Panel on a wall of wood: how to decorate your home
Most design interiors share one drawback - the lack of warmth and home comfort. Of course, over time, the new interior will take on a familiar look and small things will appear in it that are pleasant for the owners, but only do-it-yourself decor can become a real decoration.
In this article we will tell you about how to make a panel on a wall of wood, and describe two methods for its manufacture, and you can already choose which option is closer and more pleasant to you.
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Two different wall panels
Wall panels are an element of decor designed to create thematic and semantic accents in the interior. Sometimes even the smallest panel can say more about its owner than a carefully designed design.
It is possible to make a panel from any improvised materials: paper, glass (seeGlass panel on the wall: how to make and properly hang) and even pieces of wallpaper. The soul invested in the product is much more important, and of course, a sense of style. In fact, there are no restrictions on the appearance of the panel, but we will tell you about two ways how you can make them yourself and not infringe on the family budget.
All the wooden panels presented below on the wall will not require any specific knowledge and skills from you, moreover, you will not even need an ingenious set of tools. You will probably find everything you need at home, and even if you don’t, then the price in a hardware store will be no more than a hundred rubles. So, let's start in order.
Very original and stylish wood panel on the wall, which can be made in just a few hours.
To make it, we need the following set of tools:
- Hacksaw. It is advisable to use a hacksaw with a blade for metal work. She has smaller teeth and accordingly there will be no video chipping.
- Miter box. The tool allows you to cut workpieces at an angle of 45 degrees. We need it to make a frame or baguette.
- Hot melt glue gun. By the way, you can do without it, if you use not thermal glue, but simple PVA.
- Brushes for varnish or paint. It is advisable to take brushes more expensive, since the hairs do not come out of them during work, and they do not have to, then carefully choose.
Well, that’s basically it. Although it is possible to include a drill or a puncher in this list, we will need them not for making panels, but for attaching it to the wall.
Now that we’ve figured out the tool, it’s time to prepare the materials we need, and here is a complete flight of imagination:
- Branches of different thicknesses. Tu is important that the branches be as diverse as possible. The originality and appearance of our panel will directly depend on this.
- As a basis for our panel, we need a sheet of thick cardboard or chipboard. In fact, it doesn’t matter what the substrate is made of, since it completely disappears under the decorative layer.
- Wooden slats with decorative carvings or baguette. We need them to make the frame. If you have any ideas for making it, feel free to use it. Originality is very interesting.
Advice! If you use chipboard as a substrate, and PVA as glue, use the side of the sheet that does not have a glossy finish.So the glue sticks much better, and decorative elements will not move off the base.
So, first of all, we need to make a frame. What size is your wooden panel on the wall is absolutely not important. It all depends on personal preferences.
The miter box will help to exactly cut the corner. Just lay the rail in it and use the hacksaw to cut it along the tool stops. Thanks to the miter box, the angles will be smooth, and the diagonal of the frame will be accurate.
Now we lay out the frame face down and apply glue to the joints. It will dry for a rather long time, and at the same time it is necessary to keep the parts constantly, therefore it is more convenient to use hot-melt adhesive, which hardens in just a few minutes after application.
When the frame has dried, we attach a substrate to it from the inside. This can be done with a construction stapler or small nails.
The foundation is ready, and it's time to take on the most important thing. And first of all, we need to cut nickels from branches of different sizes. It is not necessary to strictly observe the thickness of the heel, the more diverse they are, the more natural the panel will look.
First of all, we have the largest nickels on the canvas. They should not stand close to each other, it is advisable to place them in different parts of the canvas. Now we take the nickels in size smaller, and just as randomly arrange them. Lastly, there are the smallest sections that completely fill all the voids on our canvas.
Look at the work of your hands from the side. All good? Then you can start sticking them. Carefully take each patch and put glue on it, then return to its place.
After all the elements are glued, it remains only to wait until the glue dries, and as an additional decoration you can apply a layer of transparent varnish to the whole composition, which will emphasize all the nuances of the tree and make the picture glossy and shiny. That's all, our panel is ready, it remains to hang it on the wall and enjoy the result, but in the meantime we move on to the next, no less interesting option.
Panel ikebana
Ikebana - Japanese art of creating artistic compositions from various plants. Strictly speaking, our panel cannot be called ikebana, since it means a three-dimensional composition, and a wall panel is a two-dimensional composition. But this is not so important, the main thing is that we will use tree branches as materials, and such a work looks very original.
So, we need a frame or baguette. We have already described its production in the previous section, there will be nothing new here.
Any material can be used as a basis, and it can be painted to give a certain style. We will not give any advice on this subject, as well as on the placement of branches in the composition.
It all depends entirely on your imagination, but there are a few general tips and tricks that you must follow when making such a wooden panel on the wall:
- Be sure to coat the branches with paint or varnish. So they will last much longer, and most importantly they will not lose their appearance.
- If you use bark-covered branches in your composition, be sure to clean a small area on which glue will be applied. This is necessary in order to ensure reliable adhesion to the surface and so that our product simply does not crumble.
- If you decide to paint the substrate, do not use nitro paint for this.. It will quickly lose its color and the panel will peel off. A good option would be car paint in aerosol cans.
- Instead of glue, shoe nails can be used as fasteners.. They themselves are very small, and when clogged, their hats will not be visible.
Important! Never work with spray paint indoors and without personal protective equipment. It is best to go outside for this work, but if this is not possible, then at least put on a respirator and open all the windows in the house for ventilation.
As you can see, the process is very simple, but it is difficult to describe it in words, so we suggest you watch the video in this article, which shows the instructions and a master class on the manufacture of wall wooden panels.
And in conclusion
In fact, this is only a small part of what can be made of wood. A panel on a wooden wall can be so diverse that your imagination is generally unlimited. And most importantly, do not hold her back. The more extravagant your work will be, the better, the more your soul will be felt in it, and yet this is the most important thing for any work of art.
By the way, do not forget to involve your child in that process. This will not only give you the opportunity to spend time behind a joint lesson, but also help the baby feel better the process of birth of a work of art, and who knows, maybe someday he will become a famous artist, and it was you who laid the foundation for his path.