A bit about molding, ideas and materials
The creation of corner and wall moldings has become one of the "cornerstones" of baroque and rococo, which we consider to be the most luxurious in terms of decorative styles. These ornaments have many special names: bas-reliefs, belts, meanders, bumps, capitals and fillets. The idea of overhead decorative details was born precisely from classical architecture.
Moldings, a product of modern building technologies, are used by everyone who knows how to decorate an interior. In translation from English "molding" means "casting, casting a detail".On the one hand, this is a characteristic of manufacturing techniques for decorative overlaid elements, and on the other hand, the closest in meaning term to the ancient word "stucco molding."The most popular and common polyurethane moldings are produced on special machines by foaming in molds.
The polyurethane itself is hard, like a tree, and is also unplastic. The foamed structure is covered with a dense plastic "crust"( depending on the shape, the surface can be smooth, rough or textured "under the tree").The technology of mixing polyurethane with rubber makes it possible to produce flexible moldings necessary for creating complex geometric shapes.
The only drawback of foamed polyurethane is its sensitivity to ultraviolet light. Manufacturers cover products with special "UV-protectors" compounds. Moldings made of polyurethane can be covered with synthetic paints - imitations "for gold and silver", artificially aged "under patina".
Moldings in the interior: "your style" or the classic
Interior of living rooms and reception rooms
What can be done if a variety of pictures and profiles of the moldings run out of your eyes? Fantasy tells us to design each room in an individual style. Imagine that the living room will be in the style of the "neoclassic": strict straight lines familiar to the architecture of St. Petersburg, modest bends of the corners - a half-arc. In this situation, I myself want to wear a tuxedo.
Moldings in the interior of the living room will perform two roles: wall panels( pasted onto the wall in the form of a frame molding creates the appearance of a separate panel) and trim for doors and windows. If you create a "pseudo-fireplace" - a stand for photos and flowers, then it will attract the eye as the center of the room. For such "sculptures" there are special sets of parts with a solid shelf made of artificial stone or wood.
Decorative moldings for walls are created not only with a simple pattern. This can be extremely difficult by the number of details bas-reliefs in the style of "rococo".Wall decoration with photo wallpapers and moldings creates a complete composition. Agree, the photo without a frame does not look. And to create a luxurious frame from the décor is possible only for an equally beautiful painting. Therefore, you can make wallpaper to order.
Moldings on the ceiling can be laid out in any patterns, especially if you use flexible elements and sockets - moldings for fixtures. You can use the decorative elements to create the illusion of increasing the room in size. Longitudinal strips on the ceiling make the room visually longer, and the transversely located "panels", on the contrary, make wider.
Interior of interior rooms
The interior of the bedrooms must be relaxed. Warm colors of walls and furniture, muted lighting without directional beams contribute to a sound sleep. Silk colored wallpaper with moldings, painted in the same color, will create a cozy atmosphere in the interior of the bedroom.
Made in a certain style, the interior will transfer the owner in the era in which he dreams the most interesting dreams. For the overall picture, a careful selection of all elements of decor and furnishings will be required. And the finishing of walls and ceiling with moldings as nothing else will create a three-dimensional frame for the picture where you are inside.
How to work with moldings?
Every detail of the interior performs several functions, and decorative only one of them. The use of three-dimensional details makes the flat walls and the ceiling visually "multilayered".Creating a certain pattern distorts the perspective, sliding the walls or removing objects from the viewer. A wide molding visually reduces the object, hides its main dimensions.
Moldings are also used to create boundaries that separate the room into functional areas. A large room can be divided into two small ones, without erecting a wall, it is enough to change the color scale. In the same will help decorative jewelry in different styles. Imagine a room looking at one corner of which from the other, you feel the movement "in space and time."
Artistic jewelry performs another, quite utilitarian, function: they hide the defects of surfaces, distract the attention. One only is not subject to very direct moldings - to hide the unevenness of walls and ceiling. But flexible, containing rubber, can cope with this problem.
To work with polyurethane decor elements is very simple: the foam plastic is perfectly cut with a knife and a fine-toothed saw on wood. For a smooth cutting of the corners requires a certain skill and a simple tool - a chair. You can make it yourself from several wooden racks or buy in a store of construction tools. To wallpaper or smooth surfaces light elements are glued with building glue "liquid nails".Quick-drying glue perfectly holds moldings for several years, until you want to change the situation.
