Interior arches - a very original way to decorate your interior. The arched doorway always attracts, someone has an association with a triumphal arch, for someone it's an entrance to the grotto or a mysterious cave. The one who makes an arched doorway in his apartment, gets a cosiness and a visual expansion of space. But it is very important to properly draw such arches.
There are different ways of finishing the arch: wood, carving, stucco molding, forging. But none of these methods will not look so natural and unobtrusive, as the decoration of the arch with a decorative stone. First, there are different types of stone for every taste, and with the help of each one you can create a beautiful, unique interior. Secondly, the stone has a number of advantages, and the first of them is reliability and durability.
In this publication "House of Dreams" offers to see how the interior arches of stone look in the interiors of apartments and houses, as well as how beautiful and original they can be designed to result in an interesting design object.
Decorating the arch with decorative stone
Ways for decorating arches with stone
Decorating interior arches with decorative stone is used in modern interiors quite often. This kind of decoration allows you to embody a lot of design ideas. For example:
- a stone under the granite in the form of a brick arch is stylized under the entrance to the castle or cave;
- arch, framed by blue-green, light stones looks like an entrance to the grotto or the underwater world;
- is an unusual solution - an arch stylized as a dragon's mouth, this option is suitable for a children's room, especially if the boy lives there.
Decorative arch decoration with decorative stone photo
Decorative stone arch photo
Interior arch stones from stone photo
And this is not all possible variants of decoration of arches with the help of decorative stone, but all these techniques often require additional decoration.
Backlight and flowers: additional decoration of arches made of
stone First of all, do not forget about such additional ways of decoration as the use of light and plants. Without vegetation can not do, when the arch is stylized under the entrance to the underwater world. It will not be superfluous in other cases.
Mysteriousness and solemnity gives the arched doorway a highlight. With soft light, the "green" arch will look like an aquarium. And certainly not without the use of light in the case of the "head of the dragon."
Decorating arches with artificial stone photo
Decorative stone arch with backlighting
How to trim arch with decorative stone
Decorative stone arch: only advantages of
It is worthwhile to once again highlight the advantages of decorative stone and emphasize that it has practically no flaws. The artificial material from which it is made, is not subject to corrosion and rot, will not suffer from fungal diseases. In a word, he is very reliable.
Fans of natural can not worry, because the decorative stone consists of cement, pumice, expanded clay and other such environmentally friendly fillers. Pumice - a volcanic glass, formed during the rapid cooling of the current lava. The gas released during this process leaves large depressions inside, making pumice hardy, giving it valuable properties of the heat insulator. Expanded clay is the clay balls or slate subjected to firing. Perlite is again a material of volcanic origin.
A reasonable question may arise: why is not a real natural stone used? The answer is simple: if even the customer has enough material to purchase natural stone, then it is not a fact that it is suitable for an archway. Not every foundation( wall) can withstand the weight of such a cladding - a natural stone is very heavy. For example, granite is 3 times heavier than a decorative stone.
It is worth mentioning some more advantages of finishing the arch with a decorative stone:
- It is very easy to take care of an artificial stone: it is enough ordinary washing with any non-abrasive detergent.
- Manufacturers of decorative stone so well mastered their production that it became possible to create a stone that mimics any natural. And the similarity is achieved not only in color, but also in texture.
- And the process of laying the stone is so simple that if you want it is possible to cope with the finish of the arch yourself.
Decoration of arches with decorative stone photo
How to lay out the arch with decorative stone
Stone arch in apartment
Decorating arch with decorative stone Photo
People who prefer decorating a decorative stone usually do not stop on an arch only for the simple reason that the result is staggering. To enhance the effect, you can use separate elements of the arch to decorate the interior of the room. The imagination of designers is boundless, because the decorative stone is very convenient, and in skillful hands it becomes a multifunctional material for creating any interior. And if you really want originality, then decorating the arch with a decorative stone will certainly help to solve this problem!
