a few shades: vanilla yellow, pistachio, green. If stems were fired, the color of the wallpaper may have a chocolate color.

Wall design with bamboo wallpaper

• There is another type of bamboo wallpaper. They are made not from the outside, but from the inside of the trunk.
  The price of this type of wallpaper is slightly lower. Their surface is smoother and more even, as it is ground during production.
• Wallpaper from the inside of the bamboo stalk varnishes, stains, tones. This gives a wider range of shades.
  To achieve a good aesthetic effect in wall design, various types of bamboo wallpapers are often combined. It looks something like the image above.

Eco panels from bamboo in the design of the bedroom

• Room decoration bamboo may look very different. Indeed, bamboo, among other raw materials of plant origin, is used in the production of bulk eco-panels.
  They are incredibly elegant, have a diverse relief with the 3D effect, and are used in modern design to create an emphasis on one wall.

The surface of volumetric panels can be painted by choosing a shade that is most suitable for the interior. It is simply impossible to take your eyes off a wall or niche finished with eco panels with good lighting.
Why don’t you adopt such an idea? And we wish you a successful implementation of any option that you consider necessary to choose for the interior design of your home.