Wall panels for interior decoration

One of the walls in the living room is decorated with bright yellow decorative panels

Wall panels for interior decoration: positive and negative

Wall panels it is possible to use in any type of premises. However, to choose the most convenient for a material, you need to explore all their varieties. From whatever material was not made panels, all of them have positive and negative qualities, including:

1. In general, the low price of standard finishes, although, depending on the material, the price range can be very large.
2. Simple installation feasible for anyone who knows how to work with your hands.
3. The possibility of simultaneous warming of the walls.
4. Frame type cladding allows you to not pay too much attention to the quality of the base and allows to hide all communications.
5. A rich selection of sizes, designs and materials will satisfy all the claims.

Decorating the walls with contrasting dark gray panels

If we talk about the shortcomings inherent in all types of wall panels for interior decoration, the mind comes only that frame finishing method takes a certain amount of usable space in premises.

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Classify finishing panels can be on several parameters, including in the form of:

• Matched rails. These need to include all kinds of plastic and wood. It is the most common type, which is in the people in the name clapboard;
• tiling panel for cladding;
• sheet facing panels, which have a large surface area and well suited for finishing vast plane.

The vertical arrangement of wooden wall panels

However, more significant classification of the wall panels of the material from which they are produced:

• from different types of wood;
• Panel of plastic;
• glassware;
• panel of plates MDF;
• gypsum board;
• soft types of panels, for example, leather or cloth trimmed.

soft decorative panels on the wall in the bedroom

You can also list a lot of options, but we will dwell only on some of the most common types.

Wood panels for interior walls

Wood panels for interior walls and are used to decorate the walls and built-in furniture. This finish has a very presentable appearance. The main component of such panels is part of a particular variety of wood treated in a certain way. It may be slats or tiles with a relief selected on special woodworking machines. Wooden panels can be covered with stain, varnish or paint. Their value depends on the amount in the composition of natural wood.

The bed is located near a wall, which is decorated with wooden panels

If we consider the natural wood panels, they have the advantages that are inherent in general this natural material:

• aesthetic beauty and attractiveness;
• absolute environmental safety;
• practicality and ease of maintenance;
• easy installation;
• low degree of thermal conductivity;
• excellent sound insulation;
• strength and good operational characteristics and consumer.

wood panel in the interior of the guest room

Panels of wood can be used in virtually all types of premises except too wet. As can be noted the lack of the high cost of natural wood panels.

Useful advice!To minimize waste during finishing is necessary to consider that the length of the slatted wooden panels is 2 or 3 m, the width 80 or 88 mm. Tiled wooden panels can be custom made to any size.

original wall bar on the kitchen wall

Plastic panels under a brick for interior decoration

Today gained special popularity PVC panel. There are a significant number of their species, both in form and design. I would like to mention the plastic panels under a brick for interior decoration. The fashion for this style returns periodically, so they are almost always in demand. They often trim the wall in the hallway, in the kitchen, on the loggia or the balcony. Due to the impermeability of plastic, such panels can be often found in bathrooms and toilets. They completely cover the walls, but often only one wall or portion thereof.

Plastic panels under a brick in the interior dining room, kitchen

In general, plastic panels are very widespread. This is due to the qualities possessed by polyvinyl chloride:

• fully democratic costs;
• realistic drawing. Masonry looks like a real;
• organicity in combination with other facing materials;
• ease of installation and lack of waste and trash;
• very low weight does not load unnecessary walls;
• beautiful maintainability. Replace damaged panels quite difficult.

The combination of masonry and plastic panels in the living room decoration

As disadvantages of plastic panels called their poor environmental and fear low temperatures.

Dimensions of sheet plastic panels, which are used in the main furnish: length - 2.5 - 3 m, width - 1 - 1.5 m, thickness - 0.8 - 1 cm.

Panels made of PVC - practical and economical option

Size rack plastic panels, which are internally hollow structure with stiffening ribs may vary:

• the width of the panel 10, 25, 30 cm;
• Length: 300, 450, 600 cm;
• thickness: 5, 6, 8, 10 mm.

Useful advice!It is most convenient for the walls in an apartment to use a rack-type panel. They are attached to the crate. You need to buy rail length 3 m, a width of 25 cm and 8 cm thick.

Rack wooden panels in the design of a child's room

Wall MDF panels for interior decoration: the photo and finishes

In today's construction industry found a cheap substitute natural wood, which is not much inferior to it for its decorative qualities. This MDF. It is obtained the compact in the high temperature waste wood production. Compound synthetic substance makes the wood fibers are very strong. Such plates are used in the production of furniture. In addition, they produce MDF wall panels for interior decoration. Photos walls, decorated with this material, are no different from those covered by natural wood. However, this type of coating costs are approximately 60% lower.

Bleached wood panels fit perfectly into the Nordic interior

• no need for complicated continuous care;
• small load on the walls, because of the low weight;
• production without chemistry allows for the fact that this material can claim absolute environmental friendliness;

Dimensions MDF panels are different. It depends on the manufacturer. Most often possible to meet the product 260 cm in length, 15 to 32 cm in width, and from 7 to 14 mm in thickness.

The interior in maritime style complemented with plastic wall panels

Gypsum panels for interior decoration

The panels made of plaster, can be attributed substantially to the artificial stone. After the plaster is a natural material. Hence its positive properties:

• ecology - gypsum occupies the first place in this regard. He is perfectly safe;
• Fire safety - gypsum is not able to burn, melt or emit harmful substances when heated;
• gypsum boards for interior finishing are excellent soundproof material. They are also great at keeping you warm;
• a variety of volumetric images, the possibility of selecting colors and individual color of these panels will enliven any interior.

Decorative gypsum board in the design of office space

The disadvantages may be the following qualities:

• can not be used in wet areas;
• brittleness of the material.

More often than plaster panels decorate living rooms, decorated in a classical style, and is also used in modern forms of design.

Decorating the walls of the living room with white tile panels Type

Useful advice!If you have artistic talent, it is better to buy unpainted panel. In this case, any pattern may be implemented in any color. In addition, you can purchase form and cast gypsum panels themselves.

Whatever you choose wall panels for interior decoration, it is necessary that their material and appearance completely corresponded to the design that you want to apply in this area.

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