Despite the fact that the owners of most houses and apartments have already replaced the old, unattractive cast-iron batteries with new, neat radiators, you can still meet the households in which the obsolete heating equipment continues to work. Therefore, the problem of decorating the appearance of the battery is still very relevant for many today. Let's try to understand how it is better to refine the cast-iron batteries, turning them into a stylish and functional element of the interior.
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Completely unsightly and boring ribs of cast-iron batteries, even after staining, do not meet design requirements and are a real problem, because their appearance not only affects the situation of the room, but also affects the mood of the owner.
Decorative radiators
In order to get rid of this problem once and for all, you can use existing design ideas, for example, skillfully hide from an outsider's eyes, decorate or work on a configuration, or, with a developed fantasy, come up with an unusual but no less practical solution. In turn, we suggest you in this article to get acquainted with some secrets and successful design ideas for decorating radiators. We hope that our bold ideas will push you to the right decisions.
Purchase of decorative decorative screen for radiator
The use of a decorative screen is considered to be the easiest and quickest way to decorate ordinary-looking and shabby heating radiators, bypassing the carrying out of restoration and painting works. As a result of the installation, you can get an excellent protective coating that looks attractive and fits perfectly into the interior of your room. Depending on the material of the manufacture, decorative screens for radiators can be of several types:
1. Metal screensmade of perforated sheet metal. When buying such a grate, make sure that there are holes in it, and remember that for maximum safety it should be mounted some distance from the radiator. After all, the main criteria for choosing a decorative screen for a radiator, along with external appeal, are safety of use and thermal conductivity. After installing the metal screen, you can give it the right shade, paint with colors for ceramics or make an unusual ornament or pattern.
A great design and at the same time practical solution for decorating the battery will be the use of a neat metal forged grating. It not only looks beautiful, but also durable, because its surface is treated with a stable powder paint.
If the interior of your house is made in the style of high-tech, then you can use a stylish and inexpensive screen of polished stainless steel.
2. Screens from MDF, which have good performance characteristics and the ability to choose the right shade and texture.
3.Wooden screens often choose connoisseurs of natural and environmentally friendly materials. This element of the interior attracts attention with its restraint and elegance, practicality and durability, and thanks to the variety of design and color solutions, you can easily choose the model that best suits the interior of the room.
The only thing that should be taken into account when buying a wooden screen is that wood, being constantly exposed to high temperatures, can dry out, and the decorative element itself can be deformed.
Self-made decorative screen
You can create the original screen for the battery yourself. To do this, a wooden frame is mounted on the wooden frame, or a grid, or a dense fabric. In the end with the help of a furniture tape it is possible effectively to braid the frame of the screen.
The needlewomen can easily make an interesting curtain - a curtain and fix it to the base of the window sill with Velcro or fix it with an adhesive gun. A variety of color and textural solutions, practicality and ease of maintenance, the ability to quickly replace the curtains in a separate group of coatings for decorating cast-iron batteries.
Battery Staining
Coloring, perhaps, can be attributed to the most laborious and painstaking way of decorating heating radiators. However, the result you will certainly be stunning, especially if instead of the traditional snow-white shades use silver, gold or bronze paint, as well as brighter, rich colors. Using the coloring composition for the color of the walls, you can make the radiators invisible, but this is subject to the elegant design and rounded forms of heating equipment.
Incredibly interesting way is "on the contrary": the surface of the wall next to the pipe is decorated with a small pattern, ornament or stencil, the pipe is painted similarly. Motley spirals, curls and lines on a similar mottled space form a harmonious composition, and the cast-iron battery becomes invisible.
Construction of gypsum board
If the layout and useful area of the room allows you to install additional interior elements, then old batteries can be cleverly hidden in a drywall box. The construction of a safe drywall attracts attention not only by vertical surfaces, but also by an ideally flat horizontal plane, thanks to which the element is endowed with not only a decorative but also a functional value.
So, if the radiator is located on a blind wall, you can build a cute console table or cabinet for comfortable seats near the window. If the space around the radiator is not cluttered with furniture, then an interesting option is to create an artificial fireplace. To do this, the battery is closed by a metal screen and is surrounded by a special picture frame. For more effect, place several fireplace accessories next to it.
We go to extreme measures
If you are not suitable for any of the above options, and the fantasy and desire for immediate transformation is boiling, then boldly go to radical measures: put the radiator on display. If the defect can not be hidden, then, most likely, it is a virtue.
The technique of unusual painting with gold and silver paints, the use of non-standard materials and design techniques (bamboo, ropes) in combination with mastery will allow you to create an extraordinary and exclusive solution.
On how to close the radiator with a decorative screen, you can learn from the video.
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